Yodsaenklai vs Malaipet: Jamaica Bloodclot Romp Man!

Yodsaenklai vs Malaipet
WBC Muay Thai Super Welterweight Title Fight
Event: International Muay Thai Champion of Champions Fight Night
Date: June 20, 2008
Location: Montego Bay, Jamaica

With the WBC Muay Thai Super Welterweight Title on the line, predictions on this much anticipated fight between international super stars Yodsanklai Fairtex and Malaipet “The Diamond” Sasiprapa took every possible perspective and were as numerous as grains of sand on the beach. The outcome of the fight certainly vindicated some predictions, and shocked others.

Some had argued that although both fighters had well over 150 legitimate fights worth of experience, Yodsaenklai had faced a higher caliber of opponents in Thailand, than Malaipet has in the United States. That prediction proved true, as Yodsaenklai thoroughly and methodically dismantled Malaipet with heavy and accurate hands, repeated kicks and a clean elbow shot that opened a nasty cut over Malaipet’s right eye in the 2nd round, and eventually led to a doctor’s stoppage at the end of round 3, resulting in a win by TKO for the reigning WBC Muay Thai Super Welterweight champion, Yodsaenklai Fairtex.

For the American audience, who are used to seeing Malaipet walk through his competition in the United States with a great deal of showmanship and those vicious flying knees, what happened in Jamaica was surely a sorry surprise. Malaipet was unable to get any solid shots in that had any effect on Yodsaenklai at all. Yodsaenklai methodically stalked Malaipet throughout the fight, showing absolutely no emotion and no discomfort with anything Malaipet had to throw at him.

Meanwhile, he showered Malaipet with his heavy hands, repeatedly landing solid combinations from multiple angles on Malaipet, who seemed unable to evade the onslaught. Malaipet failed to move dynamically around the ring and consistently lost the battle for positioning throughout the fight, allowing Yodsaenklai to bully him around the ring and pursue him for the full duration of the fight. Malaipet’s poor footwork and positioning caused him to take a number of big shots, including a few hard uppercuts that got a boisterous reaction from the crowd.

Ultimately, in the 2nd round, Malaipet caught a clean elbow that just clipped him above the right eye, opening a nasty cut that continued to swell up through the remainder of the fight from the repeated head shots he continued to take from Yodsaenklai. Although many fans were disappointed with Malaipet’s performance, he showed tremendous heart and a rock solid chin, absorbing a brutal beating that would have felled almost any other fighter much earlier in the fight. Malaipet continued to throw punches and kicks back at Yodsaenklai and even came at him with some flying knees deep into the fight, but he just could not land on Yodsaenklai in combination or with effect enough to back him off from his dogged pursuit.

By the end of round 3, both of Malaipet’s eyes were badly swollen and blood from the cut above his right eye continued to obscure his vision. During the break between rounds, the Doctor at ringside called a stop to the bout on account of the cut above Malaipet’s right eye. Yodsaenklai was pronounced the winner by TKO and maintained his grip on the WBC Muay Thai Super Welterweight Title.

Here is the fight in it’s entirety: