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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Hawkin (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. Phan Tran Le has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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193 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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179 cm
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182 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stephen Hawkin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Phan Tran Le!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le rushes Hawkin and presses him up against the ropes.
Le lands an elbow just above Hawkin 's eye.
It looks like Stephen Hawkin has been cut.
Hawkin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Le fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hawkin checks it well.
Hawkin misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Hawkin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Le moves into range and clinches up with Hawkin.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hawkin is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Knees to the body from Le.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Le.
Le lands an elbow that stopped Hawkin in his tracks for a moment.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hawkin's defenses.
Le lands a nice elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Le obliges.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hawkin's defenses.
Hawkin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hawkin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Le avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Le.
Hawkin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephen Hawkin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees to the body from Le.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Le lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stephen Hawkin's cut is getting worse.
Le prevents Hawkin from breaking the clinch.
Le landing knees to the head.
Le lands a nice elbow.
Le gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Le lands an elbow inside.
Stephen Hawkin's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Le lands a knee to the head.
Hawkin is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le landing knees to the head.
Oh Hawkin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hawkin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawkin wants to break free but Le has control.
Hawkin is trying to push Le away but Le has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hawkin seems to have got his legs back now.
Le lands a good knee to the midsection. Hawkin won't want to take too many of those.
Hawkin is breathing heavily.
Le prevents Hawkin from breaking the clinch.
Le stalling in the clinch.
Le working Hawkin over with knees to the body.
Le lands a good knee to the midsection. Hawkin won't want to take too many of those.
Hawkin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice elbow from Le.
Jeez, Stephen Hawkin's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hawkin's defenses.
Le is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Le lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hawkin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hawkin has had enough of the clinch but Le keeps him there for the moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Le obliges.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hawkin's defenses.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Stephen Hawkin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Phan Tran Le!
Phan Tran Le is the new middleweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Phan Tran Le started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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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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