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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chu Ho Soon (ranked 1060 p4p, 1461 weight class) and Klahan Metharom (ranked 61 p4p, 87 weight class). Ho Soon comes to the cage accompanied by Carl Orff - O Fortuna. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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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 18 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chu Ho Soon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Klahan Metharom!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Ron Honeybunn and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ho Soon scores with the left hand. Metharom knows he should have avoided that one.
Ho Soon swings widly with a right hand
and Metharom counters with a right hand to the body.
Ho Soon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ho Soon lands with a nice combination. Metharom backs away looking to recover.
Metharom displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ho Soon throws out the jab.
Metharom keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon lands a head shot.
Metharom fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Metharom throws a looping overhand right but Ho Soon ducks down to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Metharom moves away from the strike by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ho Soon throws out a loose jab but Metharom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Metharom is trying to counter with his kicks.
Metharom misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ho Soon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Metharom ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Metharom doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Metharom with a nice cross.
Ho Soon takes a swing at Metharom's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ho Soon. Metharom does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Metharom on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Chu Ho Soon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Metharom throws a big shot that misses.
Some wild striking there from Ho Soon.
Metharom works over Ho Soon's head and body with a nice combination.
Sloppy strikes from Metharom. Those never looked like landing.
Ho Soon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Metharom bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Metharom throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ho Soon scores with a jab to the head.
Ho Soon looks to throw the jab but Metharom is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Ho Soon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ho Soon lands a nice looking body shot.
Ho Soon misses with a body punch
and Metharom connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Metharom missing with a left hand there. Ho Soon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ho Soon misses the jab.
Metharom looks to land a right hand but Ho Soon moved out of range.
Ho Soon is looking to counter punch.
Metharom clobbers Ho Soon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ho Soon lands with a nice body punch.
Metharom throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ho Soon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ho Soon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Metharom manages to avoid it.
Ho Soon scores with a punch to the head.
Ho Soon misses the shot to the body.
Ho Soon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Metharom looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metharom gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Metharom looks to throw the jab but Ho Soon is out of range.
Ho Soon swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ho Soon slips under a jab.
Ho Soon throws a body punch but Metharom moves out of range.
Metharom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Soon misses with a two punch combination.
Ho Soon looks to land a left hand but Metharom moved out of range nicely.
A punch combination from Metharom misses.
Metharom throws a body kick that misses
and Ho Soon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ho Soon connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Metharom scores with a nice right hand.
Metharom moves out of range as Ho Soon strikes.
Ho Soon misses with a combination
and Metharom counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Ho Soon misses.
Ho Soon scores with a jab to the head.
Metharom misses with a two punch combination.
Metharom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ho Soon manages to avoid it.
Metharom pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Metharom connects with a solid leg kick.
Ho Soon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ho Soon misses with a combination
and Metharom counters with a nice body shot.
Ho Soon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Metharom was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho Soon.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Metharom connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ho Soon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good shot there by Ho Soon.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chu Ho Soon dominated that round.
That's time! Ho Soon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ho Soon lands a really nice looking cross but Metharom seems unphased.
Ho Soon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Soon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ho Soon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Metharom.
A countering left hand to the body from Metharom misses.
Some wild striking there from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ho Soon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ho Soon has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Metharom looks to land a right hand but Ho Soon moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ho Soon misses with a wild body shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Metharom might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Ho Soon has got the better of the exchanges.
A big left from Ho Soon misses.
Metharom thumps Ho Soon with a low kick.
Metharom lands a two punch combo.
Ho Soon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Metharom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Soon falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ho Soon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ho Soon misses the shot to the body.
Ho Soon throws a nice looking combination but Metharom bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ho Soon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Metharom throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Metharom slips a straight right by Ho Soon.
Metharom takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ho Soon looks to land a left hand but Metharom moved out of range nicely.
Metharom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ho Soon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Metharom doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Metharom ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Metharom looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon ducks under a wild hook from Metharom.
