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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phan Tran Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Charles (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. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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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
22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phan Tran Le!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Charles!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charles works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Phan Tran Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good exchange - Charles coming out on top.
Le keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Charles tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Charles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Charles gets tackled into the cage by Le. Le maintains the clinch.
Le struggles to land a body shot inside as Charles controls his hands.
Le is stalling here.
Le takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Phan Tran Le has been cut.
Charles tries to work over Le's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Charles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Charles lands a nice elbow.
Charles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Le lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Le tries to land knees in the clinch but Charles avoids the damage to the body.
Le missing with knees to the body.
I was talking to Le's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Le working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Charles.
Charles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Charles.
Charles lands a right hand that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Le fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Le lands a shoulder strike.
Le prevents a body shot from Charles.
Le working aggressively here.
Charles lands a body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Le.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Le lands a damaging elbow.
Charles lands with a light punch inside.
Charles lands an elbow inside that Le shrugs off.
Le is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Charles lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le tries a body shot but Charles blocks it.
Charles tries to work over Le's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Le is trying to maintain a safe position but Charles gets an underhook and turns Le into the cage.
Le is leaning against Charles and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Charles lands a hook that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Le takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Charles lands a body shot.
Charles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Le working aggressively here.
Le throws an elbow that misses.
Le throws a head punch that misses.
Le gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Charles.
Charles throws a head punch that misses.
Le is trying to stall.
Charles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Le lands a hook that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Le misses with some punches.
Le misses with a hook to the ribs.
Le is looking to control Charles's arms but Charles gets an underhook and turns him. Now Le has his back to the cage.
Charles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Le scores with a shot to the side of Charles's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Le.
Charles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Le misses with a punch on the inside.
Le lands an elbow inside that Charles shrugs off.
Le misses with an elbow over the top.
Charles makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Charles scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
A nice right hand lands inside from Le.
Le blocks an elbow strike from Charles.
Le misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Charles.
Charles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Le.
A short right from Le on the inside.
Le lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le lands an elbow inside that Charles shrugs off.
Charles pushes Le back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Charles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Le or not.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Charles.
Charles lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles scores with a shoulder strike.
Le misses with an elbow strike.
Charles lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Charles tries a body shot but Le blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Charles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Charles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Le stalls.
Charles lands a nice elbow.
Le tries a body shot but Charles blocks it.
Le lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Le lands a nice elbow.
A shot in the inside from Charles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters up against the cage, Le throws an elbow but misses.
Charles lands a damaging elbow.
Charles missing with knees to the body.
Charles avoids a wild elbow strike from Le.
Charles blocks an elbow strike from Le.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Charles dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Phan Tran Le's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Charles misses the jab.
Le scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Le clinches up with Charles and pushes him back against the cage.
Le goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as Le controls the action.
Le lands a right hand that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Charles.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Charles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Le's brow.
Le lands an uppercut.
Charles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Charles is working for takedown but Le is calmly controlling the position for now.
Charles pushes off an throws an elbow but Le leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Le has Charles pressed against the cage.
Charles misses with a punch on the inside.
Charles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Charles tries to throw a body punch but Le avoids it by throwing Charles back against the cage.
Charles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Le lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles blocking some punches.
Charles misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Charles - that landed with a thud.
Le misses with an elbow strike.
Charles avoids the elbow strike from Le, against the cage.
Le blocks an elbow strike.
Charles lands a hook to the side of the head.
Charles misses with the head strike.
Le pushes off an throws an elbow but Charles leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Le.
Le tries to land knees in the clinch but Charles avoids the damage to the body.
Le blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Le misses with an elbow strike.
Le effectively controlling the action here.
Charles blocks an elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Charles on the inside.
David Charles seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Le tries to throw a body punch but Charles avoids it by throwing Le back against the cage.
Le misses with a punch to the body.
Charles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Le goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Le lands a shoulder strike.
Charles lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Le.
Charles scores with a shoulder strike.
Charles has a couple of punches blocked by Le.
Charles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Le blocks a body shot from Charles.
Charles working aggressively here.
Charles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Le stalling in the clinch but Charles improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Le.
Charles lands a left hand.
Charles gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Le regains guard.
Charles is stalling in the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le is pulling down on Charles's head. It's preventing any offense from Charles, at least for the moment.
Charles is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Charles trying to control but Le is working from the bottom.
Charles passes Le's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Le is pressing down on Charles's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Charles is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Le wants to sweep but no luck.
Charles with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but David Charles will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Phan Tran Le's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Le gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Charles.
Charles cracks Le with a right hand to the side of the head.
Le misses with a hook. Charles ducked under it nicely.
Charles throws an overhand right that lands on Le's shoulder, as Le tries to avoid the shot.
Charles catches Le with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Charles jabs Le to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Charles takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Charles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Charles scores with a nice right hand.
Charles connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Charles throws a sloppy head kick and Le moves out of range easily.
Le throws a right and a left that Charles avoids nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charles moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Charles connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Le momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles pushes Le up against the cage in a clinch.
Le missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Charles.
Le misses with a punch on the inside.
Charles comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Le.
Charles tries a body shot but Le blocks it.
Charles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Charles swings wildly with an uppercut but Le uses good head movement to avoid it.
Charles works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Charles lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Charles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Charles lands an elbow just above Le 's eye.
Le is rocked!
Charles swings wildly with an uppercut but Le uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oh Le is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Charles lands an elbow inside.
Phan Tran Le has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
David Charles is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Charles is looking for a takedown.
Le blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Le.
Le tries to throw a body punch but Charles avoids it by throwing Le back against the cage.
Le throws a punch but it's blocked by Charles.
Charles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Le seems to have got his legs back now.
Le tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Le throws an elbow but misses.
Le blocking some punches.
Charles throws a head punch that misses.
Charles blocks the elbow strike.
Le controlling the action here for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Le's defenses.
Phan Tran Le's cut is getting worse.
Le blocks a body shot from Charles.
Le is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Le misses with a short punch on the inside.
Le misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Charles gets through Le's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Le tries to throw a body punch but Charles avoids it by throwing Le back against the cage.
Le misses with the head strike.
Charles blocks an uppercut.
Le throws a head punch that misses.
Le pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Charles.
Charles blocks an elbow strike.
Charles misses with a punch to the body.
Charles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Le misses with an elbow strike.
Le holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Le fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Le fails to land.
Le has a couple of punches blocked by Charles.
A short left from Charles.
Le throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Charles drops Le onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Le is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
And that's the end of the fight!
David Charles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Charles 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Charles!
During a confident post fight interview, David Charles thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Phan Tran Le was interviewed post fight and said 'You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance!'.
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