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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tom Thomas (ranked 969 p4p, 48 weight class) and Palaktingpuet Payakarakatong (ranked 712 p4p, 33 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
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136 lbs
16 - 11 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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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
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Palaktingpuet Payakarakatong!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas catches Payakarakatong with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Payakarakatong lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice straight punches there by Thomas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thomas.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Payakarakatong misses with a looping right.
It looked like Thomas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Thomas lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Payakarakatong.
Payakarakatong takes a jab right on the kisser.
Payakarakatong dodges the punch combination from Thomas.
Payakarakatong cracks a nice hook into Thomas's ribs.
Payakarakatong has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Thomas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Payakarakatong moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas throws a shot from downtown. Payakarakatong moves away and avoids it.
Thomas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thomas avoids the body shot from Payakarakatong.
Thomas moves into the clinch.
Payakarakatong misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.
Thomas scores with a shot to the side of Payakarakatong's head.
Thomas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Payakarakatong.
Thomas lands a body shot.
I was talking to Thomas's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Good body shot from Payakarakatong.
A hook to the body from Payakarakatong.
Payakarakatong prevents a body shot from Thomas.
Payakarakatong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Payakarakatong lands a left hand.
Payakarakatong prevents a body shot from Thomas.
Payakarakatong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thomas leaning against his opponent.
Payakarakatong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thomas or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Payakarakatong.
Payakarakatong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thomas has a couple of punches blocked by Payakarakatong.
Payakarakatong has Thomas pushed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Payakarakatong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Payakarakatong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thomas has a couple of punches blocked by Payakarakatong.
Thomas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Payakarakatong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Payakarakatong.
Thomas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Payakarakatong's elbow.
Payakarakatong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thomas's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Thomas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thomas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thomas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Payakarakatong lands with a light punch inside.
Thomas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thomas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Payakarakatong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Payakarakatong lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payakarakatong lands a jab to the nose.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Payakarakatong sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Payakarakatong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice side step and Payakarakatong releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Thomas moves out of range as Payakarakatong throws a body kick.
Payakarakatong throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Thomas darts in trying to clinch
and Thomas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Payakarakatong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas misses with a shot to the body
and Payakarakatong makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Thomas throws a body punch but Payakarakatong moves out of range.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a hook.
Payakarakatong looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Payakarakatong moves out of range of the body kick from Thomas.
And Payakarakatong responds with a good body kick, but Thomas manages to step out the way in time.
Thomas throws a body punch but Payakarakatong moves out of range.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but Payakarakatong moved out of range.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Payakarakatong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Payakarakatong ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
A little jabbing left from Payakarakatong on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thomas throws a jab when Payakarakatong was well out of range.
Payakarakatong throws out a counter right but Thomas avoids it with no problem.
Payakarakatong ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Payakarakatong throws a lazy uppercut
and Thomas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Payakarakatong getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thomas tries to clinch up
and Thomas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tom Thomas will probably get the nod.
That's time! Thomas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Payakarakatong moved out of range nicely.
Thomas slips under a jab from Payakarakatong.
Thomas throws a poor cross that misses
and Payakarakatong counters with a crisp right hand that drops Thomas! Payakarakatong lets Thomas back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Thomas is rocked!
Thomas throws a hook but Payakarakatong blocks it.
Oh Thomas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
A shot to the body from Thomas misses
and Payakarakatong counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Thomas tries to clinch but Payakarakatong is having none of it.
A countering left hand to the body from Payakarakatong misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thomas is looking to clinch.
Thomas seems to have got his legs back now.
Payakarakatong is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Payakarakatong cracks Thomas with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Thomas looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Payakarakatong finish him?
Payakarakatong on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thomas throws a lazy uppercut
and Payakarakatong counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Palaktingpuet Payakarakatong!
Palaktingpuet Payakarakatong 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.
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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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