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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jon Duangjan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Siloka Watagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jon Duangjan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Siloka Watagi!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watagi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duangjan.
Watagi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Watagi closes the distance and clinches.
Watagi taking a breather.
Duangjan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Watagi is struggling to control the position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Watagi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Watagi presses Duangjan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watagi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Watagi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Watagi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watagi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Watagi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Watagi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watagi lands an uppercut.
Watagi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Watagi connects with a knee to the head.
Duangjan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Watagi dodges an elbow strike from Duangjan.
Watagi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duangjan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Watagi lands a knee to the body.
Watagi stalling in the clinch.
Watagi scores with a knee to the head.
Watagi is leaning against Duangjan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Watagi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Watagi lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watagi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Watagi connects with an inside leg kick.
Duangjan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Watagi counters by moving into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Watagi.
Watagi with a knee to the head.
Watagi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Duangjan throws a sloppy body shot
and Watagi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Watagi.
Watagi landing knees to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Watagi.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Watagi as Duangjan tries to tie him up.
A short body shot lands from Watagi as the two fighters clinch.
Duangjan tries to break free but Watagi pushes him back against the cage.
Duangjan is looking to break free of the clinch but Watagi has double underhooks.
Duangjan is pushing Watagi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Duangjan takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Watagi obliges.
Watagi with a knee to the head.
Watagi slows down the pace here.
Watagi scores with a shoulder strike.
Duangjan is looking to break free of the clinch but Watagi has double underhooks.
Watagi landing knees to the head.
Watagi lands a knee to the head.
Watagi with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watagi works on Duangjan's body with a couple of short punches.
Duangjan has a couple of punches blocked by Watagi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watagi.
Watagi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Duangjan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watagi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Watagi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Watagi.
Watagi stalling in the clinch.
Watagi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Watagi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Duangjan up against the cage.
Watagi receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Watagi obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Siloka Watagi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Watagi connects with an inside leg kick.
Watagi moves in looking to clinch but Duangjan pushes him off.
Duangjan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Watagi throws a big counter head kick but Duangjan avoids it with no problem.
Watagi keeps the fight on the outside.
Watagi scores with a head kick.
Jon Duangjan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watagi is looking to slow Duangjan down with leg kicks.
Watagi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Watagi has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Duangjan is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Duangjan throws a combination. Watagi tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Duangjan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Watagi but Watagi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Duangjan seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Watagi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Duangjan taking a breather.
Watagi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Watagi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Jon Duangjan has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watagi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Watagi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duangjan is trying to break the clinch but Watagi is controlling him.
Watagi lands a shoulder strike.
Duangjan tries to break free but Watagi pushes him back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Watagi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Watagi working Duangjan over with knees to the body.
Duangjan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Watagi slowing the pace effectively.
Watagi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Watagi scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watagi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Duangjan is trying to force a seperation but Watagi has the dominant position.
Duangjan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Duangjan looking to stall.
Watagi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Watagi working Duangjan over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Watagi obliges.
Watagi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duangjan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Watagi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duangjan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right from Watagi on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duangjan tries to land a knee to the head but Watagi blocks with his arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Watagi lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Watagi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Watagi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Duangjan stalling in the clinch but Watagi improves position.
Watagi leaning his opponent against the cage.
A knee to the head by Watagi.
Watagi stalling the fight.
Duangjan can't find room to land a body shot as Watagi controls the action.
Siloka Watagi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Watagi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Duangjan takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watagi effectively controlling the action here.
Watagi crunches a lovely knee into Duangjan's ribcage.
Duangjan is looking to control Watagi's arms but Watagi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Duangjan has his back to the cage.
Duangjan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Watagi walks away with a smile on his face. Duangjan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Watagi throws a leg kick which misses Duangjan's front leg but catches the back leg as Duangjan tries to avoid it.
Duangjan misses with a right hand
and Watagi counters with a low kick, right behind Duangjan 's knee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duangjan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Watagi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Watagi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Duangjan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Watagi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Duangjan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Watagi. Watagi obviously looking to wear him down.
Siloka Watagi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duangjan thows a leg kick but Watagi checks it
and Watagi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Duangjan's knee momentarily.
Watagi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Watagi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Siloka Watagi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jon Duangjan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Duangjan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Watagi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Duangjan throws a head kick but Watagi moves out of range.
Watagi scores with a hook.
Duangjan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Watagi connects with a solid leg kick.
Duangjan throws a body shot but no joy.
Watagi drives through and clinches with Duangjan against the cage.
Watagi lands a shot to the body.
Watagi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Duangjan backwards.
Watagi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watagi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Duangjan up against the cage.
Watagi gets through Duangjan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Duangjan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watagi scores a nice knee to the body.
Duangjan working aggressively here.
Watagi lands a good knee to the midsection. Duangjan won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Watagi with a knee to the head.
Watagi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duangjan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Watagi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Watagi lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Watagi.
Watagi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Duangjan backwards.
Watagi presses Duangjan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Watagi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Watagi lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duangjan working aggressively here.
Watagi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Siloka Watagi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duangjan misses with some punches.
Duangjan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Watagi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A frustrated look appears on Duangjan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Duangjan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Watagi smiles and moves away.
Duangjan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Watagi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Duangjan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Watagi. Watagi obviously looking to wear him down.
Watagi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Watagi moves into the clinch.
Watagi has Duangjan pushed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Watagi.
The crowd are getting on Watagi's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Duangjan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Watagi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Duangjan's face.
A head punch on the inside from Duangjan fails to land.
Watagi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Duangjan is rocked!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Watagi as Duangjan tries to tie him up.
Oh Duangjan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Duangjan taking a breather.
Duangjan seems to have got his legs back now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watagi digs a right hand into Duangjan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Duangjan's gas tank.
Watagi landing knees to the head.
Jon Duangjan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duangjan is trying to stall.
Watagi is stalling here.
Duangjan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watagi's elbow.
Duangjan is trying to pull guard but Watagi has him pressed against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Siloka Watagi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Watagi 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 26:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Siloka Watagi!
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FIGHT
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