It is one of the greatest richnesses of Muay Thai that there are so many sub-styles (punch-fighters, clinch-fighters, heavy-kick fighters, etc.). It is fascinating to see Petchboonchu trying to dart forward to lock his opponents in an anaconda-like grip, and them trying to avoid it through all means possible; but it can be said without a doubt that if Muay Thai was made exclusively of clinch fighters, it would become dull, slow and boring.

I love petboonchu! The ultimate cling on monster! Most hate his style but u cannot deny his talent and his style makes it almost impossible to beat on his good days!

Amazing match. I am a fan of Pakorn, and it was a very very close match, but in my personal opinion Petch won, even if by very little, at least two of the three important rounds (3, 4 and 5). I think the judges preferred Petch because of his neat style, both in applying the techniques, and generally in terms of presence on the ring. Not to mention he is taller, whiter and not tattooed... these are also matters that count, in a match of this level, like it or not. :) Something for all the muay thai passionates that were surprised at the verdict: 1) don't think about points and scoring points in muay thai. I know the official rules talk about points, but that is a simplicifation: the judgement in muay thai is always holistic. Difficult to explain, but less difficult if you stop reasoning in terms of points and score. No score in muay thai, there is only the most strong, brave, beautiful, effective, respectful boxer on the ring. 2) Always look at the end of the fifth round. 9/10, the boxer that is still attacking knows that he is going to lose, and recognises it by attacking. The boxer that does not attack anymore, knows that he is going to win, and makes it explicit by defending, or trying to lose time. Is a strategical and psychological game, but it means a lot. If a boxer is probably winning till that moment, but he keeps attacking, he loses credibility, like if he is devaluating his own work, and the judges are going to take this into account if he will not make something important out of those last attacks. If both boxers are still attacking and fighting hard, or if both stop attacking, you understand that this is relevant too: by penalizing the one who was in advantage in the first case, and the one who was in disadvantage in the second case. Someone put this down in terms of 'understanding muay thai'. I think it is correct, but just 'understanding the match' is also correct. In this match here, look at who is attacking in the end of the fifth. :) Maybe he would have lost anyway, but I personally think it would have been better for him to stop when Petch stopped, and just tease him. I think that there would have been a chance that, in that case, the match would have ended by draw.

Like it or not - petboonchu got the better of the clinching. As soon as pakorn was dominating mid-long petboonchu closed and it won him the fight. How good is pakorn!!! He's an almost complete fighter. He looked like he developed that body hook just for this fight. He scored well with it a few times.

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Damn, Close and intense fight. Pakorn's sweeps are pretty amazing and petboonchu has a wicked front kick to the head! great fight

two amazing fighters.. Petch so strong.. Pakorn so complete..

such a great fight

Super cool!

Anyone else think that Pakorn clearly won this fight?

Close close fight. Its hard to deal with petch height. Slightly more effective in the clinch. Idk it was very close.

How much does the winner get, it cant All be 1000 baht notes or what?

Petch's elbows in the clinch are amazing

I will never understand Thai Judges, in my opinion Pakorn dominated, i felt like the clinch by Petch was all he could do to prevent Pakorn from continuing his onslaught of tactical dismemberment .. the last round Pakorn landed some amazing elbows and uppercuts, however either way .. this was a really good fight!!

Can I have the same cup that pakorn has on?

petchboonchu is the point keeper .

Take down at 13:00 was pretty special!

Pakorn should have won

A lesson in how to sweep!

I thought the Thais scored more for sweeps/throws. Amazing fight I don't agree with decision but mad respect to both.

9:03 beautiful sweep

Pakorn had a stronger performance imo, Petch clinch was kinda neutralized and Pakorn was stronger on the outside with his punching

amazing clinching

Даже Пакорн не выдержал такого напора,силён Петчбончу.

i would have liked to see the throw at 13:00 but shit camera work is a thailand trademark.

A Muay Mat meeting a Muay Khao. Interesting fight for sure.

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6:36😂

Pakorn is a pretty underrated fighter but I can tell he won the day in this fight landed most his blows to Petchs guard but Petchs attacks were either slipped or countered mostly grazed maybe I watch to much boxing but I guess talking a punch with a tight guard scores less against you than slipping them

wtf lol pakorn won the fight

who knows the rule knows that pakorn did not win, petboonchu is a Muay kao his game is clinch, pakorn could not undo his game

Upper cut elbow

pakorn clear winner

9:03

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I wish i understood muay thai judging. I thought pakorn won that fight. I understand the clinch is really important in scoring but does it really nullify all the elbows and punches that pakorn through, not to mention the leg kicks and his ability to avoid most of what pet through at him "besides those nasty teeps to the face"

Pakorn won

Well I must be hiiiiigh as fuck I mean I just wanna say one thing. How the hell Petchboonchu won? I think this is a really good question if you could answer me you are a genius in my opinion seriosuly, ty thats all

Really dislike Petchboonchu's style. He's just manipulating the rules + his abilities to get easy wins against great fighters.

Watched that fight twice to see what I missed?!!? Deffo robbed

Hey, again no expert, but in my mind Pakorn won as well. The guy sweeps more than a road cleaner.

There's always a few people that have no clue how the thai scoring works and what it means to dominate but bitch in the comments. Petch was more active in the clinch which scores a lot and neutralized pakorn boxing which is most of the time scores as a minor point unless the punch is really unbalancing or a takedown. Both great fighters, Petchboonchu won, full stop

lol dammn

weird scoring

He is no Buakaw , thinks he is but he is plastic Buakaw lolol

Guy in red threw first elbow and teiped blue in the face. That is really fucking disrespectful. I don't agree with the judges either, I think blue won this one, but reds knees were much better and in Muay Thai that counts for a lot..

Plastic Buakaw took a lovely kick to the neck 11 mins in , lol it scared the shit out of him

And again 30 seconds later , looks like he wants to cry boo hooo