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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phan Tran Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Method Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le comes to the ring accompanied by Dukes of Hazard Theme Song - Waylon Jennings. The crowd seem to be enjoying Man's choice of entrance music: Wu-Tang Clan-METHOD MAN . Method Man has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Decent wrestler
Great elbows
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Phan Tran Le!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Method Man!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man tries to keep at a distance but Le has taken the fight into the clinch.
Man takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Method Man has been cut.
Man is trying to pull guard but Le turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Man's defenses.
Man scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Man is trying to pull guard but Le has him pressed against the ropes.
Man lands a right hand that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Man tries to pull guard but Le forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Phan Tran Le has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Method Man.
Le working Man over with knees to the body.
Le missing with knees to the body.
Man gets control of Le's arms and successfully pulls guard. Man will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Le wants to control from the top but Man keeps moving.
Man tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Man keeping moving, preventing Le from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phan Tran Le has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Good shot there by Le.
Le scores with a nice right hand.
Le falls off balance throwing a combination
and Man counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Le landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Le lands a knee to the head.
Le is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Le lands a good knee to the midsection. Man won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man pulls guard successfully.
Le trying to control but Man is working from the bottom.
Man tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le throws a big elbow that misses.
Le wants to stand but Man is controlling his posture from full guard.
Le might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Le wants to stand and escape but instead Man has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Man throwing strikes but missing.
Man throwing strikes but missing.
Le pulls Man in to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man wants to pass the guard but Le is keeping the position.
Le is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Man is controlling him.
Le wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Le controlling Man's posture.
We're going to have a standup here because Phan Tran Le wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Le throws a wild body kick that Man sees coming a mile off.
Man closes the distance and clinches.
Man tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Le blocks a body shot from Man.
Man fails to pull guard.
Le looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Man's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Le lands an elbow inside that Man shrugs off.
Man takes an elbow to the temple.
Le lands an elbow just above Man 's eye.
Man fails to pull guard.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to Man's face.
Man is trying to pull guard but Le has him pressed against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Man swings wildly with an uppercut but Le uses good head movement to avoid it.
Man has had enough of the clinch but Le keeps him there for the moment.
Le tries a knee to the head but Man blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man takes a knee to the side of the body.
Le misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
Man tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Man fails to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phan Tran Le dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Method Man's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Le fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Le fails to land with a series of punches.
Man throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Phan Tran Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man has Le up against the ropes in a clinch.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Man tries to pull guard but Le holds him up against the ropes and eventually Man drops back down to his feet.
Man tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Le smiles and moves away.
Le bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Le throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le tries a low kick but Man avoids it.
Le has Man up against the ropes in a clinch.
Man is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Le to keep the fight standing.
Phan Tran Le has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Method Man.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Le with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Man fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Man fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Man jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Le walks away with a smile on his face. Man gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Le has closed the distance and engaged Man in a clinch.
Man digs a right hand into Le's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Le's gas tank.
Man tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Le smiles and moves away.
Le throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le. Man does a little dance to reset his feet.
Man has managed to clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Le.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Man.
Le looking to throw knees to the head but Man is blocking nicely.
Le tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
Man breaks from the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Man jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Le walks away with a smile on his face. Man gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A low kick from Le is predictable there
and Man makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Le takes the fight into the clinch.
Le is pushing Man up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le looking to throw knees to the head but Man is blocking nicely.
Man tries to pull guard but Le won't allow it.
Le pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Le missing with knees to the body.
Man misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Le obliges.
Man breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Danga de danga de dang - Le scores with a four punch combination!
Le throws a nice looking combination but Man bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Man walks into a stiff left hand from Le.
Le scores with a sloppy right hand. Man should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le takes the fight into the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Man fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Le misses with a knee to the head.
Man blocks an elbow strike from Le.
Man tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Man jumps guard but Le turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Man has a couple of punches blocked by Le.
Man tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Le smiles and moves away.
Le lands with a good body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le clinches up with Man and pushes him back against the ropes.
Le landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phan Tran Le dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Method Man's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Man moves into the clinch.
Le looking to stall.
Man tries to pull guard but Le won't allow it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Man takes an elbow to the temple.
Come on Le - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Man breaks from the clinch.
Man takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Le's jab looks to have found its range, popping Man under the eye.
Le throws a hook but Man blocks it.
Le has managed to clinch.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Knees to the body from Le.
Man takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le misses with a knee strike.
Le effectively controlling the action here.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Man tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Le just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Man jumps guard but Le turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Phan Tran Le has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Method Man.
Man takes an elbow to the forehead.
Man jumps guard but Le stands there with Man around his waist. Man gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le prevents a body shot from Man.
Le trying to stall but Man improves his position.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Man takes an elbow to the forehead.
Le trying to stall but Man improves his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Le smiles and moves away.