A punch lands to the side of Metharom 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ho Soon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ho Soon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Metharom circles away quickly and effectively.
A big left from Metharom misses.
Ho Soon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Metharom throws a looping overhand right but Ho Soon ducks down to avoid it.
Metharom misses the jab.
Ho Soon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A combination from Metharom does no damage.
Metharom takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ho Soon staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ho Soon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Metharom.
Ho Soon connects with a looping right hand.
Metharom scores with a sloppy right hand. Ho Soon should have avoided that one.
Ho Soon scores with a nice head shot.
Metharom drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ho Soon misses with a hook.
Ho Soon lands with a straight right. Metharom didn't see that one coming.
Left hook, right uppercut from Metharom.
Ho Soon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ho Soon slips a straight right by Metharom.
Metharom misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ho Soon misses with a lunging right hand
and Metharom counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metharom doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Metharom throws a big shot that misses.
Ho Soon is looking to counter punch.
Metharom misses with a looping left.
Ho Soon's jab looks to have found its range, popping Metharom under the eye.
Metharom has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Metharom bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ho Soon looks to throw the jab but Metharom is out of range.
Ho Soon lands a body shot.
Metharom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ho Soon throws a right and a left that Metharom avoids nicely.
Metharom follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Metharom pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Metharom lands the left hand.
Metharom fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Chu Ho Soon will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Ho Soon throws a body shot but no joy.
Ho Soon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Metharom sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Metharom staying out of range there.
A big right from Metharom misses.
It looked like Ho Soon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Metharom dodges the punch combination from Ho Soon.
Metharom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ho Soon was well out of range. Poor timing from Metharom.
Nice uppercut lands for Metharom. That snapped Ho Soon's head back.
Ho Soon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ho Soon. Metharom does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Metharom on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ho Soon slips a jab and a cross from Metharom.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Metharom.
Ho Soon throws a jab but it's blocked by Metharom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Metharom.
Ho Soon connects with a single shot there.
Metharom moves out of range of the strikes.
Metharom slips under a jab from Ho Soon.
A left lands for Metharom.
Ho Soon dodges the punch combination from Metharom.
Ho Soon's jab looks to have found its range, popping Metharom under the eye.
Ho Soon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Metharom doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ho Soon throws a sloppy body shot
and Metharom counters with a head kick.
Klahan Metharom has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Metharom moves away.
Metharom is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Ho Soon looks to throw the jab but Metharom is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ho Soon misses with the combination.
Ho Soon just misses with a punch to the body.
Metharom looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ho Soon scores with a nice right hand.
Metharom showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Chu Ho Soon is winning the standup battle so far.
Ho Soon tries to move into range but Metharom moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ho Soon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Metharom's hands.
A jab from Metharom misses.
Chu Ho Soon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metharom loads up on a big right hand but Ho Soon slips the punch.
Ho Soon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Metharom moves away.
Metharom takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Metharom ducks under a wild hook from Ho Soon.
Metharom is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ho Soon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Metharom.
Some wild striking there from Metharom.
Ho Soon throws a lazy right hand but Metharom sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Metharom misses the jab.
Metharom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ho Soon.
Metharom takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metharom looks to land a right hand but Ho Soon moved out of range.
Metharom misses with an uppercut
enabling Ho Soon to counter with a crisp jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Ho Soon blocks the leg kick.
Ho Soon lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
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!
Ho Soon misses with a lunging right hand
and Metharom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ho Soon lands a nice looking body shot.
Ho Soon throws a jab when Metharom was well out of range.
Ho Soon throws a big shot that misses.
Ho Soon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Metharom finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Metharom swings widly with a right hand
and Ho Soon counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ho Soon just misses with a punch to the body.
Ho Soon throws a lazy uppercut
letting Metharom counter with a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chu Ho Soon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ho Soon 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chu Ho Soon!
Chu Ho Soon seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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