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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bun Chantha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gak Rhettie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chantha comes to the cage accompanied by WORDS BOXIN. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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180 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bun Chantha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gak Rhettie!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chantha changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chantha swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chantha looks to land a combination but Rhettie avoids it well.
Rhettie throws out a counter right but Chantha avoids it with no problem.
Chantha seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Chantha bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rhettie's head.
Rhettie tries to bum rush Chantha with a series of wild strikes but Chantha uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chantha is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Chantha throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chantha scores with a sloppy right hand. Rhettie should have avoided that one.
Chantha lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Chantha.
Chantha throws a series of punches but Rhettie moves out of range.
Rhettie is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chantha rushes Rhettie and presses him up against the cage.
Chantha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rhettie throws a lazy right hand but Chantha sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rhettie tries a low kick but Chantha avoids it.
Chantha displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rhettie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chantha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rhettie.
Chantha throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chantha drives through and clinches with Rhettie against the cage.
Chantha works on Rhettie's body with a couple of short punches.
Chantha lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rhettie looking to slow down the pace here.
Chantha lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chantha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rhettie fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Chantha, pushing him back against the cage.
Rhettie struggles to land a body shot inside as Chantha controls his hands.
Chantha breaks the clinch.
Chantha drives through and clinches with Rhettie against the cage.
Rhettie looking to slow down the pace here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chantha as Rhettie tries to tie him up.
Rhettie is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
A short body shot lands from Chantha as the two fighters clinch.
Chantha lands a nice shot to the body.
Chantha lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rhettie.
Rhettie looks winded!
Nice body punch from Chantha.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot in the inside from Chantha.
Chantha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chantha gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Chantha lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rhettie backwards.
Chantha manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Chantha scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rhettie.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Chantha takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Chantha lands with a short shot to the head.
Chantha prevents a body shot from Rhettie.
Chantha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chantha dodges the punch combination from Rhettie.
Chantha lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Chantha.
Chantha scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Chantha misses with a jab, cross combination.
It seemed like Rhettie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Chantha lands a left and a right that send Rhettie crashing to the mat, dazed. Chantha thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Rhettie is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chantha drives through and clinches with Rhettie against the cage.
Rhettie is still on wobbly legs! Can Chantha finish him?
Chantha lands a nice uppercut.
Rhettie can't find room to land a body shot as Chantha controls the action.
Chantha drops Rhettie onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Rhettie is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Rhettie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chantha creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chantha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chantha closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Chantha works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rhettie seems to have recovered his senses.
Chantha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chantha fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rhettie manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chantha connects with a nice looking jab.
Chantha lands with a good body shot.
Chantha cracks Rhettie with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Rhettie looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Chantha finish him?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bun Chantha dominated that 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.
Chantha moves into the clinch.
Rhettie can't break the clinch.
Rhettie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chantha lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chantha pressing his opponent against the cage.
A hook to the body from Chantha.
Chantha lands with a light punch inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhettie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chantha lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Chantha.
Chantha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bun Chantha is winning the standup battle so far.
Rhettie clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chantha lands a shot to the body.
Chantha digs a right hand into Rhettie's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rhettie's gas tank.
Chantha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chantha drops Rhettie with a beautiful combination! Rhettie stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Chantha is looking for the KO!
It looks like Gak Rhettie has been cut.
Chantha throws a series of punches but Rhettie moves out of range.
Chantha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rhettie can do to turn this around?
Chantha misses with a two punch combination.
Chantha moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chantha stalling in the clinch.
Chantha pushes Rhettie back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rhettie is breathing heavily.
Chantha scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Chantha.
Chantha pressing his opponent against the cage.
Chantha scores with a shot to the side of Rhettie's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Chantha lands with a short shot to the head.
Chantha gets through Rhettie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chantha breaks from the clinch.
Rhettie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chantha gets a clinch.
Chantha is leaning against Rhettie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chantha leaning against his opponent.
A right hook to the body lands for Chantha.
Chantha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rhettie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chantha ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chantha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rhettie.
Rhettie misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice uppercut there from Chantha.
Rhettie gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Chantha gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bun Chantha!
An out of breath Bun Chantha thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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