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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Will Rock (ranked 184 p4p, 24 weight class) and Kongchai Phetboonme (ranked 204 p4p, 28 weight class). Rock comes to the cage accompanied by I Wanna Rock. Phetboonme comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "Iron Man˜ kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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156 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
26 - 10 - 3, fighting out of New York, Will Rock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kongchai Phetboonme!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phetboonme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rock moves away.
As Phetboonme tries to get set, Rock tries to push him back and clinch up but Phetboonme manages to avoid the attempt.
Rock clinches.
Rock tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Phetboonme smiles and moves away.
Phetboonme misses with a wild body shot.
Rock tries to counter by clinching up but Phetboonme breaks away and moves out of range.
Rock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Phetboonme swings wildly with an uppercut but Rock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Phetboonme's elbow.
Phetboonme has a couple of punches blocked by Rock.
A shot in the inside from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rock.
Phetboonme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Phetboonme misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rock blocks an uppercut.
I was talking to Rock's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phetboonme lands a hook to the side of the head.
Phetboonme tries a body shot but Rock blocks it.
Phetboonme tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rock's elbow.
Rock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rock pushes Phetboonme back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Phetboonme tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rock's elbow.
Rock blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Phetboonme to keep the fight standing.
Phetboonme blocking some punches.
Rock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rock.
Nice body punch from Phetboonme.
Rock can't find room to land a body shot as Phetboonme controls the action.
Phetboonme misses with some punches.
Phetboonme misses with the head strike.
Rock misses with a punch on the inside.
Rock lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rock.
Phetboonme misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rock lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rock is trying to pull guard but Phetboonme has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Will Rock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Phetboonme swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Phetboonme tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rock's elbow.
Rock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A hook to the body from Rock.
Rock tries to pull guard but Phetboonme holds him up against the cage and eventually Rock drops back down to his feet.
Phetboonme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phetboonme misses with a punch to the body.
Rock manages to pull guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Rock is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Rock working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Phetboonme doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Phetboonme manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
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!
Rock not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rock escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Phetboonme gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Phetboonme trying to control the position from guard on top but Rock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rock working for a triangle but Phetboonme defends it easily.
Phetboonme trying to control but Rock is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock looking to control.
Phetboonme wants to stand but Rock is controlling his posture from full guard.
Rock working a defensive guard here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Rock holds on and takes a little breather.
Rock looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Phetboonme passes into half guard.
Rock trying to control here.
Phetboonme is controlling the pace.
Rock makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rock looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rock controls Phetboonme momentarily but Phetboonme frees himself.
Phetboonme content to stall in guard here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Rock holds on and takes a little breather.
Rock is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rock can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Phetboonme controls the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Phetboonme stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rock swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Phetboonme is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kongchai Phetboonme will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Phetboonme jabs Rock right on the nose. Rock blinks but takes it well.
Rock lands with a hook. Phetboonme tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Phetboonme looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A looping hook to the body misses from Phetboonme. Rock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Phetboonme avoids the body shot from Rock.
Phetboonme misses with a low kick.
Rock just misses with a punch to the body.
Phetboonme lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rock throws a leg kick
and Phetboonme counters with an inside leg kick.
Phetboonme misses with an uppercut.
Rock fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Phetboonme looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Phetboonme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rock moves away.
Rock misses with a low kick.
A left lands for Rock.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rock throws a hook but Phetboonme blocks it.
Rock pivots, looking for a leg kick but Phetboonme is out of range and Rock settles back down.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Phetboonme lands a body shot.
Phetboonme tries to land a leg kick but Rock saw it coming and moves away.
Rock chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phetboonme throws out a leg kick but Rock moves out of range and Phetboonme only half commits.
Phetboonme just misses with a punch to the body.
Rock is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Phetboonme.
Rock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Phetboonme manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rock with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rock throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rock, right into the meat.
Rock steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Phetboonme.
Phetboonme throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Rock.
Rock lands a jab to the head.
Phetboonme throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rock stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Will Rock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phetboonme swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rock connects with a crisp jab.
Phetboonme takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Phetboonme misses with a hook. Rock ducked under it nicely.
Rock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Phetboonme throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rock with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Phetboonme with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock slips a jab from Phetboonme.
Rock tries to clinch there but Phetboonme circles away.
Phetboonme moves away from the strike by Rock.
