TAO @ JTS
10-11-2005, 11:50 AM
hey guys,
well myself and the JTS crew all took off to the pub last night eagerly awaiting the fight night FOX 2 had in store for us... and what a cracker it turned out to be !!!
from start to finish the show brought us Thai boxing at its finest, so much so that i couldn't 'not' talk about it.
the fights that stick in my mind are:
Kris Bayntun Vs Wayne Mead:
firstly IMO, a bad decision. Kris in my opinion won 4 of the 5 rounds easily. regardless of the decision though, Kris is a fighter to watch thats for sure. i'm certain that he'll be the next big thing in the welterweight division. Kris displayed a real natural and rhythmic Thai style that would do joe proud. he is completely relaxed in there, he uses his angles perfectly... he's very different from joe's other fighters, he has i different manner about him entirely. he is def one to watch.
Ross I'anson Vs Ben Radley
well as far as i know ben had been out of the game for a while... nonetheless, Ross (being Ross) got on his bike right away and went to work... Ross is the kinda fighter that you think, "Sh!t" i hope he's fit or he's gonna gas out in the 3rd. but true enough he just keeps going... and going and going and going. he's like the damn energizer battery. the fight was a real good war huh. i thought it got a bit "loose" at times but certainly NOT sloppy or scrappy. another great fight for the night.
DDD Vs Kerr
another exciting flash of fury. a real crowd pleaser this one. eight counts this way then that, then BOOM, DDD gets caught with his own trademark finishing technique. that elbow clipped him right on the chin... a fight that from the opening seconds could have easily gone either way. Daniel could hardly believe it, he almost looked confused.
POCKET ROCKETS 1
Diamond Jim Vs Brodie Stadler
these two explode into action in round one and take it the whole nine yards. another brilliant fight with too much action to write about. diamond jim proving to be a little too clever for brodie at this stage. but the young brodie (who i think is still 17 yrs old) took the fight right up to diamond the whole way... now the thing that stuck in my mind about this fight was diamond jim's eyes. he never blinks... brodie is smashing punches etc into diamonds face and i hardly ever saw him squint let alone blink... amasing control and determination
POCKET ROCKETS 2
TS2 Vs The POM
actually i feel bad now that i cant remember the pommie guys name, and i feel bad cos he impressed me thats for sure. i thought TS2 would make easy work of him. which he did i guess... those straight right knees of aaron's are hard, but he wore a heap of them before he started to faulter. not much to say really aaron pretty much gave it to him, but he definately was a strong fighter. i noticed PEK in his corner which may indicate that the Pom has spent a bit of time at Rompo maybe gearing up for it (or maybe he's living in thailand now) anyway was good to see TS2 take the fight over the distance and not by KO for once.
finally, there was mark pease... sorry mark, but i had to laugh a couple of times there. you had that look of a trainer slash promoter who was trying really hard to concentrate on far too many things at once. it must be an absolute nightmare to run a show when you've got so many of your own boys on it. trying to get things running smoothly and still attend to your lads. but hey you pulled it off perfectly (i guess thats why they call you "too smooth" huh). nah seriously that was a top show. the fight quality was 100% from start to finish. its common place to get a good thaiboxing war on any FOX show nowadays, but to have them from the undercard all the way thru to the main events is one in a million.
recently hammer you were asking about FOX shows we'd like to see repeated, and i must say this one. we've seen alot of mega budget shows that bring us the quality we expect but this show despite being a small one, truly ROCKED!!!
CHOK DEE
TAO (JOOK)
well myself and the JTS crew all took off to the pub last night eagerly awaiting the fight night FOX 2 had in store for us... and what a cracker it turned out to be !!!
from start to finish the show brought us Thai boxing at its finest, so much so that i couldn't 'not' talk about it.
the fights that stick in my mind are:
Kris Bayntun Vs Wayne Mead:
firstly IMO, a bad decision. Kris in my opinion won 4 of the 5 rounds easily. regardless of the decision though, Kris is a fighter to watch thats for sure. i'm certain that he'll be the next big thing in the welterweight division. Kris displayed a real natural and rhythmic Thai style that would do joe proud. he is completely relaxed in there, he uses his angles perfectly... he's very different from joe's other fighters, he has i different manner about him entirely. he is def one to watch.
Ross I'anson Vs Ben Radley
well as far as i know ben had been out of the game for a while... nonetheless, Ross (being Ross) got on his bike right away and went to work... Ross is the kinda fighter that you think, "Sh!t" i hope he's fit or he's gonna gas out in the 3rd. but true enough he just keeps going... and going and going and going. he's like the damn energizer battery. the fight was a real good war huh. i thought it got a bit "loose" at times but certainly NOT sloppy or scrappy. another great fight for the night.
DDD Vs Kerr
another exciting flash of fury. a real crowd pleaser this one. eight counts this way then that, then BOOM, DDD gets caught with his own trademark finishing technique. that elbow clipped him right on the chin... a fight that from the opening seconds could have easily gone either way. Daniel could hardly believe it, he almost looked confused.
POCKET ROCKETS 1
Diamond Jim Vs Brodie Stadler
these two explode into action in round one and take it the whole nine yards. another brilliant fight with too much action to write about. diamond jim proving to be a little too clever for brodie at this stage. but the young brodie (who i think is still 17 yrs old) took the fight right up to diamond the whole way... now the thing that stuck in my mind about this fight was diamond jim's eyes. he never blinks... brodie is smashing punches etc into diamonds face and i hardly ever saw him squint let alone blink... amasing control and determination
POCKET ROCKETS 2
TS2 Vs The POM
actually i feel bad now that i cant remember the pommie guys name, and i feel bad cos he impressed me thats for sure. i thought TS2 would make easy work of him. which he did i guess... those straight right knees of aaron's are hard, but he wore a heap of them before he started to faulter. not much to say really aaron pretty much gave it to him, but he definately was a strong fighter. i noticed PEK in his corner which may indicate that the Pom has spent a bit of time at Rompo maybe gearing up for it (or maybe he's living in thailand now) anyway was good to see TS2 take the fight over the distance and not by KO for once.
finally, there was mark pease... sorry mark, but i had to laugh a couple of times there. you had that look of a trainer slash promoter who was trying really hard to concentrate on far too many things at once. it must be an absolute nightmare to run a show when you've got so many of your own boys on it. trying to get things running smoothly and still attend to your lads. but hey you pulled it off perfectly (i guess thats why they call you "too smooth" huh). nah seriously that was a top show. the fight quality was 100% from start to finish. its common place to get a good thaiboxing war on any FOX show nowadays, but to have them from the undercard all the way thru to the main events is one in a million.
recently hammer you were asking about FOX shows we'd like to see repeated, and i must say this one. we've seen alot of mega budget shows that bring us the quality we expect but this show despite being a small one, truly ROCKED!!!
CHOK DEE
TAO (JOOK)