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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kylar Sensei (ranked 957 p4p, 42 weight class) and Quân Lê (ranked 1014 p4p, 48 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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150 lbs
19 - 11 - 0 |
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145 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kylar Sensei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Quân Lê!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Lê - just one landing.
Lê connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A good leg kick by Lê.
Sensei throws a right hand that Lê ducks under and follows up with a left that Lê also avoids with ease.
Sensei fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sensei has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sensei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sensei works Lê's body with a nice hook.
Sensei just misses with a punch to the body.
Sensei shoots in but no luck this time.
Lê looks to land a left hand but Sensei moved out of range nicely.
Sensei takes a swing at Lê's ribcage but misses.
Quân Lê seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lê throws a wild body kick that Sensei sees coming a mile off.
A combination from Sensei does no damage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lê missing with a left hand there. Sensei was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lê moves in looking to clinch but Sensei pushes him off.
Lê has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sensei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sensei closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lê has hold of Sensei's hands but Sensei slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sensei throwing shots but Lê is blocking nicely.
Sensei throwing shots but Lê is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lê avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sensei.
Lê is looking for a sweep. Sensei is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sensei working over Lê with some ground and pound. Lê looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lê blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sensei.
Sensei is looking to advance position but Lê won't allow it.
Sensei winds up and cracks Lê with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sensei missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lê is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sensei throwing shots but Lê is blocking nicely.
Lê tries to roll over but Sensei keeps him under control.
Sensei has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sensei missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sensei throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lê works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sensei slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sensei controlling from side mount.
Sensei is chipping away with strikes.
Lê prevents Sensei from improving position.
Sensei working the ground and pound.
Sensei postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lê is looking to reverse the position.
Sensei throws a strike aimed at the side of Lê's head but Lê avoids it well.
Sensei creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Lê sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Lê gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Lê taking shots to the head.
Lê is squirming around, avoiding Sensei's attempts to control the action.
Sensei unloading with bombs!
Sensei pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lê is looking to get to half guard.
Sensei avoids the attempt from Lê to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sensei misses with a head shot.
Sensei working Lê over with strikes here.
Sensei thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sensei misses with a head shot.
Sensei punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lê sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Lê avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sensei.
Sensei prevents Lê from improving his position.
Lê on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sensei looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kylar Sensei dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sensei fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Quân Lê has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lê throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sensei takes a swing at Lê's ribcage but misses.
Sensei ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lê uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sensei.
Lê walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sensei checks a leg kick nicely.
Lê misses with a kick to the body.
Sensei waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lê.
Lê was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Sensei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lê.
Sensei moves away from the strike by Lê.
Sensei throws the left hand but Lê avoids the punch easily.
Lê replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Sensei blocks it well.
Sensei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lê takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sensei moves out of range of the strikes.
Sensei moves into range and connects with a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Sensei blocks the leg kick.
Sensei takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sensei throws a jab but it's blocked by Lê.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lê scores with a sloppy right hand. Sensei should have avoided that one.
Lê takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sensei shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lê sprawls well. Lê wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sensei gets slowly back to his feet.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lê.
Sensei shoots in and bounces Lê off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Sensei pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lê is keeping the position for now.
Lê utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sensei postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sensei wants to pass the guard but Lê is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lê keeping moving, preventing Sensei from controlling successfully.
Sensei scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kylar Sensei overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sensei trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lê has momentary wrist control but Sensei slips an elbow through the middle.
Sensei works over Lê with some ground and pound from guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sensei pushes down on Lê's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lê keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sensei not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sensei not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sensei not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sensei lands with a punch from half guard.
Sensei keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Lê is looking to control Sensei's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lê avoid being mounted?
Sensei wants to pass the guard but Lê is defending well.
Lê is looking to control Sensei's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lê avoid being mounted?
Lê avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sensei.
Sensei thows a huge punch but Lê dodges it nicely.
Sensei looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sensei seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lê does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lê moves into full guard.
Sensei pushes down on Lê's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Sensei missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sensei wants to take a breather but Lê is having none of it.
Sensei not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sensei slips a nice elbow through Lê's hands, connecting with Lê's forehead.
Sensei throwing shots but Lê is blocking nicely.
Sensei passes to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kylar Sensei dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Lê fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lê ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sensei moves away.
Sensei is looking to counter punch.
Lê keeps Sensei at a distance using the push kick.
Sensei lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sensei lands with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lê. Sensei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sensei lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sensei shoots in looking for a takedown but Lê manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sensei's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lê throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sensei is looking to wear down Lê with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lê takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sensei bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lê avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sensei.
Sensei looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Lê is avoiding damage well.
Sensei lands a nice forearm strike.
Sensei cracks Lê with a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Sensei's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sensei wants to control but Lê is keeping him busy.
Sensei landing strikes.
Lê is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sensei is putting a hurting on Lê here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Sensei.
Sensei working the ground and pound.
Lê is not content to let Sensei control the position.
Sensei grinds an elbow into Lê's temple.
Kylar Sensei is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sensei wants to control but Lê is keeping him busy.
Sensei grinds an elbow into Lê's temple.
Sensei tries to advance to mount but can't.
Sensei slows the pace down.
Sensei working the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sensei trying to control the position but Lê is working away.
Lê is trying to escape the position but Sensei is controlling the position.
Sensei wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lê keeps working.
Sensei remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Sensei throws a strike aimed at the side of Lê's head but Lê avoids it well.
Sensei wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lê keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lê is trying to improve his position.
Sensei landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sensei just content to control the position.
Sensei works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sensei is staying tight to Lê's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Sensei has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kylar Sensei showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sensei has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kylar Sensei!
Kylar Sensei decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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