Glory 59: Rico Verhoeven vs. Guto Inocente & Robin van Roosmalen vs. Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao 2 RBR

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I expect closure, Rico should flatten him, and maybe make a move to MMA or boxing after.

 

rico is a beast . and that thai guy is good 2.

 

Let the rematch happen, Rico blessed in the first fight with the injury. Badr knocks him out clean..

 

Well, he injured his arm - elbow dislocated, broken arm or something like that?

I don't really follow kickboxing, but i remember the K-1 GP days - sat up all night watching the replays on Eurosport. Hari, the controversial figure, were my favorite.

 

Bookmarked to watch Roosmalen vs. Aimsiri II when I get a chance..

 

(I've managed to still not find out the result)

 

Alright, going to score for Robin van Roosmalen vs. Pansang Aimsiri II...

 

For the record, here was my take on the first one, viewing with virginal eyes (no foreknowledge of the result, nor really of either fighter), taken from a PM with @UnleashtheFURY:

Thai southpaw in red trunks clearly won the first IMO. Just threw and landed a ton more. Hell, I think he threw more chest knees & leg kicks alone (or, by an even margin, just punches alone) than inked orthodox Dutchman threw strikes, period.

Not sure I'll get to finish the whole thing, I'm overextended borrowing a library computer already...could be kicked off any minute.

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Holy ****, what, three of five judges gave the first to Roosmalen, per the graphic they just flashed onscreen at the start of the second? For literally what?

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2nd was closer, I'll say 10-10 for now, Roosmalen got off some nice uppercut flurries but also took some right jabs to his already busted nose and continued getting his legs kicked to ****.

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3rd was dominant for Red Trunks Southpaw Thai, and not just because of that epic front-kick to Roosmalen's belly midway in that dropped him. The onscreen graphic is clearly BS, they're giving Roosmalen credit for landing twice as many punches, no way in hell. Clinching point deduction also BS, that had been going on for quite a while and was neither guy's fault really. Didn't see a warning before that. So a 9-9 round for me, I guess?

That puts me at 29-28 for Petpanomrung

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Fourth was competitive, Dutchie landed heavily a few times, overall still preferred the clean work of Petpanomrung. 39-37

I see the judges have Roosmalen up at the start of the fifth, not hard to guess what's coming..

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Very effective pressure & infighting by Roosmalen in the fifth, got in some really nice body shots and right hands up top. I give him the round clearly, as Petpanomrung was tired & in retreat.

48-47 Petpanomrung final score.

 

Round 1

van Roosmalen is dropped hard by the first kick thrown by Aimsiri! Damn. Leg kicks by van Roosmalen, playing it cool, acting like nothing just happened. van Roosmalen looks jacked up since last time, been hitting the juice? The southpaw outboxes the hulking Dutchman at mid-range with quick double jabs and left crosses, then plants his lead right foot and sweeps in quick waist-high left kicks - or if van Roosmalen is venturing too close, left knees to his gut. van Roosmalen is closing in, slashing with right hands and looking to shoehorn in his own kicks, but less effective than Aimsiri's combos.

10-8 Aimsiri (kickboxing the same as boxing, automatic 10-8 for a knockdown? I forget. I know in MMA they don't automatically give the extra point...)