I'm fucken pumped for later.
Pompet - Decho, Decho is decent both at range and with the clinch, strictly straight punches with the hands. I feel like he has the tools to play out the right gameplan vs Pompet, but not the level. He isn't the best at defending himself from punches and Pompet's the wrong dude to be standing opposite if thats the case. If Pompet gets to exchange at mid-range morethan a couple of times a round he walks this, he could win comfortably anyway.
Ubaid vs Brazil, I feel like Ubaid has more ways to win this and will. In Ubaid's words Brazil is basically a mid-kick and not much more, and he's not being too unfair to Brazil. Brazil *is* pretty damn fast with the mid kicks off both sides but Singtanawat started timing them with counterpunches and knocked him out, and samanchai backed him up, closed the distance and beat him up badly to the body with punches and knees, definitely Ubaid will have a takeaway from that, that Brazil doesn't like it to the body and Ubaid will be targeting him there. Brazil doesn't use the teep enough for an outside fighter, hasn't got great offensive output with the hands and doesn't defend punches all that well either.
Ubaid has shown really good tools at range and a much better knack at chaining different weapons together, plus has shown he can dog it out if he is forced into a fight at close range. Ubaid *can* win a fight with Brazil from the outside but he can also take it to him on the inside if he needs to, which he is saying is the gameplan. I think Ubaid will grind him, close the distance, teeps and straight punches >>> bodyshots and knees, and if he can spend time exchanging at punching range he should definitely have the advantage there.
Chartpayak - Albadr i get the feeling will be explosive. Albadr has a *beautiful* jab, lovely step-in, full extension through the shoulder, fast, accurate and jolting. I'll be interested to see how much he moves, he can be very quick on his feet if he wants to but his default is kinda trad Thai counter-striker, light on the front leg, looking to fade and counter his opponent back with punches whilst holding his ground. as Chart is so deadly at mid-close range it would seem sensible to maybe move a bit more but with the Ko run he may well be feeling his oats and want to take it to Chart. Obviously both men a KO threat here so its one you should be edge of the seat as long as it lasts
Toyota - Petninmungkorn, Toyota has got to 3-0 (3) but if you watch him for 30 seconds you'll wonder how, even against the moderate opposition he has beaten, he has managed it. 2 KOs in the 3rd round in high pace fights tells you he's got a gas tank and resilience aplenty but beyond that, shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. His boxing tech is fucking horrible, nasty sloppy punching technique with very poor leverage, and one of the most permanently-upright chins in OFF history. Petninmungkorn is hardly Sam-A himself from a technical standpoint but is much more compact, has shown KD/KO threat, he should basically be smashing right hands off the southpaw Toyota's static head as long as the fight lasts.
Tonglampoon - Kohtao, dififcult to see how it can match the incredible first one but the Tong-Mungkorn rematch did. Interested to see Tong's tactics, his normally punch-heavy attack was totally upended by kohtao in rd2. Kohtao took it to Tong big-time and threw hands with him on the inside with far superior head movement and head placement, using those angles and little steps and pivots to the side to totally fucken rip Tong with the right hook and uppercut to head and body, counter left hands and uppercuts, he totally battered him. Then in rd3 Tong for the first time in One decided he was a muay femeu who was going to win the round with his mid kick plus knees, him abandoning the punch-first approach he has used to impose himself on everyone else showed just how much Kohtao had rocked him with the hands in the 2nd round
This was one of the best 5-10 fights in OFF history and if it is anywhere near as good as the first one you won't care who wins, we win.
tahaneak is a good watch and decent all round technician, versatile, can grind on the front foot and throw combinations, can counter off the back foot with an excellent counter left hand. Binladin came at him and got some dominance with volume punching but Tahaneak showed patience and excellent countering to eventually stop him, Mezentzev gave him some problems with his faster hands so Tahaneak pressed and closed and ground him down with the clinchfuckery both elbow and kneefuckery. As I recall it Khunpon is a bit of a blunt implement, Tahaneak can maybe out-fight him but has options if not, I take Tahaneak as he just seems a level above and a better technician.
then both Rifdean and logan Chan are explosive and always a Ko threat, banger incoming