>>> A STRIKING LEGEND -- >> OH! >> A MIXED MARTIAL ARTS ICON. TONIGHT TWO OF ONE'S CHAMPIONSHIP HEROES DEFEND THEIR LEGACIES AS FIERCE CHALLENGERS MARCH FORWARD TO REPLACE THEM. WITH OVER 700 WINS COMBINED THE MOST LETHAL STRIKING DUO GO TO WAR. PRAJANCHAI ATTEMPTS TO KNOCK THE STRAWWEIGHT MUAY THAI SAM-A FROM HIS PERCH AND BEGIN HIS OWN JOURNEY TO SUPER GLOBAL STARDOM. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] AND THE TOP TWO MIDDLEWEIGHTS CLASH. >> BRUTAL SHOT. >> WILL LEANDRO ATAIDES DEPEND ON HIS BRAZILIAN JUJITSU? THE FALLEN HERO MUST RISE TO THE CHALLENGE. >> I WANT TO FINISH PEOPLE. >> WARRIORS ARE PUT TO THE TEST. ONE CHAMPIONSHIPS "BATTLEGROUND" LIVE FROM SINGAPORE STARTS NOW. >> HE'S IN TROUBLE! AND HE DID JUST THAT. >> WHAT A PERFORMANCE TO STOP UNSTOPPABLE RETAIN HER BELT. >> WELCOME TO THE GLOBAL MARTIAL ARTS EVENT ONE CHAMPIONSHIP! >> ONE CHAMPIONSHIP RETURNS TO SINGAPORE, BROADCAST LIVE TO 150 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. WELCOME TO ONE CHAMPIONSHIP "BATTLEGROUND." INSIDE THE SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM WE ARE READY FOR A NIGHT OF MEGA ACTION. HELLO, EVERYBODY. GREAT TO BE HERE IN SINGAPORE. HAVE WE GOT A TREAT FOR YOU. A STAR-STUDDED CARD FOR "BATTLEGROUND" TONIGHT. VICTORIA LEE RETURNS TO ACTION AND JEREMY PACATIW MAKES HIS DEBUT AND SO DOES GUSTAVO BALART. PRAJANCHAI VERSUS SAM-A. OVER 150 MARTIAL ARTS WORLD CHAMPIONS ON THE ROSTER. WE HAVE SOME OF THEM IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT. AND, OF COURSE, THE MAIN EVENT IS A MUAY THAI PRAJANCHAI AGAINST SAM-A. TWO OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED COMBAT ATHLETES WALKING THE PLANET TODAY. FOR MORE ON THAT, LET'S GO CIRCLE SIDE NOW. >> THANKS, MICHAEL. IN THE MAIN EVENT WE'VE GOT A LEGEND VERSUS PHENOM SHOWDOWN BETWEEN TWO OF THE BEST STRIKERS IN THE WORLD. PRAJANCHAI FACES SAM-A. THESE TWO HAVE A CRAZY INSANE AMOUNT OF WINS, OVER 700 WINS BETWEEN THE TWO. EACH HAS A WIN PERCENTAGE OF OVER 86%. 16 WORLD TITLES STRAP ACROSS THEIR MANTLE CASE. THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS PRAJANCHAI IS 11 YEARS YOUNGER. HE BRINGS A LOT TO THE TABLE TO THIS MATCHUP. >> ABSOLUTELY. HERE IS THE THING. SAM-A IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST STRIKERS EVER, EVER TO SET FOOT IN ANY RING ALL OVER THE WORLD. HIS SPEED, HIS PRECISION, HIS MOVEMENT UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE. BUT PRAJANCHAI IS A MASTER TRICKERY IN TERMS OF HIS SKILL SET. >> SAM-A BRINGS SO MANY DIFFERENT WEAPONS. HIS SOUTHPAW STYLE HAS WRITTEN THE BOOK ON MUAY THAI CLASSICS. IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT KICK. >> ABSOLUTELY. HE CAN FIRE THE KICK FROM ANY ANGLE, HIS PRECISION, HIS TIMING ABSOLUTELY INSANE, OFF THE CHARTS. THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE GREATEST STRIKING BATTLES EVER. >> PRAJANCHAI SAYS IT'S TIME TO CANCEL THE REIGN OF THE TWO-SPORT KING. WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHO WILL REIGN THE STRAWWEIGHT MUAY THAI DIVISION HERE TONIGHT. BUT DO NOT FORGET ABOUT THE CO-MAIN EVENT. IT HAS THAT BIG FIGHT FEEL. BOTH THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN REIGNING OVER THE MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION AND ARE NOW READY TO SQUARE OFF. >> THIS IS AN EPIC FIGHT. THE QUESTION REALLY IS AUNG LA'S MENTAL STATE. THE QUESTION REALLY IS WHERE IS AUNG LA N SANG MENTALLY? >> WE GET TO SET IT WILL ON "BATTLEGROUND." LEANDRO ATAIDES SAYS HE IS READY FOR THE CHALLENGE AND WANTS A SHOT AT THE BELT. >> A WORLD CHAMPION WITH KO POWER. HE IS DANGEROUS EVERYWHERE AND, REMEMBER, HE TOOK REINIER DE RIDDER THE DISTANCE. >> THERE YOU HAVE IT, FOLKS. MICHAEL, BACK UP TO YOU TO GET US STARTED. >> THANKS, GUYS. ONE CHAMPIONSHIP "BATTLEGROUND" IS ALIVE. IT'S HAPPENING. LET'S GO TO OUR OPEN CEREMONY. >> ARE YOU READY? THESE ARE YOUR ATHLETES. REPRESENTING THE PHILIPPINES, JEREMY PACATIW. >> SO MUCH EXCITEMENT SURROUNDING THE FILIPINO SENSATION, JEREMY PACATIW. >> REPRESENTING CHINA. >> AND THIS MAN REPRESENTING CHEN RUI. >> REPRESENTING CHINA. >> CAN HE STOP RITU PHOGAT TONIGHT? >> REPRESENTING INDIA, RITU PHOGAT. >> THE WRESTLING SUPERSTAR RITU PHOGAT. >> REPRESENTING CUBA, GUSTAVO BALART. >> AN ABSOLUTE FIRECRACKER, A BUNDLE OF POWER, GUSTAVO BALART. >> REPRESENTING JAPAN RYUTO SAWADA. >> RYUTO SAWADA BRINGS HIS OWN WRESTLING POWER TO THE CIRCLE TONIGHT. >> REPRESENTING BRAZIL, LEANDRO ATAIDES. >> HE'S BEEN WAITING HIS ENTIRE CAREER FOR A NIGHT LIKE TONIGHT, LEANDRO ATAIDES. >> REPRESENTING MYANMAR, AUNG LA N SANG. >> HE'S GROWN THE BEARD. HE MEANS BUSINESS, AUNG LA N SANG. >> FOR THE ONE STRAWWEIGHT MUAY THAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, REPRESENTING THAILAND, THE CHALLENGER PRAJANCHAI. >> MUAY THAI MEGASTARS DON'T GET ANY BIGGER THAN THIS MAN, PRAJANCHAI. >> REPRESENTING THAILAND, THE ONE STRAWWEIGHT MUAY THAI AND KICKBOXING WORLD CHAMPION, SAM-A. >> HE'S BEEN ALMOST UNTOUCHABLE, THE GREAT SAM-A DEFENDS THE CROWN. >> THESE ARE YOUR WARRIORS AT ONE CHAMPIONSHIP "BATTLEGROUND." WE ARE THE WORLD'S LARGEST MARTIAL ARTS ORGANIZATION. WE IGNITE THE WORLD WITH HOPE, STRENGTH, AND DREAMS AT THE HOME OF MARTIAL ARTS. WE ONE! >> WHAT AN OPENING CEREMONY FOR ONE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND WE'RE GOING TO KICK OFF WITH THIS ONE, THE PRODIGY IS BACK. VICTORIA LEE LOOKING TO STAY UNDEFEATED AS SHE TAKES ON WANG LU PING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THESE TWO ATHLETES. >> VICTORIA LEE IS NO ORDINARY TEENAGER. AS THE YOUNG SISTER OF ONE WORLD CHAMPIONS ANGELA AND CHRISTIAN LEE, VICTORIA GREW UP WITH ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. BUT HER FAMILY'S SUCCESS PLACES ENORMOUS PRESSURE ON HER SHOULDERS. >> TRYING TO COMPARE YOURSELF TO THEM IS JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE FOR ANYONE TO HANDLE. >> AFTER A SPECTACULAR ONE DEBUT, THE HYPE BEHIND LEE IS BIGGER THAN EVER. BUT HER NEXT TASK IS A DIFFICULT ONE. CHINESE STRIKER WANG LU PING COMES TO ONE CHAMPIONSHIP ON AN IMPRESSIVE THREE FIGHT WIN STREAK. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]. >> THERE ARE GOING TO BE CRITICS IN ANYTHING YOU DO. YOUR RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. >> Translator: HONESTLY, I DON'T LISTEN OR REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT MY OPPONENT THINKS OR SAYS. I SEE MYSELF SUBMITTING HER IN THE FIRST ROUND. >> REPRESENTING CHINA, LITTLE SPROUT, WANG LU PING! >> THEY CALL HER LITTLE SPROUT. THE 21-YEAR-OLD WANG LU PING FROM CHINA. RIDING A THREE FIGHT WIN STREAK COMING INTO TONIGHT. AND AS YOU SAW IN THAT VIDEO, SHE SAYS, WELL, THEY BELIEVE VICTORIA IS THE FAVORITE BUT I'M GOING TO BEAT HER AND I'M GOING TO BECOME A STAR. WINNING ONE FIGHT DOES NOT PROVE ANYTHING ACCORDING TO ONE WANG LU PING. ATTACKS WITH THE GROUND AND POUND. >> YES, WANG LU PING IS VERY CONFIDENT GOING INTO THIS MATCHUP WITH THE PRODIGY, WITH VERY GOOD REASON. SHE'S RIDING A THREE WIN MATCH STREAK, AND THOSE THREE MATCHES HAVE HAPPENED IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SO SHE'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE, REFINING HER SKILL SET, AND SHE HAS HEAVY HANDS. SHE LIKES THE PUSH KICKS AND SHE SETS THEM UP REALLY WELL WITH JABS, HOOKS, AND OVERHAND RIGHTS. SHE HAS A MASSIVE ADVANTAGE HERE AND EXPERIENCE AT THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. AND SHE HOPES TO LEAN ON THAT. SHE'S EXCITED TO MAKE HER DEBUT HERE AT ONE CHAMPIONSHIP AND REALLY ANNOUNCE HERSELF TO THE WORLD. >> REPRESENTING SINGAPORE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, VICTORIA "THE PRODIGY" LEE. >> THE PRODIGY VICTORIA LEE, THE YOUNGER SISTER OF WORLD CHAMPIONS ANGELA LEE AND CHRISTIAN LEE. ONLY 17 YEARS OLD. SO MUCH PRESSURE ON SUCH YOUNG SHOULDERS. CAN SHE MAINTAIN HER WINNING WAYS? VICTORIA LEE CAN SEEMINGLY DO EVERYTHING. >> YES, AND SHE SHOWED THAT IN HER FIRST MATCHUP. SHE LOOKED REALLY GOOD ON THE FEET BUT WHEN THINGS HIT THE MAP THAT'S WHEN SHE TRULY EXCELLED. SHE LANDED 69 STRIKES IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THAT MATCH ALONE. SHE REALLY IS AGGRESSIVE. SHE HAS THAT LEE MENTALITY WHERE SHE TRIES TO GO OUT AND FINISH THE MATCH AND QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND SAYS SHE WANTS TO GET IT DONE IN THE FIRST ROUND TONIGHT. BUT TO DO THAT, SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO GET PAST THE STRIKING OF WANG. WANG IS VERY HEAVY HANDED SO I WOULD EXPECT VICTORIA LEE TO THINK ABOUT TAKING THIS TO THE GROUND. SHE HAS LONG, STRAIGHT STRIKES, WHICH SHE NEEDS TO UTILIZE, BUT ULTIMATELY GETTING THE TAKEDOWN AND LOOKING FOR ONE OF THOSE CHOKES WILL BE HER QUICKEST PATH TO VICTORY. SHE HAS A TOUGH ORDER HERE TONIGHT BUT I THINK SHE'S REALLY READY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND I THINK SHE GOT THOSE JITTERS OUT OF THE WAY IN THE FIRST MATCH AND SHE'S READY TO SHINE HERE TONIGHT. >> DON'T FORGET TO GO TO ONE.SHOP, THE OFFICIAL LINE OF BRUCE LEE APPARENT. ONE.SHOP. COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED, THE MATURITY OF VICTORIA LEE IS FAR BEYOND HER 17 YEARS. TREMENDOUSLY MARKETABLE. TREMENDOUSLY WELL ROUNDED. AND LET'S SEE IF SHE CAN, INDEED, SUBMIT WANG LU PING. IT'S A MIXED MARTIAL ARTS CONTEST, THE DIVISION IN WHICH HER SISTER ANGELA LEE IS THE WORLD CHAMPION. AND VICTORIA IS THE TALLER BY SOME 9 CENTIMETERS. THE BOUT WILL BE JUDGED IN ITS ENTIRETY AS A 15-MINUTE MATCH, NOT AS THREE INDIVIDUAL ROUNDS. >> Ring Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND MARTIAL ARTS FANS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD, WELCOME TO THE MOST EXCITING GLOBAL MARTIAL ARTS EVENT, ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. WE ARE LIVE FROM SINGAPORE AND BROADCAST TO MORE THAN 150 COUNTRIES THIS IS ONE CHAMPIONSHIP "BATTLEGROUND." SO GET READY FOR A NIGHT OF NONSTOP MARTIAL ARTS ACTION. AND NOW WE BEGIN WITH THREE ROUNDS OF FIVE MINUTES IN A B BANTAMWEIGHT MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. WHERE SINGAPORE COMES TO PLAY. INTRODUCING FIRST OUT OF THE BLUE CORNER SHE STANDS AT 157 CENTIMETERS TALL, TRAINING OUT OF SHLC REPRESENTING CHINA! PLEASE WELCOME LITTLE SPROUT WANG! AND INTRODUCING HER OPPONENT OUT OF THE RED CORNER, SHE STANDS AT 166 CENTIMETERS TALL, TRAINING OUT OF UNITED MMA AND EVOLVE MMA REPRESENTING SINGAPORE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. INTRODUCING VICTORIA "THE PRODIGY" LEE! AND WHEN THE ACTION BEGINS, YOUR REFEREE IN CHARGE MR. MOHAMMED SULEIMAN. >> Referee: TO THE CENTER, PLEASE. YOU UNDERSTAND THE RULES. KEEP IT CLEAN AND ACTIVE. OBEY MY INSTRUCTIONS AT ALL TIMES. TOUCH GLOVES AND BACK TO YOUR CORNER. >> AN INTENSE STAREDOWN FROM VICTORIA LEE. SHE COULD BEAT A STATUE IN A STARING CONTEST. 17 YEARS OLD AND TRYING TO DEFEAT WANG LU PING OF CHINA WHO IS RIDING A THREE MATCH WINNING STREET. >> ATHLETES READY. LET'S GO. >> BOUNDS OUT OF THE CORNER TO VICTORIA LEE, WASTING NO TIME IN ENGAGING AND A TAKEDOWN FROM WANG LU PING. >> GOOD TAKEDOWN DEFENSE BY WANG AS SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE ON COMING RUSH OF VICTORIA LEE. THIS IS WHERE VICTORIA LEE IS VERY DANGEROUS. SHE HAS THE BODY LOCK AND PUTS WANG LU PING DOWN WITH IT. >> TRYING TO GO TO FULL MOUNTING AND GETS THERE. WHAT A START FROM THE PRODIGY, DROPS DOWN THE ELBOW. >> LU PING HAS TO BE CAREFUL BEGINNING UP HER BACK LIKE THAT. VICTORIA HAS LONG LEGS AND IS ABLE TO GET CONTROL OF WANG LU PING. VICTORIA LEE WILL SETTLE INTO HER POSITION, NOT BE TOO RUSHED. SHE KNOWS SHE'S IN A DOMINANT POSITION, WANTS TO TAKE HER TIME AND DO EVERYTHING RIGHT. >> EXPLOSIVE FROM VICTORIA LEE ESTABLISHING HER AUTHORITY OVER WANG LU PING. >> IT'S IMPORTANT WANG LU PING KEMS HER RIGHT ELBOW CLOSE TO HER THIGH SO VICTORIA LEE IS NOT ABLE TO GET THE SECOND HOOK IN. SHE DOES JUST THAT. A GOOD JOB TRYING TO FIGHT IT BUT VICTORIA APPLIES PRESSURE ON THE HIP, FLATTENS HER OUT. WANG LU PING IS TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THE HANDS. THE REAR NAKED CHOKE. >> VICTORIA TRYING TO SET THE REAR NAKED CHOKE ON WANG LU PING. CAN SHE FIND IT? SOFTENS HER UP A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> LOOKING FOR THE CHOKE. WANG LU PING HAS TO BE CAREFUL. SHE HAS TO KEEP HER CHIN TIGHT TO THE CHEST, DEFEND THE HANDS. VICTORIA LEE IS TRICKY IN THIS POSITION. I LIKE THE IDEA FOR WANG LU PING TO GO TO HER BACK TO APRIL VOID THE REAR NAKED MOUNT. TRYING TO CATCH ONE OF THOSE LEGS INTO HALF GUARD. >> TYPICAL LEE FAMILY AGGRESSION, CONTINUALLY HUNTING FOR THE FINISH. NEVER WANTING TO GO TO A DECISION. THE SAME WITH ANGELA, THE SAME WITH CHRISTIAN. FLATTENS HER OUT AGAIN LIKE A CHINESE PANCAKE. RIDING THE BACK OF WANG LU PING. NICE ELBOW, THE WAY SHE MEASURES HER. >> TRIANGLE ATTEMPT, MOUNTED TRIANGLE. SHE WILL SLIDE THE LEG OVER ACROSS HER LEGS. >> ANOTHER ELBOW FROM VICTORIA. THE TOP OF HEAD PLACING THE ELBOWS SO WELL. THE EXPOSED FOREHEAD AND TOP OF THE HEAD OF WANG LU PING. >> SHE'S JUST GIVING VICTORIA THAT CHANCE TO ADJUST HER POSITION AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GETS A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER. IT'S A VICE LIKE SITUATION HERE, JUST LIKE AN ANACONDA THAT GETS TIGHTER AND TIGHTER AND TIGHTER WITH EVERY SINGLE MOVEMENT. >> TWO MORE MINUTES FOR WANG TO SURVIVE THIS ONSLAUGHT. >> HERE COMES THE ARMBAR, TOO, MICHAEL. >> MORE ELBOWS FROM VICTORIA FROM THE TOP POSITION. JUST PLACING THEM METHODICALLY, DANGEROUSLY FOR WANG LU PING. IS THERE AN ARMBAR COMING NOW FROM VICTORIA LEE? TRANSITIONING FROM ONE SUB ATTEMPT TO ANOTHER. SHE WANTS TO TAKE THE ARM HOME TO HAWAII. VICTORIA VICTORIOUS IN SINGAPORE TONIGHT! >> THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE, MICHAEL. SHE GOT IT DONE JUST LIKE SHE PREDICTED IN THE VERY FIRST ROUND. