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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Santos De Jesus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ong Bak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Santos De Jesus might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Without Honor or Humanity. Bak comes into a darkened arena with his song building. you've lost that loving feeling kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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245 lbs
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289 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago Santos De Jesus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ong Bak!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos De Jesus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos De Jesus checks a low kick from Bak.
Santos De Jesus throws a jab when Bak was well out of range.
Bak closes the distance but Santos De Jesus moves to the side
and Santos De Jesus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Santos De Jesus.
Bak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Santos De Jesus tries to circle away but Bak has him pinned against the ropes.
Bak lands an elbow inside.
Santos De Jesus blocks an elbow strike.
Bak is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Santos De Jesus blocks an elbow strike from Bak.
Bak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos De Jesus.
Santos De Jesus will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bak up against the ropes.
Bak scores a nice knee to the body.
Santos De Jesus wants to stall.
Santos De Jesus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bak throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Thiago Santos De Jesus has been cut.
Santos De Jesus dodges an elbow strike from Bak.
Bak lands a damaging elbow.
Bak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bak throws an elbow but misses.
Santos De Jesus avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the ropes.
Santos De Jesus avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the ropes.
Santos De Jesus avoids a wild elbow strike from Bak.
Bak throws an elbow but it misses.
Santos De Jesus gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bak has Santos De Jesus pulled in close to control his posture.
Santos De Jesus won't allow Bak to get back to his feet.
Santos De Jesus showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bak wriggles free and stands up.
Bak is looking to clinch but Santos De Jesus is avoiding it.
A big left from Santos De Jesus misses.
Bak swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Santos De Jesus circles away from the clinch attempt
and Santos De Jesus counters with a stiff right hand.
Bak darts in trying to clinch
and Santos De Jesus moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Jesus missing with knees to the body.
Bak working Santos De Jesus over with knees to the body.
Santos De Jesus tries to land knees in the clinch but Bak avoids the damage to the body.
Santos De Jesus blocks an elbow strike.
Bak has Santos De Jesus pressed against the ropes, preventing Santos De Jesus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bak gets underhooks to prevent Santos De Jesus's takedown attempt.
Bak creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bak creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bak throws an elbow but misses.
Santos De Jesus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bak pushes off an throws an elbow but Santos De Jesus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Santos De Jesus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bak is defending well for now.
Santos De Jesus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bak is defending well for now.
Bak lands an elbow inside that Santos De Jesus shrugs off.
Santos De Jesus has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bak is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Santos De Jesus is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bak managing to block the knees to the body from Santos De Jesus.
Bak pushes off an throws an elbow but Santos De Jesus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Bak creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bak misses with an elbow over the top.
Santos De Jesus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bak throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Santos De Jesus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santos De Jesus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bak is keeping busy.
Santos De Jesus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Santos De Jesus trying to control the position but instead, Bak has worked for underhooks and has pushed Santos De Jesus into the ropes.
Bak pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bak throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Santos De Jesus takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bak throws an elbow but misses.
Santos De Jesus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bak throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ong Bak dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Santos De Jesus's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos De Jesus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos De Jesus throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Bak was covering up waiting for the punch and Santos De Jesus finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Santos De Jesus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bak works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bak is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Santos De Jesus wants to control from the top but Bak keeps moving.
Santos De Jesus might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bak wants to stand up but Santos De Jesus is controlling him.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Thiago Santos De Jesus just wasn't active enough.
Santos De Jesus darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Santos De Jesus keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Santos De Jesus is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bak really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santos De Jesus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Santos De Jesus is thwarting Bak's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Jesus performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Santos De Jesus trying to mount his opponent but Bak defends it.
Bak pushes Santos De Jesus off looking to stand but Santos De Jesus dives back in and keeps control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Jesus seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bak does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bak tries to get to full guard but Santos De Jesus has control of the leg.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Santos De Jesus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bak.
Bak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bak scoring well with a low kick there.
Ong Bak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bak tries to clinch but Santos De Jesus moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bak moves to clinch but Santos De Jesus breaks away
and Santos De Jesus holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Santos De Jesus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bak pushes off an throws an elbow but Santos De Jesus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Bak is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bak tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos De Jesus avoids the damage to the body.
Bak lands an elbow inside that Santos De Jesus shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Santos De Jesus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bak's brow.
Bak avoiding damage as Santos De Jesus throws knees to the body.
Bak taking a breather.
Santos De Jesus slows down the pace here.
Bak landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bak lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bak lands a damaging elbow.
Bak pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bak misses with an elbow strike.
Santos De Jesus misses with a knee strike.
Bak avoiding damage as Santos De Jesus throws knees to the body.
Bak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ong Bak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Thiago Santos De Jesus's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ong Bak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bak wants to clinch.
Bak moves in looking to clinch but Santos De Jesus pushes him off.
Bak throws a head kick but Santos De Jesus moves out of range.
Santos De Jesus tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Bak manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Santos De Jesus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos De Jesus wants to clinch.
Santos De Jesus swats away the attempt to clinch by Bak.
Bak moves in looking to clinch but Santos De Jesus pushes him off.
Bak throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bak moves into the clinch.
Santos De Jesus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bak missing with knees to the body.
Santos De Jesus tries a knee to the head but Bak blocks it.
Bak throws an elbow but it misses.
Santos De Jesus tries to score a body lock takedown but Bak shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bak lands an elbow that stopped Santos De Jesus in his tracks for a moment.
Santos De Jesus blocks the elbow strike.
Santos De Jesus fails to pull guard.
Bak throws an elbow but it misses.
Bak looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bak throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Santos De Jesus avoiding damage as Bak throws knees to the body.
Santos De Jesus is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bak pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Santos De Jesus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos De Jesus blocks an elbow strike from Bak.
Bak lands an elbow inside.
Santos De Jesus blocks the elbow strike.
Bak stalling the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bak scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos De Jesus avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the ropes.
Bak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos De Jesus.
Santos De Jesus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santos De Jesus avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Bak just misses with a elbow thrown towards Santos De Jesus's brow.
Bak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Santos De Jesus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Santos De Jesus managing to block the knees to the body from Bak.
Bak tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos De Jesus avoids the damage to the body.
Bak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bak lands an elbow just above Santos De Jesus 's eye.
Santos De Jesus has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bak is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Santos De Jesus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bak trying to land knees to the body.
Santos De Jesus dodges an elbow strike from Bak.
Bak tries to throw a body punch but Santos De Jesus avoids it by throwing Bak back against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos De Jesus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bak is defending well for now.
Santos De Jesus blocks an elbow strike from Bak.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bak.
Bak throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Santos De Jesus avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the ropes.
Bak lands a damaging elbow.
Santos De Jesus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bak creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Santos De Jesus blocks the elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bak lands an elbow inside.
Santos De Jesus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bak is keeping busy.
Santos De Jesus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos De Jesus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bak moves in looking to clinch but Santos De Jesus pushes him off.
Ong Bak is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bak moves into range and clinches up with Santos De Jesus.
Bak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santos De Jesus blocks an elbow strike from Bak.
Santos De Jesus drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bak pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bak clinches up against the ropes.
Santos De Jesus blocks an elbow strike from Bak.
Bak pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos De Jesus can't get the takedown.
Santos De Jesus has clasped his hands together around Bak's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bak wants to control but Santos De Jesus postures up.
Thiago Santos De Jesus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bak gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ong Bak comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bak winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ong Bak!
An out of breath Ong Bak 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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