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Who should get the next welterweight title shot?
This poll is closed.
Colby Covington 2 3.51%
Belal Muhammad 17 29.82%
Shavkat Rakhmonov 3 5.26%
Matt Serra 26 45.61%
Marius Zaromskis 4 7.02%
Ben Quadrinaros 5 8.77%
Total: 57 votes
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Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

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If you're up for kickboxing, last weekend's Krush show went up on Youtube today and RISE ELDORADO goes up tomorrow. Here's my recommended fights for Krush:
https://bocot.substack.com/p/tape-delay-kickboxing-19-krush147

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Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

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One of the most entertaining fights of the year, any sport:
“Crazy Pierrot” Hiroto Yamaguchi (27-19-1, 17 KO) vs. “Crazy Cyclone” Thalisson Ferreira (16-2, 7 KO) (143 Open Finger Glove)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qgvkURQ_dM

Rundown on the rest of last weekend's RISE ELDORADO, all fights now free on Youtube
https://bocot.substack.com/p/tape-delay-kickboxing-20-cygames

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

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Nierbo posted:

The rozenstruik train is well and truly over but you know the commentary team will go on forever about he's just one good win away from title contention.
It's heavyweight, he almost certainly is anyway

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
As usual, I expect a solid ONE Friday Fights show tomorrow morning. A lot of good information was available this time to write a good preview of the main event.

ONE Friday Fights 12 - 2022-04-07
Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

This week, Petsukumvit makes an attempt in week 12 of the series to become the first person to win 3 fights in ONE Friday Fights. His two previous victories were over Chofah at OFF3 and then a KO of Petchmuangsri at OFF8. Both of those fights were good, and this one probably will be as well. In the Channel 7 build-up article, Petsukumvit notes that he hopes that winning a third main event straight in ONE Friday Fights would allow him the opportunity to “step up to the ONE world stage in the future.” So the fighters on this show know it’s a minor league for ONE? Petsukumvit also said that he hopes to get a bonus this time and use it to help him build a house.

Kongthoranee made his OFF debut with a KO victory over Gingsanglek in the main event of OFF6. That fight made Kongthoranee the decisive victor of the trilogy between the two fighters. Kongthoranee is close friends with Petsukumvit, they often hang out together. He too made reference to “the world level” as a goal of his if he is able to win in this fight. Kongthoranee also noted that NETIZENS made comments negative of his work, which made him more eager to win.

As an extra note, I saw that there were several articles on the Channel 7 site alluding to the Muay Thai industry being critical of ONE using the 4 oz. gloves for Muay Thai fights, saying it was more dangerous than using the big boxing gloves. This is very similar to MMA-related arguments 20 years ago, and the response from ONE was similar to what you’d expect based on that precedent. Chatri did a Facebook stream to insist that “ONE is the safest fighting arena in the world.”

Part 1

Do Gyeom Lee (8-5) vs. Guilherme Antunes (5-0) (MMA 155)
Taiga Iwasaki (8-1) vs. Emmanuel Onyedikachi (4-1) (MMA 205)
Keanu Subba (9-6) vs. Nurzaman Ashbaev (MMA 155)
Nongam vs. Chu Nga Sze (MT 110)
Samingdam vs. Javad Bigdeli (MT 135)
Tapaokaew vs. Rafi Bohic (MT 145)

Part 2

Chalawan vs. Zeta (MT 124)
Tubtimthong vs. Pechnumchai (MT 112)
Khunsuk vs. Kohtao (MT 115)
Mohawk vs. Dentungtong (MT 135)
Yodphupa vs. Samuel Toscano (MT 145)
Petsukumvit (62-26) vs. Kongthoranee (61-14) (MT 135)

https://twitter.com/Boco_T/status/1644057875235364864

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
ONE Friday Fights 12 Report:

If You Only Watch One Fight

Khunsuk (51-11) vs. Kohtao (50-12) (MT 115)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV0y6yNIyac&t=10297s (2:51:37)

Notable Finishes
https://twitter.com/ONEChampionship/status/1644342895615303683
https://twitter.com/ONEChampionship/status/1644357422931222529

Full Post
https://bocot.substack.com/p/one-friday-fights-12-2022-04-07

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
Found some good news in the fighting world for once:
https://twitter.com/Boco_T/status/1644796323139399681

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

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Glad Sy is buried as the last fight at 1 AM ET on ESPN+, because his fight in the finals of the 2022 season was one of the worst fights ever in MMA.

