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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaidee Shinawatra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Boothe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinawatra comes into the arena with Roy Jones Jr - Can't Be Touched blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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215 lbs
45 - 22 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaidee Shinawatra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
45 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Boothe!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Boothe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boothe drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Shinawatra defends it well.
Shinawatra swings for the body but Boothe moves out of range.
Shinawatra comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Boothe ducks under a wild hook from Shinawatra.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boothe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shinawatra.
Boothe blocks a jab.
Boothe is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinawatra takes a swing at Boothe's ribcage but misses.
Shinawatra throws a jab but it's blocked by Boothe.
Shinawatra swings for the body but Boothe moves out of range.
Shinawatra is looking to wear down Boothe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Shinawatra throws a lazy right hand but Boothe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Boothe tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Shinawatra throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Shinawatra ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shinawatra misses with a body shot.
And Boothe tries to counter it with a takedown but Shinawatra pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Shinawatra pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boothe changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Shinawatra throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Boothe drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Shinawatra defends it well.
Boothe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shinawatra.
Boothe feints the counter takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinawatra misses with a looping left.
Boothe ducks under a wild hook from Shinawatra.
Shinawatra misses the jab.
Boothe feints the counter takedown.
Shinawatra misses with a wild body shot.
Boothe drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Shinawatra defends it well.
Shinawatra looks to score with a jab to the body but Boothe is just out of range.
Boothe is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Boothe defending well as Shinawatra loads up on a big left hand.
Boothe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shinawatra.
Boothe is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Shinawatra ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boothe moves away.
Shinawatra swings for the body but Boothe moves out of range.
Boothe feints the counter takedown.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shinawatra misses with a hook. Boothe ducked under it nicely.
Boothe changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaidee Shinawatra dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Shinawatra throws a looping overhand right but Boothe ducks down to avoid it.
Shinawatra bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Boothe's head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Boothe might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Shinawatra has got the better of the exchanges.
Boothe moves out of range of the strikes.
Shinawatra missing with a left hand there. Boothe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shinawatra missing with a left hand there. Boothe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And Boothe tries to counter it with a takedown but Shinawatra pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Nice straight punches there by Shinawatra. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Shinawatra.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boothe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shinawatra.
Boothe tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Shinawatra swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boothe avoids the body shot from Shinawatra.
Shinawatra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boothe was well out of range. Poor timing from Shinawatra.
Boothe with the counter takedown but Shinawatra avoids it easily.
Shinawatra throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boothe tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Boothe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boothe drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Shinawatra defends it well.
Shinawatra swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boothe tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Shinawatra throws a body shot but no joy.
Boothe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jaidee Shinawatra is winning the standup battle so far.
Shinawatra misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boothe avoids the body shot from Shinawatra.
Boothe is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Shinawatra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boothe can do to turn this around?
A big right from Shinawatra misses.
Shinawatra lands with a hook. Boothe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thomas Boothe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boothe defending well as Shinawatra loads up on a big left hand.
Shinawatra throws a hook but Boothe avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boothe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shinawatra.
Boothe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shinawatra scores with a hook to the body. Boothe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shinawatra misses with a straight left.
Boothe is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Shinawatra just misses with a punch to the body.
Boothe drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Shinawatra defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaidee Shinawatra dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A big left from Shinawatra misses.
Shinawatra throws a poor cross that misses
so Boothe counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Boothe slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Shinawatra not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shinawatra looking to hit a scissor sweep but Boothe is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinawatra has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Boothe has passed into side control.
Shinawatra is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Boothe is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Shinawatra is trying desperately to improve position.
Boothe sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Shinawatra wants to hold on but Boothe pushes him away.
Thomas Boothe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Shinawatra here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boothe controlling his opponent.
Shinawatra is trying to escape the mount but Boothe keeps good control and instead manages to take Shinawatra's back.
Shinawatra is trying to stand back up.
Shinawatra trying to control the action but Boothe just sinks the hooks in.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boothe is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Shinawatra wants to control his opponent's hands but Boothe gets his hands free.
Boothe is riding his opponent, not letting Shinawatra buck him off.
Boothe is cranking Shinawatra's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Shinawatra! He's tightened the choke and Shinawatra is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Thomas Boothe!
Thomas Boothe decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Jaidee Shinawatra stepped up to the mic, saying 'Guess fighting ain't my thing at all..'.
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hype
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