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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Finnish Tax Payer (ranked 59 p4p, 45 weight class) and Magnificent Chulalongkorn (ranked 9 p4p, 7 weight class). Tax Payer comes to the cage accompanied by Konala Cartelli - Mäkikotka. Chulalongkorn has chosen Yellow Claw & The Opposites - Thunder as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Finnish Tax Payer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Magnificent Chulalongkorn!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.
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.
Tax Payer jabs Chulalongkorn right on the nose. Chulalongkorn blinks but takes it well.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tax Payer.
Tax Payer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chulalongkorns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Chulalongkorn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tax Payer.
Chulalongkorn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tax Payer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chulalongkorn walks into a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tax Payer misses with a jab to the body
and Chulalongkorn counters with a three punch combo that has Tax Payer backing up. Tax Payer nods at Chulalongkorn to acknowledge the strikes.
Tax Payer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Chulalongkorn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chulalongkorn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tax Payer to score with a decent uppercut.
Chulalongkorn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tax Payer.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Tax Payer throws an off balance right hand
and Chulalongkorn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tax Payer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Chulalongkorn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chulalongkorn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tax Payer.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chulalongkorn! But no joy.
Tax Payer throws a looping overhand right but Chulalongkorn ducks down to avoid it.
Chulalongkorn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chulalongkorn ducks under a wild hook from Tax Payer.
Tax Payer scores with a jab.
Tax Payer tries a head kick but it misses.
Chulalongkorn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tax Payer throws a jab but it's blocked by Chulalongkorn.
Tax Payer's corner calls for a 1-2. Tax Payer obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Tax Payer misses the target.
Tax Payer sets himself, and Chulalongkorn steps forward looking for the clinch! Tax Payer avoids it this time.
Tax Payer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chulalongkorn in his tracks.
Tax Payer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
An inside leg kick from Tax Payer misses.
Chulalongkorn now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tax Payer is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tax Payer has managed to clinch.
Tax Payer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chulalongkorn is trying to pull guard but Tax Payer turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Chulalongkorn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tax Payer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chulalongkorn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chulalongkorn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tax Payer gets through Chulalongkorn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chulalongkorn prevents a body shot from Tax Payer.
Tax Payer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chulalongkorn working aggressively here.
I was talking to Tax Payer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A body shot lands from Tax Payer.
Tax Payer throws a head punch that misses.
Tax Payer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chulalongkorn backwards.
Chulalongkorn lands a shoulder strike.
Chulalongkorn misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chulalongkorn.
Tax Payer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chulalongkorn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tax Payer misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Finnish Tax Payer dominated that round.
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.
Tax Payer tries to clinch but Chulalongkorn moves away
and Chulalongkorn counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Tax Payer!
Chulalongkorn is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tax Payer looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tax Payer pushes Chulalongkorn off, looking to escape but Chulalongkorn dives into side control. He's locked up a kimura now - that was fast! He's cranking on it and Tax Payer is forced to tap! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Magnificent Chulalongkorn!
Magnificent Chulalongkorn took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q) for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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