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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit (ranked 172 p4p, 216 weight class) and Shahriyar Chai (ranked 23 p4p, 30 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great wrestler
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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Shahriyar Chai!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit connects with a right hand. Chai shakes it off.
Sitsongrit drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sitsongrit is looking to chop away at Chai's legs.
Chai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
Sitsongrit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chai.
Chai is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sitsongrit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chai.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sitsongrit throws out the jab.
Sitsongrit throws a big shot that misses.
Chai ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chai staying out of range there.
Chai throws a hook but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Chai.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Chai blocks it.
Chai tries to clinch but Sitsongrit is having none of it.
And Sitsongrit counters with a quick kick to the body but Chai blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Sitsongrit.
A swing and a miss from Sitsongrit.
Chai misses with an uppercut. Sitsongrit saw that one coming.
Sitsongrit swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chai.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit walks into a jab.
Sitsongrit takes one on the button.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sitsongrit misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Chai gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sitsongrit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chai is looking to take this one to the mat.
A short body shot lands from Sitsongrit as the two fighters clinch.
Sitsongrit is defending well against a takedown attempt.
I was talking to Sitsongrit's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sitsongrit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chai wants a takedown.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shahriyar Chai.
Sitsongrit gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Chai.
Chai is looking for a takedown.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Chai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sitsongrit.
Chai tries for a takedown but Sitsongrit manages to get underhooks.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sitsongrit pushes Chai back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chai wants a takedown.
Chai takes a shot to the head.
Sitsongrit prevents a takedown attempt there.
Chai lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sitsongrit pushes Chai off and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 works the jab nicely.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Chai sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
Shahriyar Chai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chai drops his hands momentarily and Sitsongrit takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Chai takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sitsongrit connects with a looping right hand.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
Sitsongrit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sitsongrit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chai.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Chai blocks it.
Sitsongrit cracks Chai with an open hand slap.
Chai darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab.
Chai on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit obviously looking to wear him down.
Chai ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Chai feints the counter takedown.
The fighters circling - Chai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the side of Chai's head but Chai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit walks into a jab.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit has taken the fight to the clinch.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
Sitsongrit gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Chai.
Sitsongrit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chai drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sitsongrit gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot in the clinch.
Chai can't get the takedown.
Chai is trying to drag Sitsongrit to the mat but Sitsongrit just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sitsongrit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chai prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chai's elbow.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit stops a takedown attempt from Chai.
Chai goes for a takedown attempt but Sitsongrit pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Chai fails with the takedown.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the strikes.
Chai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sitsongrit.
Chai with the counter takedown but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick from Sitsongrit, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chai waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chai's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sitsongrit connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Chai scrambles back to his feet.
Sitsongrit throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Chai moves away and avoids it.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the strikes.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter punch.
Chai misses with a straight right.
Sitsongrit appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Chai blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sitsongrit lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Chai has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chai and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sitsongrit jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Chai slips under a jab.
Chai checks a leg kick nicely.
A leg kick checked by Chai.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sitsongrit is looking to slow Chai down with leg kicks.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the side of Chai's head but Chai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sitsongrit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chai.
Chai staying out of range there.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
Chai lands with an uppercut that bounces Sitsongrit off the cage and back into range.
Sitsongrit is looking to slow Chai down with leg kicks.
Chai connects with a right hand. Sitsongrit shakes it off.
Chai moves into range and clinches up with Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Chai avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
Sitsongrit scores with a shot to the side of Chai's head.
Chai is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot in the clinch.
Chai has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sitsongrit is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Chai blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with some punches.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sitsongrit lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit lands a right hand.
Chai goes for a takedown attempt but Sitsongrit pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shahriyar Chai.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
Sitsongrit connects with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws out a loose jab but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit moves away from the strike by Chai.
A big right from Chai misses.
Sitsongrit with a nice cross.
Chai waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick that knocks Chai off balance momentarily.
Chai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the strikes.
Chai misses with an uppercut.
Sitsongrit throws the left hand but Chai avoids the punch easily.
Sitsongrit missing with a left hand there. Chai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good shot there by Chai.
