Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-19, good fight between Sittichai Sitsongpeenong and Marat Grigorian: it gets three stars.The 2014 Lumpinee Ww champion Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 103-29-6 and he is ranked as the No.3 super welterweight in the world. He has already fought eleven times in 2015 losing twice: against Dylan Salvador in May (via split decision) and Robin van Roosmalen in his last fight in November (valid for the Glory Lw title, Roosmalen vs Sittichai).
His opponent, Marat Grigorian, has an official record of 44-7-1 (25 knockouts) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He has also lost twice in 2015 (fighting eight times): against Yodsanklai Fairtex in April (who was scheduled to fight Sittichai in the original fight card of Kunlun 35, Yodsanklai vs Grigorian) and Sergey Adamchuk in June; after this bout he has won three times beating Jordann Pikeur in his last one (final of the K-1 World GP tournament Grigorian vs Pikeur). Sitthichai vs Grigorian, main event of Kunlun Fight 35, is the quarterfinal of the Kunlun middleweight championship tournament. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: Kunlun Fight 35
Date: 2015-12-19
Where: Luoyang, Henan, China
Division: super welterweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg)
Sitthichai’s previous fight: Robin van Roosmalen vs Sitthichai
Grigorian’s previous fight: Marat Grigorian vs Jordann Pikeur
Grigorian’s next fight: Marat Grigorian vs Anatoly Moiseev
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A very active fight and very close which was difficult to judge since it could has gone either way. A high volume of kicks were interchanged by both fighters with good low internal kicks connected by Marat that were bothering the Thai and affecting his balance to the point of falling twice in the last round with no consequence.
High pace fight, exciting. Round 1 was close, I gave both latter rounds to Sittichai, just an unstoppable pace and no answer on defense besides the good low kicks that took him down twice. Props to Sittichai, smaller fighter but still took the big punches.