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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mongkutsutt Rattanakrabi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ Hooke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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195 lbs
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211 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mongkutsutt Rattanakrabi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, TJ Hooke!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rattanakrabi lands a body shot.
Hooke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rattanakrabi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hooke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Hooke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rattanakrabi is looking to clinch.
Rattanakrabi forces Hooke back against the cage and clinches.
Rattanakrabi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hooke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rattanakrabi working Hooke over with knees to the body.
Rattanakrabi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hooke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rattanakrabi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hooke looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hooke avoiding damage as Rattanakrabi throws knees to the body.
Rattanakrabi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hooke avoids it.
Rattanakrabi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hooke is defending well for now.
Hooke can't break the clinch.
Rattanakrabi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rattanakrabi trying to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rattanakrabi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rattanakrabi trying to land knees to the body.
Rattanakrabi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hooke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rattanakrabi tries to land knees in the clinch but Hooke avoids the damage to the body.
Rattanakrabi tries to land a knee to the head but Hooke blocks with his arms.
Rattanakrabi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hooke is trying to break free.
Rattanakrabi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hooke avoids it.
Rattanakrabi stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mongkutsutt Rattanakrabi.
Hooke with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A shot to the body from Hooke misses
and Rattanakrabi counters by moving into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Hooke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rattanakrabi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rattanakrabi tries to land knees in the clinch but Hooke avoids the damage to the body.
Rattanakrabi stalling the fight.
Rattanakrabi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rattanakrabi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hooke is defending well for now.
Rattanakrabi connects with a knee to the head.
Hooke can't break the clinch.
Rattanakrabi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hooke avoids it.
Rattanakrabi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rattanakrabi trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rattanakrabi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hooke is defending well for now.
Rattanakrabi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hooke is defending well for now.
Rattanakrabi tries a knee to the head but Hooke blocks it.
The referee calls for Rattanakrabi to work.
Rattanakrabi seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Rattanakrabi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rattanakrabi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rattanakrabi slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Rattanakrabi for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Hooke managing to block the knees to the body from Rattanakrabi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hooke blocks an elbow strike.
Rattanakrabi missing with knees to the body.
Rattanakrabi stalls.
Hooke tries to break the clinch but Rattanakrabi is controlling the position.
Hooke has had enough of the clinch but Rattanakrabi keeps him there for the moment.
Hooke being controlled against the cage.
Rattanakrabi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hooke's efforts to push away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rattanakrabi has Hooke pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mongkutsutt Rattanakrabi.
Rattanakrabi has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mongkutsutt Rattanakrabi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rattanakrabi tries to clinch up.
Hooke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hooke looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rattanakrabi wants to clinch.
Rattanakrabi pushes Hooke up against the cage in a clinch.
Hooke tries to break free but Rattanakrabi pushes him back against the cage.
Hooke has had enough of the clinch but Rattanakrabi keeps him there for the moment.
Rattanakrabi stalling.
Hooke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hooke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rattanakrabi tries a knee to the head but Hooke blocks it.
Knees to the body from Rattanakrabi.
Hooke takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hooke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hooke takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like TJ Hooke has been cut.
Hooke takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hooke is breathing heavily.
Rattanakrabi avoiding damage.
A frustrated look appears on Hooke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rattanakrabi trying to land knees to the body.
Rattanakrabi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hooke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mongkutsutt Rattanakrabi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hooke managing to block the knees to the body from Rattanakrabi.
Rattanakrabi lands a good knee to the midsection. Hooke won't want to take too many of those.
Rattanakrabi lands a good knee to the midsection. Hooke won't want to take too many of those.
Rattanakrabi lands a damaging elbow.
Rattanakrabi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rattanakrabi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rattanakrabi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hooke avoiding damage as Rattanakrabi throws knees to the body.
Rattanakrabi lands a knee to the body.
Rattanakrabi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hooke avoids it.
Rattanakrabi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Rattanakrabi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hooke is defending well for now.