Sitsongrit looks to land a right hand but Chai moved out of range.
And Chai tries to counter it with a takedown but Sitsongrit pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chai.
Sitsongrit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Chai misses the target.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chai steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Sitsongrit.
Chai gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chai connects with a crisp jab.
Chai with a hook.
Chai shoots in and bounces Sitsongrit off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Sitsongrit has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Chai is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chai drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sitsongrit pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sitsongrit takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chai manages to avoid it.
Sitsongrit throws a jab when Chai was well out of range.
Chai throws a shot from downtown. Sitsongrit moves away and avoids it.
Sitsongrit connects with an inside leg kick.
Chai rushes Sitsongrit and presses him up against the cage.
Sitsongrit is pressed up against the cage. Chai has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sitsongrit down to the mat. Sitsongrit avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit sizes up Chai with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Chai misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A slow jab from Chai misses its intended target.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Chai's shoulder, as Chai tries to avoid the shot.
Sitsongrit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chai lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Chai slips a straight right by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chai changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Chai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sitsongrit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A cross from Sitsongrit lands.
Chai misses with a straight right.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chai can do to turn this around?
Chai ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Chai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it.
Chai throws a shot from downtown. Sitsongrit moves away and avoids it.
Chai misses with an uppercut. Sitsongrit saw that one coming.
Chai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit looks to land a right hand but Chai moved out of range.
Chai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chai is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sitsongrit.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chai takes one to the side of the head.
Chai throws a looping overhand right but Sitsongrit ducks down to avoid it.
Chai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Sitsongrit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chai throws an off balance right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice body shot.
Sitsongrit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chai momentarily.
Sitsongrit throws a quick inside leg kick.
Chai looks to land a right hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range.
Chai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A jab from Chai misses.
Sitsongrit throwing a counter right hand but Chai manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chai just misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chai lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A big right from Chai misses.
Sitsongrit looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Chai moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Chai misses with a looping left.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
A swing and a miss from Sitsongrit.
Chai ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Chai cracks Sitsongrit with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Chai looks to land a right hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range.
Chai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sitsongrit.
Jab, jab by Chai - just one landing.
Chai on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Chai takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
Chai steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sitsongrit. That one must have hurt.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight right.
Sitsongrit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chai moves out of range of the strikes.
Chai with the counter takedown but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chai throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands with an overhand left.
Sitsongrit looks to throw the jab but Chai is out of range.
Chai cracks a nice hook into Sitsongrit's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chai throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sitsongrit sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Sitsongrit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sitsongrit.
Chai misses with a straight left.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy right hand but Chai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy right hand but Chai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chai on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit obviously looking to wear him down.
Chai misses with an uppercut. Sitsongrit saw that one coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sitsongrit. That's going to slow Chai down.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice right hand.
Sitsongrit wants to land a leg kick but Chai is out of range.
Chai tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Chai misses the jab.
Chai moves away from the strike by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chai.
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut.
Chai throws a poor cross that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with an inside leg kick.
Chai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chai.
Sitsongrit buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit swats away the attempt to clinch by Chai.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Chai strikes.
Sitsongrit cracks Chai with an open hand slap.
Sitsongrit keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chai's sensitive parts.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit gets a clinch.
Chai has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Chai wants a takedown.
Chai is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sitsongrit gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Chai is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sitsongrit pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shahriyar Chai.
Chai drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Chai takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sitsongrit pushes Chai back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chai wants a takedown.
Sitsongrit stops a takedown attempt from Chai.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot.
Chai lands a takedown into guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Chai working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Chai being controlled here momentarily.
Chai loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chai preventing the sweep.
Chai throws a big elbow that misses.
Chai loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chai chips away with some ground and pound.
Chai lands a couple of elbows.
Sitsongrit looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Sitsongrit manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Chai manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chai trying to strike off his back.
Shahriyar Chai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chai doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Sitsongrit is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Sitsongrit's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chai trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Sitsongrit wants to stand but Chai is controlling his posture from full guard.
Sitsongrit showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Chai has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sitsongrit can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sitsongrit has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit!
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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