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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marduk Shaquarze (ranked 5461 p4p, 5739 weight class) and Ratchanarai Sitsongrit (ranked 76 p4p, 79 weight class). Shaquarze comes to the cage accompanied by Қазақ Хандығы Алтын тақ. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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181 cm 18 190 0 - 1 - 0 |
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178 cm 19 156 0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Excellent MT Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marduk Shaquarze! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ratchanarai Sitsongrit! The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Darius Henderson and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Shaquarze gets off balance looking for a body kick and Sitsongrit counters with a stiff right hand. Shaquarze throws a body kick that misses and Sitsongrit counters with a stiff right hand. Sitsongrit avoids a kick to the body.
Shaquarze thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sitsongrit if he has to take too many more of those.
Shaquarze misses with a body kick. Shaquarze tries a head kick but it misses.
Marduk Shaquarze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Shaquarze throws a wild body kick that Sitsongrit sees coming a mile off. Sitsongrit is trying to counter with his kicks. Sitsongrit digs a good hook to Shaquarze's body.
Shaquarze takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Well,Shaquarze is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes? Sitsongrit throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. A lazy left from Sitsongrit finds it's target. Shaquarze pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Shaquarze 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. Shaquarze misses with a body kick. A nice leg kick from Sitsongrit, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Sitsongrit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Shaquarze misses with a low kick as Sitsongrit jumps back. Sitsongrit throws out a counter right but Shaquarze avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round. Shaquarze misses with a head kick.
Sitsongrit only half commits to the counter leg kick. Decent striking displayed by Sitsongrit there. Sitsongrit connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shaquarze's hands. Sitsongrit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shaquarze. Shaquarze throws a solid leg kick but Sitsongrit takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Shaquarze. Shaquarze throws a leg kick that is checked enabling Sitsongrit to counter with a crisp jab. A lazy body kick from Shaquarze and Shaquarze takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Marduk Shaquarze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Shaquarze looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shaquarze swings away with a leg kick that misses. Shaquarze throws a low kick but Sitsongrit avoids it. Shaquarze throws out a leg kick but Sitsongrit moves out of range and Shaquarze only half commits. Shaquarze throws a sloppy head kick and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Sitsongrit connects with a body shot. Crunch! Sitsongrit slams his shin into Shaquarze's torso. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Some bone on bone action there as Sitsongrit checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Sitsongrit doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Shaquarze throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sitsongrit checks a leg kick. Sitsongrit looks like he wants to counter punch here. A nice leg kick lands there from Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shaquarze throws out the jab. Shaquarze looks for the body kick but Sitsongrit saw that one coming. Sitsongrit looks like he wants to counter punch here. Shaquarze misses with a leg kick and Sitsongrit counters with a nice low kick that buckles Shaquarze's knee momentarily. Shaquarze misses with a body kick. A solid leg kick lands there for Sitsongrit.
Shaquarze fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sitsongrit checks it well. Shaquarze throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sitsongrit checks the leg kick nicely there.
Shaquarze tries to land a body kick and Sitsongrit counters with a nice low kick that buckles Shaquarze's knee momentarily. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Sitsongrit dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Ratchanarai Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Sitsongrit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Shaquarze's head. Shaquarze goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And that's the end of the fight! Ratchanarai Sitsongrit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Sitsongrit has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight for Ratchanarai Sitsongrit! Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight for Ratchanarai Sitsongrit! Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight for Ratchanarai Sitsongrit!
Ratchanarai Sitsongrit wins by unanimous decision!
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