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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pan Thongrak (ranked 3806 p4p, 4047 weight class) and Tallulah Begaye (ranked 426 p4p, 438 weight class). Thongrak comes into the arena with Muay Thai Traditional blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pan Thongrak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tallulah Begaye!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thongrak shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Begaye eats them both and turns towards Thongrak to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Thongrak tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Begaye was well out of range. Poor timing from Thongrak.
Thongrak lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Begaye circles away quickly and effectively.
Begaye tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Begaye gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Thongrak counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Tallulah Begaye has been cut.
Begaye shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Thongrak's guard.
Begaye working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Thongrak pulls Begaye in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thongrak keeping moving, preventing Begaye from controlling successfully.
Begaye has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thongrak has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Begaye has passed into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thongrak is trying to improve his position.
The strikes coming from Begaye are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Begaye scoring with punches and elbows.
Begaye landing a few strikes.
Begaye tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Thongrak taking a bit of punishment here - Begaye scoring with strikes.
Begaye throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Thongrak tries to improve position but can't.
Begaye tries to score with some ground and pound. Thongrak controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Begaye creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Thongrak sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Thongrak tries to improve position but can't.
Thongrak takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begaye trying to control the position but Thongrak is working away.
Begaye in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Begaye in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Thongrak struggling a bit here.
Thongrak is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Begaye in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Thongrak looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Begaye postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Begaye scores with punches from side control.
Thongrak might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Begaye trying to control the action but Thongrak is working from the bottom.
Begaye with the ground and pound but Thongrak regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thongrak is trying to control but can't.
Thongrak is looking to get back to full guard here but Begaye has managed to pass to side control instead.
Thongrak is looking to reverse the position.
We've been informed that Begaye has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Sloppy strikes there by Begaye.
Thongrak looks to move to half guard but instead Begaye has passed into mount! Damn!
Thongrak wants to control but Begaye is having none of it.
Begaye is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Thongrak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Begaye has control of Thongrak's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Thongrak regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Begaye loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Thongrak scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Begaye land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Begaye stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tallulah Begaye!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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