Le instigates a clinch.
Man misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Le blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Le crunches a lovely knee into Man's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man is trying to pull guard but Le turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Man tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Le putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Man in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Le lands an elbow just above Man 's eye.
Le connects with a knee to the head.
Le throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Man blocks it with crossed arms.
Phan Tran Le has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Man wants to break the clinch but can't.
Le leaning his opponent against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Le.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
The referee calls for Le to work.
Le crunches a lovely knee into Man's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Le obliges.
Le lands an elbow inside that Man shrugs off.
Man takes an elbow to the forehead.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Le with a knee to the head.
Man takes an elbow to the temple.
Le is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Man can do to turn this around?
Le utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Man in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Man's defenses.
Man jumps guard but Le stands there with Man around his waist. Man gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Man swings wildly with an uppercut but Le uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le lands an elbow just above Man 's eye.
Le lands a damaging elbow.
Le tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Le.
Man jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Le walks away with a smile on his face. Man gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Le fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Man, pushing him back against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Man is trying to pull guard but Le turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Le missing with knees to the body.
Le gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phan Tran Le clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Method Man's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Le will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Le fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Man, pushing him back against the ropes.
Man is trying to break free.
Man pulls Le into guard.
Le wants to stand and escape but instead Man has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Le looking for a sweep. Not yet Le, not yet.
Le pulls Man in to control the position.
Man throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Le looking to hit a scissor sweep but Man is one step ahead there.
Man avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Man preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Le working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Man.
Man trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Man works over Le with some ground and pound from guard.
Le on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Le tries to get out of the position.
Man working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Le controlling the position.
Le wants to improve his position but instead Man has moved into half guard.
Le is not content to let Man control the position.
Le is trying to get back to full guard.
Le trying to control but Man postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le is refusing to be controlled, as Man sits in half guard.
Le gets back to full guard.
Le looking for a sweep. Not yet Le, not yet.
Man throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Le tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Man accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man throws a big right hand that misses.
Le is pulling down on Man's head to control his posture.
Man throws a big elbow that misses.
Le wants to sweep here but Man controlling him for the moment.
Man postures up in Le's guard and throws a big left but Le blocks it.
Man has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Man.
Le looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Man postures up in Le's guard and throws a big left but Le blocks it.
Man drops back looking for a leg! Le is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Le manages to kick Man off! Man jumps back into Le's guard.
Le looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Le seems keen to control Man's posture.
Man throws an elbow that misses. Le uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Man's guard. Nice move by Le!
Man trying to control the position.
Phan Tran Le overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Le decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Man, up you get!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Phan Tran Le is winning the standup battle so far.
Man takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Le attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Le looking to throw knees to the head but Man is blocking nicely.
Le blocks a body shot from Man.
Man wants to stall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man pulls guard effortlessly.
Le has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Le postures up in Man's guard and throws a big left but Man blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Phan Tran Le will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Method Man's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Man fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Le, pushing him back against the ropes.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Le trying to land knees to the body.
Man trying to control the position but instead, Le has worked for underhooks and has pushed Man into the ropes.
Man fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Man goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Man is trying to pull guard but Le has him pressed against the ropes.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Le creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Le trying to land knees to the body.
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Man fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Phan Tran Le has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Method Man.
Man fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Man blocks an elbow strike.
A body shot lands from Man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Man blocks it with crossed arms.
Man tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Le smiles and moves away.
Le forces Man back against the ropes and clinches.
Man fails to pull guard.
Le is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Man misses with some punches.
Man jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Le walks away with a smile on his face. Man gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Man pushes Le up against the ropes in a clinch.
Man jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Le walks away with a smile on his face. Man gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Le connects with a nice looking jab.
Le tries to land a leg kick but Man saw it coming and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le has taken the fight to the clinch.
Man tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Le just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Man jumps guard but Le stands there with Man around his waist. Man gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Le with a knee to the head.
Le missing with knees to the body.
Le gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Man avoiding damage as Le throws knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Man is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Le to keep the fight standing.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Le just misses with a elbow thrown towards Man's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Le.
Man tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Le smiles and moves away.
Le moves into range and clinches up with Man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Le - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Le throws an elbow that misses.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Man's defenses.
Man pulls guard successfully.
Le tries to stand but Man is controlling from the bottom.
Man has control of Le's left arm, preventing Le from doing any damage.
Phan Tran Le is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le looking to sit in guard and control but Man gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Man stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Le swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Man accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Man throws a big right hand that misses.
Man throws a big elbow that misses.
Man distracts Le with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Le is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man with a flurry of punches that miss.
Le keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
Method Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Man accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Phan Tran Le.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Le, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Josh West scores the fight 49:47
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 50:46
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phan Tran Le!
Phan Tran Le retains his middleweight title!
A less than humble Phan Tran Le misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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