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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Golovkin (ranked 202 p4p, 97 weight class) and Yodsawan Sitsongrit (ranked 12 p4p, 6 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Vadim Golovkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yodsawan Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit slips under a jab from Golovkin.
Sitsongrit let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sitsongrit connects with a good right hand that stumbles Golovkin. Golovkin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Golovkin cracks Sitsongrit with a right hand to the side of the head.
Golovkin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sitsongrit slips a straight right by Golovkin.
Sitsongrit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Golovkin.
Sitsongrit appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sitsongrit connects with a jab.
Sitsongrit clinches up against the cage.
Golovkin throws a head punch that misses.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as Golovkin controls the action.
Sitsongrit makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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!
Sitsongrit misses with a punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit pushes Golovkin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Golovkin working aggressively here.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit gets through Golovkin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sitsongrit creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Golovkin lands a hook that snaps the head of Sitsongrit backwards.
Sitsongrit has a couple of punches blocked by Golovkin.
Good body shot from Sitsongrit.
A head punch on the inside from Sitsongrit fails to land.
Sitsongrit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Golovkin backwards.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Golovkin throws a head punch that misses.
Sitsongrit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sitsongrit lands a hook that snaps the head of Golovkin backwards.
Golovkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sitsongrit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Golovkin's elbow.
I was talking to Golovkin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short left from Sitsongrit.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Golovkin lands with a light punch inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Sitsongrit.
Golovkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Sitsongrit.
Golovkin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sitsongrit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Sitsongrit.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Golovkin backwards.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Golovkin prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Nice body punch from Sitsongrit - that landed with a thud.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Sitsongrit.
Golovkin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sitsongrit backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with the head strike.
Sitsongrit lands a body punch.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Golovkin scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Golovkin.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch to the body.
Golovkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Golovkin scores with a shoulder strike.
Sitsongrit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Golovkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Golovkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Golovkin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Golovkin fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Golovkin.
Sitsongrit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Golovkins head.
Sitsongrit has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Golovkin seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sitsongrit can turn it around.
Golovkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Golovkin.
Golovkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Golovkin prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Golovkin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Golovkin fails to land.
Golovkin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Sitsongrit on the inside.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sitsongrit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitsongrit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Golovkin's ribcage but misses.
Golovkin misses with a straight left.
Golovkin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit keeps Golovkin at a distance using the push kick.
Golovkin takes one to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Golovkin's sensitive parts.
Sitsongrit digs a good hook to Golovkin's body.
Sitsongrit missing with a left hand there. Golovkin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Golovkin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sitsongrit's head backwards.
Sitsongrit checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sitsongrit checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sitsongrit only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nice body punch from Golovkin.
Golovkin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sitsongrit.
Golovkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Golovkin is looking to score with low kicks.
Golovkin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sitsongrit thumps Golovkin with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Golovkin. Sitsongrit does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit throws a right hand that misses
and Golovkin counters with a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Golovkin momentarily.
Golovkin throws an overhand right that lands on Sitsongrit's shoulder, as Sitsongrit tries to avoid the shot.
Sitsongrit checks a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Yodsawan Sitsongrit will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab from Golovkin.
Sitsongrit appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sitsongrit connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Golovkin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sitsongrit sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Golovkin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sitsongrit lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Golovkin misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Golovkin. Sitsongrit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Golovkin throws a series of punches but Sitsongrit avoids them all with ease.
Sitsongrit let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sitsongrit lands a lovely overhand right.
Golovkin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Golovkin walks into a straight right hand from Sitsongrit.
Golovkin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sitsongrit throws out the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit lands a nice looking body kick.
Sitsongrit lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sitsongrit takes one to the chin there.
Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Golovkin.
Sitsongrit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook. Golovkin ducked under it nicely.
Golovkin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Golovkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
Golovkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Golovkin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sitsongrit thumps Golovkin with a low kick.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sitsongrit. That's going to slow Golovkin down.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Golovkin moves out of range.
Golovkin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sitsongrit takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Golovkin looks to land a right hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range.
