TBS + UFC FP: Kazuto Ioka vs. Aston Francis Melos Palicte & Hiroto Kyōguchi vs. Tanawat Nakoon RBR

Kyōguchi stalking and letting Nakoon's left hand leads skid off his temple as he dives in low and rips body combos or comes roaring up with powerful rights on an incline. Nakoon is creeping against the ropes and letting out a trickle of light counters while ginger-footing his way clear. Kyōguchi blasting away up top with right hands, cowing Nakoon across the ring. Pace slows, both tentatively jabbing. Nakoon playing keep-away.

10-9 Kyōguchi

79-73 Kyōguchi

 

Kyōguchi picks off Nakoon's jabs while coming forward, lining him up for the right hand and then grazing with it as Nakoon ducks and shimmies aside. Nakoon getting braver on the inside, trying an overhand left but leaving himself open to getting plugged with hard rights on the ribs. Kyōguchi throwing lead rights up top and then left hooks downstairs, forcing Nakoon into constant retreat.

10-9 Kyōguchi

89-82 Kyōguchi

 

Kyōguchi now making contact with the lead right very consistently, mashing Nakoon's schnoz with it like a video game controller button. Nakoon getting sloppy, throwing desperate spraying counters in combination off a right upper-hook jumping in but getting repelled from a clinch attempt by a left-armed shove by Kyōguchi. Nakoon gets muscled into a corner and worked over. Kyōguchi bashes him with a short overhand right and Nakoon's legs buckle for the first time. Nakoon in loads of trouble. Kyōguchi goes for the finish but Nakoon is able to wrap him up. Nakoon goes into full-on negative mode now. Blasted with a lead right into the ropes, now cornered. Another clinch. Time runs out.

10-9 Kyōguchi, dominant

99-91 Kyōguchi

 

Kyōguchi seems to have blown his wad in round 10, now very uncoordinated in the face of a surprising rally by Nakoon. Kyōguchi being jaw-jacked by left uppercuts & right upper-hooks while missing his own shots as they stand toe-to-toe. Nakoon using minimal upper body movement, primarily just twisting in place to make Kyōguchi miss and feeding him a steady diet of point blank right jabs. Nakoon then edges his way out to a mid-range track and begins turning Kyōguchi, picking his spots with the jab. Kyōguchi tired, letting Nakoon outbox him. BIG swing and miss with the right by Kyōguchi. Nakoon reaching in and tapping his face with lefts.

10-9 Nakoon

108-101 Kyōguchi

 

Kyōguchi test-drives a new sneaky move, faking the right straight out from his chest and then scurrying a half-step to his right and shooting it from a different angle but Nakoon is able to react and pick it off in time. Nakoon dancing around Kyōguchi landing jabs with impunity. Nakoon waving to his corner, who cheer him on as he befuddles the arm-weary Kyōguchi and makes him look amateurish. Nakoon is bending forward, underneath Kyōguchi's head shots, then yanking his midsection out of reach when Kyōguchi switches his focus to the body. Nakoon scoring lots of right jabs and bowling in some left uppercuts on the stomach.

10-9 Nakoon

117-111 Kyōguchi

 

Perfect scores.