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[IanEdwards]

apparently Rambong is 1-2 against Suriyanlek so the size differential maybe isn't *that* conclusive between them, their styles should definitely mean its exciting and I'd love to see Rambong do well, fingers crossed

not too much else to be excited about

• Rambong Sor Therapat vs. Suriyanlek Por Yenying (Muay Thai – 132 pounds)
• Alexey Balyko vs. Gingsanglek Wor Kumchamnarn (Muay Thai – flyweight)
• Maisangkum Sor Yingcharoenkarnchang vs. Petsangwan Sor Samarngarment (Muay Thai – 122 pounds)
• Chatpichit Sor Sor Toipadriew vs. Hern NF Looksuan (Muay Thai – 113 pounds)
• Samsiblan Sor Sasiwat vs. Anon Taladkondernmuangpon (Muay Thai – 118 pounds)
• Chabakaew Sor KanJanchai vs. Moa Carlsson (Muay Thai – 112 pounds)
• Ahavat Gordon vs. Seksan Fairtex (Muay Thai – flyweight)
• Maksim Bakhtin vs. Germain Kpoghomou (Muay Thai – lightweight)
• Ubaid Hussain vs. Petnakian Sor Nakian (Muay Thai – 130 pounds)
• Gabriele Moram vs. Lou Elise (Muay Thai – 118 pounds)
• Lucas Ganin vs. Ayumu Yamamoto (MMA – bantamweight)
• Denny Sisti vs. Shoya Ishiguro (submission grappling – bantamweight)

Balyko I feel like there is an easy stoppage for him here

Maisangkum gets what looks like an easy one on his return, he was like 7-0 or 6-0 before they put him in with Watcharapon The Puncher

Chatpichit - Hern looks a good one 4-2 vs 3-0

Ahavat Gordon returns and Seksan fairtex gets yet another tough gig, I wonder if this might be that one fight too far when Seksan's tendency to eat punches leads to him getting stopped. He's taken a frightening amount of shots in his 7 fights so far, should be comfortable for Gordon who looked tremendous on debut

and the return of Ubaid Hussain who is one to watch out for iMO, Petnakian is 2-0 (2)

 

[PrideNverDies]

That Ortikov kid is something else. Glad he got a One contract. Amazing prospect. Kids like Ondash just box too much for my liking. It's one thing to just box and bulldoze Thais but it's another to out class and finish the way Ortikov does it

 

[machida90]

I'm getting to the point where its uncomfortable to watch Seksan now, his legs have gone, his punch technique is awful, he seems to be running on fumes and memory and massive heart and nothing else.

nice to see Chatri being consistent to his word about being sick of dudes slugging it out and swinging for the fences, yeah Chatri nice one give a contract out to Ondash who literally does nothing but swing for the fences and never throws any beautiful muay thai high kicks elbows or anything else. the handspeed seemed to be the difference over Chartpayak who never recovered from the opening blitz

Banluelok managed to offset Nadaka's offence pretty well but at the expense of mounting virtually no offence of his own, other than spamming a left low kick > straight left hand about 20 times which never landed. I don't judge him for that at all, Nadaka is so sharp he just shuts down offence with the threat of his speed and sharp counters. I'd still call Banluelok even money against anyone else at 118lbs and time may show that going 3rds against Nadaka in itself was an achievement even without landing any serious offence

Anane's footwork was very smooth, he looks a decent operator at 16 years old without being a massive offensive threat

Kompet -kongchai was more enjoyable than I thought it would be and very good technically, i thought maybe the U/D was a little unfair to Kongchai personally i could see an argument he won rds 1 and 3 there and he did better than the first two fights IMO, albeit rd2 was pretty dominant from Kompet, Kongchai made it a fight in rd3 and very close in that round IMO

I really think Ortikov will be a threat at flyweight and I could see him giving problems to all of Kongthoranee, Nakrob and Jaosuyai. funny enough with his pressure style i wonder if Nakrob would have the best style to beat him even though he got dominated by the other two, i wonder if with Ortikov's speed and how difficult he is to time, if the countering styles of Jaosuyai and Kongthoranee might struggle against him
Nakrob and Knogthoranee both fought Sherzod Kabutov who is basically a crap version of Ortikov, as I recall it Nakrob did have some trouble with him before he committed to really just attacking the legs, which I think is the real key to beating Ortikov, counter every attack he makes by smashing his legs early or you will never manage to control his movement. I definitely think you need to drag Ortikov into a fight to beat him, and with his very fast hands and good head movement that is still a gamble

and Ortikov really, really is fast. He was very fast even against 128lb fighters so against full flyweights he looks lightning quick to me.