Sitsongrit connects with a good right hand that stumbles Golovkin. Golovkin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice jab there from Sitsongrit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Sitsongrit. Beautiful body shot.
Sitsongrit connects with a single shot there.
A jab from Golovkin misses.
Sitsongrit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Golovkin.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Golovkin misses with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Golovkin is out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Golovkin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sitsongrit checks a low kick from Golovkin.
Sitsongrit scores with a push kick.
Golovkin misses with a hook
and Sitsongrit counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit cracks Golovkin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Decent striking displayed by Sitsongrit there.
Golovkin lands a nice shot that snaps Sitsongrit's head back.
Good work by Sitsongrit as he checks the leg kick.
Sitsongrit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Golovkin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sitsongrit lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yodsawan Sitsongrit seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Golovkin.
Golovkin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Golovkin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sitsongrit connects with a nice looking jab.
Golovkin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sitsongrit.
Golovkin lands a jab to the head.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Golovkin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab from Golovkin.
A swing and a miss from Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a slapping leg kick.
Golovkin tries to move into range but Sitsongrit moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Golovkin throws out the jab.
Sitsongrit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Golovkin misses.
Golovkin looks to land a left hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range nicely.
Golovkin swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Golovkin jabs at Sitsongrit's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit thumps Golovkin with a low kick.
Golovkin catches Sitsongrit with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Golovkin.
Jab, jab by Sitsongrit - just one landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Golovkin misses the target.
Golovkin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sitsongrit can pounce on him.
Sitsongrit lands a nice looking body kick.
Golovkin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy right hand. Golovkin should have avoided that one.
Sitsongrit scores with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Golovkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Golovkin drops his hands momentarily and Sitsongrit takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A punch lands to the side of Golovkin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Golovkin looks to score with a jab to the body but Sitsongrit is just out of range.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yodsawan Sitsongrit showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Golovkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit throws the kick towards the body but Golovkin avoids it.
Sitsongrit showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Golovkin.
Nice jab there from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit with a nice calf kick.
Golovkin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Golovkin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Golovkin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good shot there by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Golovkin. That did some damage!
Golovkin throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit staying out of range there.
Golovkin misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
Sitsongrit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
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!
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Golovkin was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sitsongrit throws a nice inside leg kick.
Golovkin misses with a straight left.
Golovkin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
Golovkin misses the shot to the body.
Sitsongrit takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Golovkin throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sitsongrit takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Golovkin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab.
Sitsongrit finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Golovkin was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Golovkin thumps Sitsongrit with a low kick.
Golovkin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit obviously looking to wear him down.
Sitsongrit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sitsongrit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Golovkin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sitsongrit connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to Golovkin's midsection.
Golovkin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sitsongrit.
Golovkin throws a leg kick that misses.
Golovkin misses with a hook.
Golovkin takes one to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Golovkin misses the target.
Sitsongrit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sitsongrit is looking to clinch.
Golovkin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sitsongrit throws a nice inside leg kick.
Golovkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit cracks a nice hook into Golovkin's ribs.
Golovkin misses with a looping left.
Sitsongrit throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Golovkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Sitsongrit lands.
Sitsongrit staying out of range there.
Golovkin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Golovkin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sitsongrit scores with a shot to the body.
Nice shot by Golovkin.
Golovkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
Sitsongrit paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Both fighters circling a little - Sitsongrit finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Golovkin throws a body punch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Golovkin misses the shot to the body.
Sitsongrit throws out a counter right but Golovkin avoids it with no problem.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit defending well as Golovkin loads up on a big left hand.
Sitsongrit cracks Golovkin with an open hand slap.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Golovkin slips a straight right by Sitsongrit.
It looked like Golovkin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a body kick.
Sitsongrit with a nice cross.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sitsongrit.
Golovkin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sitsongrit scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Golovkin doesn't seem bothered though.
Golovkin throws a nice looking combination but Sitsongrit bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sitsongrit.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sitsongrit.
Golovkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sitsongrit lands with a good body shot.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick which misses Golovkin's front leg but catches the back leg as Golovkin tries to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook.
Golovkin is looking to counter punch.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Golovkin blocks it.
