PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phan Tran Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toby Jay Wadenah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le comes to the cage accompanied by Dukes of Hazard Theme Song - Waylon Jennings. The crowd seem to be enjoying Wadenah's choice of entrance music: Enter Sandman. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Tran Le
vs
Jay Wadenah

179 cm
27
182 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

190 cm
31
183 lbs
21 - 9 - 3

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phan Tran Le!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 3, fighting out of New York, Toby Jay Wadenah!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wadenah gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Le misses with an elbow strike.
Wadenah lands a left hand that snaps the head of Le backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Le.
Le blocking some punches.
Le blocks an uppercut.
Wadenah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wadenah lands a nice uppercut.
Wadenah lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wadenah trying to control the position but instead, Le has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wadenah into the cage.
Wadenah lands a right hand.
Wadenah lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le tries a knee to the head but Wadenah blocks it.
Wadenah pushes Le back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Le tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Le lands a nice shot to the body.
Wadenah lands a right hand.
Le with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wadenah lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wadenah.
Le is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Le tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wadenah's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Le throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Le lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wadenah misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Le.
Wadenah throws a punch but it's blocked by Le.
Wadenah lands with a left to the head.
Le blocks a body shot from Wadenah.
Wadenah lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Wadenah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Le swinging wildly here.
Wadenah scores with a nice right hand.
Wadenah wants to slow Le down by chopping away at his legs.
Wadenah works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Le keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crunch! Wadenah slams his shin into Le's torso.
Wadenah uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le jabs Wadenah right on the nose. Wadenah blinks but takes it well.
Le scores with a jab. Wadenah acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le. Wadenah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Le throws a hook to the side of Wadenah's head but Wadenah sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wadenah goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wadenah scores with the left hand. Le knows he should have avoided that one.
Wadenah misses with the body kick

and Le counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Le misses with some punches.
Wadenah lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Le keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wadenah's efforts to push away.
Wadenah misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Le.
Wadenah lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Le trying to control the position but instead, Wadenah has worked for underhooks and has pushed Le into the cage.
Le lands with a short shot to the head.
Wadenah lands a left hand that snaps the head of Le backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Wadenah.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Le.
Le blocking some punches.
Le misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wadenah avoids a wild elbow strike from Le.
Wadenah avoids the elbow strike from Le, against the cage.
Wadenah lands a hook that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Le tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wadenah's elbow.
Wadenah digs a right hand underneath Le's ribcage. Le let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wadenah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Le lands an elbow inside that Wadenah shrugs off.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but Wadenah blocks with his arms.
Wadenah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Le tries to throw a body punch but Wadenah avoids it by throwing Le back against the cage.
Wadenah working aggressively here.
A knee to the head by Le.
Le softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wadenah taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Wadenah.
Wadenah throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Les head.
Le lands an elbow just above Wadenah 's eye.
Wadenah lands an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wadenah takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Wadenah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wadenah throws a head punch that misses.
Wadenah lands a shoulder strike.
Wadenah lands with a short shot to the head.
Wadenah avoiding damage.
Wadenah lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wadenah throws a punch but it's blocked by Le.
Wadenah works on Le's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wadenah lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wadenah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wadenah misses with a body punch.
Wadenah lands a hook to the side of the head.
Le misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toby Jay Wadenah dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Le misses the jab.

Le moves into the clinch.
Le lands a right hand.
A hook to the body from Wadenah.
Le blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Wadenah.
Le tries a body shot but Wadenah blocks it.
Le struggles to land a body shot inside as Wadenah controls his hands.
Wadenah working aggressively here.
Le working aggressively here.
Le misses with a punch to the body.
Le blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wadenah trying to stall but Le improves his position.
Wadenah avoids a wild elbow strike from Le.
A right handed body shot lands from Wadenah.
Wadenah digs a right hand into Le's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Le's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wadenah lands with a light punch inside.
Le throws a head punch that misses.
Wadenah can't find room to land a body shot as Le controls the action.
Wadenah can't find room to land a body shot as Le controls the action.
Wadenah cracks Le with a nice body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Le has a couple of punches blocked by Wadenah.
Toby Jay Wadenah seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Le misses with some punches.
Wadenah misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wadenah.
Nice body punch from Wadenah - that landed with a thud.
Le lands an elbow inside.
Le throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wadenahs head.
Wadenah blocks the elbow strike.
Le tries to work over Wadenah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Wadenah.
Wadenah tries a body shot but Le blocks it.
Le blocks a body shot from Wadenah.
Wadenah throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wadenah working aggressively here.
Wadenah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wadenah lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Le backwards.
A short body shot lands from Wadenah as the two fighters clinch.
Wadenah throws a punch but it's blocked by Le.
Wadenah wants to break free but Le has control.
Le tries to stall but Wadenah uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Le pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Le blocking some punches.