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. SHE DID GET STOPPED ON THE INITIAL TAKEDOWN DEFENSE. BUT THEN WEEP GOT TO SEE HER REALLY START TO TRANSITION MOUNT. SHE TOOK HER TIME. SHE WAS PATIENT THERE. SHE SOFTENED HER UP WITH THE STRIKES, AND THEN SHE WENT -- LOOK AT THIS. SHE COULDN'T QUITE GET THE TRIANGLE. SHE DIDN'T QUITE HAVE THE RIGHT POSITIONING, BUT SHE ADJUSTED. SHE WAS LISTENING TO HER DAD, KEN LEE, IN THE CORNER. SHE GOES BELLY DOWN ON THE ARMBAR. AND WANG LU PING WAS FORCED TO SUBMIT. IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE FROM THE PRODIGY, VICTORIA LEE. >> SHE SAID SHE WOULD FINISH WANG LU PING, AND, INDEED, THE 17-YEAR-OLD DID THAT. >> THIS MATCH WAS PRESENTED TO YOU BY SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM. AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR REFEREE MR. MOHAMMED SULEIMAN HAS CALLED A STOP TO THIS CONTEST AFTER 3:22 IN THE FIRST ROUND. FOR YOUR WINNER BY WAY OF ARMBAR, VICTORIA LEE! >> SHE IS NOW 2-0 IN ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. VICTORIA LEE DEFEATING WANG LU PING AND STOPPING WANG LU PING'S STREAK THAT WAS THREE WINS COMING INTO TONIGHT. TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE INSIDE THE SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM TO KICK OFF ONE CHAMPIONSHIP "BATTL "BATTLEGROUND." I KNOW THAT CHRISTIAN AND ANGELA WILL BE CELEBRATING RIGHT NOW OVER IN HAWAII. AND LET'S HEAR FROM VICTORIA LEE. >> VICTORIA LEE, I KNOW YOU SAID THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE THAT COMES WITH THE LEE FAMILY NAME, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE LIVING UP TO IT. HOW DO YOU FEEL? >> HONESTLY, MAN, I USED TO MAKE FUNNEL OF MY BROTHER AND SISTER FOR CRYING AFTER THEY WON, BUT I UNDERSTAND. IT'S SO EMOTIONAL. THIS WEEK HAS BEEN AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER. IT WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE. I WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT THROUGH WITHOUT MY MOM AND DAD. I KNOW MY FAMILY IS ALL BACK HOME WATCHING RIGHT NOW. I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM. >> YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO GET IT DONE IN ONE ROUND, AND YOU DID JUST THAT. YOU WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE. WHY DO YOU COMPETE WITH SUCH URGENCY? >> BECAUSE IT'S A FIGHT. THAT'S HOW OUR PARENTS TRAINED US. SELF-DEFENSE. YOU DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE THIRD ROUND TO START WORKING. YOU GO RIGHT OFF THE BELL. THAT'S WHAT I DID. THAT WAS THE GAME PLAN. >> WELL, YOU DID JUST THAT. VERY IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, VICTORIA LEE. >> IMPRESSIVE INDEED. A CONTAGIOUS SMILE, AS ALWAYS, FOR VICTORIA LEE WITH HER FATHER KEN AND MOM IS ALSO HERE. AND THAT IS A MOMENT FOR BOTH OF THEM TO SAVOR. PLENTY MORE ACTION COMING YOUR WAY. WE'RE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. IT IS THE ONE DEBUT OF THE FILIPINO STAR, JEREMY PACATIW WHEN WE RETURN. >>> AS ONE CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATES ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY WE ARE LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF THE BIGGEST MOMENTS OF THE DECADE. >> BIG RIGHT HAND. IT'S GOOD NIGHT, IRENE. >> THIS COULD BE SETTING UP THE TWISTER HERE, STEVE. >> A KICK TO THE HEAD. >> AND DROPS IT. THE ASSAULT. >> OH, HOW ABOUT THAT -- >> READY TO GO. >> SECONDS REMAINING. >> THE BIG KIBOSH AND THERE IT IS. OH, THE HIGH KICK, THE BIG KIBOSH. THIS ONE'S OVER. >> THOSE SHOTS. >> THE RIGHT HAND. >> HE TAGGED HIM WITH THE OVERHAND RIGHT. >> THE BODY SHOT. >>> IT'S 29 DEGREES AND A BALMY FRIDAY NIGHT IN SINGAPORE AND INSIDE THE SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM THINGS ARE ABOUT TO REALLY HEAT UP. THIS IS ONE THE FILIPINOS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR, THE UNLEASHING OF A SUPERSTAR AT ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. JEREMY PACATIW TAKING ON CHINA'S CHEN RUI. >> REPRESENTING THE PHILIPPINES, JEREMY "THE JUGGERNAUT" PACATIW. >> THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH HYPE ON THE JUGGERNAUT, THE 25-YEAR-OLD, FOR SO LONG. HAILING FROM THE FABLED TEAM WEARING THE TEAM RED TRUNKS. ALL OF THEM WORLD CHAMPIONS. SO MUCH FOCUS ON THIS MAN NOW. PACATIW, WILL THE HYPE PROVE REAL IN A FEW MONTHS' TIME? >> I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE JEREMY FINALLY HERE AT ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. I REMEMBER TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THIS AND HE WAS LIKE, MAN, I CANNOT WAIT TO BE AT THE SHOW. HE IS PART OF THAT NEW TEAM, HE IS EXTREMELY WELL ROUNDED BUT HE EXCELS WITH THOSE HANDS. I AM PUMPED ABOUT THIS ONE. >> REPRESENTING CHINA, THE GHOST, CHEN RUI. >> THE CHINESE FLAG FLYING OVER THE SHOULDERS OF THE GHOST, CHEN RUI. 8-2 HIS LAST TEN. CHEN RUI. THIS MAN PROVIDES A TON OF EXCITEMENT. HE WILL HAPPILY STAND AND TRADE WITH JEREMY PACATIW. >> OH, I AM FULLY ON TEAM GHOST. I BECAME SUCH A FAN. EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T COME AWAY WITH THE VICTORY HE PROVED HIS HEART AND MENTAL FORTITUDE AND HOW TOUGH THIS YOUNG MAN IS. HE REALLY HAS TREMENDOUS HANDS AND A LOT OF IT COMES FROM THAT EXPLOSIVE RIGHT HAN. THIS MAN HAS AS MUCH GRANITE IN HIS CHIN AS HE DOES IN THAT RIGHT HAND. THIS GUY WAS BASICALLY USING HIS FACE AS A CATCHER'S MITT TO TAKE ALL THE SHOTS HE WAS THROWING AT HIM AND HE WAS ANSWERING RIGHT BACK. THIS MATCHUP MIGHT PLAY OUT EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. I THINK THEY WILL STAND TOE TO TOE AND GO TO WAR WITH ONE ANOTHER BUT CHEN RUI SAYS HE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HIMSELF IN THAT MATCHUP, THAT HE NEEDS TO DIVERSIFY HIS ATTACKS. HE NEEDS TO MIX IN THE TAKEDOWNS AND THE KICKS. BUT I SEE THIS ONE BEING A STRIKER'S DELIGHT. THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING MATCHUP, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. >> SO MUCH FOCUS ON SAM-A AND PRAJANCHAI. I'M TELLING YOU, THIS COULD BE THE SHOW STEALER. THIS COULD BE THE SHOWSTOPPER TONIGHT, PACATIW VERSUS CHEN RUI IS GOING TO BE WICKED. AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS CONTEST AT BANTAMWEIGHT, THE DIVISION WHERE FERNANDEZ REIGNS AS THE KING. VERY EVEN ON PAPER IN OUR TALE OF THE TAPE. GLOBAL RULES SET THE BOUT TO BE JUDGED AS A 15-MINUTE MATCH NOT AS THREE INDIVIDUAL FIVE-MINUTE ROUNDS. >> AND NOW THIS MATCH IS THREE ROUNDS OF FIVE MINUTES IN A ONE BANTAMWEIGHT MIXED MARTIAL ARTS CONTEST. INTRODUCING FIRST OUT OF THE BLUE CORNER HE STANDS AT 170 CENTIMETERS TALL HOLDING A RECORD OF TEN WINS AND FOUR LOSSES. REPRESENTING THE PHILIPPINES! STEPPING INTO ACTION IS JEREMY "THE JUGGERNAUT" PACATIW. AND INTRODUCING HIS OPPONENT OUT OF THE RED CORNER. HE STANDS AT 170 CENTIMETERS TALL HOLDING A RECORD OF NINE WINS AND TWO LOSSES. TRAINING OUT OF FIGHT CLUB REPRESENTING CHINA! GET READY FOR THE GHOST, CHEN RUI. AND WHEN THE ACTION BEGINS, YOUR REFEREE IN CHARGE MR. OLIVIER COST. >> WATCH OUT FOR THE HEAD BUTT, LOW BELOW, BACK OF THE HEAD AND SPINE. YOU NOPE THE RULES. FAIR FIGHT, FIGHT CLEAN. >> FINAL INSTRUCTIONS. WE FINALLY GET TO SEE JEREMY PACATIW. AGAINST CHEN RUE I, THE GHOST. SO MUCH INTEREST OVER PACATIW. IN THOSE ALL-TOO FAMILIAR RED TRUNKS. FOUR OUT OF FIVE FILIPINO WORLD CHAMPIONS AT ONE TIME IN ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE FIFTH WAS THE WORLD CHAMPION AT THE TIME WAS IN 2018 WHERE THE PHILIPPINES WAS THE DOMINANT COUNTRY IN ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. BIG RIGHT HAND. >> GOOD PRESSURE COMING RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. CHEN RUI NEEDS TO GET WARMED UP. >> TRIED TO DOUBLE UP, PACATIW. VERY VOCAL IN CHEN RUI'S CORNER. GIVING CHEN RUPEE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. INSIDE LEG KICK, GETS OUT OF THE WAY OF THE COUNTER RIGHT HAND. OUR MAIN EVENT COMING UP LATER TONIGHT IS PRAJANCHAI VERSUS SAM-A FOR THE STRAWWEIGHT WORLD MUAY THAI TITLE. TAKEDOWN ATTEMPT FROM PACATIW GETS HIM DOWN NICELY. >> THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THE HANDS TOOK CHEN RUI FOR THE RIDE. TALKED ABOUT THAT NEW BREED OF TEAM LAKAI. HE'S REALLY GOOD ON THE GROUND AS WELL. HE IMMEDIATELY TAKES THE BACK OF CHEN RUI. THE REAR NAKED CHOKE. >> THEY CALL HIM A JUGGERNAUT. HE HAS BEEN SO FAR ON DEBUT HERE. ROLLING FORWARD. TRIANGLE AROUND THE BODY WILL MAKE IT HARD FOR CHEN RUI TO FILL HIS LUNGS. CURLING HANDS FROM PACATIW. SIDE OF THE HEAD. TRYING TO SQUEEZE THE CHOKE ON PACATIW. >> I THINK HE'S A LITTLE BIT HIGH UP ON THE CHOKE, CREATING PRESSURE AROUND THE CHIN. >> SOFTENS HIM UP MORE. >> I LIKE HOW JEREMY IS PUNCHING WITH THE RIGHT. CHEN RUI WAS WISE TO IT. JEREMY IS LOOKING FOR THE REAR NAKED CHOKE. >> PACATIW WANTS TO TAKE A CHOKE IN HIS FIRST EVER APPEARANCE AT ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. >> GETTING HIS BODY WEIGHT SO SOME PRESSURE IS REMOVED. LOOK AT THIS GRAPPLING WE'RE SEEING FROM JEREMY. >> PACATIW GETTING A FINISH ON CHEN RUI IN THE FIRST ROUND. >> GOOD DEFENSE FROM TCHEN RUI. HE WAS ABLE TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE PRESSURE AND WORK HIS WAY BACK UP TO HIS FEET. >> WHAT CAN HE THROW? WHAT CAN HE LAND ON PACATIW? >> PACATIW'S LATERAL MOVEMENT, HE MOVES WELL LEFT TO RIGHT. HE DOESN'T JUST STAND IN ONE POSITION ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT CHEN RUI HAS THE MASSIVE RIGHT HAND. >> FROM CHEN RUI. PACATIW ON THE OUTSIDE. CHEN RUI TRIES TO CUT OFF THE MOVEMENT. CONNECTED THE RIGHT HAND. LOOKING BOOK THERE ON THE BALLS OF HIS FEET, PACATIW. COUNTERCLOCKWISE. A NICE JAB. WORKING PUNCH OFF THE LEAD HAND FROM CHEN RUI. NICE JOB AGAIN TO THE OVERHAND RIGHT THAT SEEMS TO BE THE MONEY SHOT HE'S LOOKING FOR, THE OVERHAND RIGHT. >> BACK TO ORTHODOX NOW. ROUND KICK, END OF THE FIRST. BIG HELLO TO OUR FANS WATCHING RIGHT AROUND THE WORLD AND STAYING ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BIG SHOUTOUT WATCHING IN MYANMAR. >> GOOD FIRST ROUND FOR JEREMY. HE WAS THERE TO SINK IN THAT DOUBLE LEG. HE GOT VERY AGGRESSIVE, TOOK CHEN RUI DOWN. THIS WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHUNK. ABLE TO GET THE BACK. SHOW THAT GROUND CONTROL AND LOOKED SHARP. HE WILL HAVE TO START MOVING MORE AGGRESSIVELY. I LIKE TO SEE HIM THROW THE RIGHT HAND BUT HE HAS TO PUT SOMETHING ELSE BEHIND IT OR IN FRONT OF IT. HE HAS A GOOD LEFT HOOK. >> WE ARE SCORING AS AN OVERALL CONTEST NOT ROUND BY ROUND. IN THE BAT ABANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION. THE CURRENT WORLD CHAMPION, HANDS OF STONE RANKED NUMBER ONE. A TEAMMATE OF PACATIW, NUMBER TWO, FORMER CHAMPION. TURNING BACK FROM PACATIW AND ANOTHER ONE A LITTLE HIGHER THERE. TRYING TO BRING THE HEEL TO THE TEMPLE OF THE GHOST. >> JEREMY JUST LOOKS LIKE HE'S HAVING FUN OUT THERE. HE SEEMS RELAXED AND COMPOSED. HE HAS A REALLY DEEP AMATEUR RECORD AND HE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ON THE PRO LEVEL. SO HE'S DEFINITELY DONE HIS HOMEWORK TO SHOWCASE HIS BEST SELF ON THIS PLATFORM. UPPERCUT FROM PACATIW. >> GOOD TAKEDOWN DEFENSE FROM CHEN RUI. CHEN RUI HAS TO GET MORE ACTIVE HERE. HE'S GETTING TIZED BY JEREMY'S MOVEMENT AND IS STANDING STILL. >> RIGHT HAND LEAD THERE FROM CHEN RUI. NO FOLLOW-UP, THOUGH. >> PACATIW GOES HEAD-HUNTING ONCE MORE. A ROUNDHOUSE OFF THE BACK LEG. COUNTERCLOCKWISE INTO THE POWER SIDE OF CHEN RUI. BUT CHEN IS NOT THROWING ENOUGH TO CONCERN HIM. THE COUNTER FROM THE CHINESE ATHLETE. PACATIW SWITCHING STANCE TRYING TO CONFOUND THE GHOST. TO THE UPPER LEG. >> THAT ROUNDHOUSE LEG OF PACATIW, THROWS A LOT OF HEAT BEHIND IT. >> CHEN WITH THE OVERHAND RIGHT. BREAD AND BUTTER COMBINATION. >> BARELY MISSED WITH IT, TOO. >> JAB FROM CHEN RUI. IF YOU'RE IN THE CORNER OF THE GHOST, WHAT ARE YOU TELLING HIM TO DO? >> MAN, HE'S GETTING KIND OF OVERCOMMITTED TO THE RIGHT HAND. IT'S THE ONLY THING HE'S REALLY THROWING. HE NEEDS TO UTILIZE MORE MOVEMENT, GET ON HIS BIKE, SET THAT RIGHT HAND UP. GIVE JEREMY SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT. THROW THE LEG KICKS. START DOING DAMAGE TO THE LEGS. >> ALMOST TOOK OUT THE RING LIGHTS INSIDE THE GUARD OF CHEN RUI. >> CHEN RUI. >> JEREMY TRIED TO POSTURE HIM DOWN. YOU SEE CHEN RUI TRYING TO WALL WALK INTO A POSSIBLE SWEEP RIGHT THERE. JEREMY COULD SETTLE HIS HIPS, START WORKING THE BODY AND THE HEAD IN THE GROUND CONTROL, SEE IF HE CAN PASS THE GUARD NOW, COMFORTABLE JUST TO SIT HERE. IN HIS PAST FIGHTS WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF JEREMY JUST SITTING IN THIS POSITION AND DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK ON THE GROUND AND POUND. CHEN RUI SHOOTS FOR A POSSIBLE TRIANGLE THERE. >> WHAT IS CHEN RUI'S CHANCE OF FINISHING THIS? >> IT HAS TO BE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. HE HAS TO REALLY SET IT UP BETTER. YOU SEE THE WAY HE'S MOVING AND BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. THAT'S GOING TO BE HIS BEST SHOT. HE NEEDS TO MIX UP THE WEAPONS TO SET UP THE RIGHT HAND BECAUSE NOW JEREMY HAS A BEAT ON IT. NOW WHEN HE THREW IT YOU COULD SEE THE TAKEDOWN AND WAS ABLE TO GET HIM DOWN SUCCESSFULLY. YOU CAN SEE JEREMY'S ATTEMPT AT AN ARM TRIANGLE. HE HAS TO GET HIS BODY TO THE OTHER SIDE AND HALF GUARD WILL BE HARD TO FINISH UNLESS YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS SQUEEZE, BUT HE IS ABLE TO PASS THE HALF GUARD NOW, SETTLE IN TO SIDE CONTROL. NOW THIS IS GROUND CONTROL. THIS IS WHAT THE DEFINITION OF GROUND CONTROL IS, ADVANCING YOUR POSITION FROM ONE GUARD OR HALF TO ANOTHER POSITION THAT'S MORE DOMINANT. GOOD REVERSAL BY CHEN RUI. >> TOP POSITION NOW FOR CHEN RUI WITH 55 SECONDS REMAINING IN THE SECOND ROUND. WHAT CAN HE DO WITH IT? PUSHOFF FROM PACATIW TO CREATE SOME SPACE. >> JEREMY ROLLING FOR A HEEL. LET'S SEE IF HE CAN ATTACK A LEG RIGHT HERE. HE MIGHT GO FOR A KNEE BAR. GOOD REVERSAL. LOOKS LIKE JEREMY MIGHT BE ATTEMPTING A GUILLOTINE. >> PACATIW, WHO GREW UP PLAYING BASKETBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL, RAN THE 400 METERS HARD AS WELL IN HIS SENIOR YEAR. WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, THIS