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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eric Riendeau (ranked 514 p4p, 195 weight class) and Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit (ranked 68 p4p, 25 weight class). Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Riendeau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy right hand. Riendeau should have avoided that one.
Riendeau thuds a left hand into Sitsongrit's body.
Riendeau takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Riendeau avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a jab but it's blocked by Riendeau.
Eric Riendeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sitsongrit lands with an uppercut that bounces Riendeau off the cage and back into range.
Riendeau closes the distance but Sitsongrit moves to the side
and Sitsongrit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Riendeau. Sitsongrit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sitsongrit tries a quick counter leg kick but Riendeau is wise to it.
Riendeau misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sitsongrit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Riendeau misses the shot to the body.
Sitsongrit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Riendeau lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riendeau tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sitsongrit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Riendeau looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sitsongrit lands a head shot.
Riendeau misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riendeau tries to clinch up
and Sitsongrit counters with a left to the body.
Riendeau wants to clinch
enabling Sitsongrit to counter with a crisp jab.
Sitsongrit throws a quick inside leg kick.
A lazy left from Sitsongrit finds it's target.
Riendeau swings for the body but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Riendeau misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice uppercut.
Riendeau is rocked!
Riendeau digs a good body shot into Sitsongrit's ribs.
Riendeau is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Riendeau darts in trying to clinch
and Sitsongrit counters with a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riendeau moves in looking to clinch but Sitsongrit pushes him off.
Riendeau tries to clinch up.
Riendeau is looking to clinch.
Sitsongrit let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Riendeau clinches up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riendeau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Riendeau creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Riendeau lands an uppercut.
Sitsongrit working aggressively here.
Riendeau misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit prevents a body shot from Riendeau.
Sitsongrit misses with the head strike.
Riendeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Riendeau.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch.
Riendeau tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sitsongrit blocks a body shot from Riendeau.
Riendeau misses with the head strike.
Sitsongrit lands a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riendeau prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch to the body.
Riendeau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sitsongrit's elbow.
Sitsongrit manages to break the clinch.
Riendeau misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Sitsongrit lands a head shot.
Sitsongrit tried to score with a low kick but Riendeau checks it.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riendeau.
Sitsongrit looks to land a left hand but Riendeau moved out of range nicely.
Riendeau tries to clinch up.
Sitsongrit is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A counter left hand to the body from Riendeau misses its target.
Sitsongrit is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Riendeau had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A jab from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit feints and then cracks Riendeau's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Riendeau down.
Sitsongrit throws a nice head kick!
Riendeau has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Riendeau there as he acknowledges the shot.
Riendeau ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Riendeau was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Riendeau misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice uppercut.
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!
Riendeau rushes Sitsongrit and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Riendeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sitsongrit lands a right hand.
Sitsongrit lands a right hand that snaps the head of Riendeau backwards.
Sitsongrit works on Riendeau's body with a couple of short punches.
Riendeau lands a shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Riendeau.
Riendeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Riendeau throws a head punch that misses.
Riendeau misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riendeau.
Sitsongrit lands a nice uppercut.
Riendeau lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Riendeau.
Riendeau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Riendeau is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Riendeau with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Riendeau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sitsongrit has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Decent striking displayed by Sitsongrit there.
Sitsongrit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Riendeau tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sitsongrit counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riendeau manages to avoid it.
Riendeau drives through and clinches with Sitsongrit against the cage.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit breaks the clinch.
Riendeau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Riendeau is looking to wear down Sitsongrit with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riendeau forces Sitsongrit back against the cage and clinches.
A short uppercut from Riendeau.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Sitsongrit.
Riendeau's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Riendeau lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Riendeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sitsongrit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Riendeau tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Riendeau tries to clinch there but Sitsongrit circles away.
Sitsongrit replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Riendeau blocks it well.
Riendeau fails with an attempt to clinch.
Riendeau on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riendeau.
Riendeau wants to clinch but Sitsongrit slips to the side
and Sitsongrit counters with a good low kick that Riendeau was not able to check.
Riendeau throws a lazy uppercut
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit lands with a slapping head kick.
Oh Riendeau is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Some wild striking there from Riendeau.
Riendeau gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Sitsongrit gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Riendeau is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit!
In his post fight interview, Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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