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[IanEdwards]

ugh

 

[Monte Moku]

Anyone interested to see this fight?

More interested in seeing Nong-O retire and live a long, healthy life. Would rather them feed Rodtang another farang

 

[IanEdwards]

More interested in seeing Nong-O retire and live a long, healthy life. Would rather them feed Rodtang another farang

totally agree. If I make an effort I'm sure I can think of several farang that I dislike, who I'd be ecstatic to watch Rodtang pound them into concrete dust.

 

[DastardlyMass]

what ever happened to rodtang vs haggerty? Didn't Chatri tweet it out like 2 months ago

 

[SuperLuigi]

Nong-O is still sharp enough that Rodtang will have to take it seriously but he would be a heavy favorite. Rodtang vs Haggerty would have to be at 145 so they cant hype it with a belt so maybe not their best option.

 

[Mickf]

Good fight im actually looking forward to it. Rodtang a slight favourite imo. There was never any of this he is my mate I can't fight him in muay thai back in the day. I hope they go for it properly when they fight. They can respect each other before and after the fight.

 

[IanEdwards]

• Adam Sor Dechapan vs. Nahyan Mohammed (Muay Thai – 112 pounds)
• Panrit Lukjaomaesaiwaree vs. Antar Kacem (Muay Thai – 142 pounds)
• Tomyamkoong Bhumjaithai vs. Watcharaphon Singha Mawynn (Muay Thai – 130 pounds)
• Koko Mor Rattanabundit vs. Teeyai TDed99 (Muay Thai – atomweight)
• Panpadej NF Looksuan vs. Sirichok Sor Sommai (Muay Thai – 130 pounds)
• Yodkitti FiatPathum vs. Pamor-E-Daeng Chor Chokamnuaychai (Muay Thai – 122 pounds)
• Superball TDed99 vs. Ibragim Abdulmedzhidov (Muay Thai – 138 pounds)
• Isaac Mohammed vs. Haruyuki Tanitsu (Muay Thai – 117 pounds)
• Petchtanong Petchfergus vs. Yuki Yoza (kickboxing – bantamweight)
• Tatsumitsu Wada vs. Avazbek Kholmirzaev (MMA – strawweight)
• Ayaka Miura vs. Juliana Otalora (MMA – atomweight)
• Hiroba Minowa vs. Lee Seung Chul (MMA – strawweight)

I rewatched the first Adam - Mohammed fight last night and it was pretty good, for age 16/17 they are both very talented and pretty skilled, there was some pretty sharp countering-the-counter-of-the-counter sort of exchanges. The first fight was excellent action if a little bit ragged, with combined age of 33 its the least experienced main event in the history of fisticuffs but I am guessing Chatri wants to push either or both of these kids. Not a main event worthy fight but likely to be a good spectacle, they are both very long-limbed with good speed and movement but commitment to heavy strikes, both men were hurt and took a beating throughout a round last time out, Mohammed seemed to punch himself out in rd2 and left himself vulnerable to a big comeback from Adam in rd3.

Kacem a nightmare matchup for Panrit IMO, I don't think Panrit beats him from the outside or that he's the relentless pressure type to really press and maul Kacem, I think he spends enough time on the outside for Kacem to pick his shots and move. both men are a threat for a KO though. I'd like to see Panrit apply the kind of gameplan of Worapon vs Soner Sen, really commit to the low kicks early and try and force clinches as often and early as possible, he needs to wear Kacem down and downgrade his movement

Tomyankoong has too much for Watcharapon I think

Teeyai the Puncher will KO Koko, IMO

Panpadej - Sirichok is a decent match

One are talking Pamor-E-Daeng up as a big prospect FWIW

Superball is getting KOd I think

Isaac Mohammed is apparently a Raja Stadium champ? judging by his last fight he can definitely punch in the small gloves but over-indulged to the point of bum swinging and exchanged 4 KOs with his opponent whilst looking very wild, very wide ragged punches. Maybe he will calm down now his debut is out of the way. Tanitsu is pretty long limbed, classic Japanese footwork when he wants to use it, but he seems to basically want to get on the front foot and throw heavy hands, he has like 3 KOs with bodyshots. I think this will be a good one for action

Yoza vs Petch will be fascinating to see how the wily Petch deals with the hacking low kick attacks from Yoza, I haven't seen a style quite like Yoza's for the leg kicks. He's like a threshing machine with them.

all in all looking up and down the card its decent quality, better than I first thought.

