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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between The Can (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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149 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
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169 cm
26
160 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Good kicks
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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
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, The Can!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruce Lee!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Can throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A swing and a miss from Can.
Lee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Can throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.
Can throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Can scores with a jab to the head.
Lee attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lee looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lee cracks the inside of Can's front leg.
Lee lands a really nice looking cross but Can seems unphased.
Can connects with a nice looking jab.
Lee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lee scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Can throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Can sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
Lee feints and then cracks Can's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Can down.
Can blocks a leg kick.
Lee thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Can stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lee.
Can ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Lee takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lee has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lee there as he acknowledges the shot.
Can throws a big shot that misses.
Can works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Can takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Can seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Can slips a straight right by Lee.
Lee throws a leg kick but Can sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Can manages to avoid it.
Can misses with a straight right.
Lee lands a jab to the nose.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
A big right from Lee misses.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Can moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lee wants to slow Can down by chopping away at his legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Can misses with a straight right.
Lee staying out of range there.
Lee misses with an uppercut.
Lee with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Can to score with a decent uppercut.
Can looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Lee throws a leg kick but Can sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Can steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lee. That one must have hurt.
Can throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lee's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Can connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lee scrambles back to his feet.
Can scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lee doesn't seem bothered though.
Can throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
A big right from Can misses.
Lee attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Can takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Lee takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Can looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Nice jab there from Can.
Can ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Lee looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Can waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lee.
Can checks a low kick from Lee.
Lee gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Can.
Can just misses with a punch to the body.
Can takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lee throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lee thumps Can with a low kick.
Lee slips a straight right by Can.
Lee tries a low kick but Can avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Can swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lee takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good exchange - Lee coming out on top.
Nice uppercut there from Can.
Can takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lee takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Can lands an overhand right.
A jab from Can finds it's way through Lee's defenses.
Lee throws a jab but it's blocked by Can.
Can lands a head shot.
Lee misses with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Can keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lee misses with a looping right.
Can throws a jab but it's blocked by Lee.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Can manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that The Can will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Can looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Can lands a glancing blow to the side of Lee's head.
Lee cracks the inside of Can's front leg.
Can checks the leg kick.
Lee throws a leg kick but Can checks it.
Can smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Can keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Nice uppercut lands for Can. That snapped Lee's head back.
Lee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Can is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lee.
Nice shot lands for Can.
Can's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Can duly obliges.
Can stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A clash of legs there as Can blocks the low kick.
The Can is winning the standup battle so far.
Lee walks into a straight right hand from Can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee feints and then cracks Can's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Can down.
Can moves into range and connects with a jab.
Can misses with a straight left.
Can misses with a wild body shot.
Can takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A slow jab from Can misses its intended target.
Can throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Can.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Can here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters circling - Can throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A slow jab from Can misses its intended target.
Can waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lee.
Can misses the jab.
Lee throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee thuds his shin into the meat of Can's side.
Can ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Can. That did some damage!
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!
Good standup being displayed there by Can as he connects with a hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lee, right into the meat.
Can has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lee.
Can throws an overhand right that lands on Lee's shoulder, as Lee tries to avoid the shot.
Lee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lee wants to slow Can down by chopping away at his legs.
Lee throws a leg kick but Can sees it coming and moves out of range.
Can throws a hook to the side of Lee's head but Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Can moves away.
Lee connects with a solid leg kick.
Lee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Can dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to slow Can down by chopping away at his legs.
Lee tries to land a leg kick but Can saw it coming and moves away.
Can is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Can.
Lee throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee scores with a leg kick.
Lee fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Can misses the jab.
Can looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Lee will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Good leg kick by Lee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lee throws a nice head kick!
It looks like The Can has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Can misses
and Lee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Can catches Lee with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee throws a front kick aimed at Can's knee but Can avoids it well.
Lee throws a leg kick but Can sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lee throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jab from Can.
Can is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lee blocks a jab.
Lee throws a leg kick which misses Can's front leg but catches the back leg as Can tries to avoid it.
Can misses with a straight left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee scoring well with a low kick there.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Can.
A good leg kick by Lee.
Can takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bruce Lee will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on The Can's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lee throws a leg kick but Can moved away.
Lee scores with a head kick.
Lee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Can misses the shot to the body.
Can takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Can misses with a double jab.
Lee connects with a leg kick. Can looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Can misses with a straight right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lee, right into the meat.
Lee tries a low kick but Can avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Lee.
Lee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A telegraphed right hand from Can misses the target.
