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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Monyakul Sathianthai (ranked 4170 p4p, 198 weight class) and Noel Slager (ranked 25017 p4p, 400 weight class). Slager has chosen Best UFC entrance of all time!!! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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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135 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Decent boxing
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Monyakul Sathianthai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Noel Slager!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slager shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sathianthai as he jumps to the side.
A counter left hand to the body from Sathianthai misses its target.
Sathianthai throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Slager on the side of the head.
Sathianthai stalks Slager and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Slager's face. Slager staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Noel Slager has been cut.
Slager slips under a jab.
Slager is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Slager misses with a takedown attempt
and Sathianthai counters with a nice uppercut.
Slager has his takedown stuffed
and Sathianthai counters with a left to the body.
Monyakul Sathianthai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Noel Slager.
Nice takedown defense from Sathianthai. No joy for Slager on that attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Sathianthai misses the target.
Slager has his takedown stuffed
letting Sathianthai counter with a right hand.
Slager shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sathianthai defends it nicely.
Sathianthai connects with a good right hand that stumbles Slager. Slager circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sathianthai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sathianthai is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Slager tries for a takedown but Sathianthai circles away easily
and Sathianthai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Slager has his takedown stuffed
and Sathianthai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sathianthai cracks Slager with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Slager looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Sathianthai finish him?
Slager is rocked!
Slager's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Slager's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Noel Slager seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slager takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Slager is still on wobbly legs! Can Sathianthai finish him?
Slager should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sathianthai cracks Slager with a left hook right on the temple and Slager goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Sathianthai lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Slager is OK!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Monyakul Sathianthai!
Monyakul Sathianthai decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Noel Slager stepped up to the mic, saying 'sorry, i lost but i'll be back better and stronger as ever'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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