IS FUNNY, HIS FAVORITE CARTOON WAS CALLED GHOST FIGHTER. AND NOW HE'S FIGHTING THE GHOST. >> YOU SEE CHEN RUI IS TRYING TO PUSH THE KNEE, PACATIW'S LEFT KNEE ACROSS TO PASS INTO A MORE DOMINANT POSITION. HE HAS A GOOD KNEE SHIELD THERE PREVENTING HIM FROM DOING THAT. >> JEREMY PACATIW. WELL, THAT'S -- TEN MINUTES DOWN. >> THE SCRAMBLES ARE BACK AND FORTH. CHEN RUI IS ABLE TO REVERSE SOME OF THE POSITIONS BUT HE HAS TO DO MORE WORK. WE'RE SEEING JEREMY HAS BEEN ABLE TO LAND A COUPLE TAKEDOWNS, MORE STRIKING SUPERIORITY. CHEN RUI STILL LANDING THAT RIGHT HAND BUT JEREMY IS MOVING MORE AND WE'RE NOT SEEING THE ACTIVITY WE NORMALLY SEE OUT OF CHEN RUI. JEREMY LOOKS INCREDIBLY RELAXED LISTENING TO MARK. >> YOU'VE SPENT TIME AT TEAM LAKAY, WHAT'S THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE FOR A GUY LIKE PACATIW AND TRAINING ALONGSIDE WORLD CHAMPIONS OR FORMER WORLD CHAMPIONS? >> IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST TEAMS I'VE EVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING AROUND, SURROUNDED BY SO MANY HIGH LEVEL ATHLETES. THEY'RE ALL INCREDIBLY DRIVEN AND HUMBLE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE JUST INCREDIBLY MOTIVATED TO BE THE BEST MARTIAL ARTISTS THAT THEY WANT, THAT THEY CAN. AND WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO SEE ALL OF THEM LIFT EACH OTHER UP AND WE'RE SEEING THAT IN THIS NEW BREED. JEREMY PACATIW THROWS A LOW BLOW ON CHEN RUI. >> MITCH, YOU TALK ABOUT SUPER GYMS AROUND THE WORLD AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE MENTION OUTSIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES, OF COURSE, TEAM LAKAY. THE AMOUNT OF CHAMPIONS THEY PRODUCED IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IS OUTSTANDING. THE SENIOR BROTHERS AS THEY CALL THEM, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE SECRET TO SUCCESS IN BREEDING SO MANY WORLD CHAMPIONS? >> IT'S THE HUNGER THAT THEY'VE GOT. THEY'RE ALL SO DRIVEN AND PASSIONATE ABOUT BEING THE BEST THEY CAN BE. WE REALLY SEE THAT. BEFORE THEY TRAINED IN VERY LOW-GRADE FACILITIES LIKE THE ORIGINAL TEAM LAKAY WAS A RUNDOWN FACILITY. NOW THEY HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL GYM WITH ALL THE SUCCESS THEY'VE HAD, BUT LOOK AT THAT. >> THAT CHEN RUI IS RECEIVING INJURY TIME. HE HAS UP TO FOUR MINUTES TO RECOVER. YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SUPER COACHES IN THE MARTIAL ARTS WORLD AND VERY FEW PEOPLE BRING UP THE NAME. AT ONE STAGE HE HELD FOUR WORLD CHAMPIONS. >> IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. JEREMY IS SURROUNDED BY LEGIT WORLD CHAMPIONS, SO MANY BIG NAMES ARE AT HIS GYM THAT HE GETS TO WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THAT'S WHY WE SEE THIS NEW BREED DEVELOP SO WELL AND SO WELL ROUNDED. >> THE HUMILITY OF EVERYONE AT TEAM LAKAY, YOU SEE THEM AT HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, AND THEY ARE THE NICEST BUNCH OF MEN AND WOMEN YOU WILL EVER MEET. ALL SOFT SPOKEN, NO BRAVADO, NO BRAGG BRAGGADOCIO, HUMBLE, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE TO BE AROUND. AS WE RECOMMENCE HERE. OVERHAND RIGHT FROM CHEN RUI. HE TRIED THE UPPERCUTS AND THAT WAS THE SHORTEST UPPERCUT HE'S DONE YET. >> HE NEEDS TO THROW THE UPPERCUTS, TO TIME THAT ENTRY. JEREMY IS TRYING TO TIME HIS TAKEDOWN. CHEN RUI NEEDS TO THROW MORE WEAPONS UP THE MIDDLE LIKE THE UPPER CUT AND MAYBE KNEES, TOO. JUST DISCOURAGE THAT SHOT. >> THE CHINESE HAVE REALLY COME ALONG SO STRONG IN ONE CHAMPIONSHIP OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, TWO YEARS. LEADING THE CHARGE, WILL DEFEND AT ONE POWER. THE MAIN EVENT LATER ON WILL BE A MUAY THAI MEGA MATCH. DRIVING TAKEDOWN FROM JEREMY PACATIW. >> GOOD SPRAWL FROM CHEN RUI AS HE'S ABLE TO AVOID THAT TAKEDOWN. GOOD SPRAWL FROM CHEN RUI. >> JAB FROM THE GHOST. DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY LINGERING EFFECTS FROM THE GROIN STRIKE. SWITCHES BACK TO ORTHODOX STANCE. CAGEY. FLICKING THE ARMS AROUND. >> HE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF UNORTHODOXNESS TO HIS STRIKING STYLE. I ANY HE'S REALLY RELAXED AND COMFORTABLE AND LETTING HIS STYLE FLOW. >> STYLING AND PROFILING, AS THEY SAY. PACATIW. LOOK AT THAT LITTLE SHUFFLE THERE. PUMPING UP THE LEAD HAND, RANGE FINDER. CAN'T FIND THE RANGE SO RESETS. CHEN RUI FROM UNORTHODOX ANGLES THAT MAYBE THE GHOST CAN'T ANTICIPATE. THE HEAD MOVEMENT, MOVING FROM THE HIPS AS WELL, JEREMY PACATIW. >> HE'S STYLING AND PROFILING OUT THERE. HE'S DID HEFINITELY FEELING THE CONFIDENCE. ONLY TWO AND A HALF MINUTES LEFT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM PUT THE STAMP DOWN AND START TO GO. >> YOU SAID PUT THE STAMP DOWN AND HE'S WEARING THOSE TRUNKS. THE REFEREE WANTS TO SEE MORE ACTIVITY THERE AND THERE'S THE RIGHT HAND JUST TESTS THE JAW OF CHEN RUI. OVERHAND NICELY DONE FROM THE GHOST. SPRAWLOUT FROM CHEN RUI. GOOD DEFENSE FROM THE CHINESE ATHLETE. >> THAT WAS A BLIND TAKEDOWN. HE HAS TO TRY TO SET THAT UP. HE DID HAVE SOME SUCCESS IN THE FIRST TEN MINUTES OR SO BY SETTING UP THOSE TAKEDOWNS, GETTING CHEN RUI WHEN I WAS MOVING BACKWARDS. HE'S JUST SHOOTING THE BLIND TAKEDOWNS, IT WILL BE HARDER BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE THE THIRD ONE CONSECUTIVELY THAT CHEN RUI HAS BEEN ABLE TO READ AND SUCCESSFULLY STOP. >> MITCH, WHEN YOU HAVE A GUY LIKE PACATIW, THE HEAD IS MOVING A LOT, HE'S SHOWBOATING A LITTLE BIT HERE, PLAYING MIND GAMES WITH CHEN RUI, WHAT DOES CHEN RUI DO? HOW DO YOU STOP THAT? HOW DO YOU ENGAGE THAT? >> WELL, BECAUSE OF CHEN RUI'S ATTACK IS SO PUNCH HEAVY HE'S HAVING A HARD TIME SETTING HIS FEET AND CATCHING PACATIW. WHAT HE SHOULD DO IS CUT THE ANGLES OFF. AS JEREMY IS MOVING TO HIS LEFT, THROW THAT LEG KICK, STOP HIS LATERAL MOVEMENT. AS HE'S GOING TO THE RIGHT, THEN HE CAN THROW THAT HOOK. REALLY TRY TO DISRUPT THE PATTERN OF JEREMY PACATIW. HE'S DOING MUCH BETTER ON THE TAKEDOWN DEFENSE HERE. AND TAKEDOWN DEFENSE DOES SCORE. IT'S NOT AS HIGH AS GROUND CONTROL THAT JEREMY SHOWCASED IN THE FIRST TEN, BUT TAKEDOWN DEFENSE DOES SCORE. >> HIS FANS PLAYING ONE FANTASY ON 59% IN FAVOR OF A WIN FOR JEREMY PACATIW. 59% OF THEM ALSO SAID HE WOULD FINISH THE DWOES TONIGHT. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL GO DECISION HERE. WHO WILL GET THE NOD? WILL IT BE PACATIW AT ONE CHAMPIONSHIP? OR WILL THE GHOST TAKE THE WIN BACK TO CHINA? A COUPLE OF NICE PUNCHES RIGHT AT THE BELL FROM CHEN RUI, AND HE PUMPS HIS FISTS IN THE AIR, DRAGON. >> CELEBRATING A LITTLE BIT. HE HAD A MUCH BETTER FINAL FIVE MINUTES THAN HE HAD IN THE FIRST TEN. I THINK JEREMY TOOK HIS FOOT OFF THE GAS AND STARTED TO MOVE. A LOT OF THAT DEFENSE, HE WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY SPRAWL HEAVY. JEREMY WAS MOVING AROUND TRYING TO BE UNORTHODOX IN HIS STYLE, ELUSIVE. HE DIDN'T TAKE A LOT OF DAMAGE FROM JEREMY'S SIDE. IT'S AN INTERESTING FINAL FIVE BUT DEFINITELY THE BETTER STUFF FOR JEREMY. >> THREE JUDGES SCORING THIS AS AN OVERALL CONTEST NOT ROUND BY ROUND. A 15-MINUTE MATCH. ONE BIG 15-MINUTE ROUND. INSTEAD OF THREE INDIVIDUAL FIVE-MINUTE ROUNDS. THAT IS HOW THEY ARE JUDGING. WILL IT BE TEAM LAKAY AND PACATIW? WILL IT BE "THE GHOST" CHEN RUI? DOWN TO FIND OUT. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AFTER THREE ROUNDS OF BATTLE WE TURN TO THE JUDGES' SCORECARDS. ALL THREE JUDGES HAVE CALLED THIS CONTEST IN FAVOR OF YOUR WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DECISION FROM THE BLUE CORNER, JEREMY PACATIW! >> IT'S A WIN FOR THE PHILIPPINES FOR TEAM LAKAY, FOR JEREMY PACATIW. YOU COULD SEE WHY TONIGHT. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER BATTLE WITH RITU PHOGAT AND LIN HEGIN. >> DESPERATE TO GET BACK ON TRACK BUT SHE WAS HAVE TO DO IT THE HARD WAY. STANDING IN FRONT OF HER IS A WOMAN ON AN 11-FIGHT WINNING STREAK. CHINESE RISING STAR LIN HEQIN. DESPITE FACING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER OPPOSITION THE WRESTLING PRODIGY WENT 4-0 AND LOOKED BETTER EVERY TIME SHE ENTERED THE CIRCLE. FOR HER OPPONENTS A TAKEDOWN FROM THE INDIAN TIGRESS WAS A ONE-WAY TICKET TO A TKO VIA GROUND AND POUND. >> PHOGAT WAS SET TO TAKE HER WINNING STREAK INTO THE WORLD GRAND PRIX, BUT IT WAS BROKEN BY THE JUDGES' SCORECARDS AFTER A THREE-ROUND BATTLE. SHE WAS CONVINCED HER HAND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RAISED, BUT SHE TOOK HER LOSS ON THE CHIN AND WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO PREPARE FOR HER LATEST, GREATEST CHALLENGE. FOR PHOGAN TO CLIMB THE ATOMWEIGHT LADDER SHE WILL HAVE TO GET PAST A WOMAN ON A HUGE WINNING STREAK. L LIN HEQIN HAS 11 WINS IN A ROW. >> THE CHAMPION DOING IT ON THE GROUND AT THE MOMENT. >> SHE'S IN A BAD SPOT. THOSE LEGS WILL GET TIGHTER AND TIGHTER. >> LIN HEQIN GETS THE VICTORY. >> WILL PHOGAT'S WRESTLING GET HER BACK ON THE WINNING TRACK, OR WILL SHE DIVE STRAIGHT INTO LIN'S LETHAL GUARD? >>> WELCOME TO STUNNING SINGAPORE. WE ARE WATCHING ONE CHAMPIONSHIP "BATTLEGROUND." WE THANK THE GOVERNMENT FOR KEEPING US HAPPY, SAFE AND HEALTHY. COMING UP NEXT A MISSIONED MARTIAL ARTS CONTEST AT ATOMWEIGHT BETWEEN THE INDIAN WRESTLING DARLING RITU PHOGAT AND LIN HEQIN. THIS ONE SHOULD BE QUITE THE CONTEST. >> RITU PHOGAT LIVED UP TO ALL THE HYPE AT THE START OF HER PRO CAREER. THE INDIAN TIGRESS HAS USED HER ELET WRESTLING SKILLS TO DOMINATE ON THE WRESTLING STAGE. IT WON'T BE EASY AGAINST CHINA'S LIN HEQIN WHO IS RIDING A MASSIVE 11-FIGHT WIN STREAK. >> LIN HEQIN TAKES THE WINNER'S MEDAL BACK. >> LOSING IS NOT AN OPTION IN THIS MASSIVE ATOMWEIGHT CLASH. >>> REPRESENTING CHINA MMA SISTER LIN HEQIN. >> THE MMA SISTER LIN HEQIN, THE 27-YEAR-OLD. 5-0 LAST FIVE. 10-0 LAST TEN. FORMER WORLD RANKED LIN HEQIN. SHE REALLY IS A DARK HORSE IN THE ONE WOMEN'S ATOMWEIGHT DIVISION MAKING HER RETURN TONIGHT RIDING A FIGHT STREAK WITH SEVEN FINISHES. >> YES, MICHAEL, SHE'S BEEN PUTTING IN WORK AND HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. SHE SHOWCASED HER DEBUT IN MARCH OF 2019 A VERY WELL-ROUNDED SKILL SET. SHE WAS ABLE TO NOT ONLY SHOWCASE REALLY GOOD STAND-UP BUT HAS AN AGGRESSIVE GRAPPLING GAME ONCE THIS HITS THE MAT AND IT'S OFF HER BACK. YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF RITU IS SUCCESSFUL ON THE TAKEDOWNS I WOULD IMMEDIATELY IMAGINE THAT LIN HEQIN STARTS TO THREATEN WITH THOSE SUBMISSIONS. SHE HAS A LONG SET OF LEGS ON HER THAT CAN EASILY SNATCH UP THOSE SUBMISSIONS. ♪ >> REPRESENTING INDIA, RITU "THE INDIAN TIGRESS" PHOGAT. >> SUPERSTAR INDIAN WRESTLER RITU PHOGAT BACK IN ACTION AFTER INCURRING HER FIRST LOSS LAST TIME. RITU PHOGAT WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH THE DECISION. SHE SAYS SHE DID NOT BELIEVE SHE LOST, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW. SHE WILL TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AGAINST LIN HEQIN AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WRESTLING. >> THAT'S REALLY WHAT SHE NEEDS TO GET BACK TO, PUT HER HAND COMBINATIONS TOGETHER BUT ULTIMATELY SHE NEEDS TO GET THE TAKEDOWN AND SHOW DOMINANCE FROM TOP POSITION. I SPOKE TO HER EARLIER THIS WEEK AND SHE SAID SHE'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON HER STRIKING. I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THE DEDICATION AND TIME TO DEVELOPING HER STRIKING GAME. SHE EXCELS WHEN THINGS HIT THE MAT. RITU IS STRONG AND HEAVY ON THE TOP HAND POSITION AND I EXPECT HER TO USE IT TONIGHT. >> TO THE ONE SHOP ONLINE NOW AND CHECK OUT OUR COLLABORATION. RITU PHOGAT YOU WILL NOT FIND A MORE INTENSE, A MORE FOCUSED ATHLETE, I BELIEVE, IN ANY COMBAT SPORT THAN THIS YOUNG LADY. SHE IS SO ZONED EVERY TIME. >> I THINK THAT COMES FROM HER DEEP PEDIGREE IN WRESTLING. SHE COMES FROM A FIGHTING FAMILY. SHE WAS BASICALLY BORN AND BRED TO COMPETE. AND SHE SAYS SHE HAS SOMETHING SURPRISING IN STORE FOR US. >> OF COURSE THE FAMILY MITCH IS TALKING ABOUT, THE PHOGAT FAMILY, IMMORTALIZED IN FILM IN A MOVIE YOU CAN WATCH ON NETFLIX, THE HIGHEST RATED BOLLYWOOD FILM OF ALL TIME. CHECK IT OUT ABOUT RITU'S FAMILY. IT IS A MIXED MARTIAL ARTS CONTEST SET FOR THREE ROUNDS OF ACTION IN THE VERY HEATED ATOMWEIGHT DIVISION WHERE ANGELA LEE REIGNS AS THE CHAMPION. GIVES UP THE HEIGHT, DOES RITU PHOGAT, VERSUS STRIKER. THE BOUT WILL BE JUDGED IN ITS ENTIRETY AS A 15-MINUTE CONTEST NOT AS THREE INDIVIDUAL ROUNDS. >> AND NOW THIS NEXT MATCH IS THREE ROUNDS OF FIVE MINUTES IN A ONE WOMEN'S ATOMWEIGHT MIXED MARTIAL ARTS CONTEST. OUT OF THE BLUE CORNER SHE STANDS AT 167 CENTIMETERS TALL HOLDING A MIXED MARTIAL ARTS RECORD OF 14 WINS AND 2 LOSSES. REPRESENTING CHINA, PLEASE WELCOME MMA SISTER LIN HEQIN. AND INTRODUCING HER OPPONENT OUT OF THE RED CORNER STANDS AT 156 CENTIMETERS TALL HOLDING A MIXED MARTIAL ARTS RECORD OF 4 WINS AND ONLY 1 LOSS, TRAINING OUT OF EVOLVE MMA REPRESENTING INDIA. INTRODUCING RITU "THE INDIAN TIGRESS" PHOGAT! AND WHEN THE ACTION BEGINS, YOUR REFEREE IN CHARGE MR. MOHAMMED SULEIMAN. >> TO THE CENTER, PLEASE. YOU BOTH KNOW THE RULES. LET'S KEEP THIS CLEAN, ACTIVE. TOUCH GLOVES AND BACK TO YOUR CORNER. >> RITU PHOGAT ATTEMPTS TO MAKE A COMEBACK AGAINST HER TOUGHEST OPPONENT TO DATE, A FORMER WORLD RANKED LIN HEQIN. A POINT TO PROVE TONIGHT. A STATEMENT TO MAKE FOR RITU PHOGAT. A CONTROVERSIAL LOSS LAST TIME. PHOGAT SAYS SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE SHE LOST AND WANTS TO REALLY PLANNED HER FLAG ON LIN HEQIN HERE. >> NICE RIP AND SLIP AS SHE IMMEDIATELY CAME UNDERNEATH THE COUNTER SHOT. THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. THE HEAD MOVEMENT SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON A LOT. >> THE HANDS ARE VERY HIGH AND WIDE EXPOSING HER RIBS. YOU SEE LIN HEQIN WENT TO THE RIB CAGE. >> LIN HEQIN IS A VERY TALENTED STRIKER. SHE HAS A LONG-RANGE STYLE AND UTILIZES HER REACH VERY WELL. I LIKE THE KICKS, BODY KICKS AND LEG KICKS AND IS LIGHT ON HER FEET, CIRCLING AROUND. SHE'S NOT GIVEN RITU A TARGET BECAUSE RITU LOVES THAT AA TAKEDOWN