Rattanakrabi tries to land knees in the clinch but Hooke avoids the damage to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Rattanakrabi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rattanakrabi obliges.
Rattanakrabi tries to land a knee to the head but Hooke blocks with his arms.
Rattanakrabi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hooke's efforts to push away.
Rattanakrabi tries to land knees in the clinch but Hooke avoids the damage to the body.
Rattanakrabi tries to land knees in the clinch but Hooke avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rattanakrabi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hooke.
Rattanakrabi missing with knees to the body.
Rattanakrabi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rattanakrabi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rattanakrabi lands a nice knee to the body.
Rattanakrabi controlling the action here for a moment.
A short left from Rattanakrabi.
Hooke avoiding damage as Rattanakrabi throws knees to the body.
Hooke managing to block the knees to the body from Rattanakrabi.
Rattanakrabi misses with a knee strike.
The is referee keeping an eye on Rattanakrabi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rattanakrabi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hooke blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rattanakrabi has Hooke pressed against the cage.
Hooke can't break the clinch.
Rattanakrabi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hooke.
Rattanakrabi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rattanakrabi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rattanakrabi. Hooke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rattanakrabi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hooke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rattanakrabi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rattanakrabi tries to clinch but Hooke is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mongkutsutt Rattanakrabi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on TJ Hooke's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Rattanakrabi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rattanakrabi tries to clinch up but Hooke circles away and keeps his distance.
Hooke scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Mongkutsutt Rattanakrabi has been cut.
Rattanakrabi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rattanakrabi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rattanakrabi closes the distance and clinches.
Rattanakrabi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hooke wants to break free but Rattanakrabi has control.
Rattanakrabi trying to land knees to the body.
Rattanakrabi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rattanakrabi gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rattanakrabi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hooke.
A frustrated look appears on Hooke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rattanakrabi is pushing Hooke up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hooke managing to block the knees to the body from Rattanakrabi.
Rattanakrabi tries to land knees in the clinch but Hooke avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rattanakrabi.
Hooke takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hooke wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hooke blocks the elbow strike.
Rattanakrabi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hooke is defending well for now.
Hooke avoiding damage as Rattanakrabi throws knees to the body.
Hooke can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rattanakrabi tries to land a knee to the head but Hooke blocks with his arms.
Rattanakrabi is struggling to control the position.
Rattanakrabi connects with a knee to the head.
Rattanakrabi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hooke is trying to break the clinch but Rattanakrabi has him pressed against the cage.
Come on Rattanakrabi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rattanakrabi. Hooke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rattanakrabi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hooke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rattanakrabi closes the distance and pushes Hooke back into the cage.
Hooke managing to block the knees to the body from Rattanakrabi.
Rattanakrabi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hooke avoids it.
Hooke managing to block the knees to the body from Rattanakrabi.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rattanakrabi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rattanakrabi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rattanakrabi.
Hooke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rattanakrabi tries to clinch there but Hooke circles away.
Rattanakrabi tries to clinch up.
Rattanakrabi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rattanakrabi has managed to clinch.
Hooke blocks an elbow strike from Rattanakrabi.
Rattanakrabi keeps control of Hooke as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rattanakrabi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rattanakrabi scores with a knee to the head.
Rattanakrabi prevents Hooke from breaking the clinch.
Rattanakrabi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hooke's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rattanakrabi stalls.
Rattanakrabi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hooke in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hooke takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rattanakrabi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hooke.
Rattanakrabi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hooke can do to turn this around?
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rattanakrabi obliges.
Rattanakrabi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rattanakrabi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hooke avoids it.
A left hand lands to the body for Rattanakrabi.
Hooke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knees to the body from Rattanakrabi.
Rattanakrabi pressing his opponent against the cage.
TJ Hooke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rattanakrabi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hooke or not.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mongkutsutt Rattanakrabi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rattanakrabi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mongkutsutt Rattanakrabi!
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