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
if you are getting back into combat sports in 2023 you should watch one friday fights and nothing else

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
Here's my pre-show research for OFF:

ONE Friday Fights 13 - 2022-04-21
Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand



After a week off for Songkran, the Thai New Year, ONE Friday Fights returns to Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, with Batman taking on Paidang in the main event.

Batman loves popular culture character Batman and was encouraged by his coach to wear a Batman mask to the ring for the past 6-7 years until enough people called him Batman that he changed his ring name to Batman. Batman was 4-2 in 2022 and was previously seen losing a majority decision to Duangsompong in the main event of OFF4 in February. That means he is on a three-fight losing streak.

22-year-old Paidang was an amazing 7-2-1 in 2022 and then got his 2023 off to a start with a decision win over Ploywitthaya in February, so he has earned his spot in the main event of ONE Friday Fights. He trains at Kiatsongrit and he fights southpaw. He was originally scheduled to face Petsukumvit in the main event of OFF8, but an injury forced him to withdraw. He has fought three rounds before but as usual for debuting OFF fighters, this is his first fight with the small gloves. Humorously, the machine translation for the interview with Paidang quotes him as saying “my style of boxing doesn't seem to fit very well with ONE Lumpinee, because I'm a boxing nerd.”

Will also note that "Muay Thai Boy" Zhang Chenglong, who is getting to fight in the "main event of part 1," is on a six-fight losing streak in ONE, last three to Thai fighters, so they are clearly bringing him in here to boost another Thai fighter because why else would you not just fire the guy and give someone else a chance.

Part 1

Carlos Alvarez (1-0) vs. Reza Abasi (1-1) (MMA 155)
Adonis Sevilleno (2-3) vs. Enkh Orgil (7-2) (MMA 145)
Dedduanglek vs. Shakhriyor Jurayev (MT 135)
Hercules vs. Aliasghar Ghodratisaraskan (MT 145)
Furkan Karabag vs. Nico Carillo (MT 155)
Rambolek vs. Zhang Chenglong (MT 145)

Part 2

Aliff vs. Rittidet (MT 119)
Dokmaipa vs. Natalia Diachkova (MT 125)
Thuanthong vs. Petsaenkom (MT 132)
Thongpoon vs. Petmongkol (MT 118)
Surachai vs. Noelison Silva (MT 126)
Batman (65-21) vs. Paidang (MT 135)

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

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Ah poo poo, yeah I forgot once again to mention that ONE Friday Fights runs each week from 8:30 AM Eastern Time to 12:30 PM Eastern Time, at least until DST ends in the fall.

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

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ONE Friday Fights Report:

THONGPOON
https://twitter.com/ONEChampionship/status/1649444537050300418
https://twitter.com/Boco_T/status/1649468588540022787

As usual, a good show. Find out more here:
https://bocot.substack.com/p/one-friday-fights-13-2022-04-21

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

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KNOCK OUT had a not-particularly-notable show this morning, except for that Certified Beast and criminal Panchan Rina was back in the ring continuing her career after her December 2022 arrest for selling the forged Tenshin/Takeru autographed poster to a mark. But KNOCK OUT posted it to Youtube already so you can watch it.

All the details here about which fights to watch here:
https://bocot.substack.com/p/tape-delay-kickboxing-22-marooms

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

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CommonShore posted:

Patchy is the real champ he better be getting paid like it
he got one million dollars

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

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RISE posted the fights from last Friday's RISE 167 show, and it was a good show.

The main event is Fight of the Year-level must-see, Naoki (A Joker) vs. Kan Nakamura:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq3NuDFP9Ek

Details on the rest here:
https://bocot.substack.com/p/tape-delay-kickboxing-23-rise-167

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

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ONE Friday Fights 14 top-to-bottom was probably the best show of the run so far.

For must-see, two of the fights saw both fighters getting a post-fight bonus:
Fight of the Year-level: Kongchai (69-10) vs. Xavier Gonzalez (18-7) (MT 125) 3:22:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOldeshlVqc&t=12165s
Also Really Great: Sagaengarm (101-30) vs. Chatpichit (55-10) (MT 113) 2:24:28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOldeshlVqc&t=8668s

Plus this
https://twitter.com/ONEChampionship/status/1651992350854455299

For the rest of the picks, go here: https://bocot.substack.com/p/one-friday-fights-14-2022-04-28

Boco_T fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Apr 28, 2023

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
The most important and satisfying video of the day just dropped
https://twitter.com/SpringSpringB/status/1652018124773007360

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Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

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Put this at the top of the OP to go with the title
https://twitter.com/spm_staff/status/1652369925837651970

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