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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sirimongkol Niyotrong (ranked 2254 p4p, 247 weight class) and John Hetherington (ranked 3015 p4p, 321 weight class). Sirimongkol Niyotrong has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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152 lbs
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147 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sirimongkol Niyotrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Hetherington!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niyotrong closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Niyotrong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Niyotrong can't find room to land a body shot as Hetherington controls the action.
Niyotrong lands a body punch.
Niyotrong lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hetherington lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Niyotrong tries to throw a body punch but Hetherington avoids it by throwing Niyotrong back against the cage.
Hetherington is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A short uppercut from Niyotrong.
Niyotrong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hetherington blocking some punches.
Hetherington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good body shot from Hetherington.
Niyotrong has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hetherington working aggressively here.
Hetherington misses with a punch on the inside.
Hetherington prevents a body shot from Niyotrong.
Niyotrong misses with a body punch.
Niyotrong misses with some punches.
Niyotrong pushes Hetherington back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Niyotrong throws a punch but it's blocked by Hetherington.
Still in the clinch, Niyotrong scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
Niyotrong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hetheringtons head.
Niyotrong misses with a punch to the body.
Niyotrong tries to throw a body punch but Hetherington avoids it by throwing Niyotrong back against the cage.
Hetherington tries to pull guard but Niyotrong won't allow it.
Niyotrong goes for a takedown attempt but Hetherington pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niyotrong fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Niyotrong misses with a jab, cross combination.
Niyotrong thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hetherington if he has to take too many more of those.
Hetherington rushes Niyotrong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Niyotrong misses with the head strike.
Hetherington can't find room to land a body shot as Niyotrong controls the action.
Niyotrong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Niyotrong blocking some punches.
Hetherington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hetherington prevents a body shot from Niyotrong.
Hetherington jumps guard but Niyotrong stands there with Hetherington around his waist. Hetherington gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hetherington's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hetherington lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good body shot from Niyotrong.
Good body shot from Hetherington.
Hetherington looking for a takedown.
Sirimongkol Niyotrong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Hetherington.
Hetherington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hetherington working aggressively here.
Niyotrong tries to throw a body punch but Hetherington avoids it by throwing Niyotrong back against the cage.
Hetherington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Niyotrong.
Niyotrong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Niyotrong.
Hetherington jumps guard and drags Niyotrong to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hetherington keeping moving, preventing Niyotrong from controlling successfully.
Hetherington trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Niyotrong gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Hetherington gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Niyotrong counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hetherington shoots in and drives through. Niyotrong sprawls well.
Hetherington will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hetherington takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab lands there for Niyotrong.
Niyotrong lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hetherington rushes Niyotrong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Niyotrong misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Niyotrong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Hetherington.
Niyotrong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hetheringtons head.
Niyotrong lands a left hand.
Hetherington prevents a body shot from Niyotrong.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Niyotrong.
A short left from Niyotrong.
Niyotrong working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hetherington.
Niyotrong lands an uppercut.
Hetherington is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Niyotrong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hetherington is still on wobbly legs! Can Niyotrong finish him?
Niyotrong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hetherington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Niyotrong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Niyotrong has a couple of punches blocked by Hetherington.
Niyotrong misses with the head strike.
Niyotrong misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Niyotrong fails to land.
Niyotrong swings wildly with an uppercut but Hetherington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hetherington tries for a takedown but Niyotrong manages to get underhooks.
Hetherington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Niyotrong working aggressively here.
Niyotrong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hetherington gets through Niyotrong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hetherington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Niyotrong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hetherington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Niyotrong throws a head punch that misses.
Niyotrong lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hetherington.
Niyotrong throws a punch but it's blocked by Hetherington.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niyotrong throws a head punch that misses.
Niyotrong is leaning against Hetherington and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hetherington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Niyotrong - that landed with a thud.
Hetherington can't find room to land a body shot as Niyotrong controls the action.
Hetherington tries to throw a body punch but Niyotrong avoids it by throwing Hetherington back against the cage.
Hetherington throws a punch but it's blocked by Niyotrong.
Niyotrong misses with some punches.