but like I say, Imangazaliev would IMO Ko him just on styles/ attributes

what’s even more ridiculous is that he gave Ondash a contract with a 4-0 record while Chartpayak was 7-0 coming to this fight with 5 of those wins by KO and still had no contract

 

[IanEdwards]

what’s even more ridiculous is that he gave Ondash a contract with a 4-0 record while Chartpayak was 7-0 coming to this fight with 5 of those wins by KO and still had no contract

I'm well past the point of expecting any consistency from Chatri on contracts, he doesn't like punchers/ he likes punchers, foreign fighters like Gheirati or Ondash getting contracts when they have like 1/2 the body of work of someone like Yod-IQ or Kongsuk (wins over Jaosuyai, Yodlekpet, Petsukhumvit). I don't include Ortikov in that i would have given him a contract.

some of the contracts seem to have the middle eastern market in mind more than the fighter's performance IMO and Ondash and Gheirati are perfect examples.

 

[IanEdwards]

Oh, and what was everyone's take on PTT? he had a big reputation coming in but to me he looked like absolute shit. Slow and sluggish, no setups or feints just bumbling forward like a cartoon zombie, can't see the top lads at 155 being concerned by him.

 

[SuperLuigi]

PTT has always been the perfect guy for shows like Thai Fight and MX - big and good enough to beat random mid tier foreigners but also not good enough to outclass them so it turns into a competitive slugfest he usually wins. He has nothing for guys like Superbon and Tawanchai.

 

[PrideNverDies]

Looks like Amazon prime video won't renew One. They cancelled their US event. One's future looking uncertain. Sad they were my favorite org hope they don't die like all other MMA orgs.

 

[SuperLuigi]

Yeah, not easy to make it in America in the kick game.

 

[IanEdwards]

of the fights I am interested in later

I just think Suriyanlek will be a bit too much for Rambong, albeit, I do think Rambong is slightly better technically, he's a better counter-fighter with a bit more variety, more varied kicking game, i just think he is too much the fighter and won't beat Suriyanlek at his own game. also Rambong is a little bit of a one-at-a-time puncher, he likes to set up that single big straight left behind a big step-in, and/or draw his man onto a big single counter, he times them beautifully at his best but with Suriyanlek's big multi-punch combinations I can see him getting slavered in them unless he finds that perfect shot (which he definitely can do but Suriyanlek so explosive with the hands it will be difficult)

Chatpichit - Hern is really interesting. Chatpichit has won both by playing the counter-striker off the back foot against puncher Khunsuk, but also against and

ohh ffs just noticed that fight is off, Hern is out, Khunsuk steps in at very late notice for a rematch, hmph. Chatpichit won fairly comfortably first time around and I don't expect Khunsuk to reverse that at like 2 days notice, i imagine he'll blow his wad in the first round going for the KO as his only chance of winning and then get stopped himself as his gas tank gives out. just a hunch. will be good to see the gutsy little bastard anyway he's one of my favourites. him and Rambong in one night with very tough assignments I don't pick either of them to win *sad face*

Ubaid Hussain - Petnakian, Petnakian is very definitely a blunt implement. Pretty much, low kicks, body punching, overhand right and hooks. Using the left hook to the body to set up the overhand right or the right to the body to set up the left hook upstairs is pretty much the full extent of his tactical subtlety, but he has sparked two dudes clean out with it, like heavy KOs I mean he really commits to that combo and the heavy bodyshots open the head up well. Slow feet but pretty fast and heavy hands and when he has his man hurt he gets the finishing combination off very well.
From what we've seen so far Hussain is far more well-rounded, unusual for a European he seems to have a pretty classically Thai style (i think his uK coach is Thai), actually a beautiful muay femeu style, he's very relaxed and fluid, uses all weapons and mixes them together beautifully with feints and transitions, good footwork but absolutely not spazzy Euro-kickboxing jumping around the ring. I think he should be much too technical for Petnakian but he will need to be careful with his distancing, range-wise he needs to be all the way out or all the way in and Petnakian will be a threat with the overhand right. He needs to control distance with movement, teeps, left mid-kicks parlay them > feints, straight shots> entry> step-in knees, I think he is skilled enough to dominate that way if he is on-point with the tactics and concentration.

watch out for Gordon to use Seksan's head as a speedball, I think it will be a rough night and first One stoppage loss for Seksan who is pretty much made to measure for Gordon. From his first fight I think Gordon would be competitive towards the higher levels in One, like Panrit/Puenluang sort of level if not championship level.

