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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Toktogulovich Bakiyev (ranked 3287 p4p, 3056 weight class) and Saenchai Sor (ranked 381 p4p, 358 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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171 cm 46 163 39 - 48 - 1 |
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172 cm 24 155 4 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt Solid boxing Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt World class MT Powerful |
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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 39 - 48 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toktogulovich Bakiyev! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Saenchai Sor! The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bakiyev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sor manages to avoid it. Bakiyev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sor. That's going to slow Bakiyev down. Bakiyev slips a straight right by Sor. Sor misses with a hook. Bakiyev ducked under it nicely. Bakiyev throws a body punch but Sor moves out of range. Bakiyev on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Sor cracks Bakiyev with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Bakiyev looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Bakiyev blocks a jab. Bakiyev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sor. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sor lands a lovely overhand right. Sor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bakiyev was well out of range. Poor timing from Sor. Sor moves out of range as Bakiyev strikes. Bakiyev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sor. Sor smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sor connects with a jab. Bakiyev throws out a loose jab but Sor uses good head movement to avoid it. Sor walks into a straight right hand from Bakiyev. Bakiyev has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sor. Sor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bakiyev swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Good standup being displayed there by Sor as he connects with a hook. Sor lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sor misses with a wild combination.
It looked like Bakiyev wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Sor lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Sor scoring well with a low kick there.
Sor misses with a left hand and Bakiyev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. 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! Sor lands with a hook. Bakiyev tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Sor takes a swing at Bakiyev's ribcage but misses. A combination from Sor does no damage. Sor has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off. Bakiyev staying out of range there. Saenchai Sor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Sor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bakiyev.
Nice defenses there by Bakiyev. Bakiyev avoids the head kick by Sor.
Sor darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Sor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bakiyev.
Sor misses with a straight left. Bakiyev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sor. Bakiyev on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Sor throws out a loose jab but Bakiyev uses good head movement to avoid it. Sor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bakiyev.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bakiyev throws a big shot that misses. Sor is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. Bakiyev takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bakiyev misses with a wild body shot. Sor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bakiyev sees it coming and avoids it easily. Nice shot lands for Sor. Sor with a jab. Sor avoids the body shot from Bakiyev.
Bakiyev throws a lazy right hand but Sor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Bakiyev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sor misses with a straight right. Sor takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Sor lands an overhand right. Bakiyev jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sor misses with a left hand letting Bakiyev counter with a right hand. Sor scores with a jab. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! A looping hook to the body misses from Sor. Bakiyev does a little dance to reset his feet. Sor throws a head kick that half lands.
Bakiyev is rocked! Bakiyev looks up at the clock. Bad move! Sor lands a right hand from hell, dropping Bakiyev. Sor pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Saenchai Sor! Saenchai Sor decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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