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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kova Tangis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tharawut Sainedngam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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218 lbs
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215 lbs
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Brawler
Granite chin
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Kova Tangis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tharawut Sainedngam!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tangis darts in and clinches Sainedngam up against the ropes.
Tangis controlling the action here for a moment.
Sainedngam is trying to break the clinch but Tangis is controlling him.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Sainedngam throws an elbow but misses.
Tangis gets through Sainedngam's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tangis tries to land knees in the clinch but Sainedngam avoids the damage to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Sainedngam's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tangis lands with a light punch inside.
Sainedngam is trying to break the clinch but Tangis has him pressed against the ropes.
Sainedngam on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sainedngam is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tangis is keeping busy.
Tangis tries to circle away but Sainedngam has him pinned against the ropes.
Tangis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tangis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tangis gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tangis slowing the pace effectively.
Sainedngam is trying to maintain a safe position but Tangis gets an underhook and turns Sainedngam into the ropes.
Tangis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tangis tries a head kick but it misses.
Tangis forces Sainedngam back against the ropes and clinches.
Sainedngam blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tangis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sainedngam blocks the elbow strike.
Sainedngam is looking to break free of the clinch but Tangis has double underhooks.
Tangis stalling.
Tangis misses with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sainedngam as Tangis tries to tie him up.
Sainedngam is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tangis working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sainedngam blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sainedngam.
A frustrated look appears on Sainedngam's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tangis tries to break free but Sainedngam pushes him back against the ropes.
Tangis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sainedngam tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Tangis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tangis throws a series of punches but Sainedngam moves out of range.
Sainedngam fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tangis takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sainedngam avoids the head kick by Tangis.
Sainedngam tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tangis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Tangis stalling in the clinch.
Sainedngam is looking to control Tangis's arms but Tangis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sainedngam has his back to the ropes.
Tangis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sainedngam backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kova Tangis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tangis tries to clinch but Sainedngam moves out of range.
Sainedngam tries to clinch up but Tangis circles away and keeps his distance.
Kova Tangis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sainedngam tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tangis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sainedngam. Tangis does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Tangis does no damage.
Sainedngam avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sainedngam keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tangis holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Sainedngam blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tangis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sainedngam blocks it with crossed arms.
Tangis working aggressively here.
Tangis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sainedngam wants to break free but Tangis has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tangis tries a knee to the head but Sainedngam blocks it.
Sainedngam tries to break the clinch but Tangis is controlling the position.
Sainedngam can't break the clinch.
Tangis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sainedngam.
Tangis can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Sainedngam's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sainedngam is trying to push Tangis away but Tangis has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Sainedngam blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sainedngam lands a right hand.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Tangis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tangis misses with a knee to the head.
Tangis misses with a punch on the inside.
Tangis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sainedngam is defending well for now.
Sainedngam working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tangis manages to break the clinch.
Sainedngam tries to clinch up but Tangis circles away and keeps his distance.
Tangis moves into the clinch successfully.
Tangis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tangis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tangis is looking to break free of the clinch but Sainedngam has double underhooks.
Sainedngam lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tangis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tangis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sainedngam.
Sainedngam goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sainedngam tries to break free but Tangis pushes him back against the ropes.
Tangis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tangis misses with a knee to the head.
Sainedngam creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sainedngam.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Kova Tangis will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sainedngam checks a leg kick.
Kova Tangis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sainedngam tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tangis keeps the fight on the outside.
Tangis tries to clinch there but Sainedngam circles away.
Tangis wants to clinch up but Sainedngam keeps it at a distance.
Sainedngam throws a series of punches but Tangis avoids them all with ease.
Tangis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tangis avoids the head kick by Sainedngam.
Sainedngam throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tangis pushes Sainedngam up against the ropes in a clinch.
Sainedngam looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tangis looking to throw knees to the head but Sainedngam is blocking nicely.
Sainedngam throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tangis blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tangis wants to break free but Sainedngam has control.
Sainedngam is trying to break the clinch but Tangis has him pressed against the ropes.
Tangis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sainedngam wants to stall.
Sainedngam avoiding damage as Tangis throws knees to the body.
Sainedngam throws an elbow but it misses.
A frustrated look appears on Sainedngam's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tangis is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sainedngam is looking to control Tangis's arms but Tangis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sainedngam has his back to the ropes.
Sainedngam wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sainedngam tries to circle away but Tangis has him pinned against the ropes.
Sainedngam is trying to break free.
Tangis looking to throw knees to the head but Sainedngam is blocking nicely.
Sainedngam prevents a body shot from Tangis.
Tangis tries to circle away but Sainedngam has him pinned against the ropes.
Tangis prevents Sainedngam from breaking the clinch.
Sainedngam is trying to force a seperation but Tangis has the dominant position.
Tangis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sainedngam's efforts to push away.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tangis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tangis missing with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tharawut Sainedngam.
I think Tangis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kova Tangis!
A very excited looking Kova Tangis made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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