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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Croix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatchakorn Yeerum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Yeerum's choice of entrance music: The Thai Monk. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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180 cm
27
180 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
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188 cm
21
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Croix! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tatchakorn Yeerum! The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A combination from Croix does no damage. Yeerum takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Croix throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yeerum. Croix misses with the combination.
Yeerum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Croix paws at him with a jab and circles away. Croix misses with a double jab
and Yeerum connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Yeerum dodges the punch combination from Croix.
Croix throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yeerum. Croix rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yeerum moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Croix will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Croix throws a hook but Yeerum avoids it easily. Croix gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fighters circling - Croix throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Nice defenses there by Yeerum.
That's one minute gone in the round. Croix rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yeerum moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Yeerum lands a right hook to the body.
Croix gets tackled into the cage by Yeerum. Yeerum maintains the clinch. Croix takes a shot to the head. Yeerum misses with some punches.
Yeerum fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yeerum lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Yeerum scores with a shot to the side of Croix's head. Yeerum misses with some punches.
Yeerum swings wildly with an uppercut but Croix uses good head movement to avoid it. Croix blocks an uppercut.
Yeerum throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Croixs head. A head punch on the inside from Yeerum fails to land. Yeerum working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Yeerum doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yeerum has a couple of punches blocked by Croix.
Yeerum swings wildly with an uppercut but Croix uses good head movement to avoid it. A head punch on the inside from Yeerum fails to land. A head punch blocked on the inside by Croix. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Croix blocking some punches.
Croix blocks an uppercut.
Yeerum working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Yeerum misses with the head strike.
Yeerum doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yeerum working aggressively here.
Yeerum swings wildly with an uppercut but Croix uses good head movement to avoid it. Yeerum misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Yeerum working aggressively here.
A short right from Yeerum. Yeerum has a couple of punches blocked by Croix.
Croix looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Croix blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yeerum has a couple of punches blocked by Croix.
Croix escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yeerum misses with a double jab.
Croix misses with a hook. Yeerum ducked under it nicely. Yeerum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Croix swats away the attempt to clinch by Yeerum. Yeerum throws a right and a left that Croix avoids nicely. Croix throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yeerum counters with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Yeerum steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Croix. Croix fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Croix is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Yeerum's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems. Yeerum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yeerum has a couple of punches blocked by Croix.
A head punch on the inside from Yeerum fails to land. Yeerum misses with some punches.
Croix takes a shot to the head. Croix escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oooh a lovely combination from Croix sends Yeerum down but not out. Croix dives into side control looking to finish.
Yeerum is rocked!
It looks like Tatchakorn Yeerum has been cut. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup. Croix stands up and we're back to a striking position. Yeerum is still on wobbly legs! Can Croix finish him? Croix misses with a double jab.
and Croix counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Yeerum! He's just covering up as Croix starts to tee off till referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Croix!
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G |
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
53% |
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