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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Tran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Trinh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ethan Tran has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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170 lbs
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177 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ethan Tran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Trinh!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tran dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Trinh. That did some damage!
Trinh checks the leg kick.
Trinh moves away from the strike by Tran.
Trinh has a takedown stuffed.
Tran goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Lee Trinh has been cut.
Trinh slips under a jab from Tran.
Trinh has taken the fight to the clinch.
Trinh connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tran's face.
Tran misses with a knee to the head.
Tran wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tran tries a knee to the head but Trinh blocks it.
Tran gets underhooks to prevent Trinh's takedown attempt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Trinh obliges.
Trinh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tran manages to break the clinch.
Tran tries to sprawl but Trinh drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Tran might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trinh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tran with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Trinh wants to pass to mount but Tran is defending the position.
Trinh thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tran's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trinh wants to control but Tran is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trinh scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Trinh scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Trinh scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Trinh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Trinh drops an elbow to the side of Tran's head.
Trinh thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tran's head.
Trinh working the head and body with strikes.
Trinh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trinh not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from Trinh.
Trinh working the head and body with strikes.
Trinh scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Trinh really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tran. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Trinh missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Trinh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Trinh looks winded!
Tran looking for submissions off his back.
Trinh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tran with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tran looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Trinh has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tran taking shots to the head.
Tran taking shots to the head.
Trinh is landing with some decent strikes but Tran is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Tran is in a horrible position here. Trinh smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tran is in all sorts of trouble here.
Trinh is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Trinh landing shots from mount.
Trinh working Tran over with strikes here.
Trinh landing strikes from the mount and Tran is in trouble!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trinh lands a big elbow.
Trinh lands a big elbow.
Trinh working Tran over with strikes here.
Tran is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Trinh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lee Trinh's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tran misses with a looping left.
Nice takedown defense from Tran. No joy for Trinh on that attempt.
Tran throws a sloppy head kick and Trinh moves out of range easily.
Tran pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trinh shoots in and drives through. Tran sprawls well.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tran throws a sloppy head kick and Trinh moves out of range easily.
Tran connects with a leg kick. Trinh looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Trinh.
Ethan Tran has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Trinh.
Tran lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Trinh clinches.
Tran has had enough of the clinch but Trinh keeps him there for the moment.
Trinh has clasped his hands together around Tran's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
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!
Tran tries to bench press Trinh off him but Trinh keeps the position.
Trinh is chipping away with strikes.
Trinh is breathing heavily.
Tran takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Trinh scoring with punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tran is trying to get back to half guard.
Trinh in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Lee Trinh has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tran gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Trinh thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tran's head.
Trinh thows an elbow strike that misses. Tran gets hold of full guard and has managed to get a loose guillotine attempt. Trinh doesn't seem too bothered but Tran quickly shifts his position and has tightened the hold! Trinh is in big trouble now - he's going a funny colour - he's tapping out! Nice finish there! Trinh really should have spotted the danger earlier though... either incompetence or over-confidence has resulted in a big L on his record.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ethan Tran!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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