Round 1
Smith races out with an errant head kick. Le throws some body kicks, none of which gets past the elbows of Smith. A spinning hook kick by Le misses its target. However, a wheel kick audibly cracks Smith square in the chin, and drops him to the mat. Le gets on top and begins to chop away with heavy hammerfists. Le not looking expert on top, but the fetal Smith looks helpless on bottom. Referee “Big” John McCarthy implores Smith to fight back. As Le begins to smash with right hammerfists harder, Smith gets to his knees, and walks up the fence to escape the threat. After Smith throws some aimless punches, Le throws another wheel kick that drops Smith to his back without even making serious contact. Le lands a right high kick across Smith’s face. Smith lands a right hand, and misses a head kick. Le lands a left hook, and a kick to the chest.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-8 Le
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-8 Le
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-8 Le
Round 2
Le starting to work all levels of Smith’s body with kicks – side kicks, low kicks, and head kicks. Smith lunges with a glancing right cross. After some pulled punches from Le, he rips off a spinning back kick to the guts that puts Smith on the deck again, though it seemed to push him onto his backside rather than crumple him. From full guard, Le is warned for digging his thumbs into the windpipe of Smith. Neither fighter has anything to offer on the floor, and so McCarthy stands the pair up. Smith races forward with crosses, but can’t trap Le on the fence. Smith gets an underhook off of a punch rush, and barrels Le into the fence. Le steps his leg outside Smith’s, looking for a hip throw, but can’t hit it. Smith lands a right uppercut, and Le returns with a low kick seconds later. The pair clinch up against the fence again. Smith launches an elbow, and a volley of punches from the clinch to punctuate the round, but can’t land anything firm on a fatiguing Le.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Le
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Le
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-9 Le
Round 3
The third round begins with another wheel kick from Le that smashes Smith in the face, and Le follows with another as a clearly hurt Smith retreats to the cage. Le lands two body kicks, but Smith is able to absorb them and regain his bearings. Le lands a spinning back kick to the body, and is content to turn the bout into a spotfest of kicks. Smith stalking the circling Le, but can’t get close enough to land any punches, following rather than cutting Le him off. A Smith uppercut glances. Le puts Smith back to the cage, and lands a right cross, a spinning back fist, and a spinning back kick to the body. He attempts to hit a crotchlift on Smith, but blows the takedown, and Smith gets back to his feet. After a slow minute, Smith launches a three-punch combo that misses. Smith feints, and drops Le with a baby left hook. Le gets back up, but Smith is all over him, launching desperate, winging punches at him. A left hook knocks his head up, and Smith continues wailing until he drops Le against the fence with a right cross. An exhausted, battered Le flops onto his face, and Smith follows with right hands until McCarthy dives in to halt the bout, giving Smith yet another improbable comeback victory in his career at 3:25 of the third round.
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