SO MUCH. >> NICE SCKY JAB FROM LIN, INSIDE LEG KICK. CIRCLES OFF COUNTERCLOCKWISE. GOOD MOVEMENT FROM THE CHINESE ATHLETE. OUR MAIN EVENT TONIGHT, THE MUAY THAI WORLD TITLE, CLASH BETWEEN PRAJANCHAI AND SAM-A. THE TAKEDOWN NOW, DOUBLE LEG. >> SHE'S NICE AND TIGHT ON THE HIPS. LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS THE HANDS CLASPED TOGETHER. A NICE WIDE STANCE. LET'S SEE IF SHE CAN PRY RITU UP. SHE DOES, CREATES SEPARATION AND FRAMES OFF THE FACE. >> NICE POPPING RIGHT HAND FROM RITU. >> THIS IS GOOD TAKEDOWN DEFENSE FROM LIN HEQIN. >> NOT WANTING TO GO TO GROUND WITH THIS STYLE WRESTLER. WISELY SO. >> SHE DOES HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THROWS SIMILAR TO JUDO IN THE THROWING ASPECT THEY HAVE. >> HAVE YOU EVER HAD THE CHANCE TO ROLL WITH AT MMA EVOLVE? >> NO. I WAS ALWAYS GETTING BEAT UP BY SOMEONE ELSE. >> JOB THERE. THE OVERHAND NICELY DONE FROM LIN. THIS IS WHAT A TALL FIGHTER NEEDS TO DO. USE THAT GOD GIVEN GIFT OF LENGTH TO EFFECT. HOPING TO TUCK IT UP TO THE JAW OF RITU. >> THOSE COMBINATIONS AS SHE PUTS HAND COMBINATIONS TOGETHER WITH LEG KICKS. SHE WAITED TO TIME THAT LEG KICK, CREATE THE MOMENTUM TO MOVE FORWARD AND NOW SHE HAS A BAD SPOT FOR LIN HEQIN TO BE IN. SHE HAS THE SCARF HOLD AND LOOK FOR A POSSIBLE KEY LOCK OBJECT THE ARM WITH THE LEGS. THERE'S AN ARMBAR, TOO. TRYING TO SNEAK AROUND THE BACK SIDE AND TAKE THE BACK OF RITU. >> INSTRUCTIONS COMING FROM RITU'S CORNER HERE, DRAGON. >> SHE'S ATTEMPTING TO GET THAT ARM. SHE'S REALLY GOING AFTER THAT ARM. THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST MOVES IN BJJ IS HOW TO TAKE SOMEBODY'S BACK IF THEY HAVE THE HEADLOCK. RITU IS FULLY SUBMITTED RIGHT NOW. THE LEFT ARM IN BETWEEN HER LEGS TO GO FOR A KEY LOCK FROM THE SCARF HOLD. BUT SHE'S HAVING A HARD TIME DOING IT BECAUSE LIN IS SQUIRMING OUT THE BACK SIDE. >> THIS IS WHERE LIN HEQIN WANTS TO BE. AN EARLY TASTE OF WHAT RITU IS CAPABLE OF ON THE GROUND. GETS OUT OF THE WAY OF THE POSSIBLE COUNTER. SHE THROWS THE STRIKES FAST, CLEAN. THAT LITTLE GRAPPLING TASTE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT REALLY TELLS THESE YOUNG LADIES A LOT ABOUT EACH OTHER. IT TELLS LIN HEQIN HOW DOMINANT RITU IS AND HOW STRONG SHE IS ON TOP. IT ALSO TELLS RITU THAT, YOU KNOW, LIN HEQIN IS VERY SNEAKY AND SHE HAS TO BE A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER IN HER CONTROL. >> UPPERHAND RIGHT FROM RITU. HAD SOME POWER BEHIND IT. JAB FROM LIN, GOOD EXTENSION. FRONT KICK OFF THE BACK LEG. OVERHAND RIGHT. FROM RITU MISSES. JUST CLIPPED THE NOSE THERE. LIN HEQIN BEATING RITU PHOGAT IN THE STRIKING. >> RIGTU WITH THAT RIGHT. OUTSIDE LEG KICK. THAT ONE TO THE BACK OF THE LEG, RIGHT ON THAT SCIATIC NERVE. STRIKING FROM LIN HEQIN. JUST A TASTE OF THE GROUND FROM RITU PHOGAT. >> THESE COMBINATIONS ARE REALLY STINGING RITU. A NICE LITTLE HEADLOCK TAKEDOWN AND IMMEDIATELY SHE STARTS GETTING INTO THAT SCARF HOLD. HAS CONTROL AND SHOVES IT BETWEEN HER LEGS FOR A POSSIBLE SUBMISSION. LIN HEQIN WAS ABLE TO GET OUT AND STAND BACK UP. A NICE TOSS BY RITU. SHE IS GOOD AT THE CLINCH TAKEDOWNS. YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE HEAVY ON YOUR HIPS AND CONTROL YOUR BALANCE. I LIKE LIN HEQIN ON THE FEET UTILIZING THAT STRAIGHT ONE-TWO REALLY WELL. SHE JUST NEEDS TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE LEG KICK BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE RITU IS ABLE TO OFF BALANCE HER. >> THE ONE SUPER APP AND PLAY ALONG ON ONE FANTASY. THE FANS HAVE CHOSEN 59% IN FAVOR OF RITU PHOGAT FOR THE WIN TONIGHT. SO FAR, THOUGH, A VERY GOOD OPENING ROUND FROM LIN HEQIN OF CHINA. RITU RELYING ON THE RIGHT HAND. NOT UP VERY HIGH AGAIN. INTERESTING TO SEE IF LIN HEQIN CAN START GOING TO THE RIBS MAYBE WITH HER KICKS WITH THE LONG LEGS. GOOD RIGHT HAND AGAIN. MANDIBLE. OUTSIDE LEG KICK FROM LIN. A LITTLE BIT MORE TEMPO NOW FROM THESE TWO WOMEN. >> LOTS OF FORWARD PRESSURE FROM RITU TRYING TO BACK HER UP AGAINST THE WALL TO SHOOT THAT TAKEDOWN. SHE ALMOST USES THE WALL AS AN EXTRA LIMB TO SECURE THESE TAKEDOWNS. >> WHAT STAGE DO YOU FEEL FRUSTRATION MAY CREEP IN ON RITU IF SHE CAN'T AFFECT ANY TAKEDOWNS ON LIN? >> SHE HAS ONE SUCCESSFUL TAKEDOWN. RIGHT HERE THIS IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO YOUR POINT, MICHAEL. IF LIN HEQIN IS ABLE TO STOP THE TAKEDOWN IT'S GOING TO START TO WEAR ON RITU BECAUSE SHE'S TRYING SO HARD TO GET THERE. SHE BACKS HER UP WELL. SHE GETS HER PINNED UP AGAINST THE CIRCLE AND IS ABLE TO DO THIS. HER CONFIDENCE HAS TO BE HIGH. SHE'S SUCCESSFUL ON A MAJORITY OF HER TAKEDOWN ATTEMPTS. >> TRYING TO CREATE SPACE. CLOSED NOW FROM LIN HEQIN. IF YOU'RE HER CORNER, WHAT ARE YOU TELLING HER? >> I LIKE HOW SHE PUTS HER FEET ON THE HIPS, SHE'S NOT LOCKING HER LEGS. THAT'S WHERE RITU WANTS TO BE WITH THE GROUND AND POUND. LIN HEQIN IMMEDIATELY OPENS HER GUARD AND STARTS TO THREATEN. PUSHES RITU OFF OR CREATE MOVEMENT. I WOULD EXPECT HER TO START WALKING HER LEGS UP AND LOOKING FOR SUBMISSIONS. >> NICELY TIMED AND PLACED THE LEFT HAND FROM RITU PHOGAT. TRYING TO GO TO SIDE CONTROL. THE INDIAN GETS THERE NOW. WHAT'S RITU LOOKING FOR HERE? >> LOOKING FOR SIDE CONTROL, TRYING TO GET PAST. SHE'S ALMOST IN THREE-QUARTER MOUNT. SEE HOW SHE STILL HAS ONE FOOT IN THE GUARD. I THINK SHE CAN POP THAT OUT. SHE DOES. SHE'S TRYING TO GO FOR HER BREAD AND BUTTER, THE CRUCIFIX. PUT IT DOWN IN BETWEEN HER LEG, HOLD IT THERE AND DROP GROUND AND POUND. SHE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. SHE KEEPS HER ARMS TIGHT INTO HER BODY AND WALL WALKING TO CREATE THAT SCRAMBLE. LET'S SEE IF SHE CAN GET IT DONE HERE. YOU CAN WALK ALONG THE WALL. YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR TOES INSIDE THE CAGE AREA. >> CAN YOU PUT YOUR TOES BEHIND THE SPONSOR PADDING LIKE LIN HEQIN WAS THEN? >> AS LONG AS SHE DOESN'T GRAP THE FENCE PART WITH HER TOES SHE IS OKAY. YOU CAN SEE SHE HAS AN INVERTED TRIANGLE HERE. DOES RITU HAVE BOTH ARMS FREE? YES. LIKE A HEAD SCISSORS POSITION WITH THE HEAD. SHE MIGHT USE IT TO ROLL OUT BUT RITU WILL BE OKAY AND SETTING DOWN. >> GOOD VIEW OF THE SIDE CONTROL POSITION FOR RITU PHOGAT. A LOT OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE INDIAN TIGRESS FROM HERE. SUCH A POWER NATION. THEIR FIRST WORLD CHAMPION CAME ALONG NOT LONG AGO. WHAT A MOMENT. CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA. PINS THE ARM. EXPOSES THE FACE. THIS IS RITU PHOGAT'S BREAD AND BUTTER. THIS IS WHAT SHE DOES. AND LIN HEQIN NO PLACE TO GO TRYING TO CONTROL THE POSTURE, TO CLOSE DOWN THE HANDS. >> RITU IS VERY STRONG IN THIS POSITION AND WE'RE SEEING EXACTLY THAT, SHE IS VERY DOMINANT IN THE SIDE CONTROL POSITION, TRYING TO TAKE THE LEFT ARM. LIN HEQIN IS VERY ACTIVE. SHE CAN'T REALLY GET OUT OF THIS POSITION BUT SHE'S DOING A GOOD JOB OF PREVENTING RITU FROM DOING A LOT OF DAMAGE. YOU CAN SEE THE REDDENING ON HER FACE FROM THE SHORT STRIKES RITU IS LANDING. >> HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A TREMENDOUS FIVE MINUTES FOR RITU PHOGAT. OVERALL 15-MINUTE MATCH NOT THREE INDIVIDUAL FIVE-MINUTE ROUNDS. MITCH, YOUR THOUGHTS? >> GOOD ECONOMY OF ENERGY FROM RITU. SHE'S NOT REALLY BREATHING HEAVY. THAT WAS A HIGH-PACED ROUND AND SHE WAS ABLE TO SECURE GOOD GROUND CONTROL. SHE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CORNER BUT THEN LIN HEQIN GOT ACTIVE WITH THE GUARD. SHE TRIED TO ATTACK. TRIED TO CREATE MOVEMENT. RITU WAS ABLE TO PASS THAT GUARD AND THEN SPEND A LOT OF TIME, AT LEAST A COUPLE OF MINUTES IN THE SIDE CONTROL POSITION DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK WITH THE SHOTS LANDING HEAVY STRIKES. SHE WASN'T MOVING TAKING A LOT OF UNANSWERED BLOWS. >> CAN RITU PHOGAT CONTINUE THIS MOMENTUM IN THE THIRD AND FINAL ROUND? COMING OFF THE FIRST LOSS OF HER CAREER LAST TIME OUT AGAINST BY DECISION. IS THIS GOING TO GO TO DECISION FOR RITU PHOGAT, OR CAN SHE FIND A WAY TO FINISH LIN HEQIN? FRONT KICK THERE FROM LIN. OUTSIDE THIGH KICK. THE COUNTER RIGHT. JAB TO OVERHAND RIGHT FROM LIN. THE JAB TO THE MIDSECTION. YOU HEAR THE CORNER OF RITU SAYING MOVE YOUR HEAD TO AVOID BEING PRECISE NEEDLING JAB. >> A SIGNIFICANT LEAD IN THOSE FINAL MINUTES THERE MINUTE EIGHT THROUGH TEN, ABLE TO DO GOOD WORK WITH THE GROUND AND POUND, THE GROUND CONTROL GAME, AND I THINK THAT REALLY ADDED TO HER LEAD AT THIS POINT. SO LIN HEQIN WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT IN THESE LAST THREE OR FOUR MINUTES. >> THE JAB OF LIN HEQIN HAS BEEN A TREAT TO WATCH ALL NIGHT. AND THE OVERHAND RIGHT COUNTER OF RITU PHOGAT HAS COME AGONIZINGLY CLOSE. A WHISKER AWAY FROM LANDING TO THE FOREHEAD OR THE NOSE OF LIN HEQIN. >> MICHAEL, YOU CAN SEE THE WAY RITU USES THIS WALL IS VERY SOPHISTICATED. SHE'S ABLE TO TRAP LIN HEQIN IN THIS POSITION, GET HER AGAINST THE WALL AND THEN SECURE THESE TAKEDOWNS. LIN HEQIN HAS -- IF SHE'S ABLE TO GET BACK UP TO HER FEET, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WILL BE ABLE TO AT THIS POINT, SHE HAS TO KEEP HER BACK OFF OF THAT WALL. SHE HAS TO KEEP CIRCLING. SHE CAN'T STAY STILL AND ALLOW RITU TO BACK HER UP LIKE THIS. >> UNDER THREE MINUTES REMAINING AFTER A VERY GOOD SECOND FIVE MINUTES FROM RITU PHOGAT. THE FINAL FIVE MINUTES AND RITU ONCE AGAIN IN CONTROL. >> LIN HAS TO GET HER BACK UP AGAINST THE WALL. SHE STILL HAS A CHANCE IN THIS MATCHUP. BUT RITU, ONCE SHE GETS YOU DOWN IT IS REALLY HARD TO GET HER OFF OF YOU. >> BEGAN AS A 7-YEAR-OLD. HER SISTER ON WHOM THE MOVIE IS BAS BASED BOTH WON GOLD MIDDLES. BOTH LITTLE SISTER RITU'S ROLE MODELS. >> TO BE SUCCESSFUL HERE SHE HAS TO GET ON HER SIDE. JUST LIKE THAT. SHE CANNOT STAY FLAT WITH HER HIPS AND SHOULDERS FLAT. RITU IS TOO STRONG. SHE HAS TO KEEP DIGGING THOSE UNDERHOOKS, CREATE THAT MOVEMENT, CREATE THAT SPACE. >> TIME IS TICKING AWAY FROM LIN HEQIN. YOU SEE RITU WANTS TO PIN THE LEFT ARM, DROPS AN ELBOW. THE CORNER CALLED FOR IT. SHE LISTENED. SO WELL DONE. FACE EXPOSED. TAKING THE SHOTS NICELY. MAKING SURE. A FULL MOUNT. ELBOW AGAIN. THE CORNER SAID ELBOW, ELBOW, AND SHE DROPPED IT TO THE EYEBROW. >> THAT WAS NICE, MICHAEL. YOU SEE THE WAY SHE WAS PUNCHING WITH HER RIGHT HAND AND THEN MOVING HER LEGS AT THE SAME TIME TO ADVANCE HER POSITION. THAT'S SOPHISTICATED GROUND AND POUND THE WAY SHE IS ABLE TO DO WITH ONE SIDE OF HER BODY AND THEN DO ANOTHER OF THE OTHER PART. THAT'S NICE. >> STILL IN CONTROL, FINDING THESE OPENINGS THAT LIN IS, WELL, NOT WILLINGLY BUT STILL GIVING HER. PRESSURE, RITU PHOGAT. HIGH IN THE MOUNT. >> TRYING TO WALK HER WAY AROUND -- SHE HAS ALREADY -- SHE'S ALMOST OUT. SHE HAS TO CREATE MOVEMENT. WE HAVE 30 SECONDS FOR LIN HEQIN TO DO SOMETHING DRAMATIC. >> WHAT COULD SHE DO? >> POSSIBLY A TRY IANGLE BUT MO LIKELY WILL NOT HAPPEN. SHE'S TOO DOMINANT WHEN THINGS HIT THE GROUND. SHE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S DOING AND WHAT POSITION SHE NEEDS TO BE IN. >> THE FINAL SECONDS, DOMINANCE OVER THE LAST FIVE MINUTES FROM RITU PHOGAT. IS SHE BACK IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE TONIGHT HERE IN SINGAPORE? ON THE GROUND SHE IS JUST AMAZING. CONTROL, DOMINANCE, ALWAYS THINKING. THE HONOR, INTEGRITY AND RESPECT BETWEEN OPPONENTS. >> GOOD DOMINANT PERFORMANCE FROM RITU. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE'S BEEN TO A DECISION BUT THIS IS GOOD FOR RITU. SHE WAS DOMINANT ONCE THINGS GOT -- SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHERE SHE WANTED LIN HEQIN TO BE, TO GET HER BACK AGAINST THE WALL, UTILIZE THE TAKEDOWN AND BEAT ON HER IN THE PROCESS. SHE'S IMPROVING EACH AND EVERY TIME SHE SETS FOOT INSIDE THE CIRCLE, MICHAEL. >> RITU PHOGAT IMPRESSIVE TONIGHT. LIN HEQIN WAS IMPRESSIVE IN THE OPENING FIVE MINUTES OF HER STRIKING. LET'S GET DOWN TO DECISION. >> AFTER THREE ROUNDS WE TURN NOW TO THE JUDGES' SCORECARDS. ALL THREE JUDGES HAVE CALLED THIS CONTEST IN FAVOR OF YOUR WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, FROM THE RED CORNER, RITU PHOGAT! >> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, A WIN FOR INDIA, A WIN FOR RITU PHOGAT. SHE'S BACK IN THAT WINNER'S CIRCLE. WE LOVE YOU, TOO, RITU. A TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE. A DOMINANCE ON THE GROUND PARTICULARLY THE END OF THE SECOND ROUND AND ALL THROUGHOUT THE THIRD ROUND. POP THOSE MUSCLES. RITU PHOGAT WITH ANOTHER AWESOME PERFORMANCE AND, FOLKS, COMING UP NEXT, FORMER OLYMPIAN, GUSTAVO BALART AGAINST RYUTO SAWADA. >>> HE COMES INTO EVERY MATCH WITH ONE INTENTION, GO IN THERE AND DESTROY. >> J.T. HAS BEEN GETTING IT DONE. >> THERE'S A REASON THEY CALL HIM THE TECH. >> AN AMAZING PUNCH FROM A THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION. >> AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY. >> THE LIVING LEGEND, SAM-A GAIYANGHADAO, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE GREATEST MUAY THAI ATHLETES IN THE HISTORY -- IN THE HISTORY -- OF THE SPORT. >> PRAJANCHAI HAS BEEN A SENSATION IN THE KICKBOXING WORLD. ARE YOU READY FOR THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME? THE FERRARI OF STRIKING, ONE OF THE GREATS OF ALL TIME. >> ONE OF THE MOST FEROCIOUS COMBAT TALENTS IN THE WORLD. >>> YOU PUT WATER INTO A CUP, IT BECOMES -- YOU PUT IT INTO A BOTTLE, IT BECOMES A BOTTLE. IT CAN CRASH. >>> WELCOME BACK TO ONE CHAMPIONSHIP "BATTLEGROUND" TONIGHT WE'RE COMING AT YOU FROM SCENIC SINGAPORE. SAM-A VERSUS PRAJANCHAI BROUGHT TO YOU BY JBL, DARE TO LISTEN AND LISTEN TO THE HEAT BETWEEN THESE TWO. >> SAM-A GAIYANGHADAO, THE REIGNING ONE WORLD CHAMPION DARING ANYONE TO CHALLENGE HIS THRONE. PRAJANCHAI, A SIX-TIME WORLD CHAMPION HAS THE WEAPONS TO DETHRONE A KING AND BEGIN HIS OWN REIGN. TONIGHT AT ONE "BATTLEGROUND," TWO GENERATIONAL STRIKERS WITH OVER 700 COMBINED WINS STEP INTO THE CIRCLE. BOTH THINKING LEGACY. