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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicholas Ares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ong Bak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bak's choice of entrance music: you've lost that loving feeling. Nicholas Ares has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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282 lbs
4 - 8 - 0 |
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289 lbs
19 - 19 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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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
4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Nicholas Ares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ong Bak!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ares clinches up against the cage.
Bak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ares swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bak tries to keep at a distance but Ares has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ares fails to pull guard.
Bak tries to land a knee to the head but Ares blocks with his arms.
Bak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bak blocks a body shot from Ares.
Bak misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ares missing with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Bak.
Ares takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Nicholas Ares has been cut.
Nice elbow from Bak.
Bak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ares's defenses.
Bak scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ares blocks the elbow strike.
Ares tries to pull guard but Bak forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Bak misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ares lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bak lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bak misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bak lands a nice elbow.
Bak lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ares fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bak creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ares struggles to land a body shot inside as Bak controls his hands.
Ares blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ares is trying to pull guard but Bak has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nicholas Ares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ares working aggressively here.
Ares goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bak pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bak connects with a knee to the head.
Bak has Ares pushed against the cage.
Bak lands a nice elbow.
Ares misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bak misses with a knee strike.
Bak throws an elbow but it misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ares blocks it with crossed arms.
Ares scores with a shoulder strike.
Ares misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bak.
Bak misses with a knee strike.
Ares avoids a wild elbow strike from Bak.
Bak struggles to land a body shot inside as Ares controls his hands.
Bak taking a breather.
Bak misses with an elbow over the top.
Ares softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ares tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bak just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bak lands an elbow just above Ares 's eye.
Bak is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ares is trying to drag Bak to the mat but Bak just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ares avoids a wild elbow strike from Bak.
Ares blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ares fails to pull guard.
Bak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ares trying to land knees to the body.
Ares tries to pull guard but Bak forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ares looking to slow down the pace here.
Nice elbow from Bak.
Ares trying to land knees to the body.
I was talking to Ares's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ares is trying to pull guard but Bak has him pressed against the cage.
Bak is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ares is defending well for now.
Bak unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ares lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ares is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bak putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ares in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bak landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bak lands an elbow that stopped Ares in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bak.
Nicholas Ares's cut is getting worse.
Still in the clinch, Bak scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bak is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ares is defending well for now.
Bak lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bak lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bak lands a nice elbow.
Bak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ares takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nicholas Ares's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bak has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Bak cracks Ares with a nice body shot.
Bak landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Bak.
Bak lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Bak.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bak lands a knee to the body.
Bak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ares's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bak.
Ares tries to pull guard but Bak won't allow it.
Bak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ares's defenses.
Jeez, Nicholas Ares's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Bak lands a damaging elbow.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nicholas Ares's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). 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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mgr
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RATING
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