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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franz Fuchs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kung Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fuchs comes into the arena with Fly me to the moon blaring out of the sound system. Kung Le has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Franz Fuchs's chin.
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210 lbs
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212 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Franz Fuchs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kung Le!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le clinches up against the ropes.
Fuchs is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Fuchs has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Le avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Le landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Le lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Franz Fuchs has been cut.
Le lands an elbow that stopped Fuchs in his tracks for a moment.
Le with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fuchs changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Le fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franz Fuchs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le wants to clinch.
Le doesn't manage to clinch there - Fuchs circles away.
Le fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le wants to clinch.
Fuchs looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Le tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fuchs fails with the takedown.
Kung Le is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fuchs is breathing heavily.
Fuchs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fuchs keeps the fight on the outside.
Le fails with an attempt to clinch.
Le gets a clinch.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fuchs lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Le landing knees to the head.
Le lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fuchs is rocked!
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Fuchs takes an elbow to the temple.
Fuchs takes an elbow to the forehead.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fuchs lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Le landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le scores with a knee to the head.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Le.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fuchs's face.
Le lands an elbow inside.
Le lands a knee to the body.
Le scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Le lands an elbow that stopped Fuchs in his tracks for a moment.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Le with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fuchs managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Fuchs managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Le trying to land knees to the body.
Fuchs is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Le connects with a knee to the head.
Le connects with a knee to the head.
Le tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fuchs drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Le gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Le scores with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le gets underhooks to prevent Fuchs's takedown attempt.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fuchs tries to score a body lock takedown but Le shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fuchs's face.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but Fuchs blocks with his arms.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but Fuchs blocks with his arms.
Fuchs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Le tries a knee to the head but Fuchs blocks it.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
Fuchs can't get the takedown.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Le gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Le misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Le lands an elbow that stopped Fuchs in his tracks for a moment.
Le throws an elbow but it misses.
Le using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fuchs has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fuchs blocks an elbow strike from Le.
Fuchs wants a takedown.
Le stops a takedown attempt from Fuchs.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Le with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Le landing knees to the body.
Le lands a nice elbow.
A knee to the head by Le.
Fuchs changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Le fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Le is looking to clinch but Fuchs is avoiding it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fuchs shoots in but Le avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fuchs circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kung Le dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Franz Fuchs's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Fuchs shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Le moves into the clinch.
Fuchs drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fuchs's face.
Le connects with a knee to the head.
Le lands an elbow inside that Fuchs shrugs off.
Le landing knees to the head.
Le landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fuchs lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Le looking to throw knees to the head but Fuchs is blocking nicely.
Le misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Le.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but Fuchs blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Le.
Kung Le seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le tries a knee to the head but Fuchs blocks it.
Le looking to throw knees to the head but Fuchs is blocking nicely.
Le trying to land knees to the body.
Fuchs has picked Le up - he's going for a ride! Fuchs dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Fuchs wants to free his trapped foot but Le is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Le blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fuchs.
Fuchs seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fuchs missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fuchs wants to free his trapped foot but Le is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Fuchs is working for a submission of some sort.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuchs wants to pass to mount but Le is defending the position.
Le really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fuchs. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fuchs seems to be working for a kimura but Le defends the submission attempt.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franz Fuchs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fuchs takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fuchs takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Le.
Le is pressed up against the ropes. Fuchs has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Le down to the mat. Le avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Le is looking to clinch but Fuchs is avoiding it.
Kung Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le tries to clinch there but Fuchs circles away.
Fuchs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fuchs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Le moves in looking to clinch but Fuchs pushes him off.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Fuchs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fuchs shoots in but no luck this time.
Le fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Fuchs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Fuchs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Franz Fuchs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fuchs shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Fuchs with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Fuchs throwing strikes here but Le is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Fuchs misses with a head shot.
Fuchs is working for a guillotine from mount but Le frees his head quite easily.
Fuchs misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kung Le will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Franz Fuchs's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Le fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fuchs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Le tries to clinch but Fuchs is having none of it.
Fuchs has a takedown stuffed.
Fuchs fails with a takedown attempt.
Fuchs shoots in for a double leg but Le sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franz Fuchs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Le looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Le darts in and clinches Fuchs up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Le lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Le crunches a lovely knee into Fuchs's ribcage.
Le lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Le.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Fuchs.
Fuchs takes an elbow to the temple.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Le lands a nice elbow.
Fuchs goes for a takedown in the clinch but Le prevents it.
Le crunches a lovely knee into Fuchs's ribcage.
Le misses with a knee strike.
Le throws a knee to the head but misses.
Le landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Le lands a knee to the body.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Le with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fuchs goes for a takedown in the clinch but Le prevents it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Fuchs is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fuchs lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fuchs goes for a takedown attempt but Le pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Le tries to clinch but Fuchs is having none of it.
Le fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Le. No joy for Fuchs on that attempt.
Fuchs swats away the attempt to clinch by Le.
Le wants to clinch up but Fuchs keeps it at a distance.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fuchs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fuchs drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Fuchs is pushing down on Le's leg trying to pass to half guard. Le is fighting to maintain full guard but Fuchs has managed to sneak the leg through.
Fuchs is looking for a kimura here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuchs is looking for a kimura here.
Fuchs seems to be working for a kimura but Le defends the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fuchs is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Fuchs is looking for a kimura here.
Le looks like he's trying to stand up.
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 Franz Fuchs.
I think Le has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kung Le!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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