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >>> THAT MAIN EVENT LATER TONIGHT. I'M EXCITED AND SO ARE THESE TWO. >> THANKS, MICHAEL. THIS MAIN EVENT HAS A SPECIAL BUZZ ABOUT IT. >> ABSOLUTELY. I'VE BEEN DOING MUAY THAI FOR 35-PLUS YEARS AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED FIGHTS FOR ME. TECHNICAL MATCHUP AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE TWO GREATEST STRIKERS ON THE PLANET, HERE WE GO. PHENOM VERSUS LEGEND. >> BUT WE HAVE A SPECIAL CARD COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER. ♪ >> SO IT WAS WRITTEN AND NOW IT SHALL BE DONE. ONE EMPOWER IS FINALLY UPON US. >> I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE FIRST ALL-FEMALE CARD OF ANY GLOBAL MAJOR ORGANIZATION. THE GREATEST ATOM WEIGHTS ON THE PLANET FACING OFF AND A TITLE SHOT AGAINST CURRENT CHAMPION ANGELA LEE. >> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF HYPE AROUND THE WOMEN'S GRAND PRIX, BUT THE MAIN EVENT FOR THE ONE STRAWWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IS A BARNBURNER. >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU HAVE A MASSIVE STRIKER WITH KO POWER IN HER HANDS. BUT SHE'S UP AGAINST THE EIGHT-TIME BRAZILIAN WHO CAN TIE YOU UP. >> I CAN'T WAIT FOR SEPTEMBER 3rd. BACK UP TO MICHAEL. >> THANKS, GUYS. CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT MAIN EVENT. WE TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE STRAWWEIGHT DIVISION AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS CONTEST NUMBER THREE BY FIVE. RYUTO SAWADA TAKES ON GUSTAVO BALART. STRAP YOURSELVES IN. >> REPRESENTING CUBA, GUSTAVO BALART. >> THE OLYMPIAN FROM CUBA, GUSTAVO BALART. ONLY 150 CENTIMETERS TALL, BUT MY WORD, DRAGON, DOES THIS MAN PACK BIG WRESTLING POWER. >> HE'S COMPETING ON THE OLYMPIC STAGE. HE PREFERS TO STRIKE WITH PEOPLE. I TALK SO MUCH ABOUT HIS GRAPPLING AND EVERY SINGLE TIME HE PREFERS TO STRIKE. HE IS A BALL OF THUNDER BUT WHAT HE DOES POSSESS IS WORLD CLASS ABILITY. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A VERY INTERESTING CONTRAST OF STYLES. I THINK GUSTAVO BALART WILL BE ABLE TO STOP THE TAKEDOWN AND KEEP THIS ON THE FEET AND FORCE SAWADA STRIKE WITH HIM AND WE'LL SEE THIS CHESS MATCH PLAY OUT. >> YOU'LL SEE HIM AGGRESSIVELY SWING IN THE STAND-UP EXCHANGES. BACK FOR A SECOND BOUT IN THE STRAWWEIGHT DIVISION. >> REPRESENTING JAPAN, RYUTO "DRAGON BOY" SAWADA. >> ANOTHER HIGH LEVEL WRESTLER WHO LIKES TO STRIKE. DRAGON BOY, STOPPED HIS WAY TO THE CIRCLE, RELENTLESS GRAPPLING ON THIS 25-YEAR-OLD IN SINGAPORE WITH EVOLVE MMA. >> THE THING ABOUT SAWADA HE'S KIND OF THE OPPOSITE OF BALART. SAWADA COMES FROM A KARATE BACKGROUND. HE'S A KARATE BLACK BELT, BUT HE PREFERS TO TAKE THINGS TO THE GROUND, TAKE YOUR BACK AND CHOKE YOU OUT. HE LOVES TO SCRAMBLE AND FINISH WITH THE CHOKE. BA BALART HAS HEAVY HIPS AND A LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY. SAWADA SAYS HE RARELY COMPETES AGAINST PEOPLE SMALLER THAN HIM. SO HE'S EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE HE WILL HAVE A HEIGHT AND REACH ADVANTAGE. IT WILL BE INTERESTING HOW THIS MATCH PLAYS OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH SIMILAR STRENGTHS. >> CHECK OUT OUR EXCLUSIVE LINE OF BRUCE WILL HE APPAREL. GRAB YOURSELF SOME OF THAT SWAG. RYUTO SAWADA AND GUSTAVO BALART HAS FIREWORKS WRITTEN ALL OVER IT. I'M NOT SURE HOW THE FINISH WILL COME BUT IT WILL COME SOMEWHERE. SAWADA AND BALART. >> IT IS A MIXED MARTIAL ARTS CON CONTEST, JAPAN VERSUS CUBA. FREESTYLE VERSUS WRESTLER. FIVE CENTIMETERS TALLER IS SAWADA. NO KICK TO THE GROUND, SPIKING OR THROWS ON THE HEAD, NECK OR SPINE IS ALLOWED. >> AND NOW THIS NEXT MATCH IS THREE ROUNDS OF FIVE MINUTES IN A ONE STRAWWEIGHT MIXED MARTIAL ARTS CONTEST. INTRODUCING FIRST OUT OF THE HE STANDS AT 150 CENTIMETERS TALL, TRAINING OUT OF AMERICAN TOP TEAM, REPRESENTING CUBA. STEPPING INTO ACTION IS GUSTAVO BALART. AND INTRODUCING HIS OPPONENT OUT OF THE RED CORNER. HE STANDS AT 155 CENTIMETERS TALL HOLDING A MIXED MARTIAL ARTS RECORD OF 14 WINS AND 6 LOSSES. TRAINING OUT OF EVOLVE MMA REPRESENTING JAPAN. GET READY FOR RYUTO "DRAGON BOY" SAWADA. AND WHEN THE ACTION BEGINS, YOUR REFEREE IN CHARGE, MR. MOHAMMED SULEIMAN. >> TO THE CENTER, PLEASE. YOU UNDERSTAND THE RULES. KEEP IT CLEAN. TOUCH GLOVES AND BACK TO YOUR CORNERS. >> THE PHILIPPINES IS THE CHAMPION. >> ATHLETES, READY. >> EXPECT EXPLOSIVENESS HERE ESPECIALLY FROM GUSTAVO BALART. THE CUBAN IN THE BLUE. SWINGS WILDLY WITH THE BACKHAND. >> BALART LIKES THE LEAD LEG KICK AND SETS IT UP WITH A BIG LEFT HAND. >> OVERHAND FROM GUSTAVO. GROIN KICK, ACCIDENTAL. THERE WILL BE SOME RECOVERY TIME ALLOTTED HERE FOR SAWADA, UP TO FIVE MINUTES IS ALLOWED OR THE DURATION OF ONE ROUND, DRAGON. >> YOU CAN SEE HE'S BEEN THROWING THAT LEG KICK. IT SETS UP THE BIG LEFT HAND HE LIKES TO THROW. HE WENT A LITTLE BIT HIGH WITH IT. >> RECOVERY TIME FOR SAWADA. STRAWWEIGHT DIVISION STACKED, AS I SAID. AND MAYBE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, ALREADY THREE JAPANESE FIGHTERS. IT LOOKS LIKE HE WILL BE OKAY TO GO ON IN A MOMENT. GIVES THE NOD TO THE REFEREE MOHAMMED SULEIMAN. >> WE RECOMMENCE. WATCH THE LEFT HAND OF BALART. THERE IT IS. >> THAT ROUNDHOUSE KICK FROM SAWADA. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM MIX IT UP AND ATTACK THE BODY OF BALART. HE FEELS THAT BALART IS HIS BEST IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES. AFTER THE SIX-MINUTE MARK HE WILL START TO FADE. >> TRIED TO THROW THE LEFT HAND, THERE HE CONNECTS TO THE ORBITAL. NICE PLACED LEFT HAND FROM BA BALART. INSIDE LEG KICK FROM THE CUBAN. CERTAINLY THE AGGRESSOR EARLY ON AS WE EXPECTED FROM GUSTAVO. >> YOU SEE BALANCES HIMSELF WHEN HE MISSES THE LEG KICK. YOU HEAR HIS COACH TELLING SAWADA TO GO HEAD KICK, BODY KICK. YOU NOPE THE DRILL. >> BALART LOOKS TO COUNTER. NOW ON THE GROUND. WHAT'S GUSTAVO LOOKING FOR HERE, DRAGON? >> USE THE HEADLOCK AS A DISTRACTION BUT LOOKS LIKE SAWADA HAS AN ARMBAR. DOES A GOOD JOB DEFENDING IT, PASS WITH THE GROUND AND POUND. >> YOU CAN HEAR THE CORNER OF SAWADA SAYING PICK HIM APART FROM THE OUTSIDE. SET UP THE KICKS WITH YOUR PUNCHES. NOW SAYING WORK THE BODY OF GUSTAVO BALART. LISTEN TO THE CORNER, DR. GONE. HE SAYS HE WANTS TO START TO DRAIN ON BALART, USE THOSE KICKS, KEEP THAT DISTANCE. >> GUSTAVO ALMOST WALKED INTO THAT RIGHT HAND, AND THERE IT IS AGAIN FROM SAWADA. THE LEGS MOMENTARILY BUCKLED ON BALART AND BALART THROWS A KNEE TO THE GROIN. THE SECOND DRAWN STRIKE ON SAWADA, ACCIDENTAL, OF COURSE, BUT STILL HITS THE PLACE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HIT. A CAUTION THERE FROM SULEIMAN. AGAIN, UP TO FIVE MINUTES OF INJURY TIME ALLOTTED HERE TO SAWADA. THE KNEE OFF THE LEFT. LOOKS LIKE HE GOT TO THE SIDE, TOP OF THE THIGH, MITCH. >> THAT'S THE WAY IT KIND OF LOOKS BUT LOOK AT THE LEGS ON BALART, MAN. >> THE TOP OF THE FOOT MAYBE HIT HIM. >> THOSE LEGS ARE THICK. IT'S STILL GOING TO HURT. >> BIG QUADS, BIG CALVES, BIG LEGS. SAWADA HAS THE RECOVERY HERE. WE HAVEN'T GONE PAST THE HALFWAY POINT. WE WON'T GET A JUDGES' DECISION. >> IT WOULD BE A NO CONTEST. IT LOOKS LIKE SAWADA IS UP ON HIS FEET MOVING AROUND A BIT. HE NEEDS A FEW DEEP BREATHS. IS STOMPING AROUND. >> TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING BACK INTO PLACE. AND HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S OKAY TO GO ON AFTER A SECOND ILLEGAL GROIN STRIKE. >> BALART HAS TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT, TAKE CARE OF HIS WEAPONS. HE THROWS IT AGAIN HE MIGHT GET YELLOW CARDED. >> HIGH KICK THERE FROM SAWADA, AND BALART TRIED TO POUNCE ON HIM. SAWADA WAS GETTING BACK TO HIS FEET. >> THIS IS THE MOST STRIKING WE'VE SEEN FROM SAWADA. I THINK FROM THE TAKEDOWN DEFENSE HE POSSESSES. SAWADA WILL HAVE TO WEAR ON HIM IF HE WANTS TO GET THIS TO THE GROUND. >> SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAD KICKS. DID IT TO HIM AND GUSTAVO. THE INSIDE OF THE GLOVE. BETTER WATCH THOSE KNEES. PLACE THEM CORRECTLY. HE DOES TO THE OUTSIDE RIGHT THIGH. DROPS DOWN FOR A SINGLE. A FORMER OLYMPIAN. AN EXECUTED TAKEDOWN. SAWADA LOOKS UP THE RIGHT LEG. >> GOOD WRESTLING FROM SAWADA AS HE TAKES THE BACK HERE. SORRY, OF BALART. UTILIZING THE KNEES WELL. HE HAS A GOOD BODY LOCK. HE NEEDS TO SEPARATE THE HANDS AND SPIN AND GO CHEST TO CHEST. HARD WITH BALART ON HIS BACK LIKE THAT. >> SHORT KNEE TO THE HAMSTRING AREA AND SIDE OF THE THIGH FROM GUSTAVO BALART TRYING TO HIT THAT SCIATIC NERVE. >> GOOD BELLY-TO-BACK FROM BALART. >> BALART STAYING BUSY HERE. THE FINAL SECONDS OF THE ROUND, FROM THE BACK POSITION. >> SEE IF HE CAN GET ONE BIG TOSS HERE. NO. >> END OF THE ROUND, A COUPLE OF ILLEGAL GROIN STRIKES. BUT SAWADA LOOKS TO HAVE FULLY RECOVERED. >> THROWING THE HIGH KICKS LIKE HIS CORNER WAS CALLING FOR. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE MATCH, THE RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BALART STUMBLING, OFF BALANCE. A NICE SKIP IN SUPERMAN PUNCH THERE AS BALART VERY CLOSE ROUND BETWEEN THE TWO. I LIKE HOW BALART IS MIXING THINGS UP, ATTEMPTING THE TAKEDOWNS RATHER THAN JUST STRIKING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE GOTTEN TO SEE SAWADA UTILIZE HIS KARATE BACKGROUND. HE IS THROWING THE KICKS AND DOING SOME GOOD WORK WITH THE STRIKES. >> A 15-MINUTE OVERALL MATCH. AFTER THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES WHO WOULD YOU HAVE AHEAD? >> THAT'S A TOUGH CALL, MICHAEL. PUTTING ME ON THE SPOT LIKE THAT. I MIGHT EDGE IT SLIGHTLY TO SAWADA, BUT THAT CONTROL AT THE END, I THINK THE RIGHT HAND STUMBLED BALART. >> A STINGING PUNCH FROM SAWADA MOMENTARILY BUCKLED THE CUBAN'S KNEES, MADE HIM DO THE LITTLE WOBBLE. HE'S OKAY NOW. TRIES TO DROP THE FOOT DOWN ON THE KNEE. LOCKS HIM UP AGAINST THE FENCE HERE. TO THE OUTSIDE THIGH. POPPING RIGHT HAND FROM THE CUBAN. DON'T FORGET SAM-A AND PRAJANCHAI. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SAWADA KEEP HIS PUNCHES TIGHTER. IF HE COULD CATCH HIM COMING IN BECAUSE OF HOW OPEN AND EXPOSED BALART IS, HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CATCH HIM AND DO SOME DAMAGE. >> SINGLE LEG FROM GUSTAVO. KNEES BEHIND FROM GUSTAVO BALART. OH, SAWADA. THAT WAS NICE. MITCH, I'M GOING TO GET TO YOU PLAY COACH F. YOU'RE IN THE EVOLVE CORNER OF SAWADA, WHAT ARE YOU TELLING HIM TO DO? >> TRY TO SEPARATE THOSE HANDS. IF HE CAN'T DO IT HE WILL END UP LIKE THAT. BALART IS VERY STRONG SO HE HAS TO TAKE BOTH HANDS AND PUSH DOWN ON THE GRIP. EVERY TIME HE DOES BALART TAKES HIM FOR A RIDE. HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT. >> AN EXPLOSION OF AGGRESSION FROM BALART, MAYBE GETTING A LITTLE BIT FIERY. SINGLE LEG HERE FROM SAWADA. IF YOU'RE PLAYING COACH, IS HE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT IN YOUR EYES, MITCH? >> YEAH. I LIKE THE WAY HE'S MIXING UP HIS STRIKING WITH HIS GRAPPLING. SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LONG TIME IS THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'T REALLY WRIST AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE DOES. >> BIG KNEE TO THE HEAD AND ANOTHER ONE FROM GUSTAVO AND ANOTHER ONE! MY WORD! CLEAN KNEES TO THE FACE AND THE SIDE OF THE HEAD OF SAWADA. GUSTAVO BALART COMES ALIVE HERE IN THE SECOND ROUND. THEY'RE LEGAL KNEES, OF COURSE, THEY ARE ALL LEGAL IN ONE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEY'RE AWESOME. BALART MAKING FULL USE OF THIS RULE SET. THE CUBAN UNLOADING ON SAWADA. THE AGGRESSOR METER GOING THROUGH THE ROOF FOR GUSTAVO BA BALART. >> HOW TOUGH IS SAWADA ABLE TO GET BACK UP TO HIS FEET? HE TOOK A LOT OF UNANSWERED SHOTS. THOSE ARE KNEES, NONETHELESS. >> WHAT? LOOKED LIKE HE CAUGHT HIM WITH THE LEFT HAND. EITHER THAT OR A FINGER ACROSS ONE OF THE EYES? >> IT LOOKED LIKE HE RUBBED THE TOP OF HIS HEAD. A NICE OVERHAND LEFT THROWN BY BALART. BALART FEELS THE MOMENTUM SHIFTING IN HIS FAVOR. >> HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING SILLY, THOUGH, BALART. HE CAN'T OVEREXTEND HIMSELF. STILL NEEDS THE ECONOMY IN HIS STRIKING. SAWADA TO SWING THE PENDULUM BACK IN HIS FAVOR. BALART ON THE OUTSIDE. VERY GOOD ROUND SO FAR FOR THE CUBAN. >> I THINK BALART WAS ABLE TO GET A LOT OF THOSE POINTS BACK IN THESE LAST FIVE MINUTES HERE. SAWADA NEEDS TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN, START THROWING THOSE KICKS LIKE HIS CORNER HAS BEEN SCREAMING FOR THE ENTIRE TIME. >> LOTS OF INSTRUCTION FROM BALART'S CORNER. I WISH I KNEW. 25 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK NOW. A STELLAR PERFORMANCE FOR GUSTAVO BALART. >> HE'S REALLY STRONG. HE'S GOING TO TRY FOR THE SPINNING LEG, NO, HE CHANGES IT UP. TO THE INSIDE AGAIN, GUSTAVO. >> UP THE LEFT ARM, THE CORNER IS CALLING FOR IT, TOO. DOESN'T ANSWER. ONE MORE ROUND TO GO, DRAGON. >> WHAT A PERFORMANCE FROM GUSTAVO. >> YOU CAN SEE HOW SAWADA SEEMS TO BE BOTHERED BY THE SHOTS TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THOSE WERE A LOT OF UNANSWERED KNEES HE TOOK AND SOME MIGHT HAVE CLIPPED HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. BELLY-TO-BACK. WHEN HE GETS THE HANDS LOCKED TOGETHER IT IS DIFFICULT TO STOP HIM. HERE HE IS JUST TEEING OFF, TAKING A LOT OF UNANSWERED SHOTS. BUT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BALART STARTS TO PUT WEAPONS TOGETHER. HE'S NOT JUST STRIKING. HE'S UTILIZING THAT OLYMPIC PEDIGREE HE HAS IN WRESTLING TO CONTROL HIS OPPONENT. THAT'S A CLEAN KNEE RIGHT THERE. >> ONE MORE ROUND TO GO. TOOK SOME PUNISHMENT IN THE SECOND ROUND. MOHAMMED SULEIMAN TO GET US UNDER WAY. GUSTAVO BALART OWNERSHIP OVER THE LAST FIVE MINUTES. CAN THE CUBAN CONTINUE? FRONT KICK THERE FROM BALART TO OPEN UP PROCEEDINGS. WATCH FOR THE OUTSIDE LEAD LEG. BIG LEFT HAND FROM BALART. >> BALART SETTING THAT UP. OH, THAT CRACKED HIM. I HEARD THAT. >> THAT MIGHT BE A YELLOW CARD. >> I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO SEE THAT. I HEARD THAT. >> IS HE PROTESTING? COME ON. YOU COULD HEAR THE FOOT ON BONE -- BONE ON PLASTIC. >> IT'LL BE A PURSE DEDUCTION. GUSTAVO IS COMPLAINING BUT -- >> I DON'T THINK HE'S COMPLAINING. I THINK HE'S JUST DISCOURAGED AT IT. HE DID JUMP INTO THE GROIN SHOT, TOO. >> A FLYING GROIN