Phetboonme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Phetboonme.
Rock ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Phetboonme stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rock.
A big right from Phetboonme misses.
Rock tries to counter by clinching up but Phetboonme breaks away and moves out of range.
Rock defending well as Phetboonme loads up on a big left hand.
Rock looks to score with a jab to the body but Phetboonme is just out of range.
Rock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Phetboonme throws a quick inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Rock misses.
Rock scores with a leg kick.
Phetboonme blocks a leg kick.
Rock rushes Phetboonme and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Phetboonme fails to land.
Phetboonme misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock lands a left hand.
Rock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Phetboonme fails to land.
Phetboonme lands with a light punch inside.
Rock pushes Phetboonme back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Phetboonme swings wildly with an uppercut but Rock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rock jumps guard but Phetboonme stands there with Rock around his waist. Rock gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rock lands a shoulder strike.
Phetboonme dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Phetboonme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Phetboonme's elbow.
Rock has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Phetboonme uses from the top position.
Rock is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Phetboonme slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Rock pulls Phetboonme in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phetboonme sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Phetboonme trying to control the position from guard on top but Rock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Phetboonme is stalling in the full guard.
Rock looking for a guillotine here but Phetboonme defends easily.
Rock is trying to control the position but Phetboonme postures up.
Rock wants to sweep but no luck.
Rock looking for a guillotine here but Phetboonme defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Will Rock dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Phetboonme is looking to score with low kicks.
Rock throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Phetboonme uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rock.
Rock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rock takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rock throws a nice inside leg kick.
A big left from Rock misses.
Rock moves to clinch but Phetboonme breaks away
and Phetboonme counters with a good low kick that Rock was not able to check.
Phetboonme tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Phetboonme misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rock.
Rock misses with a hook.
Phetboonme misses the shot to the body.
Rock seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rock doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Phetboonme throws an overhand right that lands on Rock's shoulder, as Rock tries to avoid the shot.
Rock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Phetboonme. That did some damage!
Donk. Rock catches Phetboonme right on the button with a cross.
Phetboonme smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rock fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Phetboonme looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock cracks Phetboonme with a good jab.
Rock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rock clinches up with Phetboonme and pushes him back against the cage.
Will Rock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Phetboonme has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rock tries a body shot but Phetboonme blocks it.
Phetboonme tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Phetboonme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Phetboonme presses Rock against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Phetboonme works on Rock's body with a couple of short punches.
Phetboonme lands a shoulder strike.
Phetboonme misses with a punch to the body.
Phetboonme blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rock struggles to land a body shot inside as Phetboonme controls his hands.
Rock misses with a punch to the body.
Rock misses with a punch on the inside.
Phetboonme lands a hook that snaps the head of Rock backwards.
Rock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock presses Phetboonme against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Phetboonme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Phetboonme wants to get back to striking at distance but Rock won't allow it.
A hook to the body from Rock.
Phetboonme misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rock.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phetboonme prevents a body shot from Rock.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rock.
Rock fails to pull guard.
Phetboonme breaks from the clinch.
Phetboonme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rock moves out of range as Phetboonme throws a body kick.
Rock gets a clinch.
Phetboonme makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Phetboonme misses with a body punch.
Rock misses with some punches.
Rock tries to pull guard but Phetboonme holds him up against the cage and eventually Rock drops back down to his feet.
Rock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Phetboonme's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock keeps control of Phetboonme as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rock gets control of Phetboonme's arms and successfully pulls guard. Rock will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Rock has control of Phetboonme's left arm, preventing Phetboonme from doing any damage.
Phetboonme must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Phetboonme is looking to stand up but Rock won't let him.
Rock has an active guard here but Phetboonme has managed to pass into half guard.
Rock keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Rock looking for submissions off his back.
Phetboonme content to control rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock trying to hold on to Phetboonme's head to control him but Phetboonme postures up.
Rock looking for submissions off his back.
Phetboonme passes to full mount!
Phetboonme stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Rock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Phetboonme misses with a looping right.
Phetboonme stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Phetboonme throws the kick towards the body but Rock avoids it.
Kongchai Phetboonme seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rock lands a nice hook to Phetboonme's body. Phetboonme takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kongchai Phetboonme comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Phetboonme has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Kongchai Phetboonme!
Kongchai Phetboonme bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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hype
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pop
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