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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phan Tran Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Genghis Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Dukes of Hazard Theme Song - Waylon Jennings. The crowd seem to be enjoying Khan's choice of entrance music: Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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182 lbs
24 - 16 - 0 |
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187 lbs
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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
24 - 16 - 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
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Genghis Khan!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Khan has time to react.
Khan motions for Le to come forward. Khan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Le needs to keep his hands up - Khan had a free shot at his head there.
Le lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Le looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Khan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've been informed that Khan has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Khan throws a big shot that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Le on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Le throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khan misses with a body kick.
Le keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan with a jab.
Nice takedown defense from Le. No joy for Khan on that attempt.
Le comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khan moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le throws a nice head kick!
Khan connects with a crisp jab.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Le manages to avoid it.
Le throws a low kick, looking for Khan's leg but Khan calmly moves out of range.
Le smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Khan misses with a hook. Le ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Le sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Khan somewhat.
Le appears to be looking for a big counter.
Nice defenses there by Le.
Khan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Le throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Khan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Le tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Khan is able to avoid easily.
Khan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Le lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Le pushes him off.
Genghis Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan looks to land a right hand but Le moved out of range.
Le keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Le misses with a body kick.
Khan tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Khan takes a swing at Le's ribcage but misses.
Phan Tran Le is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Le moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Khan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Le sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Khan somewhat.
Phan Tran Le has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Genghis Khan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan wants to clinch.
Le fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khan.
Khan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Khan dives in for a single leg takedown but Le sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Khan moves away from the strike by Le.
Le lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Khan throws a chopping leg kick but Le manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Le connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Khan moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le dips to his left and cracks Khan with an uppercut!
Le uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khan.
Khan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Le avoids it really well and circles away.
Khan shoots for a double leg takedown but Le sprawls well. He's pushed Khan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Le throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Le.
Le gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Le, against the cage.
Khan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Le misses with an elbow over the top.
Le working aggressively here.
Le lands a nice elbow.
Khan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan throws an elbow but it misses.
Le is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Khan is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Le misses with a punch to the body.
Le working hard to break the clinch.
Le lands an elbow that stopped Khan in his tracks for a moment.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Le controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Le lands with a right to the head.
Le throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Le misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Le backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Le misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Le is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
A short right from Le.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khan is defending well for now.
A short uppercut from Khan.
Le swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phan Tran Le dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Khan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Le checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Khan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Le blocks a head kick by Khan.
A counter left hand to the body from Le misses its target.
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Le.
Despite the aggression on Khan's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Le is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Khan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khan looks to land a right hand but Le moved out of range.
Le swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Le pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Le misses with an uppercut. Khan saw that one coming.
Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Le.
Le misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Le looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Khan cracks Le with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Khan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le throws the left hand but Khan avoids the punch easily.
Khan swings for the body but Le moves out of range.
Le throws a jab when Khan was well out of range.
Le uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
A quick step to the side and Le tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Le.
Nice jab there from Le.
Khan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Le appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Le lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Khan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Le fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Khan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Le lands a nice looking body kick.
Khan fails with the takedown.
Le throws a head kick that Khan semi-blocks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a straight left.
Le tries to move into range but Khan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Le feints and then cracks Khan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Khan down.
Khan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Le.
A leg kick checked by Le.
Khan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Le.
Khan lands with a nice body punch.
Khan misses with a few strikes there.
Khan blocks a head kick by Le.
Khan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Le. Le obviously looking to wear him down.
Khan swings widly with a right hand
letting Le counter with a right hand.
Khan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khan throws a big shot that misses.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Le.
Khan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries to bum rush Le with a series of wild strikes but Le uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khan avoids the head kick by Le.
Le leaves Khan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Khan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Genghis Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Le will feel that in the morning.
Le lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Khan tries to clinch but Le is having none of it.
Khan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Le throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khan has his takedown stuffed
letting Le counter with a right hand.
Phan Tran Le has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Genghis Khan.
Khan throws the left hand but Le avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Khan misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a double jab
and Le counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Le throws a leg kick that misses.
Khan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Le can pounce on him.
Le is looking to chop away at Khan's legs.
Khan ducks right into an uppercut from Le.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan takes the fight into the clinch.
Le is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khan can do to turn this around?
Khan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Le.
Phan Tran Le has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le misses with some punches.
Le breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Le.
Nice uppercut lands for Le. That snapped Khan's head back.
Le throws a head kick that half lands.
Khan shoots in for a takedown but Le shows good takedown defense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phan Tran Le dominated that second round.
That's time! Le's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Le connects with an inside leg kick.
Khan has a takedown stuffed.
Khan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Le looks for the body kick but Khan saw that one coming.
Le throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Le checks a leg kick.
Le swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Le takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Le slips a jab and a cross from Khan.
Le throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
It appears Le was looking to counter with a kick there.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan punishes Le's body with a nice straight punch.
Khan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Le on the side of the head.
Le lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan darts in looking for a takedown but Le gets double underhooks and turns Khan into the cage.
Phan Tran Le has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Genghis Khan.
Khan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Le sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Khan somewhat.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Le!
Khan throws a body kick that misses
letting Le counter with a right hand.
Le throws a big shot that misses.
Khan was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Le throws a hook to the side of Khan's head but Khan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Le lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Khan blocks a head kick by Le.
Le misses with a straight left.
Khan is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Le scores with a nice strike.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khan.
Khan walks into a left hand.
Phan Tran Le is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Le.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just 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!
Khan shoots in looking for a takedown but Le manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Khan's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Phan Tran Le is winning the standup battle so far.
Khan drives through with a takedown into guard.
Le is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Le stands up and beckons Khan to join him on the feet.
Le avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Le is looking to counter with head kicks.
Le lands a jab to Khan's midsection.
Khan tries for a takedown but Le circles away easily
and Le counters with a stiff right hand.
Le scores with a push kick.
Khan 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 showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Le finds it's way round the side to connect with Khan's head.
Khan fails to land with a series of punches.
Le ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Le wants to clinch.
Genghis Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Le lands a right hook to the body.
Le is looking to score with low kicks.
Le lands a jab.
Le works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Le lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Khan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Le tries a head kick but it misses.
Khan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Le misses the target.
Le thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khan darts in looking for a takedown but Le gets double underhooks and turns Khan into the cage.
Le turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Le avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick misses from Le.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Le.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khan.
Khan misses with a left hand
and Le counters with a right hand to the body.
A left lands for Khan.
Le moves away from the strike by Khan.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phan Tran Le showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Le, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phan Tran Le!
Phan Tran Le tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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