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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Tidam Yagan (ranked 4525 p4p, 5438 weight class) and Thai Shamwong (ranked 454 p4p, 490 weight class). Shamwong has chosen Akon - Lonely as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tidam Yagan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thai Shamwong!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yagan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Yagan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tidam Yagan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yagan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Yagan connects with a nice looking jab.
Yagan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yagan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Shamwong is rocked!
Yagan misses with a straight left.
It seemed like Shamwong was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shamwong is still on wobbly legs! Can Yagan finish him?
We've been told by Yagan's head coaches at St Petersburg MMA Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Yagan throws a hook to the side of Shamwong's head but Shamwong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shamwong seems to have recovered his senses.
Shamwong throws a head kick but Yagan moves out of range.
Shamwong takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Shamwong takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shamwong moves out of range as Yagan throws a body kick.
Shamwong's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yagan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Shamwong scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamwong slips under a jab.
Yagan swats away the attempt to clinch by Shamwong.
Yagan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yagan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Shamwong doesn't seem bothered though.
Yagan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Shamwongs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A big right from Yagan misses.
Shamwong was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Shamwong takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Shamwong has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shamwong there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yagan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, jab by Yagan - just one landing.
Yagan connects with a body shot.
Shamwong looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yagan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shamwong throws a big counter head kick but Yagan avoids it with no problem.
Yagan misses with a looping left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shamwong with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yagan to score with a decent uppercut.
Yagan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yagan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Yagan lands a body shot.
Yagan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yagan is leaning against Shamwong and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yagan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shamwong or not.
Yagan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shamwong backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yagan is leaning against Shamwong and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hand to the body from Yagan.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tidam Yagan dominated that round.
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.
Yagan cracks a nice hook into Shamwong's ribs.
A head kick misses from Shamwong.
Tidam Yagan is winning the standup battle so far.
Yagan lands a lovely overhand right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yagan. Shamwong does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheers as Yagan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shamwong doesn't seem phased though.
Shamwong avoids a kick to the body.
Yagan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Shamwong doesn't seem bothered though.
Shamwong drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yagan misses with a hook.
Shamwong takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yagan. Shamwong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yagan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Shamwong at a distance.
Shamwong is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamwong on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yagan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yagan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shamwong. Shamwong circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Shamwong walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Yagan rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Shamwong has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Shamwong misses with a low kick.
Shamwong takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body kick there by Yagan.
Yagan works Shamwong's body with a nice hook.
Shamwong walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Shamwong is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tidam Yagan!
Tidam Yagan is the new welterweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Tidam Yagan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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