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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cung Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Barnes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. Le has chosen Untouchable as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Cung Le was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 23 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cung Le!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
Le fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barnes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Le throws a leg kick but Barnes checks it.
Barnes misses with a wild body shot.
Le throws a sloppy head kick and Barnes moves out of range easily.
Le throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Barnes.
Le has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Barnes is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Le throws a chopping leg kick but Barnes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Le throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barnes takes one on the button.
Le rushes Barnes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
I was talking to Barnes's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Barnes throws an elbow that misses.
Le blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Le creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le gets through Barnes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Le tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barnes's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Le.
Le stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barnes misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes tries to work over Le's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Le lands a good knee to the midsection. Barnes won't want to take too many of those.
Barnes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Le goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barnes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Le with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Le working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Le missing with knees to the body.
Barnes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Le swings wildly with an uppercut but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes has a couple of punches blocked by Le.
Le misses with some punches.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Le is trying to maintain a safe position but Barnes gets an underhook and turns Le into the cage.
Barnes scores with a hook to the body.
Nice elbow from Le.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Le is defending well for now.
Barnes tries a body shot but Le blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Barnes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Barnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Le avoids the damage to the body.
Barnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Le's elbow.
Barnes pushes Le back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Barnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Le avoids the damage to the body.
Le tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnes avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Le.
Le lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Mike Barnes has been cut.
Le managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Le avoids it.
Barnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barnes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Le.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Le.
Barnes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short body shot lands from Le as the two fighters clinch.
Le blocks a body shot from Barnes.
Barnes tries to throw a body punch but Le avoids it by throwing Barnes back against the cage.
Barnes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Le lands with a left to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Le just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barnes's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Le digs a right hand underneath Barnes's ribcage. Barnes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le tries to throw a body punch but Barnes avoids it by throwing Le back against the cage.
Le misses with a body punch.
Le blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Le stalling in the clinch but Barnes improves position.
Le throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes lands a shoulder strike.
Barnes tries a body shot but Le blocks it.
Barnes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Le to work.
Barnes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Barnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Le's elbow.
Le cracks Barnes with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cung Le dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Barnes'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.
Barnes takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A low kick from Le is predictable there
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barnes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Le buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barnes.
Le 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.
Barnes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Le.
Cung Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Le.
Le cracks Barnes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A head kick by Barnes misses
and Le counters with a thumping low kick.
Barnes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le connects with an inside leg kick.
Le misses with a low kick.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
Le gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Le 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.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Le moved away.
Le uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Barnes has time to react.
Le misses with a low kick.
Le throws a head kick that misses
and Barnes counters with an inside leg kick.
Good shot there by Le.
A slapping leg kick lands for Le.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Le pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Le gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le misses with an elbow strike.
Barnes tries a body shot but Le blocks it.
Barnes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Le.
Barnes struggles to land a body shot inside as Le controls his hands.
Le lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Le avoids a wild elbow strike from Barnes.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Le trying to land knees to the body.
Barnes crunches a lovely knee into Le's ribcage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Le prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Barnes pushes Le back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Le creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barnes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mike Barnes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Barnes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barnes blocking some punches.
Le is trying to maintain a safe position but Barnes gets an underhook and turns Le into the cage.
Barnes lands a right hand.
With the fighters up against the cage, Le throws an elbow but misses.
Barnes avoiding damage as Le throws knees to the body.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barnes misses with some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barnes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Le's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le avoids a wild elbow strike from Barnes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barnes.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Le lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Le blocks it with crossed arms.
Le fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barnes is leaning against Le and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Le lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Le lands a left hand.
Barnes throws an elbow that misses.
Le lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Le avoids the damage to the body.
Barnes tries to throw a body punch but Le avoids it by throwing Barnes back against the cage.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Barnes misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Cung Le will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mike Barnes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Le throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Barnes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barnes connects with a crisp jab.
Le throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnes with a hook.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Le lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Barnes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barnes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A punch lands to the side of Le 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Barnes tries a head kick but it misses.
Le throws a body shot but no joy.
Barnes swats away the attempt to clinch by Le.
Le throws a right hand that misses
and Barnes counters with a stiff right hand.
Cung Le seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Le throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Barnes's calf.
Barnes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Le lands with a thumping leg kick.
Le throws a body shot but no joy.
Le wants to clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Le.
Le goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Barnes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Le manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le feints and then cracks Barnes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barnes down.
A head kick misses from Le.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Le throws a quick inside leg kick.
Le thows a leg kick but Barnes checks it
enabling Barnes to counter with a crisp jab.
Le lands a front kick.
Le lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barnes's sensitive parts.
Le scores with a one two! Barnes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Barnes is rocked!
Le misses with a leg kick
and Barnes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barnes misses the jab.
Le pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cung Le is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le tries to work over Barnes's front leg with a kick but Barnes checks it.
Le slips a jab and a cross from Barnes.
Barnes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Le displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barnes throws out the jab.
Barnes 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.
Le tries to clinch there but Barnes circles away.
Barnes misses with a hook.
Le tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barnes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mike Barnes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Le tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Le dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Le misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Le fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barnes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Le throws a solid leg kick but Barnes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Le.
Barnes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barnes moves out of range of the body kick.
Le scores with a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Le.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick by Le misses
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Le needs to keep his hands up - Barnes had a free shot at his head there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cung Le comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Le 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cung Le!
Cung Le took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, HGH Nutrients Q160 Tycoons Best Quality supps for their support in the buildup to the fight.
Mike Barnes was interviewed post fight and said 'I love to stand up and bang. Even though I lost this was the fight for the fans'.
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