Just noticed, the Brazilian lady fighter Gabriel Moram is on the card, she's only had one OFF fight and lost a superb one against a very good technical fighter, Moram showed probably the most brutal clinch game I've seen from a woman

another decent ladies fight Chabakaew has a win over Nongam Fairtex (5-1) and Moa Carlsson is decent.

its a pretty meh card all in all though

 

[TXstriker]

 

[IanEdwards]

poor old Rambong. He was dominating Suriyanlek and making him look very ordinary, Suriyanlek's output was incredibly low by his standards, Rambong offsetting him with the footwork and well-timed striking from the outside, ironically that is probably the best tactical performance I have seen by Rambong, but, bloody hell Suriyanlek in the small gloves, talk about 'you can never count him out of the fight'. gutted for Rambong and a bit concerned that was a heavy heavy KO

 

[IanEdwards]

Ubaid showed his full range of skills in rd1 and looked beautiful, pretty much the exact gameplan i mentioned above, excellent variety, great with the left kick and straight shots and especially chaining them together and also >> the step-in knees/ counter knees to the midsection. Then he had to dig in and fight/counter with short punches once Petnakian put the pressure on in rds 2 and 3, interesting that a puncher like Petnakian pretty much gave up on trying to beat Ubaid from mid-range. Ubaid showed decent durability and some dog in him to get through rds2&3

 

[IanEdwards]

OFN33, meh.

I mean, Kuzmin vs Korodi is a classic example of why OFF cards are infinitely better than 80% of the supposedly bigger cards and why the logic of who gets to fight on the big cards is non-existent, you have one guy Kuzmin whose claims to 'excellence' are a potentially unlucky loss to Haggerty, wins over C level fighters and losing to every decent fighter he has faced, and Korodi who's lost to Suablack got KO'd by Balyko and beat some random Japanese fighter.

Neither of these guys has a good record, neither of them has a particularly exciting style, neither of them has a history of being in exciting fights (actually i may be a bit unfair on Korodi as I recall the Suablack fight was pretty good), who the fuck in the world is clamouring for the two of them to be matched on a supposedly prestige card? there are only 5 striking matches on the card and THIS is going to be one of them? Panrit would mop the fucking floor with either of them, has a better record of wins and created more excitement win or lose, I guarantee this is a bore-fest but it is completely typical of OFN type cards and why I hardly ever bother watching any of the fights on them. The idiot fucking commentators banging on about the need to SHOW DOMINANCE and be exciting, Kuzmin's style would put a fucking glass eye to sleep, he's a low-output, contact-shy, euro-moving twat, fuck him.

Having said that I do think Nontachai - Dayakaev is a pretty good match, in fact actually an excellent one, and I am interested in that one. Looking back at Dayakaev's record he was fairly lucky to get the contract and he got it by KOing a part-time fighter one fight after losing to Yod-IQ, but then he has SHOWN DOMINANCE and mostly got KOs even if it was mostly over moderate opponents, plus Saemapetch who nowadays is basically a stepping stone for farang to KO with punches anyway.

 

[machida90]

Looks like Amazon prime video won't renew One. They cancelled their US event. One's future looking uncertain. Sad they were my favorite org hope they don't die like all other MMA orgs.

It would be sad if they go out of business but they really wasted alot of potential. I still believe that after their fist fight Rodtang vs Superlek 2 could have been their Bonner vs Griffin fight. That was their only muay thai fight that captured the global attention.

 

[IanEdwards]

wiki has some fights listed already for OFF116 in 10 days time:

Adam Sor Dechapan - Nahyan Mohammed 2
Panrit - Antar Kacem
Petchtanong - Yuki Yoza
Superball - Abulmedzhidov
Isaac Mohammed - Haryikui Tenitsu

IIRC Adam vs Nahyan was on i think OFF107, it was a card when the first half of the card was just bum swinging after bum swinging and this was one of those fights IIRC, maybe they swapped KDs or something, I can't think of another reason they'd run it again.

and they are doing the 'siblings on the same card' again, of course they are

Panrit - Kacem is a good match on paper but I have a strong feeling Kacem is a very bad style matchup for Panrit, i think Kacem's movement and long frame makes it very difficult for one of my favourites here

Petch - Yoza is good, obviously

Superball vs Russian puncher i'm guessing ends badly for Superball

 

[Mickf]

Dude shadow fought totally bitched out.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Helen is a bad ass but damn, she's definitely not passing any usada tests . . . lol.

 

[Khaosan]

Persson never had a chance.

 

[Mickf]

Helen is a bad ass but damn, she's definitely not passing any usada tests . . . lol.

I don't know what u are talking about loads of women have traps like that naturally
The gym she is in is full of ped users.
I actually hate when fighters act like muay thai is all about respect when they are ped users. If you respect your opponent u don't use peds.