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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phan Tran Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raphael Nero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le comes into the arena with Dukes of Hazard Theme Song - Waylon Jennings blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 lbs
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197 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Phan Tran Le!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raphael Nero!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le throws a right and a left that Nero avoids nicely.
Nero shoots in but Le avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A big right from Nero misses.
Le fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le throws an off balance right hand
and Nero counters with a stiff right hand.
Nero looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Le looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nero is one step ahead there.
Nero lands a couple of digs.
Nero throwing strikes but missing.
Nero trying to control but Le is working from the bottom.
Le looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nero is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nero in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nero has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Le wants to sweep here but Nero controlling him for the moment.
Nero postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Le is trying to keep Nero in close.
Nero in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Le looking for a sweep. Not yet Le, not yet.
Nero passes Le's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Nero working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Le won't allow Nero to pass to mount.
Nero is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Le is looking to improve his position.
Le is refusing to be controlled, as Nero sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nero looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le tries to roll over but Nero keeps him under control.
Nero missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nero thows a huge punch but Le dodges it nicely.
Nero wants to take a breather but Le is having none of it.
Nero working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nero scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Le is refusing to be controlled, as Nero sits in half guard.
Nero is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nero slips a nice elbow through Le's hands, connecting with Le's forehead.
Le is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nero is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nero drops an elbow to the side of Le's head.
Nice strikes from Nero there.
Le on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Le tries to get out of the position.
Nero wants to take a breather but Le is having none of it.
Nero slows the pace down in half guard.
Le knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nero on the ground.
Nero is looking to take a break and control but Le is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nero in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Le tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Nero!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Raphael Nero!
Raphael Nero is the new middleweight champion!
Raphael Nero decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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