The bell rings for round one and we are underway! DiBella displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Le. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Le has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Le tries to clinch there but DiBella circles away.
Le ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. DiBella chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Le can pounce on him.
Le bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of DiBella's head. DiBella ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Le moves away. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. DiBella tries to bum rush Le with a series of wild strikes but Le uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Le shoots in and drives through. DiBella sprawls well. DiBella takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Le is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. That's one minute gone in the round. Le misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yucuc Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Le tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but DiBella swivels and escapes. Gio DiBella has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yucuc Le. Le shoots for a takedown but DiBella saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. DiBella appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body. Le lands a nice hook to DiBella's body. DiBella takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. DiBella misses with a jab, cross combination.
DiBella is breathing heavily. Le moves in looking to clinch but DiBella pushes him off. It looked like DiBella was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Le. Le lands a high kick!
It looks like Gio DiBella has been cut. Le is trying hard to land a takedown here. DiBella sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. DiBella swings for the body but Le moves out of range.
Le feints the counter takedown. That's two minutes gone in the round. Le shoots in for a takedown but DiBella shows good takedown defense. DiBella is looking to counter with a shot to the body. Le looking to score a takedown here. DiBella is defending well but Le drives through and ends up in DiBella's guard. Le stands up from DiBella's guard - Le perhaps looking for a knockout. DiBella misses with a right hand and Le counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. DiBella throws a poor cross that misses
and Le counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Le is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range. Le throws a one two combo.
Le changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. DiBella looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. Le is trying to get an arm triangle but DiBella is defending well. DiBella parries the strikes from Le easily there. Le is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable DiBella to escape.
And that's the end of the fight! Yucuc 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 9:10 Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 9:10 Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 9:10
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yucuc Le! A less than humble Yucuc Le misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
