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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sagandi Legend (ranked 4187 p4p, 3647 weight class) and Naruesorn Chaiyachue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sagandi Legend!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Naruesorn Chaiyachue!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chaiyachue tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Legend swivels and escapes.
Legend tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Chaiyachue manages to circle out of the way.
Chaiyachue moves into the clinch.
Legend throws a head punch that misses.
Legend on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Legend on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chaiyachue.
Legend fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chaiyachue's coach down at Rising Sun Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Chaiyachue's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Legend lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chaiyachue backwards.
Chaiyachue blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Legend definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Legend managing to block the knees to the body from Chaiyachue.
Legend misses with a short punch on the inside.
Legend fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Legend fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Legend on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Legend misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chaiyachue trying to land knees to the body.
Legend misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chaiyachue.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chaiyachue.
Chaiyachue blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Legend lands a left hand.
Legend has a couple of punches blocked by Chaiyachue.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chaiyachue.
Chaiyachue missing with knees to the body.
Chaiyachue is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chaiyachue.
Legend misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chaiyachue working Legend over with knees to the body.
Chaiyachue tries to land knees in the clinch but Legend avoids the damage to the body.
Legend swings wildly with an uppercut but Chaiyachue uses good head movement to avoid it.
Legend could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Chaiyachue lands a knee to the body.
Legend is breathing heavily.
Chaiyachue blocking some punches.
Legend misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chaiyachue missing with knees to the body.
Chaiyachue blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Legend misses with some punches.
Chaiyachue trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Legend.
Legend misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chaiyachue pulls Legend into guard.
Legend throwing strikes from guard but Chaiyachue blocks nicely.
Legend in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legend throws an elbow that misses. Chaiyachue uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Legend's guard. Nice move by Chaiyachue!
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!
Legend throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Chaiyachue controlling from the top position.
Legend has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Chaiyachue has passed into side control.
You can see the frustration on Legend's face as Chaiyachue controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Legend misses with a strike from the bottom.
Chaiyachue blocks the strikes from Legend.
Chaiyachue controls the position from side control.
Chaiyachue decides to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaiyachue fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Legend, pushing him back against the cage.
Legend takes a knee to the side of the body.
Legend managing to block the knees to the body from Chaiyachue.
Legend swings wildly with an uppercut but Chaiyachue uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chaiyachue misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Legend.
Chaiyachue scores with a hook to the body.
Chaiyachue misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Legend.
Legend on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chaiyachue is working Legend over against the cage.
Chaiyachue landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chaiyachue unloads a knee to the mid-section. Legend lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chaiyachue tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Legend avoids it.
Chaiyachue putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Legend in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Legend misses with the head strike.
Chaiyachue using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Chaiyachue is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Legend is defending well for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chaiyachue blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chaiyachue blocking some punches.
Chaiyachue tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Legend avoids it.
Chaiyachue misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Legend.
Legend misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chaiyachue tries to land knees in the clinch but Legend avoids the damage to the body.
Legend fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Legend on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Legend is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Chaiyachue blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chaiyachue doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chaiyachue manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Chaiyachue managing to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Legend accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Chaiyachue looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Let's hope that Chaiyachue has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Naruesorn Chaiyachue dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Chaiyachue tries to clinch there but Legend circles away.
Chaiyachue's corner calls for a 1-2. Chaiyachue obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Chaiyachue is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Legend is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Chaiyachue.
Chaiyachue pushes Legend up against the cage in a clinch.
Legend lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chaiyachue blocks an uppercut.
Chaiyachue gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Chaiyachue performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Legend is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legend flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Chaiyachue tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Legend.
Legend gets full guard.
Legend throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Legend throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Legend will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Legend is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chaiyachue works his way to full guard. Good work.
Chaiyachue is pulling down on Legend's head. It's preventing any offense from Legend, at least for the moment.
Chaiyachue avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Legend throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Naruesorn Chaiyachue has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legend postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Legend preventing the sweep.
Chaiyachue wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Legend throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Legend loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chaiyachue has his hands on Legend's head, controlling the position.
Legend postures up in Chaiyachue's guard and throws a big left but Chaiyachue blocks it.
Chaiyachue throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Legend working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Chaiyachue seems keen to control Legend's posture.
Legend loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legend throws an elbow that misses. Chaiyachue uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Legend's guard. Nice move by Chaiyachue!
Chaiyachue slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Chaiyachue is continuing to stall.
Legend doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Chaiyachue slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Legend.
Legend wants to get back to full guard but Chaiyachue has mounted him!
Legend flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Chaiyachue has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Legend has left one of his arms exposed and Chaiyachue doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Legend screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Naruesorn Chaiyachue!
An out of breath Naruesorn Chaiyachue thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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