SHOT. >> YELLOW CARD CAN AFFECT SCORING BUT IT'S PRIMARILY A 10% PURSE DEDUCTION. >> RIGHT IN THE GROIN, YEAH. >> I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING THAT ONCE MORE. IT LOOKED TO BE HIGH. MAYBE ONE MORE REPLAY OF THAT. I THINK THE KICK WENT ABOVE THE GROIN, MITCH, LOOKING AT THE REPLAY. >> YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT, THOUGH? >> I HEARD SOUND EFFECTS. LET'S SEE WHERE IT LANDS. WHERE? >> THOSE TOES ARE FULLY EXTENDED. >> BUT INTO THE BELLY BUTTON. I HEARD THE CRACK. I HEARD A CRACK BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT HIT THE GROIN AS CLEANLY AS WE THOUGHT. >> SAWADA HAS TO TURN IT UP RIGHT NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM KEEP THROWING THE KICK. TO THE BODY WITH THE RIGHT KICK. NICE JOB BY BALART. >> SUPER AGGRESSIVE, GUSTAVO BALART. SAWADA NEEDS TO TRY TO SWING THINGS BACK IN HIS FAVOR HERE. >> SEE, THAT'S WHAT HE DOES, HE GETS THOSE HANDS LOCKED, YOU'RE GOING FOR A RIDE. YOU PUNCHED YOUR TICKET TO THE MAT. HERE COME THE KNEES AGAIN IF HE GETS THE CHANCE. SAWADA HAS TO BE CAREFUL. DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE THE ANSWERS AT THE MOMENT. GUSTAVO PICKED HIM UP, PUTS HIM DOWN AGAIN. >> IT'S WHEN HE GETS THOSE HANDS LOCKED IT'S HARD TO DEAL WITH HIM. HE'S TRYING TO TURN INTO HIM TO GO BELLY-TO-BELLY. YOU SEE HOW HEAVY BALART IS. HARD FOR HIM TO REALLY BREAK THAT GRIP. HE HAS THE LOCK ON BALART'S RIGHT ARM BUT HE STILL HAS HIS HANDS LOCKED. >> THE INSTRUCTIONS COMING FROM BALART'S CORNER. WHAT DO THEY NEED TO TELL HIM TO DO? >> HE HAS TO CREATE SCRAMBLES. LIKE I SAID BEFORE WHEN YOU ASKED ME THE SAME QUESTION IN THE SECOND FIVE MINUTE STANZA HE HAS TO SEPARATE THE GRIP, SEPARATE IT. BUT AT THIS POINT HE MIGHT WANT TO TRY ROLLING TO CREATE A SCRAMBLE BECAUSE HE'S GOOD AT SCRAMBLES AND CREATES A ROLE. HE HAS TO AVOID THAT. >> JUST TRYING FOR THE SEPARATION BUT CAN'T BREAK THE GRIP. WHEN YOU GIVE A WRESTLER THAT TYPE OF GRIP, IT'S REALLY HARD TO BREAK IT. THEY SPEND SO MANY YEARS THROWING PEOPLE AROUND IN THAT POSITION. IT'S ALSO HIS CENTER OF GRAVITY. HE HAS TO GET HIS SHOULDER UNDERNEATH AND TAKE ONE OF THINKS ARMS AND START TO LIFT BALART UP. >> CONTINUALLY WITH THE TAKEDOWNS. BALART'S DOMINANCE ESTABLISHED, ONE FOOT. UNDER TWO MINUTES REMAINING. GUSTAVO WITH THE GROUND AND POUND. HOPING TO CATCH AN ARM. GUSTAVO A CHANCE FOR THE KNEES. THERE THEY ARE. SITS BACK. >> A DECENT MOVE TO TRY TO PULL GUARD HERE. NOW HE'S IN HALF GUARD, TRYING TO CREATE MOVEMENT, TRYING TO WORK THE LAST 80 SECONDS. >> TOP OF THE HEAD. >> HE'S SO TOUGH. >> THIS IS THE TYPE OF GUSTAVO BALART I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR HIS PAST THREE MATCHES AND HE'S STARTING TO SHOWCASE IT. IT COULD BE THE MOVE TO ATT IN FLORIDA. HE HAS A NEW CAMP, SOME GOOD TRAINING PARTNERS AND EVOLVING INTO THE ATHLETE WE ALWAYS KNEW HE COULD BE. 45 SECONDS REMAINS NOW. DROPS A KNEE. HAS THAT YELLOW CARD. FOR THE GROIN STRIKE. >> IT'S BEEN A COMMON TARGET THROUGHOUT THE MATCH. GOING DOWN TO THE JUDGES FOR THIS ONE. THIS IS A FINE PERFORMANCE FROM GUSTAVO BALART. >> OH, NO. >> HE COULD HAVE HIT THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND THE REF WARNED HIM ABOUT IT AND HE STILL THREW THE SHOT AND COULD HAVE HIT SAWADA. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE SILLY THING YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. >> OH, DEAR WITH A COUPLE SECONDS TO GO. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN CATCH A REPLAY ON THAT. MY WORD. I DID SAY GOT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO DO ANYTHING SILLY. DON'T JEOPARDIZE YOUR CHANCES OF A BIG WIN HERE. GUSTAVO SEEMS VERY UNHAPPY WITH HIMSELF. >> SAWADA IS CUT. HE'S UNSTEADY. >> SAWADA IS TOUGH, THOUGH. HE IS TOUGH AND READY TO KEEP GOING ON. >> JUST OVER TWO SECONDS. WE'LL FINISH IT OFF HERE. GUSTAVO BALART IMPRESSIVE. TWO YELLOW CARDS CAME HIS WAY. WOW, MITCH, HE WAS AGGRESSIVE TONIGHT, GUSTAVO. >> THIS IS THE GUSTAVO BALART I'VE BEEN WAITING TO SEE. HE WAS ABLE TO ENTER INTO THESE POSITIONS. HE WAS GOING FOR A RIDE, SHOWCASING REALLY GOOD WRESTLING, GROUND AND POUND. BUT THE WRESTLING WAS ON POINT HERE TONIGHT. HE HAD A DOMINANT SHOWCASE FOR HIMSELF. >> SO WE ARE GOING TO A DECISION HERE. WILL IT BE SAWADA? WILL IT BE GUSTAVO BALART? MOST LIKELY GUSTAVO. TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE, THOUGH, FROM THE FORMER OLYMPIAN FROM CUBA, RYUTO SAWADA. GROUND AND POUND. VERY AGGRESSIVE IN A SECOND AND THIRD STANZA. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AFTER THREE ROUNDS WE TURN TO THE JUDGES' SCORECARDS. ALL THREE JUDGES HAVE CALLED THIS CONTEST IN FAVOR OF YOUR WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, FROM THE BLUE CORNER, GUSTAVO BALART! >> GUSTAVO BALART GETS THE VICTORY IN SINGAPORE TONIGHT. COMING UP NEXT IT'S FINALLY HERE. LEANDRO ATAIDES VERSUS AUNG LA N SANG. >>> TONIGHT SAM-A GAIYANGHADAO WILL DEFEND HIS CROWN AGAINST PRAJANCHAI PK-SAENCHAI MUAYTHAIGYM. SAM-A SET THE STANDARD IN ONE SUPER SERIES. AFTER A LEGENDARY CAREER HE WON THE FIRST MUAY THAI BOUT AND BECAME THE FIRST MUAY THAI WORLD CHAMPION. BUT SAM-A WAS NOT FINISH ED MAKING HISTORY. HE CROSSED OVER TO KICKBOXING AND SOON CHALLENGED FOR THE INAUGURAL TITLE. >> THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SAM-A WHO LAUNCH THAT REAR LEG. >> THAT DEFENSIVE, THAT MUAY THAI STYLE DEFENSE REALLY GOOD. >> SAM-A GAIYANGHADAO. >> SAM-A GAIYANGHADAO, A TWO-SPORT WORLD CHAMPION IN ONE SUPER SERIES. >> DESPITE HIS ACHIEVEMENTS FROM A NEW SPORT SAM-A'S STILL THE SPORT OF EIGHT LIMBS. >> TOOK SOME PUNISHMENT ON THE INSIDE. >> IN HIS NATURAL WEIGHT CLASS HE IS BETTER THAN EVER AND PACKS THE PUNCHING POWER THAT MAKES HIM ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC KO ARTISTS IN ONE SUPER SERIES. >> YOU SEE THE POWER. HE'S IN TROUBLE. HE HAS TO DIG DEEP NOW. GOING TO USE THE CIRCLE HERE, IS GOING TO MOVE. >> SAM-A HAS NEVER LOOKED BETTER, BUT WILL THAT BE GOOD ENOUGH TO BEAT A MAN 11 YEARS HIS JUNIOR WHO IS THE TOAST OF THAILAND? >>> WELCOME BACK TO SINGAPORE. WE ARE MOVING INTO THE BUSINESS END OF THE CARD WITH THIS FANTASTIC CO-MAIN EVENT. THE RETURN OF THE FORMER TWO DIVISION WORLD CHAMPION AUNG LA N SANG AGAINST LEANDRO ATAIDES. >> REPRESENTING BRAZIL, LEANDRO ATAIDES. >> AN 80% KNOCKOUT RATE. FOR THIS ABSOLUTE WRECKING BALL OF A BRAZILIAN, THE WOLF, LEANDRO ATAIDES. HE HAS WAITED HIS ENTIRE ONE CAREER FOR A CRACK AGAINST AUNG LA N SANG. FINALLY THAT CHANCE COMES TONIGHT FOR ATAIDES AND HE SAYS HE CAN KNOCK OUT THE FORMER TWO-DIVISION WORLD CHAMPION. THIS HAS EPICNESS WRITTEN ALL OVER IT, DRAGON. >> 80% KNOCKOUT RATE. THIS MAN CARRIES POWER. HE CAN PUT YOU OUT WITH ONE EXPLOSIVE SHOT AND END YOUR NIGHT. LEANDRO ATAIDES IS A SWITCH HITTER. HE WILL CHANGE STANCES ON YOU, CONFUSE YOU AND ALL THIS IS FROM A BRAZILIAN JUJITSU WORLD CHAMPION. THE BLUEPRINT WAS WRITTEN ON HOW TO BEAT AUNG LA N SANG. LET'S SEE IF LEANDRO ATAIDES CHOOSES TO FOLLOW IT, AND HE'S BEEN TRAINING WITH DE RIDDER IN HOLLAND, TOO. >> REPRESENTING MYANMAR, AUNG LA "THE BURMESE PYTHON" N SANG. >> AND THERE HE IS. AUNG LA N SANG. HE'S GROWN THE BEARD, GROWN THE ROCKY BALBOA TRAINING IN SIBERIA BEARD. HE SPRINTS HIS WAY OUT TO THE CIRCLE AND THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION BEGINS TONIGHT FOR AUNG LA N SANG. >> THE COMEBACK KING IS BACK IN THE HOUSE, EVEN IN AN EMPTY STADIUM I GET CHILLS WHEN HE MAKES HIS WALK TO THE CIRCLE. IF ANYBODY CAN COME BACK FROM ADVERSITY, IT IS THIS GENTLEMAN HERE, AUNG LA N SANG, CONTINUES TO IMPROVE AND IMPRESS EVERY SINGLE OUTING. HE MIGHT HAVE STUMBLED AND LOST TWO BELTS BUT THIS IS THE START OF HIS HUNDRED BACK TO THE TITLE. IF HE WANTS ANOTHER SHOT HE NEEDS TO GET PAST LEANDRO ATAIDES. >> YOU CAN WIN A SUPER SIGNED FAN PACKAGE SIGNED BY OUR STARS OF ONE "BATTLEGROUND." ALL OF MYANMAR WILL BE WATCHING TONIGHT. WHENEVER HE IS ON TV AND IS THE HIGHEST RATED SHOW IN MYANMAR. GLUED TO THE TV SCREEN HOPING HE GETS BACK IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE. A MIXED MARTIAL ARTS CONTEST FOR LEANDRO ATAIDES WHO IS TWO YEARS THE YOUNGER, ONE CENTIMETER THE SHORTER. IT WILL BE JUDGED IN ITS ENTIRETY NOT AS THREE INDIVIDUAL ROUNDS. HERE'S DOM. >> AND NOW THIS NEXT MATCH IS THREE ROUNDS OF FIVE MINUTES IN A ONE CATCH WEIGHT MIX ED MARTIL ARTS CONTEST. HE STANDS AT 184 CENTIMETERS TALL HOLDING A RECORD OF 11 WINS AND FOUR LOSSES TRAINING AND REPRESENTING BRAZIL, PLEASE WELCOME LEANDRO "WOLF" ATAIDES! AND INTRODUCING HIS OPPONENT IN THE RED CORNER, A FORMER TWO-DIVISION, ONE WORLD CHAMPION STANDING AT 185 CENTIMETERS TALL HOLDING A MIXED MARTIAL ARTS RECORD OF 26 WINS AND 12 LOSSES. TRAINING OUT OF SANFORD MMA REPRESENTING MYANMAR, INTRODUCING THE BURMESE PYTHON AUNG LA N SANG! AND WHEN THE ACTION BEGINS YOUR REFEREE IN CHARGE MR. MOHAMMED SULEIMAN. >> TO THE CENTER, PLEASE. YOU BOTH KNOW THE RULES. KEEP IT CLEAN, KEEP IT ACTIVE. TOUCH GLOVES AND BACK TO YOUR CORNERS. >> BOTH MEN REFUSING TO BLINK. THE MOMENT ATAIDES HAS BEEN WAITING YEARS FOR IS FINALLY HAPPENING. A SHOWDOWN WITH AUNG LA N SANG. HE SAYS HE WILL GET HIS WORLD TITLES BACK. BOTH MEN WITH TREMENDOUS KNOCKOUT POWER. A HIGH KICK EARLY. CAN HE BRING THE STEEL PIPE, AS HE LIKES TO CALL IT, IN THE RIGHT HAND TO SINGAPORE TONIGHT. WATCH THE JUMPING KNEES OF ATAIDES. THE BRAZILIAN CAN GET AIRBORNE. LONG ARMS, ATAIDES. >> THIS IS ON THE FEET AND I LIKE THE KICKS THAT HE'S ADDING, MIXING UP THE TARGETS, ATTACKING THE LEGS, THE BODY AND THE HEAD OF LEANDRO. >> BODY SHOT FROM AUNG LA. >> IN THE CORNER OF AUNG LA SAYING MAINTAIN THE PRESSURE. >> HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL. HE DOES LIKE TO CARRY HIS HANDS DOWN BY HIS WAIST. I GUESS THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION WOULD HE FOLLOW THE SAME GAME PLAN RDR HAS LAID OUT? HE HAS BEEN CHANGE OUT THERE IN HOLLAND AND SAID HE WANTS TO TAKE THIS TO THE GROUND AND DOES JUST THAT. >> TOP POSITION FOR LOW AND DROE ATAIDES. >> WE'RE SO SEEING HIM KNOCK PEOPLE OUT BUT HE IS A WORLD CHAMPION BLACK BELT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. >> GOOD BUTTERFLY DRAW. AUNG LA GIVES UP HIS BACK IN THE PROCESS, THOUGH. REALLY GOOD BACK CONTROL. >> BACK TO HIS FEET. TWO MINUTES DOWN. SET FOR A 15-MINUTE MATCH. >> HE LIKES THE BODY TYPE OF LEANDRO BETTER THAN THE BODY TYPE OF RDR BECAUSE HE'S STOCKIER. HE HAS MORE MUSCLE AND HE'S NOT AS TALL AND RANGY, SO HE'S ABLE TO UTILIZE A LOT OF THE TAKEDOWN DEFENSE THAT HE KNOWS SO WELL. AND HE DID JUST THAT. ABLE TO POP BACK UP TO HIS FEET. LET'S SEE IF LEANDRO TRIES TO TAKE HIM THE OTHER WAY AND PULL HIM TO THE RIGHT SIDE. HE'S HEAVY ON THE LEFT SIDE THERE. HE TRIED TO GO LEFT OR RIGHT. >> A LEFT HAND THERE. ATAIDES, DROP DOWN FOR ANOTHER DOUBLE. RIGHT KICK. >> AUNG LA WITH SOME EMOTION BEHIND THESE SHOTS. >> HE WANTS A KNOCKOUT. MYANMAR'S MOST FAMOUS STAR, AUNG LA N SANG. ANOTHER HIGH KICK GOING FOR THE HEADACHE MAKER. THE RIGHT HAND, BODY SHOT. HE CLIPPED HIM WITH THE LEFT HAND. >> HE'S MOVING HIS HEAD BUT GETTING TOUCHED UP IN THE PROCESS. YOU DO NOT WANT TO STAND THERE AND PLAY THIS GAME. YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR GUARD NICE AND TIGHT. >> THE BIG KICAKIBOSH AND GOOD NIGHT, IRENE. A MAJOR KNOCKDOWN. HE PLANTED HIM LIKE A TREE. >> THAT'S A DANGEROUS GAME TO PLAY WHEN YOU STAND THERE AND GANG WITH AUNG LA. LOOK AT HIM. >> I TOLD YOU BEARDED AUNG LA NEEDS TO BE FEARED AND HE WAS SCARY TONIGHT. THROWING WITH EMOTION, ALMOST WITH ANGER, WITH BAD INTENT, WITH FULL AGGRESSION TO HURT ATAIDES. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THAT'S A LOT OF PASSION RIGHT THERE COMING FROM THE FORMER TWO DIVISION KING. HAD HIM TRAPPED. THEN STARTS PUTTING THE PUNCHES TOGETHER. IT WAS THAT RIGHT HOOK THAT SENT LEANDRO CRASHING TO THE GROUND. THERE'S YOUR PIPE. >> THE STEEL PIPE. HE'S BACK. HE IS BACK. THEY'LL BE GOING CRAZY IN MYANMAR RIGHT NOW. >> YOUR REFEREE HAS CALLED A STOP TO THIS CONTEST AFTER 3:45 IN THE FIRST ROUND. FOR YOUR WINNER, BY WAY OF KNOCKOUT AUNG LA N SANG! >> THAT'S THE AUNG LA WE LOVE. THAT'S THE AUNG LA WE ADORE. THAT'S THE AUNG LA WE WANT. ABSOLUTE OBLITERATION AND DEMOLITION OF LEANDRO ATAIDES. I SAY BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. ATAIDES WISHED, PRAYED, HOPED, DEMANDED THIS MATCH FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. HE FINAL LY GOT A SHOT AT AUNG A AND HE TOOK THE SHOT OF AUNG LA. HERE IS MITCH. >> AUNG LA, THERE WAS A LOT OF PASSION AND EMOTION AFTER THE MATCH ENDED WITH THAT MONSTROUS RIGHT HAND. WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW? >> IN AN INTERVIEW HE SAID I WAS AFRAID TO FIGHT HIM. I'M AFRAID OF NOBODY. MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION, ANYBODY, BRING IT ON. LET'S GO. >> YOU HAD A CONVERSATION, WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HIM? >> A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLED ME. THE WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION CALLED ME OUT. HE SAID I'M WAITING FOR YOU, SO LET'S GO. LET'S DO IT. I KNOW A LEGEND WANTS ME TO. WE HAD LOTS OF EXCITING FIGHTS. LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> REALLY, DO YOU THINK YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH TO GET A WORLD TITLE SHOT? >> NOBODY WANTS TO WATCH A BORING FIGHT. LET'S PUT ON SOME GOOD FIGHTS AND WE CAN DO IT AGAIN. LET HIM DO WHATEVER HE WANTS. AFTER THIS, LET'S PUT ON SOME EXCITING FIGHTS, EXCITING SHOWS FOR THE ONE CHAMPIONSHIP FANS. I WANT TO PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF MYANMAR. IT'S BEEN A HARD YEAR FOR ALL OF US. ESPECIALLY FOR ME BECAUSE IT'S BEEN HARD FOR ME TO MENTALLY GO INTO THE GYM WITH ALL OF THIS GOING ON IN MYANMAR. PEOPLE PRAY FOR MYANMAR AND THINK OF THE PEOPLE THERE. IF YOU ARE THE AUTHORITY, RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, LET'S THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MYANMAR NOT JUST FOR YOURSELF. >> EVERY TIME YOU SET FOOT INSIDE THE CIRCLE IT IS AN EXCITING FIGHT. HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME. >> A CLASSIC PERFORMANCE. AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE FROM AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL WHO OVERCAME COVID HIMSELF AND IS BACK IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE. UP NEXT SAM-A/PRAJANCHAI. OUR MAIN EVENT. >>> FIGHTING TO REIGNITE THEIR CAREERS. ONE CHAMPIONSHIP, A NEW ERA OF MARTIAL ARTS. >>> THIS MAY SHOCK AND AMAZE YOU BUT I WILL DESTROY JOE FRAZIER. >>> WELCOME BACK TO SINGAPORE, YOU'RE WATCHING ONE CHAMPIONSHIP "BATTLEGROUND" AND OUR MAIN EVENT BROUGHT TO YOU BY JBL, DARE TO LISTEN. SAM-A VERSUS PRAJANCHAI. >>> WITH SIX MUAY THAI WORLD TITLES IN THE TOP PROVING GROUNDS OF THAILAND STADIUMS, PRAJANCHAI LOOKING TO SHOCK THE WORLD AND BUILD HIS LEGACY. