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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stoner Steve (ranked 418 p4p, 415 weight class) and Pyay Thuta (ranked 59 p4p, 58 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 17 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stoner Steve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pyay Thuta!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thuta ducks under a wild hook from Steve.
Steve lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thuta at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Steve.
Thuta cracks Steve with a right hand to the side of the head.
A slapping body kick lands there for Thuta.
Stoner Steve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steve misses with an uppercut.
Steve avoids the body shot from Thuta.
Steve tests Thuta's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steve moves into range and connects with a jab.
Steve waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thuta.
Thuta counters with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Steve looks to score with a jab to the body but Thuta is just out of range.
Thuta looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Thuta throws a lazy right hand but Steve sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thuta wants to clinch.
Steve ducks under a wild hook from Thuta.
Steve fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thuta manages to avoid it.
Thuta unleashes a big counter combination but Steve bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Steve closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Thuta fails to land.
Thuta struggles to land a body shot inside as Steve controls his hands.
I was talking to Steve's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Steve.
Thuta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thuta misses with a body punch.
Steve escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thuta takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Thuta's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Steve connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thuta scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thuta misses with a leg kick
and Steve counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Steve lands with a good body shot.
Thuta throws a good cross that connects.
Steve throws a sloppy body shot
and Thuta counters with a nice uppercut.
Thuta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Steve manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Steve throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Steve takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fighters circling - Thuta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thuta throws an off balance right hand
and Steve cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thuta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thuta fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Steve misses with a shot to the body
and Thuta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A decent looking cross lands there for Steve.
Thuta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Steve manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steve. Thuta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steve rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thuta counters with a straight right hand.
Thuta is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Steve had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Thuta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Steve.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thuta gets a clinch.
Thuta blocks a body shot from Steve.
Steve lands a hook that snaps the head of Thuta backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thuta taking a breather.
Steve misses with some punches.
Thuta tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steve takes a shot to the head.
Thuta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thuta scores with a shot to the side of Steve's head.
Thuta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steve lands with a light punch inside.
Thuta struggles to land a body shot inside as Steve controls his hands.
Thuta tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thuta lands a body punch in the clinch.
Steve throws a punch but it's blocked by Thuta.
Steve lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thuta backwards.
Steve lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steve.
Thuta scores with a shoulder strike.
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 Stoner Steve will probably get the nod.
That's time! Steve's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Thuta jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Thuta moves into range and clinches up with Steve.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thuta.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Steve.
Thuta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steve gets through Thuta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thuta blocks a body shot from Steve.
Thuta is looking to break free of the clinch but Steve has double underhooks.
Thuta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steve lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A jab from Steve misses.
Thuta might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steve lands a body shot.
Steve throws a sloppy body shot
and Thuta counters with a nice leg kick.
Steve scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thuta slips a jab from Steve.
Thuta tries a quick counter leg kick but Steve is wise to it.
Some bone on bone action there as Steve checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Steve connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Steve looks to land a right hand but Thuta moved out of range.
Thuta scores with a spinning back kick!
Steve throws a lazy uppercut
and Thuta makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Steve takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Steve swings for the body but Thuta moves out of range.
Steve takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Steve slips under a jab from Thuta.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thuta lands a big head kick that sends Steve tumbling to the mat! Thuta takes a step backwards and waves Steve back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thuta throws a leg kick that misses.
Thuta slips a jab from Steve.
Steve has Thuta up against the cage in a clinch.
Thuta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thuta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thuta.
Nice body punch from Thuta.
Thuta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thuta lands a right hand.
Thuta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Steve lands a nice uppercut.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Steve blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thuta blocking some punches.
Steve tries to throw a body punch but Thuta avoids it by throwing Steve back against the cage.
Steve misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thuta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Steve blocks a body shot from Thuta.
Thuta lands a nice uppercut.
Steve blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thuta lands with a light punch inside.
Steve blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Steve.
Steve blocks a body shot from Thuta.
Thuta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steve lands a body shot in the clinch.
Thuta tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steve throws a head punch that misses.
Thuta tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Steve.
Steve manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steve. Thuta does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thuta throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Steve counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thuta lands with a kick to the temple. Steve shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Thuta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steve throws out the jab.
A jab lands there for Steve.
Steve throws a lazy right hand but Thuta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big right from Steve misses.
Thuta throws a lazy right hand but Steve sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thuta throws a push kick but Steve slaps the foot to one side.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pyay Thuta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Thuta connects with a looping right hand.
Thuta slips under a jab.
Thuta circles away from the clinch attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Thuta ducks under a wild hook from Steve.
Thuta takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thuta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Steve throws a lazy uppercut
and Thuta counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Steve throws out a loose jab but Thuta uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve misses with an uppercut
enabling Thuta to counter with a crisp jab.
Steve throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thuta.
Thuta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Thuta moves into the clinch.
Steve keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thuta's efforts to push away.
Pyay Thuta seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Steve misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thuta swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steve fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thuta blocking some punches.
Thuta gets through Steve's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thuta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Steve scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thuta digs a right hand underneath Steve's ribcage. Steve let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thuta cracks Steve with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thuta breaks the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thuta lands with an uppercut that bounces Steve off the cage and back into range.
Steve ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Steve throws a left and a right that both miss
and Thuta counters with a straight right hand.
Nice defenses there by Thuta.
Thuta wants to slow Steve down by chopping away at his legs.
Thuta swings for the body but Steve moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Steve misses the target.
Steve misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Thuta! But no joy.
Steve misses with a right hand
and Thuta counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thuta moves out of range of the strikes.
Steve throws a poor cross that misses
and Thuta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Steve shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Steve ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Thuta missing with a left hand there. Steve was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Steve swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Thuta cracks a nice hook into Steve's ribs.
Thuta throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Steve stumbling backwards into the cage! Steve bounces back off the cage towards Thuta, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Thuta lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Thuta celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Pyay Thuta!
Pyay Thuta seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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