 

[SuperLuigi]

Spoiler: Petchtanong vs Yoza

I'd be very interested to hear your views on this one.

To me it seemed to be a case of the "no draws" rule determining the fight. It seemed like Petchtanong won almost all exchanges throughout the whole fight but got blitzed in the second half of the second round which included a KD for Yoza. Naturally this would result in 28-28, a draw. But because ONE dictates no draws and the most important criteria for scoring to them is KDs, Yoza wins.

 

[Monte Moku]

Spoiler: Petchtanong vs Yoza

I'd be very interested to hear your views on this one.

To me it seemed to be a case of the "no draws" rule determining the fight. It seemed like Petchtanong won almost all exchanges throughout the whole fight but got blitzed in the second half of the second round which included a KD for Yoza. Naturally this would result in 28-28, a draw. But because ONE dictates no draws and the most important criteria for scoring to them is KDs, Yoza wins.

I had Yoza winning round one, landed lots of calf kicks, push kicks, defended and evaded well making Petchtanong try to figure out his game. I had Petchtanong winning round two (before the KD), landing those knees almost at will, although you could tell the calf kicks were hurting him. I had Petchtanong winning round three as well, made it very dirty and kinda bullied Yuki around a bit. Yoza looked a little tired too, I think those knees took some air out of the tires. Overall it seemed like a clear decision, Yoza getting the first two rounds on my personal scorecard

 

[Mickf]

Spoiler: Petchtanong vs Yoza

I'd be very interested to hear your views on this one.

To me it seemed to be a case of the "no draws" rule determining the fight. It seemed like Petchtanong won almost all exchanges throughout the whole fight but got blitzed in the second half of the second round which included a KD for Yoza. Naturally this would result in 28-28, a draw. But because ONE dictates no draws and the most important criteria for scoring to them is KDs, Yoza wins.

I thought Petchtanong did really well apart from the knockdown obviously. Yoza landed some low kicks but Petch checked a load of them as well. He had obviously worked on checking them before hand. That didn't stop the commentators from drooling over Yozas low kicks.
Also Yoza was falling in way more than Petch but the ref kept warning and gave yellow card to Petch. In one of the exchanges Petch just put his head down and stepped forward knowing Yoza would fall in and headbutted him. Its actually a crafty move to counter someone who is just doing that.
All that said based on all previous matches Yoza is the deserved winner.
I do think Chatri doesn't like Petch for some reason as he is probably the only one ever in One who has done an out of competition drug test.

 

[machida90]

Spoiler: Petchtanong vs Yoza

I'd be very interested to hear your views on this one.

To me it seemed to be a case of the "no draws" rule determining the fight. It seemed like Petchtanong won almost all exchanges throughout the whole fight but got blitzed in the second half of the second round which included a KD for Yoza. Naturally this would result in 28-28, a draw. But because ONE dictates no draws and the most important criteria for scoring to them is KDs, Yoza wins.

I think it was a clear victory for Yoza, maybe there was another knockdown in the second round before the official one when Petch’s lead leg just gave up on those calf kicks. In the third Petchtanong clinched too much to avoid those kicks.