Lee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Can throws a shot from downtown. Lee moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee tries to move into range but Can moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Can takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Can checks a leg kick nicely.
Lee tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Can is able to avoid easily.
Lee connects with an inside leg kick.
Can throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Can jabs at Lee's body.
Lee shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice uppercut lands for Lee. That snapped Can's head back.
Lee turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Can scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Can lands a jab.
Can has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Can throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lee on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee looks for the body kick but Can saw that one coming.
Lee cracks the inside of Can's front leg.
Lee has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Can looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Lee cracks the inside of Can's front leg.
Lee throws a leg kick that misses.
Lee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Can's calf.
Can misses with a body punch
and Lee counters with an outside leg kick.
Can uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Can lands an overhand right.
Lee scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Can waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lee.
Can missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lee tries to score with a low kick but Can moves his leg out of the way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Can misses with a straight left.
Can misses with an uppercut.
Can takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Can blocks a jab.
Lee connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lee misses with a straight left.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Can.
Can loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Can works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Can scores with a hook to the body. Lee takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Can.
Lee misses with a straight left.
An inside leg kick from Lee misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Can takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lee shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lee with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Can to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Lee cracks Can with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lee throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Can to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Can misses with an uppercut
and Lee connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lee explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lee thumps Can with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Can throws a jab but it's blocked by Lee.
Lee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Can.
A slow jab from Can misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Lee really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on The Can's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Can looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Lee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from Can misses its intended target.
Lee lands with a nice body kick.
Lee lets loose with a powerful body kick. Can will feel that in the morning.
Lee staying out of range there.
Can avoids the head kick by Lee.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Can.
That kick from Lee tenderised Can's leg. Can is trying to keep his angry face on.
Can on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A looping hook to the body misses from Can. Lee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Can missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Can stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lee.
Can misses with a hook
and Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Lee tenderised Can's leg. Can is trying to keep his angry face on.
A jab from Lee misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lee.
Lee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Can.
Lee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lee avoids the body shot from Can.
Lee throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lee connects with a solid leg kick.
Can misses the jab.
Can lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lee takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Can on the side of the head.
Can uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Can lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lee at a distance.
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!
Lee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Can.
Lee feints and then cracks Can's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Can down.
Can swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Can tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Can.
Can swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Can misses with a hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lee.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lee, right into the meat.
Can misses with a straight right.
Lee lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Lee tenderised Can's leg. Can is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Can.
Lee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Can chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lee can pounce on him.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Lee takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lee.
A big right from Can misses.
Can on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Can.
Can stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lee.
Can will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Lee scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A swing and a miss from Can.
Can takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a head kick. Can smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Can tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Can blocks a head kick by Lee.
Lee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Can lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Can throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lee walks into a stiff left hand from Can.
That kick from Lee tenderised Can's leg. Can is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Can throws out the jab.
Lee throws out a leg kick but Can moves out of range and Lee only half commits.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Can swings for the body but Lee moves out of range.
Lee fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Lee dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on The Can's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Can keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Lee feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lee moves out of range as Can strikes.
The crowd cheers as Can lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lee doesn't seem phased though.
Lee takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lee drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Can checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lee lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Can connects with a right hand. Lee shakes it off.
Lee fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Can has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Can misses with a wild body shot.
Can throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A good leg kick by Lee.
Can misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Lee lands a nice leg kick that just misses Can's sensitive parts.
Can steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Can connects with a right hand. Lee shakes it off.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lee throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lee scores with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Can.
Can looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Lee feints and then cracks Can's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Can down.
A slow jab from Can misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Can avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lee scores with a head kick.
Can on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Can takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
The Can has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Can has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lee.
Lee connects with a solid leg kick.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Can.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Can connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lee scrambles back to his feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Can. That did some damage!
Can misses with a body shot.
Can throws a hook but Lee avoids it easily.
A big left from Can misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lee.
Lee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lee throws a nice inside leg kick.
Can misses with a straight left.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Can.
Lee lands a front kick.
Can missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lee throws a leg kick which misses Can's front leg but catches the back leg as Can tries to avoid it.
Lee scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Can's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee connects with a leg kick. Can looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lee lands an overhand right.
Can loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
A punch combination from Can misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee connects with a leg kick. Can looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Can lands with a straight right. Lee didn't see that one coming.
Can loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Lee throws a body punch but Can moves out of range.
Lee connects with a leg kick. Can looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Can takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Can throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Lee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lee has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 David Hoff scores the fight 47:49
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 46:49
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Lee!
Bruce Lee is the new lightweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Bruce Lee thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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