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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Victor Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alpo Wednesday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le comes to the cage accompanied by Ave Maria. Alpo Wednesday has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Victor Le's chin.
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160 lbs
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192 cm
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162 lbs
20 - 13 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Le!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alpo Wednesday!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le throws a shot from downtown. Wednesday moves away and avoids it.
Wednesday works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Le throws a lazy right hand but Wednesday sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Le lands with a nice body kick.
Le fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wednesday manages to avoid it.
Wednesday takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Good exchange - Wednesday coming out on top.
Le circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wednesday throws an overhand right that lands on Le's shoulder, as Le tries to avoid the shot.
Le's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wednesday connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Le scrambles back to his feet.
Le throws a jab when Wednesday was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le misses with a low kick.
Victor Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wednesday tries to clinch there but Le circles away.
Le works Wednesday's body with a nice hook.
Le lands a body shot.
Wednesday slips a jab from Le.
Le throws a body punch but Wednesday moves out of range.
Wednesday wants to clinch.
Wednesday moves in looking to clinch but Le pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday throws a hook but Le blocks it.
Wednesday throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wednesday tries to clinch but Le is having none of it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wednesday.
Wednesday stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Le.
Le lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wednesday moves out of range as Le strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday doesn't manage to clinch there - Le circles away.
Wednesday looks to throw the jab but Le is out of range.
Le tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wednesday was well out of range. Poor timing from Le.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wednesday.
Wednesday misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Le.
Wednesday lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wednesday throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wednesday fails to land with a series of punches.
Le really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wednesday bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Le's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le misses with a hook.
Wednesday doesn't manage to clinch there - Le circles away.
Le moves into range and connects with a jab.
Le swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wednesday uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Le.
Le connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wednesday momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le lands with a hook. Wednesday tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le jabs Wednesday to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Le throws out a leg kick but Wednesday moves out of range and Le only half commits.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Alpo Wednesday will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Le misses with a body shot.
Wednesday slips under a jab.
Wednesday catches Le with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Le fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wednesday manages to avoid it.
Wednesday misses with an uppercut. Le saw that one coming.
Le throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Le lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Le is looking to wear down Wednesday with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A decent looking cross lands there for Le.
Le throws a low kick but Wednesday moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wednesday.
Le ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wednesday moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le. Wednesday does a little dance to reset his feet.
Le lands a front kick.
Le takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wednesday might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Le throws a right and a left that Wednesday avoids nicely.
Le misses the shot to the body.
Le thows a body shot but no joy.
Wednesday connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Le momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le moves out of range as Wednesday strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Le misses the target.
Le pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Le scoring well with a low kick there.
Wednesday tries to clinch but Le is having none of it.
Victor Le is winning the standup battle so far.
Wednesday takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wednesday tries to clinch up.
Wednesday fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wednesday has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Le.
Wednesday tries to close the distance and clinch but Le swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wednesday is looking to clinch.
Le misses with a body shot.
Wednesday throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Le.
Le fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Le moves out of range as Wednesday strikes.
Le feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wednesdays jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A big left from Wednesday misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wednesday looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Le tests Wednesday's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wednesday tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Le paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Le dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Le looks to score with a jab to the body but Wednesday is just out of range.
Wednesday throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Some bone on bone action there as Wednesday checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Le uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wednesday.
Wednesday tries to close the distance and clinch but Le swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wednesday has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Le.
Wednesday clinches with his opponent.
A right handed body shot lands from Le.
Wednesday is looking to break free of the clinch but Le has double underhooks.
Wednesday effectively controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wednesday.
Wednesday lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Le.
Wednesday manages to break the clinch.
Wednesday tries to clinch there but Le circles away.
Wednesday slips under a jab from Le.
Wednesday fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Le manages to avoid it.
Le throws a low kick, looking for Wednesday's leg but Wednesday calmly moves out of range.
Wednesday misses with a series of wild punches.
Le dodges the punch combination from Wednesday.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday throws a sloppy body shot
and Le counters with an outside leg kick.
