PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phan Tran Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le has chosen Dukes of Hazard Theme Song - Waylon Jennings as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Charles
vs
Tran Le

182 cm
33
185 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

179 cm
32
182 lbs
25 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Charles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phan Tran Le!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Charles.
Charles defending well as Le loads up on a big left hand.
Le lands a body shot.
Charles pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Le back to the cage. Charles follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Charles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Le circles away quickly and effectively.
Le dodges the punch combination from Charles.
Charles walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Le misses with an attempted mid kick.
Le scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Charles misses with a wild combination.
Le tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Charles was well out of range. Poor timing from Le.
Charles lets loose with a powerful body kick. Le will feel that in the morning.
Le misses with a hook. Charles ducked under it nicely.
Charles ducks under a wild hook from Le.
Charles moves away from the strike by Le.

Le clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles scores with a shot to the side of Le's head.
Charles managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Our sources have told us that Charles has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Charles blocking some punches.
Le throws a head punch that misses.
Le lands a body punch in the clinch.
Le lands a left hand that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Le missing with knees to the body.
Le scores with a shot to the side of Charles's head.
Le lands with a short shot to the head.
Le tries a body shot but Charles blocks it.
Le misses with a short punch on the inside.
Charles avoids a wild elbow strike from Le.
Charles misses with a punch to the body.
Le pushes off an throws an elbow but Charles leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Le throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Charles lands with a light punch inside.
Charles keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Le's efforts to push away.
Charles lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles drops down looking for an ankle pick but Le pulls his leg out and moves away.
Le misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Charles.
Charles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Le throws out the jab.
Charles attempts a counter takedown but Le avoids it well and moves away.
Charles lands a jab to the head.
Charles comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Le looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Charles lands a slapping body shot.
Le fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Charles looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Le takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Charles gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Le counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Le takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Le throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Le finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Charles connects with the punch.
Charles looks to score with a jab to the body but Le is just out of range.
Charles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Phan Tran Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Charles sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Le pushes Charles up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Le.
Charles misses with the head strike.
Le misses with a punch to the body.
Le cracks Charles with a nice body shot.
Charles throws a head punch that misses.
Charles tries to throw a body punch but Le avoids it by throwing Charles back against the cage.
Charles works on Le's body with a couple of short punches.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as Le controls the action.
Charles misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Le just misses with a elbow thrown towards Charles's brow.
Charles working aggressively here.
Le makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Charles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Charles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Charles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Charles.
Le avoids the elbow strike from Charles, against the cage.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as Le controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Le breaks from the clinch.

Le closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Charles's elbow.
Le wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Charles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Le lands a hook that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Charles takes an elbow to the temple.
Still in the clinch, Le scores with a nice short uppercut.
Charles blocks a body shot from Le.
Le blocks an elbow strike from Charles.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stalling in the clinch from Le.
Charles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Le throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Charles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Le stalling the fight.
Charles throws an elbow that misses.
Nice body punch from Le.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phan Tran Le dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Le lands a nice shot that snaps Charles's head back.
Le looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No joy there for Charles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Le misses with a straight left.
Charles throws a big counter combination but Le scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Charles throws a big shot that misses.
Charles lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Charles has taken the fight to the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Charles.
Le swings wildly with an uppercut but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le lands a body shot in the clinch.

Le manages to break the clinch.
Le moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Charles lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Le at a distance.
Le blocks a head kick by Charles.
Le takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Charles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Le checks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Charles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Charles ducks under a wild hook from Le.
Charles is looking to counter with a body kick.
Charles scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Le throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Charles sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Charles misses its target.
Le checks a leg kick nicely.
Charles blocks a jab.
Charles misses with a low kick.
Charles looks to score with a jab to the body but Le is just out of range.
A big right from Le misses.
Le slips a jab from Charles.
Le circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Charles drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Le follows Charles to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phan Tran Le!
A victorious Phan Tran Le thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.