Noppadet vs. Sudsakorn
May 11, 2009 by nopstar
Props to Kalgoran for finding, ripping and sharing. If you’re a regular visitor to MMT these two fighters shouldn’t be strangers to you. I think this fight took place about a month ago?
I’m pretty sure Noppadet is still at Tiger Muay Thai, hence his crazy orange hair. Slightly off topic but I was just on Tiger Muay Thai’s site and it appears they’ve added Orono Por Muang Ubon to their line up of trainers. The Tiger guys are really starting to roll deep!
Anyway, these two go to war! You might want to turn the volume down, the soundtrack doesn’t match and get’s kind of distracting. I think Sudsakorn would have to be one of the more frustrating nak muays to fight. His reach gives him a real advantage, seems like if you want to get your hands on him, you’ve got to be willing to eat some punched and kicks.
You can see Noppadet’s frustration mounting in the 3rd, It seems like he’s willing to eat some punches and elbows just to get inside. Sudsakorn is 6 years Noppadets junior… and has no where to go but up.
Dudes are dialed in. A little suprised with the result. Maybe because Noppadet pushed the pace.
I’m not trying to be a jerk. I’d really like to know:
Does “pushing the pace” really have anything to do with the scoring? I know that running (turning your back) or dancing in the ring will lose you some points, but I never thought that pushing the pace should score you the win.
Especially, since Sudsakorn won most of the exchanges.
Slightly off topic, at the end of every round (just for a split second), I thought to myself, “Hey! The bell rang! Ref do something!”
I meant to write “Especially, since *I thought* that Sudsakorn won most of the exchanges. He deserved the win.”
Cut me some slack. It’s 4AM.
impressive fighter Sudsakorn, good movement.
His reaction said it all.
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does anyone know which camp sudsakorn is with?
I’m no expert on Thai scoring, but I can say generally pushing the pace in a fight gives a big psychological advantage. The person who pushes the pace seems to be the aggressor and that leaves an impression on the judges. It’s human nature to think that he who doesn’t get off first is scared or whatever. It’s absolutely not the case (some of my favorite fighters are counterpunchers), but you see that tendency in boxing as well. If you’re going to be a defensive/counterpunching fighter, you’d better win decisively.
A couple things… It seemed they were well acquainted – they both had lots of respect for each other but also kept smirking and one-upping each other throughout the fight. Noppadet had, IMO, superior hands. Sudsakorn started out the fight with the better timing skills (like the many times he catches the kick and cuts the plant leg). I’d give the first two rounds to Sudsakorn. The 3rd round could go either way, but I would’ve given it to Sudsakorn. The 4th and 5th to Noppadet. I think he solved Sudsakorn at the end by not waiting on the outside…he came straight forward, got through a kick, teep, or punch attack, dished out a shot or two and went to the clinch. I felt Noppadet won the clinch war.
Great fight. Always love a good war with lots of respect from the fighters.
a western boxing style decision, as noppadet won based on rep and aggression more than anything he did…some bloggers on muaythailand who’ve fought in thailand say round 1 is usually scored 10-10 but this was not the case here…in the end nop was clearly clinching/holding for dear life…hornet, i agree, the bell in round 5 sounds and they’re still kneeing the hell out of each other :)
lol @ hitting after the bell: the audio of the fight is mismatched and is off from the beginning about 30 secs. nopstar mentions it in his intro, so don’t trust your ears. you can hear it go to commercial after the bell at the end of the rounds. =D
i think noppadet was given the win for constantly going in and dominating the later portion of the fight. sudsakorn was fighting very defensively and couldn’t really find his rhythm. he never got a gameplan together and was winging it the whole match. he did ok in the first rounds as they were slower, but you can see the advantage change during the third. sudsakorn was moving back the whole fight while noppadet was looking to engage. noppadet was clearly in charge by the end of the fight.
two great fighters, was a good match. but noppadet was clearly controlling the fight, i think.