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] . >> PRAJANCHAI EARNED A FEARSOME REPUTATION. THE BRASH AND CONFIDENT WARRIOR IS NOW READY TO RULE IN HIS NEW HOME BY OUSTING THE FIRST AND ONLY ONE STRAWWEIGHT MUAY THAI WORLD CHAMPION, SAM-A GAIYANGHADAO. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >>> PRAJANCHAI MAKES HIS WAY TO THE ONE SUPER SERIES CIRCLE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. THE FLASH. AN AMAZING 337 WINS, ONE OF THE TOP, IF NOT THE TOP, BE POUND FOR POUND MUAY THAI IN THAILAND, SO GOOD THAT HE JUMPED STRAIGHT INTO A ONE SUPER SERIES WORLD TITLE SHOT HERE TONIGHT. >> REPRESENTING THAILAND! THE CHALLENGER, PRAJANCHAI. >> YOU TALK ABOUT AWESOME FIGHTERS. YOU TALK ABOUT GUYS THAT JUST EXCEED EVERYONE ELSE, AND THIS IS THAT MAN, PRAJANCHAI. UNDER THAT OUTFIT THERE IS A GENUINE MUAY THAI SUPERSTAR. 337 WINS AND MITCH IS SO GOOD, STRAIGHT INTO A WORLD TITLE SHOT TONIGHT. >> MICHAEL, I KNOW HE HAS COME OUT WITH SOME INCREDIBLE OUTFITS BUT THAT IS MY FAVORITE. PRAJANCHAI COMES WITH SUCH A FIERCE ATTITUDE. HE HAS SO MUCH SWAGGER. HE COMES OUT DRESSED AS THE FLASH. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS GUY. THEY CALL HIM THE REINCARNATION. PRAJANCHAI IS SO TECHNICALLY GOOD, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. >> MITCH, FOR THE RECORD, SAN CHAI ISN'T DEAD. JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE REINCARNATION. >> I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. >> I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. >> THE FIGHTING EMBODIMENT. >> HE'S SAM-A. ANOTHER LEGEND. >> AFTER DOMINATE BEING THAILAND'S MUAY THAI SCENE SAM-A GAIYANGHADAO ARRIVED AT ONE CHAMPIONSHIP IN SEARCH OF TITLES ON THE WORLD STAGE. THE UNDISPUTED MUAY THAI AND KICKBOXING WORLD CLHAMPION. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] . >> A DOMINANT WORLD CHAMPION, HE STANDS READY TO PROVE WHY HE'S THE UNDISPUTED KING OF THE DIVISION. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] . >> 370 WINS. THIS MAN DOES NOT DO FANCY KOSS ASSUMES, DOES TO THE DO FLASHY ENTRANCES. HE DOES BUSINESS INSIDE THE CIRCLE. AN UNBELIEVABLE CHAMPION. VIRTUALLY UNTOUCHABLE IN HIS RUN SO FAR. THE FOCUS IN THOSE DARK EYES OF SAM-A GAIYANGHADAO. HE SAYS HE WILL SHUT UP PRAJANCHAI TONIGHT. HE SAYS HE DOES HIS TALKING IN THE CIRCLE. CAN HE RETAIN THE GOLD? THE GREAT SAM-A. >> REPRESENTING THAILAND! THE ONE STRAWWEIGHT MUAY THAI AND KICKBOXING WORLD CHAMPION, SAM-A! >> WHAT AN ENTRANCE FOR THE WORLD CHAMPION, SAM-A GAIYANGHADAO. AND WHAT A CHAMPION, WHAT A MUAY THAI, TWO-SPORT ONE WORLD CHAMPION. VERSUS THE YOUNGEST STAR OF THE THAI SCENE. SAM-A GAIYANGHADAO HAS DONE IT ALL. HE CONTINUES TO DO IT ALL, AND HE DOES IT ALL WITH EXCELLENCE AND EXECUTION IN EVERYTHING HE THROWS. SAM-A IS ALL ABOUT BUSINESS TONIGHT, MITCH. >> SAM-A HAS MADE THE CIRCLE HIS OWN PERSONAL HUNTING GROUND. HE IS AN EXQUISITE STRIKER. HE IS ABLE TO PUT IT ON HIS OPPONENTS FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. HE HAS A BEAUTIFUL LEFT HAND. HIS KICKS ARE ON THE MONEY. BUT I LOVE HIS TIMING WITH THIS LEFT HAND. HE CAN PUT YOU OUT IF YOU GIVE HIM THE OPENING. AND THESE LITTLE GLOVES, HE HAS MADE STRIKING SO FIERCE WHEN HE STARTS TO PUT THAT LEFT HAND ON YOU. HE REALLY HAS TO UTILIZE ALL OF HIS WEAPONS IN THIS MATCHUP. HE DOES NOT WANT TO PLAY WITH FIRE AND GO HAND-TO-HAND WITH PRAJANCHAI. PRAJANCHAI HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME BOXING, SO SAM-A NEEDS TO UTILIZE THAT LEFT KICK. KEEP MOVING AND TOUCH HIM UP WITH AT THAT LEFT KICK. PRAJANCHAI IS EXTREMELY TECHNICAL, BUT SO IS SAM-A. I LIKE THIS MATCHUP ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS, BUT I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE YOUNG LION IS CHALLENGING THE CURRENT CHAMPION AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF BY TALKING HIS WAY, REALLY MAKING THIS MATCH EXTREMELY EXCITING. AND SAM-A IS READY FOR THE CHALLENGE, MICHAEL. >> THE BEAUTIFUL THAI COLORES REMOVED FROM THE HEAD OF SAM-A GAIYANGHADAO. TRADITIONALLY BACK IN THE DAYS OF WAR MOTHERS WOULD TEAR A PIECE OF THEIR CLOTHING OFF AND WRAP IT AROUND THEIR SONS' ARMS TO WISH THEM LUCK IN BATTLE. AND THAT BEAUTIFUL TRADITION FROM THE PAST IS CARRIED OVER INTO MODERN MUAY THAI, THE WEARING OF THE ARM BAND AROUND THE ARMS OF THE FIGHTERS. THREE DIFFERENT TITLES AS YOU SEE THERE, GETTING THE VASELINE PUT ON SAM-A, AND HE IS READY FOR BUSINESS. MITCH, A LOT OF TALK COMING FROM PRAJANCHAI ABOUT SAM-A, AND SAM-A SAYS HE SHUTS HIM UP TONIGHT. >> WE'RE NOT USED TO SEEING THAI ATHLETES REALLY TALK A LOT. AND PRAJANCHAI BROUGHT THAT EXCITEMENT INTO THIS MATCHUP. I THINK IT'S FIRED UP SAM-A. SAM-A IS RIGHT THERE WITH HIM GOING BACK AND FORTH. I THINK WE'LL SEE A NEW LEVEL IN SAM-A. WE'VE SEEN HIM PUT TOGETHER IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES AND HIS SHOT TO REALLY PUT A STAMP ON IT. >> THE SMELL OF THE PYROT PYROTECHNICS, THE BIG EVENT, MAIN EVENT FEEL AS SAM-A ENTERS THE CIRCLE. IT IS A ONE SUPER SERIES STRAWWEIGHT MUAY THAI WORLD TITLE MAIN EVENT. SAM-A 11 YEARS THE OLDER, FIVE CENTIMETERS THE TALLER. COMBINE THAT WITH ALMOST 1,000 WINS. THREE JUDGES CIRCLE SIDE SCORING ON A TEN-POINT MUST SYSTEM. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS THE MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING. FIVE ROUNDS OF THREE MINUTES FOR THE ONE STRAWWEIGHT MUAY THAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. OUR THREE JUDGES SCORING THIS BOUT AT CIRCLE SIDE ARE THOMAS OF SWEDEN, DAVID OF SINGAPORE, AND SCOTT OF CANADA. INTRODUCING FIRST OUT OF THE BLUE CORNER HE IS A SIX-TIME MUAY THAI WORLD CHAMPION, STANDING AT 163 CENTIMETERS TALL HOLDING A MUAY THAI AND KICKBOXING RECORD OF 337 WINS AND 51 LOSSES. TRAINING OUT OF PK SAENCHAI MUAY THAI GYM, REPRESENTING THAILAND. STEPPING INTO ACTION IS PRAJANCHAI. AND INTRODUCING HIS OPPONENT OUT OF THE RED CORNER, HE STANDS AT 168 CENTIMETERS TALL HOLDING A MUAY THAI AND KICKBOXING RECORD OF 370 WINS AND 47 LOSSES. TRAINING OUT OF EVOLVE MMA, ALSO REPRESENTING THAILAND! GET READY FOR THE REIGNING AND DEFENDING ONE STRAWWEIGHT MUAY THAI WORLD CHAMPION, SAM-A! AND WHEN THE ACTION BEGINS YOUR REFEREE IN CHARGE MR. OLIVIER KOST. >> SAM-A. SAM-A. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]. >> THE BOSS, OLIVIER KOST, THE FINAL INSTRUCTIONS IN THAI, A FORMER MUAY THAI FIGHTER HIMSELF. INSIDE THE MAGNIFICENT INDOOR STADIUM FOR THE MAIN EVENT OF ONE CHAMPIONSHIP "BATTLEGROUND." SAM-A AND PRAJANCHAI FOR THE WORLD TITLE. TIME FOR TALK IS OVER FOR PRAJANCHAI. HE NOW NEEDS TO DELIVER THE GOODS ON THE BIGGEST STAGE HE'S EVER FOUGHT ON. >> SAID THAT SAM-A HAS A GLASS JAW. >> BODY SHOT THERE FROM PRAJANCHAI. WITH THE BLUE TAPE AROUND HIS GLOVES. >> IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO TALK TO PRAJANCHAI THIS WEEK ABOUT HOW HE SEES THIS MATCH PLAYING OUT. HE SAYS HE REALLY WANTS TO SET UP A LOT OF THE HIGH KICK BECAUSE HE SAW SAM-A KNOCKED OUT WITH A HIGH KICK, SO HE WANTS TO USE THAT SAME WEAPON TO FINISH SAM-A. HE'S EXPECTING TO GO TO THE BODY, GO TO THE LEGS, GET SAM-A TO DROP HIS HANDS, AND GO UP TOP WITH A BIG HEAD KICK. >> DOUBLE JAB TO A CROSS FROM PRAJANCHAI. SAM-A SHOT A JAB OUT. SAM-A WITH THE ROUND KICK OUT OF THAT SOUTHPAW STANCE. TRIES TO HOOK HIM. >> HE HAS LIGHTNING FAST HANDS, MICHAEL. THE WAY PRAJANCHAI CLOSE THAT IS DISTANCE WITH THOSE HAND COMBINATIONS, HE DID SPEND 18 MONTHS TRAINING FOR THE THAI OLYMPIC BOXING TEAM. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING A HAND HEAVY ATTACK COMING FROM PRAJANCHAI. >> THE THAIS TEND TO LOAD UP ON SINGLE STRIKES BUT NOT PRAJANCHAI. VOLUME BOXING FROM HIM. NICE JAB. VERY MUCH ALL THE JABS OF A BOXER RATHER THAN A MUAY THAI ATHLETE. >> I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE WAY SAM-A IS ABLE TO MOVE AROUND THE CIRCLE. HE UTILIZES THE SPACE SO WELL TO SET UP COUNTER SHOTS. I SPOKE TO PRAJANCHAI ABOUT THAT AND THEY SAID -- HE SAYS HE HAS A CAGE AT PK SAENCHAI MUAY THAI GYM. THEY'VE BEEN REHEARSING HOW TO UTILIZE AND CLOSE THE DISTANCE TO GET INSIDE ON SAM-A. >> IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO BOX AND BE MUAY THAI ATHLETES. THE MOST FAMOUS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME WAS A FANTASTIC BOXER. DOUBLE JAB OFF THE RIGHT LEG FROM PRAJANCHAI. SAM-A'S RIGHT HAND. JAB FROM PRAJANCHAI. >> SAM-A IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE SMALL GLOVES. YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH HIS DEFENSE. I LIKE THE WAY HE KEEPS HIS RIGHT HAND IN HIS FACE AND DEFLECT THE PUNCHES. HE HASN'T TAKEN A LOT OF CLEAN SHOTS YET FROM PRAJANCHAI. >> IT'S THE SUBTLETY OF SAM-A'S MOVEMENT YOU HAVE TO WATCH FOR. OFTEN YOU CAN REALLY ONLY SEE IT IN SLOW MOTION ON REPLAYS. IT IS SO SUBTLE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. A MOVING WORK OF ART IN THE CIRCLE IS SAM-A. >> MICHAEL, LOOK AT THE LEFT HAND OF SAM-A'S. READY, COCKED AND LOADED -- >> OH, THAT RIGHT HAND FROM PRAJANCHAI! THAT WAS COCKED AND LOADED AND GETS THE KNOCKDOWN. >> HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL, MAN. PRAJANCHAI CARRIES THAT POWER ESPECIALLY IN THESE SMALL GLOVES. THAT'S A KNOCKDOWN RIGHT THERE. THAT'S AN AUTOMATIC 10-8. >> 10-8 ROUND, PRAJANCHAI OUT TO ONE. YOUR THOUGHTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA @ONECHAMPIONSHIP. PRAJANCHAI ESTABLISHES HIS AUTHORITY. >> JUST WITH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DEFENSE OF SAM-A, PRAJANCHAI FINDS A HOME. SAM-A TRYING TO MIX THINGS UP CATCHES THE KICK. WATCH HOW HE DOES THIS. CATCHES THE KICK OFF BALANCE AND PARRYS DOWN THE HAND. THAT'S THE POWER OF THE GLOVES, IT'S GAME CHANGING. >> YOU WON'T FIND ANY BETTER HANDS THAN THOSE ON PRAJANCHAI. YOU'RE SEEING WHY AFTER ONE ROUND, THE SPEED, THE COMBINATIONS, THE VOLUME, THE ACCURACY. >> WE'RE ALSO SEEING IS WHY PRAJANCHAI GOT AN IMMEDIATE TITLE SHOT. I KNOW SAM-A WAS TALKING A LOT ABOUT THAT IN THE PREFIGHT HYPE AND HOW HE DIDN'T THINK PRAJANCHAI DESERVED A SHOT, BUT WE'RE SEEING EXACTLY WHY PRAJANCHAI WAS BEGIN AN IMMEDIATE TITLE SHOT. >> HE IS THAT GOOD, FOLKS. HE IS THAT GOOD. ONE OF IF NOT THE TOP POUND FOR POUND MUAY THAI FIGHTER IN THAILAND. PRAJANCHAI. 10-8, FIRST ROUND. FIVE ROUNDS OF ACTION, MAIN EVENT. ELBOW FROM PRAJANCHAI. >> AND HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL IN THOSE EXCHANGES. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW FAST THAT PRAJANCHAI IS. HE HAS INCREDIBLE HAND SPEED. >> WE THINK IT'S A 10-8 ROUND FOR PRAJANCHAI IN THE FIRST. THOSE AREN'T OFFICIAL SCORES. WE DO BELIEVE A 10-8 ROUND ON OUR SCORECARDS FOR PRAJANCHAI. FRONT KICK THERE. JUST TOO FAST FOR SAM-A AT THE MOMENT AND THE VOLUME. HARD FOR SAM-A TO ESTABLISH ANY RHYTHM. PRAJANCHAI ALWAYS MOVING. LOOK AT THAT. DOESN'T FIGHT LIKE A REGULAR MUAY THAI FIGHTER, MITCH. >> YOU SEE THAT JAB. THAT'S LIKE THREE JABS HE'S ABLE TO FIRE UP WITH RAPID SUCCESSION. HE'S EXTREMELY FAST AND SPEED HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRIBUTES OF SAM-A. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT AS YOU AGE SPEED AND REACTION TIME ARE USUALLY THE FIRST THINGS TO GO. AND THOSE ARE SAM-A'S BEST ATTRIBUTES. >> AND NOW YOU KNOW WHY PRAJANCHAI CAME DRESSED AS THE FLASH. HE'S FAST. >> I MIGHT HAVE GIGGLED AT THE BEGINNING, BUT I AM SEEING EXACTLY WHY HE EMBODIES THE FLASH BECAUSE THIS GUY IS QUICK. >> THE TOP OF THE RIGHT HAND FROM PRAJANCHAI. THE ACCURACY, THE TIMING, THE SPEED PHENOMENAL. S SAM-A S SAM-A MISSES WITH A HEAD KICK. >> GETTING A LOOK AT WHY HE'S SO DOMINANT ON THE THAI CIRCUIT. THAT'S WHAT SAM-A HAS TO DO. EARN HIS RESPECT. SLOW HIM DOWN. >> HEAR THE BLOWS AS THEY THUD INTO ONE ANOTHER. EVERY TIME THAT PRAJANCHAI THROWS. SOUNDS LIKE A STEAM TRAIN ABOUT TO ROLL OUT OF THE STATION. >> WHAT I DO THINK WILL HAPPEN, MICHAEL, PRAJANCHAI WILL ADJUST TO THE DISTANCE. WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW THAT A LOT OF THESE BIG HOOKS THAT HE'S THROWING ARE JUST BARELY MISSING. THE OVERHAND RIGHT AND THE HOOK ARE JUST NARROWLY MISSING SAM-A. SAM-A HAS TO KEEP HIS GUARD NICE AND TIGHT. PRAJANCHAI WILL CLOSE THE DISTANCE AND GET TIGHTER. LOOK WHAT HE DID RIGHT THERE. LOOK AT THAT. SEE? HE ADJUSTED. HE MOVED IN CLOSER IT THROW THAT THREE PUNCH. >> MORE COMBINATIONS THAN A RUBIX CUBE. ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL ROUND FROM HIM AND SAM-A ALSO PUMPS HIS FIST IN THE AIR. HOW ARE YOU SCORING IT, FOLKS? WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING IT AROUND THE WORLD, A 10-8 FIRST ROUND TO PRAJANCHAI? WHO DID YOU LEAN THE SECOND ROUND TOWARDS? >> FAST-PACED ACTION SO FAR COMING FROM THESE TWO WORLD-CLASS STRIKERS. