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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fresenius James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apachai Hopachai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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165 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fresenius James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Apachai Hopachai!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopachai closes the distance and clinches.
Hopachai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
James is trying to break the clinch but Hopachai has him pressed against the cage.
James is trying to break free.
Hopachai lands an elbow that stopped James in his tracks for a moment.
Hopachai tries a knee to the head but James blocks it.
Hopachai scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Fresenius James has been cut.
Hopachai crunches a lovely knee into James's ribcage.
Hopachai with a knee to the head.
James is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hopachai connects with a nasty looking knee right to James's face.
Hopachai lands an elbow that stopped James in his tracks for a moment.
James is breathing heavily.
James working hard to break the clinch.
James is looking to break free of the clinch but Hopachai has double underhooks.
Hopachai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through James's defenses.
James is trying to break free.
Hopachai lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopachai prevents James from breaking the clinch.
Hopachai taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
James wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hopachai has him pressed against the cage.
James is trying to force a seperation but Hopachai has the dominant position.
Hopachai lands a knee to the body.
Hopachai lands an elbow just above James 's eye.
James is looking to break free of the clinch but Hopachai has double underhooks.
James is looking to break free of the clinch but Hopachai has double underhooks.
Hopachai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hopachai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice elbow from Hopachai.
Hopachai connects with a nasty looking knee right to James's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James is trying to force a seperation but Hopachai has the dominant position.
Hopachai lands a damaging elbow.
Hopachai with a knee to the head.
James takes an elbow to the temple.
Hopachai lands a damaging elbow.
Hopachai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hopachai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hopachai lands an elbow inside.
Hopachai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has James in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hopachai landing knees to the head.
James is rocked!
Hopachai lands an elbow just above James 's eye.
Hopachai lands an elbow inside that James shrugs off.
Hopachai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
James takes an elbow to the temple.
A knee to the head by Hopachai.
Hopachai tries to land a knee to the head but James blocks with his arms.
James takes an elbow to the forehead.
James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hopachai tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
A big right from James misses.
Hopachai walks into a left hand.
James avoids the head kick by Hopachai.
Fresenius James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopachai misses with a body kick.
A punch combination from James misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hopachai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
James looks to land a combination but Hopachai avoids it well.
James throws an overhand right that lands on Hopachai's shoulder, as Hopachai tries to avoid the shot.
Hopachai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
James keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
James throws a nice looking combination but Hopachai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
James misses with a looping left.
James misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice jab there from James.
Hopachai fails with an attempt to clinch.
James misses with a leg kick
and Hopachai counters with a head kick. That will keep James thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hopachai looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hopachai lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
James throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hopachai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
James throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
James throws a leg kick
and Hopachai moves into the clinch.
James wants to break free but Hopachai has control.
James can't break the clinch.
James takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hopachai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but James has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
James has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hopachai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite James's efforts to push away.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hopachai just misses with a elbow thrown towards James's brow.
Hopachai keeps control of James as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
James throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hopachais head.
James wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
James wants to break free but Hopachai has control.
Hopachai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throws a head punch that misses.
James tries to break free but Hopachai pushes him back against the cage.
Hopachai lands an elbow inside.
James takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hopachai has James pressed against the cage, preventing James from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hopachai keeps control of James as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
James dodges an elbow strike from Hopachai.
James wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hopachai connects with a knee to the head.
Hopachai looking to throw knees to the head but James is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from James fails to land.
James wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A knee to the head by Hopachai.
Hopachai prevents James from breaking the clinch.
James working hard to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Hopachai.
A knee to the head by Hopachai.
Hopachai connects with a knee to the head.
James tries to break free but Hopachai pushes him back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
James is trying to break free.
Hopachai landing knees to the head.
James breaks the clinch.
Hopachai defending well as James loads up on a big left hand.
James throws a shot from downtown. Hopachai moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Apachai Hopachai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fresenius James's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts James, as that shot connected.
James lands with a nice body punch.
James misses with a straight right.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
Hopachai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hopachai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hopachai gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
James throws a leg kick but Hopachai sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hopachai tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James dips to his left and cracks Hopachai with an uppercut!
James throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hopachai tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hopachai is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopachai clinches up with James and pushes him back against the cage.
