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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vergil Blanco Rocha (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. Vergil Blanco Rocha has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vergil Blanco Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phan Tran Le!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Le misses the shot to the body.
Nice body kick there by Le.
Le swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Le lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Vergil Blanco Rocha has been cut.
Le clinches with his opponent.
Blanco Rocha tries to land knees in the clinch but Le avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha scores a nice knee to the body.
I was talking to Blanco Rocha's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
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!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Le scores with a knee to the head.
Blanco Rocha lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Le.
Blanco Rocha misses with a knee strike.
Le gets through Blanco Rocha's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Le told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Blanco Rocha unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Blanco Rocha lands an elbow inside that Le shrugs off.
Blanco Rocha misses with an elbow over the top.
Blanco Rocha lands a body punch.
Le looks winded!
Blanco Rocha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Blanco Rocha avoids the elbow strike from Le, against the cage.
Le throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Blanco Rocha lands a nice elbow.
Blanco Rocha misses with an elbow over the top.
Le tries to work over Blanco Rocha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blanco Rocha pushes Le back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Blanco Rocha lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blanco Rocha pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Blanco Rocha comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Blanco Rocha lands a left hand.
Le blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha lands an elbow that stopped Le in his tracks for a moment.
Blanco Rocha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Blanco Rocha trying to land knees to the body.
Blanco Rocha lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Le tries to break free but Blanco Rocha pushes him back against the cage.
Le creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blanco Rocha lands a knee to the body.
Blanco Rocha throws an elbow but it misses.
Blanco Rocha throws an elbow but it misses.
Le misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Le blocks the elbow strike.
Le avoids the elbow strike from Blanco Rocha, against the cage.
Le throws a punch but it's blocked by Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Phan Tran Le has been cut.
Le misses with an elbow over the top.
Le stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blanco Rocha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blanco Rocha unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Le is trying to stall.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Blanco Rocha misses with an elbow strike.
Le breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Le takes the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha dodges an elbow strike from Le.
Blanco Rocha scores with a shot to the side of Le's head.
Blanco Rocha pushes Le back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Le dodges an elbow strike from Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Le's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blanco Rocha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Le's defenses.
Le tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blanco Rocha lands an elbow that stopped Le in his tracks for a moment.
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!
Blanco Rocha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blanco Rocha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Blanco Rocha pushes Le back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Le tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blanco Rocha avoids it.
Le has a couple of punches blocked by Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Le's efforts to push away.
Le stalling in the clinch but Blanco Rocha improves position.
Blanco Rocha looking to throw knees to the head but Le is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha lands a body punch in the clinch.
Le is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Blanco Rocha is keeping busy.
Blanco Rocha is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blanco Rocha scores with a knee to the head.
Blanco Rocha lands a knee to the head.
Blanco Rocha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Le managing to block the knees to the body from Blanco Rocha.
Nice body punch from Blanco Rocha.
Le takes an elbow to the temple.
Blanco Rocha lands a good knee to the midsection. Le won't want to take too many of those.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blanco Rocha.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha lands an elbow just above Le 's eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blanco Rocha with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Le.
Le tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blanco Rocha avoids it.
Le has a couple of punches blocked by Blanco Rocha.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vergil Blanco Rocha dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Blanco Rocha drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Blanco Rocha lands a jab to the nose.
Blanco Rocha avoids the head kick by Le.
Blanco Rocha cracks Le with a good jab.
Blanco Rocha lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Le keeps Blanco Rocha at a distance using the push kick.
Blanco Rocha tries to close the distance and clinch but Le swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Le tries a head kick but it misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blanco Rocha fails to land with a series of punches.
Le takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Blanco Rocha bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Le's head.
Le is rocked!
Phan Tran Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blanco Rocha checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Le is still on wobbly legs! Can Blanco Rocha finish him?
Le misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le throws a nice outside leg kick.
Le pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Le seems to have recovered his senses.
Le throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Blanco Rocha.
Le throws a sloppy head kick
and Blanco Rocha connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blanco Rocha avoids the body shot from Le.
Blanco Rocha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Le moves out of range of the body kick.
A swing and a miss from Le.
Blanco Rocha throws a leg kick but Le checks it.
Blanco Rocha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blanco Rocha fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Le is out of range.
Le tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Le swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Blanco Rocha lands a leg kick that knocks Le off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blanco Rocha. That's going to slow Le down.
Phan Tran Le is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blanco Rocha misses with a wild body shot.
Phan Tran Le seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blanco Rocha throws a head kick that misses.
Le lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blanco Rocha's sensitive parts.
Le takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blanco Rocha connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Blanco Rocha tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Le manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Le looks to land a right hand but Blanco Rocha moved out of range.
Blanco Rocha throws a sloppy head kick and Le moves out of range easily.
Blanco Rocha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blanco Rocha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Le can do to turn this around?
Good leg kick by Blanco Rocha there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Le looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Blanco Rocha is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blanco Rocha. That's going to slow Le down.
A head kick misses from Le.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha lands with a right hand.
A head kick by Le misses
and Blanco Rocha counters by clinching up.
Le is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Blanco Rocha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Blanco Rocha is leaning against Le and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Le is breathing heavily.
Blanco Rocha throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Les head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blanco Rocha just misses with a elbow thrown towards Le's brow.
Le is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blanco Rocha is defending well for now.
Le blocks a body shot from Blanco Rocha.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Blanco Rocha.
Le swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blanco Rocha misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Blanco Rocha throws a knee to the head but misses.
Le holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Blanco Rocha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Blanco Rocha is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Le is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Blanco Rocha is keeping busy.
Blanco Rocha lands a body shot.
Blanco Rocha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Le has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Le scores with a hook to the body.
Le blocks an elbow strike from Blanco Rocha.
Le lands an elbow that stopped Blanco Rocha in his tracks for a moment.
Blanco Rocha wants to break the clinch but can't.
Le misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blanco Rocha.
Le takes an elbow to the forehead.
Le lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le misses with a short punch on the inside.
Le tries a knee to the head but Blanco Rocha blocks it.
Le gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Blanco Rocha lands a body punch in the clinch.
Blanco Rocha avoids the elbow strike from Le, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vergil Blanco Rocha dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Blanco Rocha chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Le gets a clinch.
Le lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blanco Rocha backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blanco Rocha.
Le throws an elbow but it misses.
A knee to the head by Blanco Rocha.
Nice elbow from Le.
Le is trying to push Blanco Rocha away but Blanco Rocha has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Le blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vergil Blanco Rocha has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Le using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blanco Rocha has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blanco Rocha comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Le.
Le blocks the elbow strike.
Blanco Rocha pushes off an throws an elbow but Le leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blanco Rocha landing knees to the head.
Blanco Rocha lands a body punch.
Le takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A shot in the inside from Blanco Rocha.
Le lands an elbow inside that Blanco Rocha shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blanco Rocha.
Nice body punch from Blanco Rocha - that landed with a thud.
Blanco Rocha throws an elbow but it misses.
Blanco Rocha scores with a shoulder strike.
Le misses with a hook to the ribs.
Le blocks an elbow strike.
Blanco Rocha working Le over with knees to the body.
Blanco Rocha lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short left from Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le takes an elbow to the temple.
Le takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Le swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blanco Rocha lands a left hand that snaps the head of Le backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Blanco Rocha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Le pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short right from Le.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Blanco Rocha scores with a knee to the head.
Blanco Rocha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le tries to land knees in the clinch but Blanco Rocha avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Le to his knees! Blanco Rocha keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vergil Blanco Rocha!
A victorious Vergil Blanco Rocha thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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