Wednesday paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wednesday is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Le tries to keep at a distance but Wednesday has taken the fight into the clinch.
Le lands a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right handed body shot lands from Le.
Wednesday misses with a body punch.
Le stalling the fight.
Wednesday is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Le looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Le - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Le is trying to stall.
Le content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Victor Le.
Wednesday tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Le paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Le tries to keep at a distance but Wednesday has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wednesday working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Wednesday fails to land.
Le cracks Wednesday with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Le.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Le misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wednesday.
Wednesday needs to keep his hands up - Le had a free shot at his head there.
Wednesday ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Le moves out of range of the strikes.
Wednesday lands a nice hook to Le's body. Le takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Le.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wednesday misses the shot to the body.
Wednesday misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Alpo Wednesday just about did enough to take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Le throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wednesday counters with a two punch combo.
Wednesday walks into a left hand.
Le misses with a looping left.
Le misses with an uppercut
and Wednesday counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A nice combination there by Le.
Le misses the shot to the body.
Le lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A head kick misses from Le.
Le misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le lands a head shot.
Wednesday lands with an uppercut that bounces Le off the cage and back into range.
Le scores with a jab to the body.
Le lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wednesday is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wednesday swings for the body but Le moves out of range.
Wednesday wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday tries to clinch but Le is having none of it.
Le misses with an uppercut.
Le tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wednesday was well out of range. Poor timing from Le.
Wednesday fails in his attempt to clinch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Le.
Wednesday falls off balance throwing a combination
and Le cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Le. That snapped Wednesday's head back.
Le chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wednesday takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wednesday fails with an attempt to clinch.
Le throws a lazy uppercut
and Wednesday counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Le ducks under a wild hook from Wednesday.
Wednesday misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Le tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Wednesday is able to avoid easily.
Wednesday looks to clinch
and Le cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wednesday waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Le.
Le thuds a left hand into Wednesday's body.
Le throws a leg kick but Wednesday moved away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A cross from Le lands.
Le with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Le had his way with Alpo Wednesday in that round.
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'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.
Wednesday moves into the clinch.
Wednesday swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wednesday's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wednesday misses with the head strike.
Wednesday is trying to stall.
Le lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wednesday backwards.
Wednesday breaks from the clinch.
A shot to the body from Le misses
and Wednesday counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wednesday.
Wednesday tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Le struggles to land a body shot inside as Wednesday controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Le.
Wednesday can't find room to land a body shot as Le controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Wednesday fails to land.
Le tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wednesday's elbow.
Le misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wednesday lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wednesday swings wildly with an uppercut but Le uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le tries to throw a body punch but Wednesday avoids it by throwing Le back against the cage.
Le lands a body punch in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Le misses with a body punch.
Le tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wednesday lands with a light punch inside.
Wednesday blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wednesday misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Le tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wednesday's elbow.
Le tries to work over Wednesday's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Le is trying to maintain a safe position but Wednesday gets an underhook and turns Le into the cage.
Le blocks an uppercut.
Le working aggressively here.
Wednesday doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wednesday misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wednesday misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Le struggles to land a body shot inside as Wednesday controls his hands.
Wednesday tries to work over Le's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wednesday throws a punch but it's blocked by Le.
Wednesday misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Le.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wednesday is trying to push Le away but Le has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Alpo Wednesday seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Le blocks a body shot from Wednesday.
Le goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Le.
Le misses with a body punch.
Wednesday looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wednesday working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wednesday.
Le tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wednesday wants to break the clinch but can't.
Le letting Wednesday take a breather here.
A short uppercut from Le.
Wednesday misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday throws a punch but it's blocked by Le.
Wednesday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wednesday is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Le is keeping busy.
Wednesday breaks the clinch.
Wednesday tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Le counters with a nice leg kick.
Wednesday misses the jab.
Wednesday on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Decent striking displayed by Le there.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alpo Wednesday.
I think Wednesday 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 47:48
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 47:48
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 49:48
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Alpo Wednesday!
Alpo Wednesday is the new lightweight champion!
An out of breath Alpo Wednesday thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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