Niyotrong throws a punch but it's blocked by Hetherington.
Niyotrong throws a punch but it's blocked by Hetherington.
Niyotrong misses with a punch on the inside.
Hetherington seems to have recovered his senses.
Hetherington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Niyotrong can't find room to land a body shot as Hetherington controls the action.
Hetherington working aggressively here.
Niyotrong throws a punch but it's blocked by Hetherington.
Niyotrong lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hetherington.
Hetherington misses with a body punch.
Niyotrong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hetherington backwards.
Niyotrong throws a head punch that misses.
Hetherington pulls guard.
Niyotrong trying to control the position from guard on top but Hetherington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Niyotrong controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Niyotrong won't allow Hetherington to sweep him here.
Hetherington is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sirimongkol Niyotrong dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hetherington fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Niyotrong, pushing him back against the cage.
Hetherington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Niyotrong.
Niyotrong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Niyotrong digs a right hand into Hetherington's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hetherington's gas tank.
Hetherington turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Hetherington manages to end up in side control.
Niyotrong wants to control but Hetherington postures up.
Hetherington is looking to take a break and control but Niyotrong is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hetherington controls the position.
Niyotrong struggling a bit here.
Hetherington looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Niyotrong is trying to control Hetherington's posture but Hetherington avoids it.
Niyotrong tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hetherington misses with the ground and pound.
Niyotrong manages to get back to half guard.
Niyotrong blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hetherington.
Niyotrong is trying to stand back up but Hetherington is controlling him
Niyotrong works his way to full guard. Good work.
Niyotrong has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Hetherington is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Niyotrong lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hetherington backwards.
Niyotrong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Niyotrong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Niyotrong scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Niyotrong.
Hetherington working aggressively here.
Niyotrong can't find room to land a body shot as Hetherington controls the action.
Hetherington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Hetherington.
Niyotrong gets underhooks to prevent Hetherington's takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hetherington lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Niyotrong fails to land.
Niyotrong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hetherington can do to turn this around?
Hetherington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niyotrong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hetherington backwards.
Hetherington gets through Niyotrong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Niyotrong misses with the head strike.
Hetherington prevents a body shot from Niyotrong.
Niyotrong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hetheringtons head.
Niyotrong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hetherington blocks an uppercut.
Niyotrong misses with a punch on the inside.
Niyotrong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Niyotrong blocking some punches.
Hetherington has Niyotrong pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Niyotrong manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Nice body punch from Niyotrong - that landed with a thud.
Hetherington tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Niyotrong's elbow.
A short right from Niyotrong on the inside.
Niyotrong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sirimongkol Niyotrong has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hetherington misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hetherington.
Niyotrong lands with a light punch inside.
Hetherington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Niyotrong misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Niyotrong.
Niyotrong lands a nice uppercut.
Niyotrong misses with the head strike.
Niyotrong prevents the takedown attempt.
Sirimongkol Niyotrong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Hetherington.
Hetherington scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Niyotrong.
Niyotrong works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Niyotrong can't find room to land a body shot as Hetherington controls the action.
Niyotrong has a couple of punches blocked by Hetherington.
Hetherington tries to work over Niyotrong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hetherington wants a takedown but no success here.
Hetherington drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hetherington is breathing heavily.
Hetherington gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Niyotrong regains guard.
Niyotrong wriggles free and stands up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hetherington dives in for a single leg takedown but Niyotrong sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Niyotrong tries to counter by clinching up but Hetherington breaks away and moves out of range.
Donk. Niyotrong catches Hetherington right on the button with a cross.
Niyotrong lands a leg kick that knocks Hetherington off balance momentarily.
Niyotrong is looking to slow Hetherington down with leg kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niyotrong is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Niyotrong connects with a solid leg kick.
Hetherington walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hetherington chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Niyotrong can pounce on him.
Niyotrong feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hetheringtons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hetherington shoots in and drives through. Niyotrong sprawls well.
Niyotrong is looking to counter punch.
Niyotrong fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Hetherington to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Hetherington looks to clinch but Niyotrong throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Hetherington taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Sirimongkol Niyotrong!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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