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Tawanchai vs Nuenglanlek are fighting this weekend again and I& #39;m really excited about this fight.
A clash of styles one of the best Muay Fimeus against a highly skilled Muay Khao.
A clash of styles one of the best Muay Fimeus against a highly skilled Muay Khao.
The fight had many momentum shifts and mid fight adaptations but the basic dynamic was that Tawanchai countering Nuenglanlek and keeping the fight in mid distance to land his devastating kicks while Nuenglanlek tried to get on the inside and clinch.
The beginning was more a feeling out process as per usual in the first round.
He& #39;s circling out of Nuenglanlek& #39;s power side while double jabbing, Nuenglanlek feints a jab to cover the straight to the body, Tawanchai answers with a left high kick.
He& #39;s circling out of Nuenglanlek& #39;s power side while double jabbing, Nuenglanlek feints a jab to cover the straight to the body, Tawanchai answers with a left high kick.
The biggest moment of the 1st round was at the end when Tawanchai drops him with a cool combination. Steps to the outside and slips the jab, lands a lead uppercut and follows with a straight. Nuenglanlek was expecting a kick and raised his leg what led to him being off balance.
Left hook by Nuenglanlek, Tawanchai intercepts him with a jab, Nuenglanlek answers with a straight, it gets blocked but he follows up with a lead uppercut, Tawanchai changes his position and evades but Nuenglanlek traps the hand, lands an elbow, Tawanchai blocks the kick.
One of Tawanchai& #39;s most used techniques to create distance and punishes forward pressure is the teep kick.
He gauges the distance with his jab, Nuenglanlek feints the jab to go for the straight to the body again but Tawanchai expects it, uses the rope, pivots and resets.
He gauges the distance with his jab, Nuenglanlek feints the jab to go for the straight to the body again but Tawanchai expects it, uses the rope, pivots and resets.
He doesn& #39;t throw simply the teep, he covers it behind feints and his jab, mixes it in between to keep his opponent on edge and to stay unpredictable.
It& #39;s hard to get a read on it and was very helpful through out the fight for him.
It& #39;s hard to get a read on it and was very helpful through out the fight for him.
Nuenglanlek didn& #39;t become discouraged and stayed on him.
His main target was going for the body, zapp the energy and slow a Tawanchai down, who heavily relies on his movement and positioning. Draw him into more prolonged exchanges.
His main target was going for the body, zapp the energy and slow a Tawanchai down, who heavily relies on his movement and positioning. Draw him into more prolonged exchanges.
Tawanchai used intercepting knees at times to counter Neunglanlek& #39;s pressure.
Nuenglanlek parries the punch but misleads him by faking a clinch entry and lands a knee
Nuenglanlek counters the knee with a straight to the body and follows up with another one and ends on a high kick
Nuenglanlek parries the punch but misleads him by faking a clinch entry and lands a knee
Nuenglanlek counters the knee with a straight to the body and follows up with another one and ends on a high kick
He always targets the body first, as here with a right roundhouse kick.
From southpaw he traps the hand with his lead, lands an elbow and gets into the clinch.
From southpaw he traps the hand with his lead, lands an elbow and gets into the clinch.
Nuenglanlek catches the kick, pressures him into a corner and flurries him with multiple uppercuts and straights. Tawanchai still posts with his arm, blocks most of the straights but Nuenglanlek put it on him in the second round.
To counter the pressure of Nuenglanlek, Tawanchai uses his teep more to keep distance and lead a follow up strike like here the left high kick.
His kicks are so powerful and can& #39;t be just blocked over an extended time period.
His kicks are so powerful and can& #39;t be just blocked over an extended time period.
Tawanchai mixes in his intercepting knees as measurement for the advancing of Nuenglanlek but he on the other hand got also a read on it and counters back with a jab here.
Tawanchai keeps his head too often in the centerline.
Tawanchai keeps his head too often in the centerline.