It’s weird that One called a possible Superlek fight for Yoza, maybe they want him to take revenge for Takeru in Japan. It doesn’t make sense, at this point it should be Haggerty vs Yoza(a very interesting fight tbh)

 

[IanEdwards]

Personally i thought Yoza did enough damage in the first 2rds to take them, the knees definitely sapped him big-time later on. i thought it was Petch initiating more of the clinches earlier FWIW

Isaac Mohammed looked much better than he did first time out although still a little bit ragged- he has an excellent, accurate left hook, he has landed that multiple times across only 3 completed rounds so far. and looks pretty deadly with it on the counter Tanitsu's habit of walking head-first into exchanges was always going to give him issues but I did think he got to Isaac with his left hook to the body at least momentarily. When he was fighting n a more composed manner Isaac showed an excellent snappy leg kick and I strongly suspect he will improve greatly as he settles down, shows more variety and focusses on his technique over winning fire-fights every time out. I think he has got a lot more to come (I mean obviously he's only like 18 or something but I think his performances haven't shown nearly the technical fighter he probably is)

Abdulmedzhidov has got the worst gas tank in One, hands down, like he has a comically bad gas tank. He can't get to midway into rd2 without gasping, which makes him an absolute sitting duck. I think weightmaking may be part of it but he doesn't seem nearly good enough either, seen with a dispassionate eye he's actually a bit crap. Its just he's a bearded Dagestani puncher and I expect all of them to be deadly, but, put him in a clinch, chuck him around a few times and watch him fold. Seems like he lacks heart, too, he quit over what exactly?

nice head kick KO from Pamor-E, and Panpadej fought a beautiful tactical fight off the back foot.

As did Koko in totally schooling Teeyai the Puncher. Teeyai the Puncher is starting to look very, very one-paced.

Tomyankoong looked fantastic even before the KO, and the KO was top drawer, beautiful short, compact right hook. He's got a classic OFF record, KO losses to Rittidet and Suriyanlek (who he totally, totally schooled, totally dominated for like 8 minutes then got stopped with 10 seconds to go in a heartbreaker), but a very good win over Dengkriankrai and now the KO of Watcharapon (who went 3rds with Ortikov)

Adam - Nahyan was basically a replay of the first fight, exciting and decent skill between two very good prospects but never in a million years worthy of main event status, IMO. Pretty sure these two could fight 10 times and go 5-5

 

[IanEdwards]

some upcoming OFF fights have been trailed

OFF117:
Main Event is Yod-IQ vs Malatesta, which is... ok. will be very technical I would imagine. Malatesta's record is up*down but decent

The other fight they are trailing is Tyson Harrison vs Kendu Irving. Harrison hasn't fought in One since Kulabdam did his 'batter the farang' thing and bounced Harrison's massive concrete head around like a speedball for 3 minutes. I can hardly remember a fucken thing about Irving who is 2-1 with wins over random Japanese/Chinese fighters and a loss to Avatar by way of clinchfuckery IIRC, all I can remember about him is he is absolutely fucking massive at the weight so for the first time ever Harrison won't have that advantage. I'll do a rewatch but I'm figuring Irving to smash Harrison simply by way of being as big as him and Harrison basically being useless without a size advantage


OFF118 they are trailing Worapon - Sen for a third time out, hmmm ok. I would be totally meh about it but Sen showed a bit more tactical adaptability and much better gas tank last time out vs Komawut. Komawut wasn't putting the massive pressure on like Worapon has and will, though, and seeing as Worapon has literally won like the last 13 consecutive minutes out of the 18 minutes they have shared a ring (Sen only won the first time because of the first round KDs), the direction of travel definitely seems to be Worapon by epic clinchfuckery. I think Sen will change his tactics a little to try and force Worapon back in the first round as he can't afford to let Worapon just back him up and kick his legs as a prelude to giving him a first class ticket on the Ragdoll Express. Still not out of the question he could impose his good hands on Worapon and get the tactical advantage.

even if it plays out as I expect I will enjoy it as the Thai crowd go absolutely batshit when Worapon gets on a roll with the damage from the clinch and its one of the best atmospheres ever for a OFF match

 

[SuperLuigi]

I think it was a clear victory for Yoza, maybe there was another knockdown in the second round before the official one when Petch’s lead leg just gave up on those calf kicks. In the third Petchtanong clinched too much to avoid those kicks.