Wadenah breaks from the clinch.
A cross from Wadenah lands.
Wadenah walks forward, straight into a front kick from Le.
Wadenah keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wadenah blocks a jab.
Le throws a hook but Wadenah blocks it.
Le's corner calls for a 1-2. Le obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wadenah scores with a nice head shot.
Wadenah blocks a jab.
Wadenah scores with a nice strike.
Wadenah closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Le tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wadenah counters with a nice body shot.
Wadenah bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Toby Jay Wadenah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Toby Jay Wadenah seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Le tries to clinch up but Wadenah circles away and keeps his distance.
Wadenah scores with the left hand. Le knows he should have avoided that one.
Le fails with an attempt to clinch.
Le misses with a body shot.
Wadenah scores with a sloppy right hand. Le should have avoided that one.
Wadenah is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Wadenah lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Le is rocked!
A nice combination there by Wadenah.
Oh Le is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wadenah scores with a nice head shot.
Wadenah jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Le gets a clinch.
Le misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wadenah lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Le backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wadenah tries to work over Le's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Le struggles to land a body shot inside as Wadenah controls his hands.
Wadenah throws a punch but it's blocked by Le.
Le seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wadenah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wadenah dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wadenah fakes the leg kick and cracks Le in the body.
Wadenah misses the body punch
and Le cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Wadenah misses.
Wadenah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Le.
Le takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wadenah moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wadenah jabs at Le's body.
Wadenah's jab looks to have found its range, popping Le under the eye.
Wadenah misses with a body kick.
Wadenah blocks a head kick by Le.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le is looking to clinch but Wadenah is avoiding it.
Wadenah misses with a head kick.
Le thows a left - swing and a miss!
Le thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toby Jay Wadenah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Le takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Le drops his hands momentarily and Wadenah takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wadenah's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Wadenah duly obliges.
Wadenah misses with a left hand

and Le holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wadenah blocks an elbow strike from Le.
Wadenah has a couple of punches blocked by Le.
Le lands a right hand.
A short left from Wadenah.
A right handed body shot lands from Wadenah.
Wadenah tries to throw a body punch but Le avoids it by throwing Wadenah back against the cage.
Le creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wadenah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wadenah working aggressively here.
Wadenah trying to stall but Le improves his position.
Le blocks an uppercut.
Le blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Le misses with a knee to the head.
Le lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wadenah lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Le throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wadenah lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Wadenah scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wadenah.
Wadenah works on Le's body with a couple of short punches.
Wadenah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wadenah working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wadenah lands a shoulder strike.
Wadenah digs a right hand into Le's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Le's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Wadenah.
Wadenah lands a right hand that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Still in the clinch, Wadenah scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wadenah has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Le putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wadenah in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wadenah looking to slow down the pace here.
Wadenah is leaning against Le and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Wadenah.
Wadenah struggles to land a body shot inside as Le controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wadenah.
Wadenah lands a right hand that snaps the head of Le backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le looking to throw knees to the head but Wadenah is blocking nicely.
Wadenah tries to throw a body punch but Le avoids it by throwing Wadenah back against the cage.
Wadenah tries to work over Le's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Le throws a head punch that misses.
Le with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wadenah lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wadenah pushes Le back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Wadenah.
Wadenah is leaning against Le and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wadenah blocks the elbow strike.
Wadenah throws a big uppercut that drops Le! More strikes from Wadenah and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Le lies dazed against the cage as Wadenah celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Toby Jay Wadenah!
As Toby Jay Wadenah got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Hey man I want to say Alysian for coming to fight and good luck to my boy Julio later tonight. Hes coming for that belt.'.