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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phan Tran Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiao Macale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dukes of Hazard Theme Song - Waylon Jennings. Macale is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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182 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
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177 lbs
51 - 18 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
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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
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phan Tran Le!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
51 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tiao Macale!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Anthony Taglia and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le takes a swing at Macale's ribcage but misses.
Macale sizes up Le with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A big right from Le misses.
Le throws a body punch but Macale moves out of range.
Macale keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Le.
Le throws a head kick that misses.
Le scores with a jab. Macale acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Macale feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Le's calf.
Le rushes Macale and presses him up against the cage.
Le lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Tiao Macale has been cut.
Le goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Le swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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!
Macale lands an uppercut.
Le crunches a lovely knee into Macale's ribcage.
Le tries a body shot but Macale blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macale taking a breather.
Le stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Le throws an elbow that misses.
Le misses with some punches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Macale blocks an elbow strike.
Le pushes off an throws an elbow but Macale leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Macale lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Le lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Le digs a right hand into Macale's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Macale's gas tank.
A short right from Macale.
Le struggles to land a body shot inside as Macale controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macale displaying some good clinch control by pressing Le up against the cage.
Macale breaks the clinch.
Le throws a lazy body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A slow jab from Le misses its intended target.
Macale on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A head kick by Le misses
and Le takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Le misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Phan Tran Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le doesn't manage to clinch there - Macale circles away.
A left lands for Macale.
Le lands with an overhand left.
Le lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le misses with a left hand
and Macale counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Le keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Le scores with a decent looking hook.
A swing and a miss from Le.
Le fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Macale takes a swing at Le's ribcage but misses.
Le throws a right hand that Macale ducks under and follows up with a left that Macale also avoids with ease.
Macale misses with a hook.
Macale doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Macale jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Le fails with an attempt to clinch.
Macale throws a low kick but Le avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Le throws a body punch but Macale moves out of range.
Le wants to clinch.
Macale throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Le swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Le does no damage.
Macale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Macale throws out the jab.
Le tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Macale avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phan Tran Le dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tiao Macale's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A head kick misses from Le.
Macale misses with a left hand
and Le counters by moving into the clinch.
Macale blocks the elbow strike.
Le swings wildly with an uppercut but Macale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Macale doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Le swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Macale blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Le throws an elbow but it misses.
Macale throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Macale lands with a light punch inside.
Le escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Le tries to clinch there but Macale circles away.
A slow jab from Le misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le just misses with a punch to the body.
Le is looking to wear down Macale with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Le on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Macale ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Le moves away.
Le throws a half hearted mid kick.
Le misses with a double jab.
Le walks into a left hand.
Macale avoids a punch combination nicely.
Le darts in trying to clinch
and Macale counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Le throws a head kick but Macale moves out of range.
Macale avoids the head kick by Le.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Macale, right into the meat.
Le has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Macale sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Le misses with a straight right.
Le blocks a leg kick.
Le looks to clinch
and Macale counters with an inside leg kick.
Macale lands with a good body shot.
Macale swats away the attempt to clinch by Le.
Le misses with an attempted mid kick.
Le lands a head kick. Macale smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Macale lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Macale throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Le shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Macale eats them both and turns towards Le to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Macale.
Macale misses with a looping right.
Le gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Macale.
Le scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Le swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Macale fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Le looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Macale throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Le throws a hook but Macale blocks it.
Macale connects with a good right hand that stumbles Le. Le circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Macale tests Le's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Le throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Macale. That snapped Le's head back.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch but Macale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Le will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Macale lands a lovely overhand right.
Le lands with a right hand.
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!
Macale throws out a loose jab but Le uses good head movement to avoid it.
Phan Tran Le is winning the standup battle so far.
Le throws a jab but it's blocked by Macale.
Macale scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Le rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Macale counters with a straight right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le throws a lazy uppercut
and Macale counters with an inside leg kick.
Macale waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Le.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tiao Macale will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tiao Macale's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Macale on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Le. Le obviously looking to wear him down.
Le on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Macale connects with a looping right hand.
Le throws a head kick that misses.
Macale misses with a looping right.
Macale lands with a nice body kick.
Le closes the distance looking to clinch
and Macale connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Le fails with an attempt to clinch.
Le throws a half hearted mid kick.
Le tries to land a front kick but Macale steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Macale missing with a left hand there. Le was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macale takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Le tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Macale was well out of range. Poor timing from Le.
Le lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Le jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A slow jab from Le misses its intended target.
Macale throws a hook but Le avoids it easily.
Le throws a shot to the body.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch but Macale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Le throws a sloppy head kick
and Macale counters with a straight right hand.
Le lands a really nice looking cross but Macale seems unphased.
Le misses with a body kick.
Macale takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macale on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Le rushes Macale and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Macale.
Le misses with a short punch on the inside.
Le digs a right hand into Macale's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Macale's gas tank.
Macale stalling in the clinch.
Macale is looking to control Le's arms but Le gets an underhook and turns him. Now Macale has his back to the cage.
Le misses with a short punch on the inside.
Macale blocks the elbow strike.
Macale takes an elbow to the temple.
Le misses with a knee to the head.
Macale lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Le misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macale is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Le lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Le working aggressively here.
Macale lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Macale blocks an elbow strike.
Macale just leaning against Le, taking a breather.
Le lands an elbow that stopped Macale in his tracks for a moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Le.
Macale tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Le's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Le.
Come on Macale - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Le is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Macale looking to slow down the pace here.
Le tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
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!
Le fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Macale blocks a body shot from Le.
Macale looking to stall.
Macale seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le lands a nice elbow.
Le tries a knee to the head but Macale blocks it.
Le doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phan Tran Le showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Le has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phan Tran Le!
Phan Tran Le 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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