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF IT COME FROM PRAJANCHAI. LOOK AT THAT JAB. HE HAS GREAT EXTENSION ON THE JAB AND THEN HE FOLLOWS IT UP WITH A ONE-TWO. I LIKE HOW HE CURLS BACK THE TWO SO HE MAKES SURE THAT HIS HAND IS IN PROPER POSITION ON THE RETURN SHOT. SO FAST. >> MITCH, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME WATCHING PRAJANCHAI LIVE, AND WHAT A TREAT IT IS. >> YEAH, MAN, YOU HAVE TO GO BECOME AND WATCH SOME OF HIS MATCHES. THEY ARE REALLY ENTERTAINING. >> I'VE SEEN THEM. I'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE BUT TO BE LIVE IN THE ARENA WITH HIM JUST METERS AWAY, I MEAN, YOU CAN FEEL IT. AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TREMENDOUS TALENT. THE WAY THIS GUY THROWS BOXING COMBINATIONS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER MUAY THAI ATHLETE ON THE PLANET. >> HE'S SPENT SO MUCH TIME WORKING ON JUST HIS HANDS 18 MONTHS, A LONG TIME FOR A THAI ATHLETE AND DETHAT. YOU CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENT HE'S MADE. >> HE'S A MASTER. A WILY VETERAN. THE SLIGHTEST OPENING AND HE WILL TAKE IT. GOOD EVASION FROM SAM-A. UPS THE GUSTO. >> SAM-A IS TRYING TO EXCHANGE, HE'S GETTING DRAWN INTO IT. HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL, KEEP THAT CHIN NICE AND TUCKED AND MAKE SURE HE CIRCLES OUT AT THE END OF THE COMBINATION. HE DOESN'T WANT TO STAND STILL TOE TO TOE WITH PRAJANCHAI. >> THERE IS THE DANGER PRAJANCHAI KNOWING HE WANTS TO BACK UP HIS WORDS THAT HE SAID SAM-A HAS A GLASS JAW, THAT HE FEELS HE NEEDS TO KNOCK HIM OUT COULD BE A MAN OF HIS WORD, COULD BE HEAVY, COULD OVEREXTEND, OVERREACH, GET CAUGHT WITH A COUNTER FROM SAM-A. SAM-A TRYING HERE. THE LEFT HAND CAUGHT HIM AND WRENCHED THE HEAD. >> SAM-A IS TAKING THESE SHOTS PRETTY CLEAN. HE'S STILL IN THERE. >> AGAIN, TWO PUNCHES GETTING IN. THE RIGHT HAND THERE FROM PRAJANCHAI. TOTAL OWNERSHIP IN THE BOXING. SAM-A WITH NO ANSWERS YET. >> SAM-A UTILIZING THAT LEFT KICK MORE. THERE IT IS. JUST KEEP GOING TO THE BODY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, TRYING TO TAKE SOME OF THE AIR OUT OF PRAJANCHAI. >> SAM-A IS SO FAST ALWAYS, MITCH. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN SOMEONE MAKE SAM-A EXPLODE. >> IT'S JUST THE COMBINATIONS HE'S THROWING, THROWING MORE VOLUME THAN SAM-A IS. SAM-A IS THROWING ONE OR TWO SHOTS WHILE PRAJANCHAI IS THROWING THREES AND FOURS. >> NICE. IT'S ALMOST THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME THE SHOTS ARE TAKING. SAM-A'S TWO PUNCHES ARE THE SAME AS PRAJANCHAI'S FOUR. >> THREE PUNCH COMBO. ROUNDHOUSE KICK OFF THE BACK LEG. JAB AGAIN FROM PRAJANCHAI. UP VERY HIGH ON THE CHALLENGER. HE'S GETTING USED TO THOSE FOUR-OUNCE GLOVES. THE DIFFERENCE IN DISTANCE ESPECIALLY IN DEFENSE. 11 SECONDS OF ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE ROUND FOR PRAJANCHAI. SOME DAMAGE ON THE FACE OF SAM-A. >> WOW, MAN, DUCKING UNDERNEATH THE KICK. TWICE. >> AMAZING. WHAT AF AMAZING SHOWCASE WE ARE SEEING IN OUR SHOWCASE. >> YOU SEE SAM-A A LOT OF TIMES REALLY START TO EXCEL IN THOSE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS. DID IT AGAINST ROCKY OGDEN. HE STARTS TO FIGURE HIS OPPONENTS OUT AND REALLY UNDERSTANDS WHERE THEY'RE STRONG AND CAPITALIZE ON THOSE MOMENTS, BUT HE HAS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE. IT'S GETTING TOUCHED WITH THOSE HAND COMBINATIONS AND THEN STAYING THERE. NOT CIRCLING OUT. I LIKE HOW HE ANSWERED BACK WITH A KICK RIGHT THERE. THAT'S WHAT HE HAS TO DO. HE HAS TO TRY TO COUNTER THE SPEED WITH HIS OWN POWER. LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN SPACE, MICHAEL. >> THE RIGHT EYE OF SAM-A. A LITTLE CUT TO THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE. MAYBE A SLIGHT ONE ON THE FOREHEAD. RELATIVELY CLEAN AND BLEMISH FREE. SAM-A HAS TO FIND A WAY TO WORK OUT, TO SOLVE THE RIDDLE OF PRAJANCHAI. THE ULTIMATE ROUND. >> IF SAM-A IS GOING TO STAND IN THE POCKET WITH PRAJANCHAI, I WOULDN'T BE MAD AT A CLINCH. CLIN UP CLINCH UP WITH HIM. >> I HAVE EVERY ROUND TO PRAJANCHAI SO FAR WITH A 10-8 OPENER ON MY UNOFFICIAL SCORECARD. OVERHANDSAM-A. PRAJANCHAI COMES FROM THE INSIDE. GOOD ELBOW THERE TO THE JAW. JUST COMING LOOSE. LEG KICK. NOW DROP THE LEFT HAND AND A HIGH KICK FROM SAM-A. STEP-THROUGH KNEE FROM THE CHAMPION, JAB THROUGH A RANGE FINDER, ELBOW RANGE. >> YOU SEE, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. SAM-A DOES A BRILLIANT JOB OF EXITING OUT OF THE CLINCH AND FIRING HIS WEAPONS. HE CAN'T ALLOW HIM TO BE SO COMFORTABLE AND PICK HIS SHOTS. >> SAM-A GETS PRAJANCHAI BACK AGAINST THE FENCE. TAGS HIM. BEST PUNCH OF THE FIGHT SO FAR FROM SAM-A! >> AND HE SWINGS THE SUPPORT LEG. THIS IS A BETTER ROUND FOR THE CHAMP. >> IT IS. IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOW BLOW. >> INJURY TIME WILL ALLOW THREE MINUTES, A DURATION OF A ROUND RECOVERY HERE. PRAJANCHAI. GIVES A NOD TO HIS CORNER. DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME. A MAN OF 1,000 SURPRISES, EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK AND SAM-A ONE OF THOSE TRICKS HIMSELF. MITCH, YOUR THOUGHTS SO FAR? >> YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU IN THINKING THAT THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS MIGHT HAVE WENT TO PRAJANCHAI BASED ON VOLUME, STRIKING SUPERIORITY, AND JUST REALLY CIRCLE CONTROL, BUT HE ALSO HAD THAT KNOCKDOWN IN THE FIRST SO YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT THE FIRST THREE ARE PRAJANCHAI'S. BUT THIS ROUND RIGHT HERE SAM-A STARTING TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF, FIND A RHYTHM AND ALSO SHOW MORE AGGR AGGRESSION. >> THAT LEFT HAND HE LANDED WILL GIVE TREMENDOUS CONFIDENCE TO THE CHAMPION. I CAN LAND CLEANLY ON YOU. I JUST HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT MOMENTS. >> IF HE IS DOWN THREE ROUNDS THAT MEANS HE NEEDS A KNOCKOUT OR AT LEAST A KNOCKDOWN IN THE NEXT TWO ROUNDS. >> SAM-A COMING FORWARD ON PRAJANCHAI. PRAJANCHAI UNABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT JAB IN THIS ROUND AS HE HAS IN THE PREVIOUS ROUNDS. SIDEKICK THERE. WHERE IS THE JAB? PRAJANCHAI. >> A NICE PUNCH KICK OR KICK PUNCH. HE THROWS THE RIGHT HAND. HE THROWS THE RIGHT KICK, THAT RIGHT HAND FOLLOWS IT. AND YOU CAN BARELY EVEN SEE IT. NEED TO GO BACK HOME AND WATCH THIS FIGHT AT HALF SPEED, MAN. >> THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. I AM WATCHING THIS AGAIN WHEN I GET BACK TO MY HOTEL ROOM THIS IS EXQUISITE MUAY THAI. SAM-A ROUND KICK, OFF THE BACK LEG. THE UPPER RIGHT RIB CAGE. SAM-A ANOTHER ROUND KICK, THAT TIME A LITTLE HIGHER. >> YOU SEE THAT KICK PUNCH RIGHT THERE, BOOM, HE LANDS THAT RIGHT KICK AND FOLLOWS IT RIGHT UP WITH THE RIGHT HAND. THAT'S SCORING, MICHAEL. >> PRAJANCHAI HAS FORGOTTEN HIS JAB IN THIS ROUND. WHERE IS IT? HE WAS USING IT SO WELL FOR THREE ROUNDS. HE LET SAM-A COME BACK INTO THE FIGHT IN THAT FOURTH ROUND. >> DO YOU GIVE THE FOURTH TO SAM-A? >> I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEST ROUND FOR HIM SO FAR. >> I DON'T KNOW IF HE DID ENOUGH. HE LOOKED GOOD IN THE FIRST HALF ESPECIALLY WITH THAT EXIT WITH THE RIGHT HAND, BUT PRAJANCHAI TURNED IT UP AS THE ROUND WENT ON. NOW WE'RE IN THE FIFTH AND FINAL. >> I WONDER IS THERE AN INJURY TO THE LEFT-HANDED PRAJANCHAI OR LEFT THE JAB IN HIS CORNER MOST OF THAT ROUND. >> THAT WAS A NICE LITTLE SPEED, CAUGHT THE KICK. I LIKE HOW PRAJANCHAI ANSWERED BACK. HE DIDN'T WAIT FOR SAM-A TO LAND ONE. SAM-A DID COME BACK WITH THE LEFT HAND. >> STRETCHING OUT THE HAMSTRINGS, PRAJANCHAI. ON THE STOOL, SAM-A. FIFTH AND FINAL ROUND OF OUR MAIN EVENT. THE DOOR ABOUT TO CLOSE ON THE CIRCLE. THREE MINUTES AWAY FROM GOLD IN ONE SUPER SERIES. SAM-A HAVE ANOTHER CRACK ROUND, CAN HE DROP OR KNOCK OUT PRAJANCHAI? AGGRESSIVE START FROM SAM-A. NICE LEFT HAND. LEFT HAND AGAIN FROM SAM-A. OH, THE ELBOW! THE ELBOW FROM PRAJANCHAI -- SAM-A TRIES TO DUMP HERE. ANOTHER ELBOW ON THE INSIDE. >> MICHAEL, YOU ARE RIGHT, THOUGH, THAT LEFT HAND IS NOT BEING THROWN AS OFTEN AS IT WAS IN THE FIRST THREE. >> OH, HE DUMPS HIM. SAM-A JUST DUMPED HIM. AND THAT WILL BOOST THE CONFIDENCE OF THE CHAMPION. >> HE'S USING HIS LEFT TO KIND OF PAW AND THEN HE THROWS THE RIGHT KICK FOLLOWED BY THAT RIGHT HAND. >> I WONDER IF IT'S INJURED. OVERHAND RIGHT. THERE'S A JAB TO THE RIGHT HAND FROM PRAJANCHAI. IT'S NOT THE VOLUME JAB WE SAW IN THE FIRST THREE. SAM-A, YOU TEAM HIS CONFIDENCE IS FLOWING NOW. PRAJANCHAI'S HANDS ARE DROPPING. HE MAY BE STARTING TO TIRE. THE HIGHLIGHT ROUND FROM SAM-A. ELBOWS, LOOK OUT FOR THE ELBOWS HERE. SAM-A TRIED TO DUMP HIM. RIGHT HAND LEAD. THERE'S THE ELBOW FROM SAM-A. ANOTHER ONE FROM PRAJANCHAI, UPPERCUT ELBOW. KNEES FROM SAM-A. NOW WE'RE SEEING THE CLINCH WORK COME INTO PLAY. IT'S A MUAY THAI TRAIT. A MUAY THAI SMORGASBORD. >> THIS IS SAM-A'S MOMENT, HIS CHANCE TO LEAN ON THAT CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE. THE WEAPONS OF PRAJANCHAI HAVE BECOME REDUCED. HE'S THROWING THAT RIGHT HAND LEAD NOW, NOT MIXING IN THE JABS. >> SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THAT LEFT HAND, THE JABBING HAND OF PRAJANCHAI. CAN SAM-A TAKE ADVANTAGE? ONE MINUTE REMAINING IN OUR MAIN EVENT FOR THE WORLD TITLE. SAM-A, WHO HAS DROPPED IN THE FINAL SECONDS OF THE OPENING ROUND, GOOD LEFT HAND BY SAM-A. CAN HE GET ON THE INSIDE, CRACK AN ELBOW TO THE JAW OR TO THE TEMPLE, TO THE NOSE OF PRAJANCHAI? COUNTERS, GOOD LEFT HAND. >> THAT'S THE FIRST TIME HE'S THROWN THAT LEFT IN A WHILE. >> SAM-A, BACK TO CENTER CIRCLE. HALF A MINUTE NOW. THE ROUND KICK. THE LEG KICK, PRAJANCHAI STILL LOADING UP THE RIGHT HAND, PRAJANCHAI. OH, HOW ABOUT THAT. BETWEEN THE EYES FROM SAM-A. >> NICE ACCURACY FROM SAM A. >> AND, AGAIN FROM SAM-A, IT IS THE RIB KICK. SAM-A AGAIN. THE FINAL SECONDS AND A GOOD FINAL ROUND FROM THE CHAMPION, I FEEL, ON MY VERY UNOFFICIAL SCORECARD. 10-8 OPENING ROUND FOR PRAJANCHAI. HE TOOK TWO AND THREE. SAM-A TOOK FOUR AND FIVE. >> THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE, MICHAEL. I THINK TWO COULD HAVE BEEN -- I DON'T KNOW. COMING OFF THAT KNOCKDOWN, PRAJANCHAI STILL HAD THE MOTION BUT, MAN, THE HAND SPEED IS SOMETHING INTENSE. WHEN PRAJANCHAI LETS IT GO, IT IS A SIGHT TO BEHOLD. >> MAKES YOU WONDER IF THE FIRST ROUND KNOCKDOWN IS GOING TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE HERE. WILL THAT BE THE DECIDER? >> UNLESS THE ROUND IS REALLY CLOSE, THE JUDGES WILL A LOT OF TIMES GIVE YOU A 10-8 ROUND IF YOU SCORE A KNOCKDOWN, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THINGS GO TO THE JUDGES' SCORECARDS. THAT WAS AN ENTERTAINING SCRAP. SAM-A'S STILL GOT IT. HE BROUGHT THE FIGHT TO THE YOUNG PRAJANCHAI. >> YOU SAW ALL EIGHT WEAPONS OF MUAY THAI, THE KNEES, THE ELBOWS, THE KICKS, THE PUNCHES FROM TWO OF THE FINEST TO EVER DO IT. PRAJANCHAI LOOKING FOR CAREER VICTORY NUMBER 338. SAM-A FOR 371. WILL SAM-A RETAIN THE BELT, OR WILL PRAJANCHAI BECOME THE NEW CHAMPION? THEY ARE STILL COUNTING HERE. IT MUST BE RAZOR CLOSE. THEY ARE TABULATING THE SCOR SCORECARDS. DOES PRAJANCHAI TAKE THE PLACE, IS THE TORCH PASSED TONIGHT? SO MANY PEOPLE IN THAILAND BELIEVE PRAJANCHAI WAS TO BE THE MAN TO DEFEAT SAM-A. HAS HE DONE ENOUGH? LET'S FIND OUT OUR WINNER. >> TO PRESENT THE BELT FOR THIS MATCH, WE HAVE THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AFTER FIVE ROUNDS OF BATTLE WE TURN NOW TO THE JUDGES' SCORECARDS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE IS YOUR WINNER BY WAY OF MAJORITY DECISION, AND NEW ONE STRAWWEIGHT MUAY THAI WORLD CHAMPION, PRAJANCHAI! >> HE IS PHENOMENAL, HE IS PRAJANCHAI, HE IS THE WORLD CHAMPION. THE REIGN OF GOLD OVER THE CIRCLE. THE REIGN OF GOLD STARTS TONIGHT FOR PRAJANCHAI. A NEW ERA IN ONE SUPER SERIES, A TRUE PASSING OF THE TORCH. FROM THE HANDS OF 37-YEAR-OLD SAM-A, IT GOES INTO THE HANDS OF 26-YEAR-OLD PRAJANCHAI. CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO, THE BOXING, THE VOLUME, THE SPEED, THE ACCURACY. YOU COULD SEE WHY ALL THE TALK, ALL THE HYPE WAS REAL ON PRAJANCHAI. WHAT A MOMENT FOR HIM AFTER A SPECTACULAR, ENTHRALLING CONTEST. A NEW ERA IS UPON US, THE ERA OF PRAJANCHAI. AND I DARESAY HE MAY BE A VERY LONG REIGNING CHAMPION. I WONDER IF ANYTHING DID HAPPEN TO HIS LEFT HAND. HE SEEMED TO LEAVE IT IN HIS CORNER THE FOURTH AND FIFTH. THE BEST TWO ROUNDS FROM SAM-A. THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS WHAT A PERFORMANCE, THOUGH, FROM PRAJANCHAI. WITH THOSE VOLUME PUNCHES. HERE IS MITCH. >> PRAJANCHAI, YOU SEEM OVERCOME WITH EMOTION. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO CAPTURE A WIN OVER A LEGEND LIKE SAM-A? >> Translator: I'M VERY OVERWHELMED. >> YOU LOOKED REALLY STRONG OUT THERE. YOU SHOWCASED A LOT OF HAND SPEED, AGGRESSIVE ATTACKS. HOW CONFIDENT WERE YOU GOING TO THE DECISION? >> Translator: WELL, I WAS VERY CONFIDENT FOR THE FIRST FEW ROUNDS BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE WHO KEPT ATTACKING HIM. >> YOU HAD A GREAT GAME PLAN. DID THINGS GO ACCORDING TO PLAN OUT THERE? >> Translator: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT THINGS WENT WELL AS PLANNED AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE TEAMS AND MY COACH FOR COMING UP WITH THIS GAME PLAN AND MAKING ME SUCCESSFUL TODAY. >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE. HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME AND WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. >> AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE IS PERHAPS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. IT WAS TRULY PHENOMENAL. WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION, AND HIS NAME IS PRAJANCHAI, PK SAENCHAI MUAY THAI GYM. WHAT A NIGHT HERE AT ONE CHAMPIONSHIP "BATTLEGROUND" WHERE WE SAW SOME TREMENDOUS KNOCKOUT ACTION. WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE THE KNOCKOUT OF THE NIGHT. IT CAN ONLY BELONG TO ONE MAN, AND THAT MAN IS AUNG LA N SANG BACK WITH A VENGEANCE IN A BIG WAY. HE COMPLETELY OBLITERATED LEANDRO ATAIDES. BATTLING ATAIDES WITH A FURIOUS FLURRY OF PUNCHES. AUNG LA DECIMATED ATAIDES AND PROCLAIMED THAT HE'S BACK. WE WERE JUMPING IN OUR SEATS. AND THIS IS MITCH'S REACTION. REALLY THAT'S JUST HOW MITCH DANCES AT A DANCE CLUB ON A SATURDAY NIGHT THAT WILL DO. STILL TO COME, PLENTY MORE ONE CHAMPIONSHIP ACTION. AUGUST 13, AUGUST 27, SEPTEMBER 3 ALL FEMALE CARD. FOR MYSELF AND MITCH WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