Hopachai connects with a nasty looking knee right to James's face.
James is looking to break free of the clinch but Hopachai has double underhooks.
Hopachai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but James blocks it with crossed arms.
James has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
James wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hopachai has him pressed against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
James tries to break the clinch but Hopachai is controlling the position.
Hopachai lands an elbow inside that James shrugs off.
Hopachai lands an elbow inside.
Hopachai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hopachai prevents James from breaking the clinch.
James tries to break the clinch but Hopachai is controlling the position.
Hopachai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hopachai is breathing heavily.
Hopachai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but James has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
James tries to circle away but Hopachai has him pinned against the cage.
James tries to break the clinch but Hopachai is controlling the position.
Hopachai tries to land a knee to the head but James blocks with his arms.
Hopachai throws a knee to the head but misses.
James has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hopachai connects with a knee to the head.
Hopachai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
James dodges an elbow strike from Hopachai.
James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James throws a series of punches but Hopachai avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hopachai slips a jab from James.
Hopachai tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hopachai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as James throws out the jab.
A combination from James does no damage.
James scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
James looks to land a left hand but Hopachai moved out of range nicely.
Hopachai takes one on the chin but seems OK.
James lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by James.
James fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
James throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hopachai on the side of the head.
James throws a hook to the side of Hopachai's head but Hopachai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
James keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hopachai scores with a leg kick.
Hopachai takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hopachai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slow jab from James misses its intended target.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hopachai moves away.
James 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.
James with a hook.
Hopachai slips under a jab from James.
Good standup being displayed there by James as he connects with a hook.
James throws a jab but it's blocked by Hopachai.
Hopachai is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
James misses with a hook.
James with a jab.
Hopachai slips a jab from James.
James throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hopachai.
Good shot there by James.
Hopachai staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hopachai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hopachai tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hopachai has time to react.
James loads up on a big right hand but Hopachai slips the punch.
Hopachai moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
James avoids the head kick by Hopachai.
Hopachai moves out of range of the strikes.
James throws a shot from downtown. Hopachai moves away and avoids it.
Hopachai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hopachai looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hopachai checks a low kick from James.
James throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fresenius James dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fresenius James's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
James tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hopachai was well out of range. Poor timing from James.
Hopachai misses with an attempted mid kick.
James connects with a jab.
James scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hopachai misses with a low kick.
James misses with a wild combination.
Fresenius James is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from James.
James sizes up Hopachai with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hopachai moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
James does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fresenius James is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hopachai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hopachai tries to clinch up.
Hopachai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as James throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopachai is looking to clinch.
Hopachai has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
James waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hopachai.
James misses the jab.
James thows a left - swing and a miss!
A low kick from Hopachai is predictable there
and James connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hopachai moves out of range as James strikes.
Hopachai is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
The fighters circling - James throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hopachai.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by James.
James looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
James throws a series of punches but Hopachai moves out of range.
James misses with a straight left.
James throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hopachai.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopachai cracks the inside of James's front leg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
James jabs at Hopachai's body.
Nice defenses there by Hopachai.
James looks to land a right hand but Hopachai moved out of range.
James's corner calls for a 1-2. James obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hopachai takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hopachai doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
James misses with a jab, cross combination.
James dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
James fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
James lands a lovely overhand right.
Hopachai wants to clinch.
Hopachai throws a head kick but James moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James looks to throw the jab but Hopachai is out of range.
Hopachai wants to clinch
and James counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A swing and a miss from James.
James throws a jab but it's blocked by Hopachai.
James lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hopachai moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
Hopachai moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
Hopachai wants to clinch.
Hopachai throws a quick head kick that skims the top of James's head.
Hopachai moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
James misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopachai blocks a jab.
James throws a lazy right hand but Hopachai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hopachai takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
James throws an overhand right that lands on Hopachai's shoulder, as Hopachai tries to avoid the shot.
Hopachai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
James checks a leg kick nicely.
Hopachai tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hopachai is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
Hopachai is looking to clinch.
Hopachai checks a leg kick.
James smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
James throws the left hand but Hopachai avoids the punch easily.
James throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hopachai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
James throws a nice looking combination but Hopachai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Fresenius James.
I think James has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fresenius James!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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