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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Timpurhkhum Chouncheun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyoji Horiguchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Chouncheun might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to พิณบรรเลง. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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147 lbs
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141 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Timpurhkhum Chouncheun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyoji Horiguchi!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chouncheun waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Horiguchi.
Chouncheun is looking to chop away at Horiguchi's legs.
Horiguchi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Horiguchi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chouncheun tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Horiguchi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Chouncheun.
Horiguchi looks to land a left hand but Chouncheun moved out of range nicely.
Chouncheun is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi walks into a left hand.
Kyoji Horiguchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horiguchi throws a leg kick which misses Chouncheun's front leg but catches the back leg as Chouncheun tries to avoid it.
Chouncheun needs to keep his hands up - Horiguchi had a free shot at his head there.
Horiguchi connects with a solid leg kick.
Chouncheun scores with a punch to the head.
Horiguchi drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Horiguchi working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horiguchi throws a big elbow that misses.
Horiguchi trying to control the position from guard on top but Chouncheun is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Horiguchi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Horiguchi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Horiguchi is looking to work some ground and pound but Chouncheun has wrist control.
Chouncheun utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Horiguchi trying to control the position from guard on top but Chouncheun is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Horiguchi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Horiguchi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Horiguchi trying to control but Chouncheun is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Horiguchi is defended easily by Chouncheun.
A punch lands to the side of Chouncheun 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Horiguchi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Chouncheun.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Horiguchi grinds an elbow into Chouncheun's temple.
Horiguchi is looking to take a break and control but Chouncheun is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Horiguchi is chipping away with strikes.
Chouncheun avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Horiguchi.
Horiguchi throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Chouncheun is trying to get back to half guard.
Chouncheun parries the strikes from Horiguchi easily there. Horiguchi is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Chouncheun to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Chouncheun is avoiding damage well.
Horiguchi working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Horiguchi working the ground and pound but Chouncheun is defending the strikes.
Horiguchi fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Chouncheun taking punishment in the form of punches.
Chouncheun regains half guard, as Horiguchi was trying to land strikes.
Chouncheun avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi throwing shots but Chouncheun is blocking nicely.
Chouncheun is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at LOD - Phoenix Mixed Martial Arts that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Horiguchi there.
Horiguchi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Horiguchi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chouncheun regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Chouncheun works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Horiguchi wants to control from the top but Chouncheun keeps moving.
Chouncheun utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Horiguchi landing with the ground and pound.
Chouncheun looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Horiguchi is working Chouncheun over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Horiguchi postures up in Chouncheun's guard and throws a big left but Chouncheun blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyoji Horiguchi dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Chouncheun displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi missing with a left hand there. Chouncheun was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chouncheun takes one to the side of the head.
Horiguchi fails with the takedown
and Chouncheun counters with a right hand to the body.
Horiguchi tries for a takedown but Chouncheun sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Timpurhkhum Chouncheun has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyoji Horiguchi.
Horiguchi shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Horiguchi was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Horiguchi throwing shots but missing, from side control.
An elbow from Horiguchi crashes against the mat.
Horiguchi taking a break here but Chouncheun is having none of it and regains half guard.
Horiguchi prevents Chouncheun from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horiguchi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chouncheun defending well though.
Horiguchi trying to control from Chouncheun's half guard. Chouncheun has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Horiguchi wants to control from the top but Chouncheun keeps moving.
Horiguchi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Horiguchi trying to control the position from guard on top but Chouncheun is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Horiguchi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Horiguchi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Horiguchi lands a couple of digs.
Horiguchi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Horiguchi stays in close to Chouncheun's body and controls the position.
Horiguchi postures up in Chouncheun's guard and throws a big left but Chouncheun blocks it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Horiguchi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Horiguchi moves out of range of the strikes.
A clash of legs there as Horiguchi blocks the low kick.
Horiguchi shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Horiguchi showed some decent athleticism there.
Kyoji Horiguchi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Horiguchi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Chouncheun does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Horiguchi prevents Chouncheun from standing back up.
Horiguchi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Horiguchi passes to full mount!
Horiguchi looking to ground and pound but Chouncheun is blocking nicely.
Horiguchi looking to control but Chouncheun is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi controlling from mount.
Horiguchi throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Chouncheun avoids a series of strikes thrown by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi looking to finish with strikes here!
Horiguchi looking to ground and pound but Chouncheun is blocking nicely.
Chouncheun holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Horiguchi tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Chouncheun takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Horiguchi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Horiguchi working the ground and pound effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi with good strikes from the mount here!
Chouncheun is rocked!
Chouncheun is trying to escape the mount.
Oh Chouncheun is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Horiguchi lands a big elbow - Chouncheun is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Chouncheun is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kyoji Horiguchi!
After the fight, Kyoji Horiguchi was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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