Sitsongrit lands an overhand right.
Golovkin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yodsawan Sitsongrit really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sitsongrit throws a front kick that sends Golovkin stumbling back into the cage.
Yodsawan Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sitsongrit with a nice cross.
Golovkin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Golovkin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sitsongrit throws a nice inside leg kick.
Golovkin misses with a body shot.
Golovkin throws a body shot but no joy.
Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Golovkin throws out the jab.
Sitsongrit now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sitsongrit staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit throws out a counter right but Golovkin avoids it with no problem.
Sitsongrit digs a good body shot into Golovkin's ribs.
Golovkin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Golovkin takes one to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Golovkin has time to react.
Golovkin ducks right into an uppercut from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Good work by Golovkin as he checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin moves forwards but Sitsongrit connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Golovkin takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Golovkin.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick.
Golovkin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jab from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sitsongrit moves into the clinch.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Golovkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.
Golovkin throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sitsongrit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Golovkin takes a shot to the head.
Golovkin blocks an uppercut.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sitsongrit.
Golovkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Golovkin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Golovkin throws a head punch that misses.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Golovkin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sitsongrit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Golovkin's elbow.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Golovkin.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitsongrit.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Golovkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Golovkin lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sitsongrit.
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Golovkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Golovkin.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Golovkin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Golovkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Golovkins head.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Golovkin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Yodsawan Sitsongrit will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Sitsongrit misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Golovkin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Golovkin throws a big shot that misses.
Donk. Sitsongrit catches Golovkin right on the button with a cross.
Golovkin throws a shot to the body.
Golovkin works the jab nicely.
Golovkin takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
Golovkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it.
Sitsongrit appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Golovkin misses the shot to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Golovkin's sensitive parts.
Sitsongrit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Golovkin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Golovkin.
Golovkin drops his hands momentarily and Sitsongrit takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sitsongrit throws a front kick that sends Golovkin stumbling back into the cage.
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!
Golovkin throws a low kick, looking for Sitsongrit's leg but Sitsongrit calmly moves out of range.
Sitsongrit ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A solid body kick from Sitsongrit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Golovkin misses with a hook
and Sitsongrit counters with a left to the body.
Golovkin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sitsongrit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sitsongrit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Golovkin misses with a left hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sitsongrit lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab.
Golovkin misses with a shot to the body
enabling Sitsongrit to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit with a nice calf kick.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with a hook
and Sitsongrit counters with a straight right hand.
Vadim Golovkin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin misses with a body shot
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice low kick that buckles Golovkin's knee momentarily.
Golovkin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sitsongrit thumps Golovkin with a low kick.
Sitsongrit takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Golovkin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sitsongrit comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Sitsongrit there.
Nice uppercut lands for Sitsongrit. That snapped Golovkin's head back.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Golovkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sitsongrit throws out a counter right but Golovkin avoids it with no problem.
Golovkin scores with a jab to the head.
Jab, jab by Sitsongrit - just one landing.
Sitsongrit throws a good cross that connects.
Golovkin misses with a straight right.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the strikes.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to the nose.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Golovkin misses.
Golovkin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Golovkin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sitsongrit changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Sitsongrit. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit thuds a left hand into Golovkin's body.
Sitsongrit throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Golovkin.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sitsongrit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Golovkin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Golovkin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Golovkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Golovkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Golovkin misses.
Sitsongrit fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sitsongrit lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Golovkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sitsongrit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Golovkin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sitsongrit connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Golovkin scrambles back to his feet.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sitsongrit feints and then cracks Golovkin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Golovkin down.
A telegraphed right hand from Golovkin misses the target.
A slow jab from Sitsongrit misses its intended target.
Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Golovkin throws out the jab.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Golovkin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Golovkin's head.
Good standup being displayed there by Sitsongrit as he connects with a hook.
Sitsongrit looks to land a right hand but Golovkin moved out of range.
Golovkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yodsawan Sitsongrit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sitsongrit 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 45:50
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yodsawan Sitsongrit!
A less than humble Yodsawan Sitsongrit misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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