The jab intercepts Tawanchai& #39;s knees, Nuenglanlek takes a slight step to the left side, keeps Tawanchai off balance and gets into the clinch to land a knee on his own.
Hand fighting to set up the straight to the body and immediately continuing to counter Tawanchai& #39;s elbow and get a clinch position.
Nuenglanlek goes for the hand trap again to land an elbow but Tawanchai gets a read and blocks it with his shoulder.
He is getting a better position in the clinch, tapping the right arm to land some knees inside the clinch.
Tawanchai& #39;s adjustments to the elbows were really good.
He is getting a better position in the clinch, tapping the right arm to land some knees inside the clinch.
Tawanchai& #39;s adjustments to the elbows were really good.
The bodywork of Nuenglanlek troubled Tawanchai quite a bit.
Always the straight to the body, hand fighting to get into clinch positions and landing knees from the inside.
Always the straight to the body, hand fighting to get into clinch positions and landing knees from the inside.
The famous Teep that launches Nuenglanlek across the ring but he counters with his usual set up, hand trap to elbow Tawanchai in retaliation.
The biggest problem of Nuenglanlek was still to close the distance because Tawanchai made him pay for every centimeter space he got.
The biggest problem of Nuenglanlek was still to close the distance because Tawanchai made him pay for every centimeter space he got.
The clinch exchanges were absolutely rad.
Elbow off the break that slightly misses, triple jabbing while retreating and firing a teep behind it and ending on a left body kick.
Neunglanlek& #39;s tenacity to actually keep pursuing Tawanchai is mindblowing, he ate hellacious shots and Tawanchai needed to pull everything out.
Neunglanlek& #39;s tenacity to actually keep pursuing Tawanchai is mindblowing, he ate hellacious shots and Tawanchai needed to pull everything out.
Teep to the knee but this doesn& #39;t stop Nuenglanlek from coming forward, tries to get to the clinch Tawanchai wins the hand fighting but eats a knee in return.
Gauging the distance with the lead hand and steppin in with an elbow.
Gauging the distance with the lead hand and steppin in with an elbow.
Tawanchai negates the clinch at some points and shows what kind of athlete he is, stays balanced and keeps Nuenglanlek working for every inch he wants to get.
Left body kick, raising the leg to protect the body and parrying most of Nuenglanlek& #39;s strikes mostly while pivoting out and throwing casually a teep to a left body kick again, Tawanchai is just so smooth.
Hard to find many who stay this calm and collected under fire.
Hard to find many who stay this calm and collected under fire.
Left body kick, hand fighting again but Nuenglanlek can trap the hand ones again and sneak an elbow in.
Tawanchai punished Nuenglanlek in the open stance who hasn& #39;t much of an answer to counter that later on in the fight.
He was only focused on getting to the inside by any means.
Tawanchai punished Nuenglanlek in the open stance who hasn& #39;t much of an answer to counter that later on in the fight.
He was only focused on getting to the inside by any means.
Blocks the left high kick but it gets followed up with a teep to a right roundhouse kick, staying on Nuenglanlek with a straight and going to the body with a left kick again.
The speed of Tawanchai& #39;s kicks is nuts.
The speed of Tawanchai& #39;s kicks is nuts.
At the end of the 4th round they were just going for the bleachers after hard contested 3 rounds prior to it, Thais are made out of something else.
Coming right at him with a right high kick to straight, Tawanchai counters with a knee but Nuenglanlek stays on him lands a jab follows up with a straight that gets parried.
Tawanchai used the space he created and lands 3 hard kicks in Nuenglanlek& #39;s guard in a row.
Tawanchai used the space he created and lands 3 hard kicks in Nuenglanlek& #39;s guard in a row.
Nuenglanlek tasted a bit too much blood, he had success with his aggressive approach but ate also in the open stance many kicks unanswered, this sequence led to the stoppage, he just couldn& #39;t take the murderous kicks of Tawanchai any longer on his guard and especially wrist.
