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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Odin Markkanen (ranked 176 p4p, 452 weight class) and Suriyan Sitsongrit (ranked 19 p4p, 46 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Odin Markkanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Suriyan Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Markkanen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Markkanen throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
Markkanen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit slips a jab and a cross from Markkanen.
Markkanen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Markkanen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sitsongrit is trying to stand.
Markkanen trying to control from half guard but Sitsongrit is working away.
Sitsongrit is trying to stand back up but Markkanen is controlling him
Markkanen is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sitsongrit has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Markkanen is on him like a limpet, forcing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Markkanen blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.
A head punch on the inside from Markkanen fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Markkanen avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand.
Sitsongrit lands a shot to the body.
Markkanen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Markkanen prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Nice body punch from Sitsongrit - that landed with a thud.
Sitsongrit lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sitsongrit has a couple of punches blocked by Markkanen.
Markkanen has a couple of punches blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Sitsongrit - that landed with a thud.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch.
Markkanen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Still in the clinch, Sitsongrit scores with a nice short uppercut.
Markkanen tries to circle away but Sitsongrit has him pinned against the cage.
Markkanen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sitsongrit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short body shot lands from Sitsongrit as the two fighters clinch.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands with a right to the head.
Markkanen tries to circle away but Sitsongrit has him pinned against the cage.
A body shot lands from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch.
Markkanen misses with the head strike.
Sitsongrit lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Markkanen or not.
Sitsongrit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sitsongrit scores with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit misses with some punches.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Markkanen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sitsongrit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Markkanen's elbow.
Markkanen throws a head punch that misses.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Markkanen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Markkanen lands a hook that snaps the head of Sitsongrit backwards.
Sitsongrit has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Markkanen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sitsongrit can turn it around.
Markkanen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Markkanen fails to land with a series of punches.
Sitsongrit moves away from the strike by Markkanen.
Sitsongrit scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sitsongrit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
It seemed like Sitsongrit was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight left.
Sitsongrit tries to close the distance and clinch but Markkanen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Markkanen looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Markkanen throws a lazy uppercut
and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Markkanen.
Sitsongrit doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Markkanen throws a jab when Sitsongrit was well out of range.
A leg kick checked by Markkanen.
Sitsongrit stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sitsongrit wants it to stay on the feet.
Markkanen moves out of range as Sitsongrit strikes.
Markkanen appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Markkanen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Markkanen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Markkanen connects with a solid leg kick.
Markkanen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Markkanen throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sloppy strikes from Markkanen. Those never looked like landing.
Markkanen throws a low kick but Sitsongrit moves out of range easily.
A swing and a miss from Markkanen.
Markkanen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markkanen looks to score with a jab to the body but Sitsongrit is just out of range.
Markkanen throws a lazy right hand but Sitsongrit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Markkanen throws a poor cross that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a straight right hand.
Odin Markkanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donk. Markkanen catches Sitsongrit right on the button with a cross.
Markkanen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Markkanen throws a lazy right hand but Sitsongrit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Markkanen misses with a hook
and Sitsongrit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Markkanen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Markkanen misses with a body shot.
Sitsongrit looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Markkanen is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Sitsongrit's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Markkanen throws a poor cross that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp right hand that drops Markkanen! Sitsongrit lets Markkanen back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Markkanen is rocked!
Markkanen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sitsongrit throws out the jab.
Oh Markkanen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sitsongrit walks into a stiff left hand from Markkanen.
Markkanen misses with a hook
and Sitsongrit counters with a huge right that knocks Markkanen out cold! Sitsongrit is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Suriyan Sitsongrit!
Suriyan Sitsongrit decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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hype
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