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Thai Consul General's Cup

The super middleweight contest between first timer Charlie Belamy
and Eugene Ekkelboom who had one fight, one win started the night.
Eugene dominated Charlie in the first round, throwing some big leather
focussing on good, strong hooks. Charlie rallied in the second round,
but narrowly missed the mark with some tremendous haymakers. Eugene
delivered some good knees in the third to finally take the decision
win.

The Super welterweight between Darren Kidd and Brett Wrigley
signified their debut fight. Brett came out with powerful left and
right punches, bailing Darren up in the neutral corner. The second
round showed a lot of action by both, with good kicking and boxing
combinations. The third round heated up even further as the boys stood
toe to toe and slugged it out. It was a great fight, though it was
Brett who took the decision.    

Another super welterweight contest against Abel Jardim, four fights,
three wins and Dean Tsitsidopoulas, five fights and two wins was third
on the card. Abel showed he was a better class of fighter with smooth
calculated movements causing Dean to backpedal around the ring. Both
showed more aggression in the second round, Dean throwing punches
thick and fast, though only a few found the mark. Afrenzy of grappling
and knees dominated the third, mainly coming from Abel, who was awarded
the victory.

For the lightweight contest Sean Wrigley, one fight and one loss was
up against first timer Ray Catlin. Ray launched into a barrage of
intense blows and hardcore grappling. Sean ran into quite a challenge
against the tough and aggressive Ray, but before he could rise to
the occasion he was unluckily forced to retire with a shoulder problem
in the second round. The win was awarded to Ray Catlin.

The Cruiser weight contest between Todd wilson, one fight one loss,
against first timer David Anderson set an early pace with Todd displating
proficient Muay Thai techniques. He swept David off his feet with
a strong low kick, later followed by a knee, before a thigh kick knocked
David down and out. Todd took the fight with a TKO.

The Super welterweight between Matt Wilcox, two fights and two wins,
and Brett Stewart, four fights and one win began with Brett absorbing
the punishment of Matt's good strong kicks and punches. In the second
round they both showed great skill with a frenzy of grappling and
wicked knees from both fighters. Brett delivered a good connecting
head kick, but Matt stood up to him and unleashed a full arsenal of
Muay thai boxing skill. Matt took the third win in a row for his Muay
Thai career.

Simon Burt, two fights, two wins and Chad Walker, five fights three
wins contested the welterweight division. One furious kick from Chad
ended the fight within ten seconds after he dislocated Simon's knee.

Simon Everns was forced to withdraw from the IAMTF WA Super feather
weight state state title due to injury, awarding the title to Chris
Dalziel.

Brett Stewart and Jamie Myers lined up to contest the IAMTF WA Light
heavy weight title. Both entered cautiously, each managing a few good
connections in the early rounds. Jamie served a low kick in the fourth,
before Brett returned the favour twice in the fifth. The fight was
awarded to Brett, the more experienced Muay Thai competitor.

The maincard started with Oliver Olsen, 18 fights, 14 wins fighting
Steve Douet of NSW, 22 fights, 17 wins for the IAMTF Australian super
middleweight title. From the beginning Oliver was on a search and
destroy mission, with vicious thigh kicks, knee strikes and punching
combinations. Steve connected a great head kick, but with Oliver's
calculated strength and confidence, all he could do was defend. Steve's
thigh swelled up like a balloon and he was out after the first round,
awarding the victory to Oliver.

The IAMTF Australian Super light heavy weight was between Brett Dalton
and Paul Slowinski of South Australia. Paul capitalised on his height
advantage with strong push kicks and leg punch combinations. Brett
managed a couple of heavy knees, a few good kicks and punches, but
Paul returned everything relentlessly. Brett did well to contend with
a younger, stronger opponent, showing amazing stamina and tenacity
to withstand Paul's impressive barrage of Muay Thai techniques. However,
the night was definately Paul's who was awarded the victory.

The much anticipated showdown between John Miles and Chris Allen of
Victoria for the IAMTF Australian Middleweight title under full Thai
rules began strong from the outset. Both boys displayed impressive
technique, exchanging inside leg kicks and boxing combinations. By
the third round Chris scored well with solid left shin kicks to the
mid-section, and an elbow grazing John's forehead. Both fighters delivered
strong leg kicks for an even contest in the fourth. John came home
stronger in the fifth with powerful left hooks and right crosses catching
Chris several times. In the end the decision was left to the judges
who awarded a unanimous decision to John.

The Consul General's Cup was the fight everyone had been waiting for
between Sanapar Noi and Tnay Pod. In true Thai form, the fight started
slow as the fighters studied each other's tactics. Sanapar Noi took
a huge elbow in the first as Tnay Pod taunted the West Australian.
By the third round Sanapar Noi had received his last elbow from Tnay
Pod, and developed a serious attitude to drop his opponent with a
low kick, following with non-stop left crosses square to Tnay Pod's
nose.

By the fourth Tnay Pod's nose was badly broken, and in a gruesome
display, Sanapar Noi made life worse by elbowing his face repeatedly.
In the fifth several low sweeps dropped Tnay Pod to the canvas and
he did well to hang in there to the end. The fight was undoubtedly
awarded to Sanapar Noi.                                                                                                

 

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