Noi and Middleton
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| Perth's Mr Muay Thai Phon Martdee staged another sizzling night of action, capped off with a main event between Sanapar Noi and Dale Middleton. The first fight of the night was the middleweight contest between Matt Wall of Phon's Gym and Duscha Bevic of Heske Acadamies. It was an explosive match to start the night and proved to be a crowd pleaser. Both guys started exchanging blows and by round two the stronger opponent seemed to be Bevic. The contest was a split decision with victory going to Bevic.The second undercard fight was between Qua Pham of Sit Narong and Alfo Handoko of Phon's Gym. This lightweight contest had the crowd cheering for Handoko, whose heavy grappling sent Pham to the ground. In the second round, Pham countered with a series of combination punches and both fighters exchanged blow after blow. In the third round, both fighters gave it all they had, defending and attacking each other with their reserves. The victory finally went to Qua Pham, leaving the crowd's favourite Handoko disapointed. The third contest was between Andrew Duncan of Phon's Gym and Peter Wilkinson of Sunset Coast. This middleweight match displayed Duncan's speed and accuracy, with almost every blow hitting the target, Wilkinson proved no match for the young Duncan. |
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| In the second round Wilkinson received a massive cut to his shin and had to stop, confirming the victory to the unscathed Duncan. The fourth match was for the IAMTF Junior Middleweight State Title between Chad Walker of Open Palm Martial Arts and Paul Foreman of Mungkorn Mai. Both guysstarted the match cautiously, checking each other out. But before the end of round one, things had already started to heat up. The following rounds saw both fighters displaying their Muay Thai skills, exchanging blows and kicks and it seemed neither had the upper hand. By the fourth round, both fighters began to tire. The final round saw Walker landing more accurate kicks and punches, making Foreman retreat and defend. The IAMTF Junior middleweight title went to Chad Walker. The fifth match was an undercard fight between Raymond Scepanovich of Phon's Gym and Vince Sirna of Anton Bando Chinese Kickboxing. The light heavyweight fight started out fast and furious with Sirna trying to attack Scepanovich on the inside. But unable to do much harm and with most punches missing the much taller Scepanovich, Sirna endured the hard kicks and knee combinations of his opponent. With a flying knee from Scepanovich in the second round, Sirna was no match for the taller opponent. The referee stopped the match after Sirna constantly fell to the mat, ending the fight with a third round knockout. The sixth fight was for the IAMTF Middleweight State Title between Paul Smith of The Chinese Boxing Club and Eugene Ekklebloom of Mungkorn Mai. Again the match started out fast and furious with both fighters exploding at each other. But the folowing rounds saw Ekklebloom landing some hard punches that hurt Smith. Although Smith attempted to counter with punch and kick combinations, Ekklebloom kept catching him with punches and accurate kicks. |
By the fourth round, the victory was clearly Ekklebloom's. The final round saw no further improvement from Smith to counter his opponent and the victory went to Ekklebloom. The seventh fight was between Chris Dalziel of Phon's gym and Queenslander Sorren King for the IAMTF Amateur Australian Lightweight Title. The more agile Dalziel was up against the much younger and more experienced King. Dalziel managed to avoid most of King's roundhouse kicks as he countered with combinations of punches and low kicks. The young Queenslander kept going after Dalziel and by the fourth and final round, as both fighters began to wear out, the decision went to King. After a short interval, the highlight matches of the night began. The eighth bout was for the IAMTF Oceania Welterweight title. Representing Nakorn - Tong Parkview, a top Muay Thai Stable in Thailand, was Australian Darren Reece against Queenslander Craig Hogan. The leaner Reece started the first round slow while the stockier Hogan expended his energy on Reece. The second round saw Reece retaliating with excellent combinations and Muay Thai skill. With almost every blow landing accurately, both opponents never gave up. In the third round, Reece began his elbow combinations on Hogan and with every elbow landing on Hogan's face, the crowd broke into a frenzy - chanting and cheering for a knockout. Hogan needed attention after receiving cuts on his face. In the fourth round, continuous knee and elbow combinations from Reece kept wearing down the energetic Hogan. By the fifth round Hogan was just unable to defend and resist the more skillful Reece, who won the match convincingly. The second highlight match of the night, the ninth match, was the IPMTF Oceania Light Heavyweight Title. |
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The fighters were Brett Dalton from Open Palm Martial Arts against Steve Delyster, a Queenslander. The match erupted right in the first round and it was clear that both fighters were going for the kill. Both fighters exchanged hard blows to the head and body as the crowd watched anticipatingly for any vital knockout blows. The aggressive Dalton attempted a few kicks to the head but missed, Delyster's combination was well guarded by Dalton. Both fighters seemed formidable in the fist three rounds but by the fourth Dalton's punches kept landing on Delyster. The Queenslander could barely guard and counter Dalton's punches. The crowd went wild when Delyster began tumbling to the canvas, chanting for more action, it was clearly Dalton's opportunity to seize the match. Victory to Dalton. The final match of the night was the most anticipated. Sanapar Noi, the World Junior Middleweight Champion from Phon's Gym was prepared to defend his title against Dale Middleton, the South Pacific Champion from NSW. The match was the third encounter between the two titans of Muay Thai with the Perth based fighter taking all the victories. However, with six straight wins prior to this match, Middleton was hungry for a win and the title. The first round began with each opponent checking the other's arsenal of punches and kicks. But Middleton was quickly becoming impatient with the calmer and more experienced Noi. Middleton began attacking Noi with kicks and knees, but the Thai, with more than 130 fights under his belt, was known to be highly skilled at unleashing combinations of kicks, knees and punches from either side of his armour - like body. With every attack by Middleton, Noi paid back with even more kicks and punches. Both fighters showed the ancient art of Muay Thai to the highest level. A punch to the head by Middleton which landed on Noi increased Middleton's confidence, but it was short lived. Noi was no longer holding back, he exploded his combination with deadly speed and accuracy. With a few kicks to Middleton's head, the crowd broke out again into a tremendous frenzy. By the fourth round, Middleton's hits were beginning to miss. The concluding fifth round saw Noi further punishing Middleton. In a unanimous decision, Sanapar Noi, previously undefeated in ten fights on Australia soil, was victorious yet again. Special thanks would like to the IPMTF co-ordinator, Jar Tui from Nakorn Tong Parkview, Thailand. Also the event's proud sponsors - Budget Chauffeur Drive, Architectural Colour Consultants, Hawthorn Wine Bin, Jim Beam, Concept Glass Balcatta, Greenlite Hydroponics, Mannee Thai Restaurant, Apex Car Rentals, XPress, Zebra Magazine and Barbarella's. |
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