It’s weird that One called a possible Superlek fight for Yoza, maybe they want him to take revenge for Takeru in Japan. It doesn’t make sense, at this point it should be Haggerty vs Yoza(a very interesting fight tbh)

Yeah them trying to make him fight Superlek annoyed me and it seemed like it annoyed Yoza too. This fight seemed like a very obvious title eliminator to me. Also a 5 round fight between Haggerty and Yoza would be awesome.

 

[CaptainRomania]

I think it was a clear victory for Yoza, maybe there was another knockdown in the second round before the official one when Petch’s lead leg just gave up on those calf kicks. In the third Petchtanong clinched too much to avoid those kicks.

It’s weird that One called a possible Superlek fight for Yoza, maybe they want him to take revenge for Takeru in Japan. It doesn’t make sense, at this point it should be Haggerty vs Yoza(a very interesting fight tbh)

I thought Yoza was landing all this calf kicks. I agree Petchtanong could have had another knockdown in the 2nd.

Yeah them trying to make him fight Superlek annoyed me and it seemed like it annoyed Yoza too. This fight seemed like a very obvious title eliminator to me. Also a 5 round fight between Haggerty and Yoza would be awesome.

Haggerty called out Yoza. He has even worse leg kick defense. But he has experience in 5 rounds, and I hve seen Yoza gas out badly in 3 round fight against Taio Asahisa and again against Petchtanong this week

 

[SuperLuigi]

If they really want to give Superlek a 145 lb KB fight it would make more sense to match him against Ennahachi given their history. If they dont want to do that since Ennahachi missed weight in his last fight they should match him against Wei Rui or Petchtanong - elite guys who lost their last fight but were otherwise on a hot streak.

 

[IanEdwards]

full OFF card:

• Yod-IQ Or Pimolsri vs. Alessio Malatesta (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
• Kampeetewada Sitthikul vs. Elbrus Osmanov (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
• Rittidet Sor Sommai vs. Maemmot Sor Salacheep (Muay Thai – flyweight)
• Teeyai PK Saenchai vs. Yodsila Chor Haapayak (Muay Thai – 119 pounds)
• Tangtang Sor Dechapan vs. Tsz Ching Phoebe Lo (Muay Thai – atomweight)
• Tyson Harrison vs. Kendu Irving (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
• Martín Parra vs. Antonio Piana (Muay Thai – atomweight)
• Uzair Ismoiljonov vs. Takahashi Kiyoto (kickboxing – bantamweight)
• Arthur Klopp vs. Ryota Nakano (kickboxing – bantamweight)
• Alexandre Khan vs. Fujun Cao (MMA – featherweight)
• Moises Lois Ilogon vs. Joel Vasquez (MMA – strawweight)

I'm quite looking forward to Yod-IQ Malatesta.
Malatesta has a pretty classical Muay Thai style for a European, he's a fighter that is really easy on the eye, everything just seems very smooth and technical and compact, nice movement but not a bouncy spazz type, pretty good variety of weapons, good left kick, decent with the counter-elbow off the left side. His best weapon though is his hands, which are pretty damn fast and accurate. He LOVES to lead off with the right hook/kindof tap right hook >> left cross, and if his opponent guards up he will instantly go into combinations off it. To an extent he throws that 3-2 so often it could even be a weakness but if he has his man hurt he seems pretty deadly and clinical with the finishing combination

His problem though is that Yod-IQ has good enough control of distance and little enough desire to exchange with the hands, that hardly anyone ever gets to throw an actual *combination* at him so much as maybe tag him with 1 or 2 shots. He's fought basically every bantamweight Russian puncher in One and every single one of them would have loved to have got him where they threw hands in heavy combinations, they just couldn't.
On a bit of a rewatch last night though it did strike me that both Dayakayev and Musaev had more success with the outside, point-style exchanges and kicking game than you might imagine for Russian punchers vs the Muay Femeu stylist.
So I actually think Malatesta's best chance is to be at least competitive with the outside kicking game and use that to chain and feint into using his hands. I feel like this will be a good match to enjoy from the technical perspective.

