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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alphonse Fuguego (ranked 518 p4p, 308 weight class) and Petsuwan Sitsongrit (ranked 46 p4p, 26 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Alphonse Fuguego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Petsuwan Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuguego fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice jab there from Fuguego.
Fuguego takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sitsongrit scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fuguego doesn't seem bothered though.
Sitsongrit cracks a nice hook into Fuguego's ribs.
Fuguego looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fuguego throws a low kick but Sitsongrit avoids it.
Fuguego lands a jab.
Sitsongrit avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sitsongrit is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Fuguego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Fuguego is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sitsongrit throws a wild body kick that Fuguego sees coming a mile off.
Fuguego swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a leg kick.
Fuguego takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fuguego jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fuguego.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fuguego.
Sitsongrit flicks out a counter leg kick but Fuguego steps away.
Fuguego looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A leg kick checked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sitsongrit throws a push kick but Fuguego slaps the foot to one side.
Fuguego rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sitsongrit moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sitsongrit doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fuguego. Sitsongrit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fuguego misses with a straight left.
Fuguego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And Sitsongrit tries to counter it with a takedown but Fuguego pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Fuguego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fuguego stuns Sitsongrit with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fuguego moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice defenses there by Fuguego.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sitsongrit scores with a body shot.
Fuguego lands with a nice body punch.
Sitsongrit thumps Fuguego with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit lands with a good body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Sitsongrit. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sitsongrit.
A clash of legs there as Sitsongrit blocks the low kick.
Fuguego changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Fuguego sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fuguego.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fuguego.
Sitsongrit feints a counter leg kick.
Sitsongrit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
Fuguego has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fuguego there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fuguego lands a right hook to the body.
Fuguego misses with a hook to the body
and Sitsongrit counters with a low kick, right behind Fuguego 's knee.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight left.
Sitsongrit throws a jab but it's blocked by Fuguego.
Sitsongrit is looking to land body kicks.
Fuguego throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Alphonse Fuguego seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fuguego shoots in looking for a takedown. Sitsongrit tries to sprawl out of it but Fuguego keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sitsongrit manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sitsongrit takes one on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fuguego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Fuguego connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sitsongrit has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Sitsongrit connects with a jab.
Fuguego throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Fuguego is looking to wear down Sitsongrit with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fuguego tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sitsongrit was well out of range. Poor timing from Fuguego.
Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fuguego throws out the jab.
Fuguego darts in looking for a takedown but Sitsongrit gets double underhooks and turns Fuguego into the cage.
Sitsongrit tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alphonse Fuguego. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fuguego.
A head punch on the inside from Sitsongrit fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Alphonse Fuguego will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sitsongrit works the jab nicely.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab from Fuguego.
Sitsongrit let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Fuguego throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've been informed that Sitsongrit has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Sitsongrit jabs at Fuguego's body.
Sitsongrit on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fuguego. Fuguego obviously looking to wear him down.
Fuguego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit cracks a nice hook into Fuguego's ribs.
Fuguego takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
Fuguego throws a right hand that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuguego throws a right hand that Sitsongrit ducks under and follows up with a left that Sitsongrit also avoids with ease.
Sitsongrit pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sitsongrit throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fuguego will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sitsongrit doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a nice hook to Fuguego's body. Fuguego takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fuguego takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fuguego throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fuguego lands with a cross.
Fuguego tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sitsongrit throws a big shot that misses.
Fuguego with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sitsongrit to score with a decent uppercut.
Sitsongrit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fuguego.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Fuguego sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Fuguego.
Sitsongrit feints the counter takedown.
Sitsongrit throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fuguego stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fuguego fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit works Fuguego's body with a nice hook.
Petsuwan Sitsongrit seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fuguego throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fuguego takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fuguego throws a body punch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sitsongrit! But no joy.
Sitsongrit clobbers Fuguego with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fuguego connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fuguego just misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a lovely overhand right.
Sitsongrit gets caught napping as Fuguego dives in and scores a takedown. Sitsongrit manages to retain guard.
Fuguego stops Sitsongrit from standing up.
Sitsongrit avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego tries to free his leg and advance position but Sitsongrit is retaining full guard.
Fuguego advances to half guard.
Sitsongrit avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fuguego.
Sitsongrit pushes Fuguego off looking to stand but Fuguego dives back in and keeps control.
Fuguego seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Sitsongrit wants to control but Fuguego is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Fuguego looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Sitsongrit wants to get back to his feet.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fuguego seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sitsongrit does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Petsuwan Sitsongrit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab.
Sitsongrit changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Fuguego.
Fuguego loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fuguego.
Fuguego misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
Sitsongrit tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fuguego lands with a kick to the temple. Sitsongrit shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sitsongrit lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fuguego will feel that in the morning.
Fuguego with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fuguego throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sitsongrit makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fuguego lands a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Petsuwan Sitsongrit will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Sitsongrit moves away from the strike by Fuguego.
Fuguego is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sitsongrit misses the shot to the body.
Crunch! Sitsongrit slams his shin into Fuguego's torso.
Sitsongrit is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sitsongrit keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fuguego walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sitsongrit.
Fuguego ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fuguego misses with a low kick.
Fuguego on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit obviously looking to wear him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit throws a solid leg kick but Fuguego takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fuguego connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sitsongrit scrambles back to his feet.
Sitsongrit throws a push kick but Fuguego slaps the foot to one side.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Fuguego sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuguego throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sitsongrit changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Fuguego throws a body punch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Sitsongrit keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Fuguego misses with a kick to the body
and Sitsongrit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Fuguego finds it's way through Sitsongrit's defenses.
A cross from Sitsongrit lands.
Sitsongrit getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sitsongrit is looking to score with low kicks.
Fuguego changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Fuguego dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sitsongrit. That did some damage!
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a push kick but Fuguego slaps the foot to one side.
Sitsongrit throws a push kick but Fuguego slaps the foot to one side.
Sitsongrit throws a looping overhand right but Fuguego ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Fuguego does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Fuguego wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A lazy body kick from Fuguego
and Sitsongrit makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fuguego defending well as Sitsongrit loads up on a big left hand.
Fuguego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Fuguego throws out a loose jab but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fuguego throws out a loose jab but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fuguego connects with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fuguego manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego shoots in for a double leg but Sitsongrit sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fuguego blocks the body kick.
Fuguego fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alphonse Fuguego. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fuguego misses the shot to the body.
Fuguego thows a leg kick but Sitsongrit checks it
enabling Sitsongrit to counter with a crisp jab.
Fuguego avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fuguego moves out of range of the body kick.
The fighters circling - Sitsongrit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fuguego shoots for a double leg takedown but Sitsongrit sprawls well. He's pushed Fuguego's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A nice side step and Sitsongrit releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Fuguego lands a nice looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Fuguego tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sitsongrit swivels and escapes.
Sitsongrit throws the left hand but Fuguego avoids the punch easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Fuguego misses its target.
Sitsongrit buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fuguego throws an overhand right that lands on Sitsongrit's shoulder, as Sitsongrit tries to avoid the shot.
Fuguego ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Jab, jab by Sitsongrit - just one landing.
Sitsongrit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sitsongrit changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Fuguego throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fuguego swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sitsongrit throws a front kick aimed at Fuguego's knee but Fuguego avoids it well.
Fuguego lands a nice shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Petsuwan Sitsongrit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sitsongrit 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Petsuwan Sitsongrit!
Petsuwan Sitsongrit 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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