from the sublime to the ridiculous, Tyson Harrison - Irving is likely to be an abomination aesthetically and technically. Harrison is like a cartoon Frankenstein coming forward with basically a 1-2, and then another 1-2, and maybe another 1-2, just soaking up punches on his massive thick head until he gets the chance to throw another 1-2. Whatever you do, do not play a drinking game where you do a shot for every 1-2 he throws.
On the other hand Irving might be one of the least athletic, most fuck-awkward black men in the history of combat sports. Nothing about him seems to quite coordinate in his movements, he's slow of hand and foot, its like god wanted to create a fighter to perfectly embody the concept of 'lumbering'. And for all that Harrison spams the 1-2 like he fears a vengeful Old Testament God will strike him down if he throws anything else, it seems Irving is pretty obsessed with throwing elbows, which in the way of people trying to shoehorn things into places that they don't really belong, he often seems to be awkwardly searching for and forcing it, he'll try to lead with them from outside (sometimes way outside), he'll try to counter, he'll elbow the back of your head if you're at the wrong angle to land it clean. Other than that he's got this straight right hand where he looks like he's trying to throw a javelin, but he's only just learned how.
Even if its no technical masterclass to say the least, Harrison has big balls and an even bigger gas tank so unlessIrving somehow intimidates him from his usual output, at least it will be guaranteed action. Just don't say I didn't warn you in terms of what it looks like.

otherwise Teeyai and Rittidet are both always good value but their opponents 'are of little previous note in One'

and Osmanov in a MT rules bout after a load of KB rules is weird.

 

[Mickf]

Thing about Yod-iq is he might not be as skilled as tawanchai but he has a much better chin. Purely genetic. Yod-iq has a big head and short neck which is often a combination for a good chin. Look at rodtang. Big head, short neck. Tawanchai has a long neck.
Yod-iq has ate big punches from the big puncing russians he faced. Not consistently but if he makes a mistake his chin can save him.

 

[SuperLuigi]

The funny thing is Osmanov does his best work in MT. He beat Neunglanlek in RWS and now he obliterates Rittewada's brother. Pretty intrigued by what he does next.

 

[IanEdwards]

Thing about Yod-iq is he might not be as skilled as tawanchai but he has a much better chin. Purely genetic. Yod-iq has a big head and short neck which is often a combination for a good chin. Look at rodtang. Big head, short neck. Tawanchai has a long neck.
Yod-iq has ate big punches from the big puncing russians he faced. Not consistently but if he makes a mistake his chin can save him.

yeah he looks like he has been on the- and at this point I am wondering if the commentators are using it as code in the same way as I do- 'Strength & Conditioning'. his legs have always been very thick but (as comms team said) his traps and back have really thickened up

good points on his neck and head

Personally I thought he lost that fight. Malatesta did a great job second round, drawing Yod's lead right hand and outside slipping>>countering with the left cross several times (although i did wonder if Yod's desire to show more variety and be more 'exciting' made him fight outside his normal gameplan a bit, those lead right hands were tactically stupid as he was never landing them) and turning the right hook counter over Yod's left a few times too. Pressuring with the feet and mostly negating the kicking game, driving the straight left hand into the body every opportunity, loosing off combinations when he had Yod on the ropes. in a boxing-only fight he'd massacre Yod IMO. He also used the same tactic that Musaev had success with against Yod, countering Yod's attacks with low kicks frequently

I thought Malatesta fought his absolute best fight in rds 2&3, he fought slightly above my expectations. I'd have to rewatch rd3 but my impression was he had the better of it. Its good to have another good fighter in the mix at bantamweight anyway, I don't think he's good enough for a contract but he is a good matchup and always a good watch.