00:00This is Paz with Ramadan Ondas, number four, taking on number five.
00:04Two years older is Shimon, four inches in height.
00:09Both fighters made the flyweight limit as Japan squares off against Lebanon.
00:15We're going Global Rules Muay Thai.
00:18It'll be three three-minute rounds.
00:23The Scorpion Ramadan Ondas.
00:26I like to call him the Lebanese Mike Tyson because I have never seen a fighter throw 100% power
00:35from bell to bell.
00:37I always fantasized about being able to fight like that.
00:41Yas Tang Unlimited.
00:43Power personified.
00:45And that is...
00:48Shimon, one of the nastiest strikers to ever come out of Japan.
00:53And the shocking thing is, is that he's only 22 years old.
00:59Out of the Ewa Sports Gym, the WBC Muay Thai Champion of the World is absolutely precision.
01:08Never a wasted shot, Sarah.
01:10Representing Lebanon, Ramadan, Scorpion, Onda.
01:29Representing Japan.
01:38Shimon!
01:42Shimon!
01:43Shimon!
01:48The third man in our second quarterfinal matchup for the one flyweight Muay Thai World Grand Prix.
01:58Nongo sitting ringside as he awaits the next battle-proven contestant to work their way through the tournament and end
02:05up in the semifinals.
02:06Will it be Shimon or Ramadan Undash?
02:09It's a battle of length, Sarah.
02:11It's going to be a battle of distance management.
02:13Who can spectacular opportunity?
02:15It really puts these guys at the forefront of the entire division.
02:19Let's see how this thing plays out.
02:21Right now we're seeing a lot of kicks coming from Shimon.
02:24There's a nice heavy landed calf kick by Undash.
02:29But Shimon.
02:30The moon is taking the center of the ring and really making all that work.
02:33That big hook doubling up.
02:36This is the second one.
02:38Shimon ties him up for a second.
02:40But I think this is going to be the key.
02:42Shimon needs to be lightning fast and able to use that ring.
02:46Undash trying to pull him into a shot.
02:49That's one of his favorite moves.
02:50That catch of the kick.
02:52He's putting everything into it.
02:54It's what you talked about, Mitch.
02:55Just the torque on his punches look devastating if they land clean.
03:02To the body up top.
03:03Oh, and that one cracked him too.
03:05And Shimon snarled at him.
03:07Yeah, you might have got me, but I took it.
03:10Shimon is so long out there.
03:12He just hits you from ranges you wouldn't think he could get you from.
03:16And he's able to extend his body almost.
03:20Three minutes in the books there.
03:22Ramadan Undash in that Tiger Muay Thai corner.
03:25We saw Johnny Betts in there barking in his ear.
03:27Doug, what do you think he's talking to him about?
03:28Johnny Betts and his fellow contracted brother, Abda, was in there giving him some pointers.
03:33I think he was telling him to find that rhythm and timing now and start to let go inside the
03:38pocket.
03:39I think what we saw with the catching of the kicks, he had some success there.
03:43I expect to see Shimon continues to strike through downrange.
03:47Undash has got to step in and make him pay.
03:51But I think Shimon's advice from the corner there, he did a great job.
03:54That left kick is just disrupting any time Undash tries to come in.
03:59And he's not just eating the shit.
04:01He's eating the top of the knee, which hurts even more.
04:03That's why he's not evil.
04:04He went from the body right there to the inside of the leg on Ramadan.
04:09Ramadan, just an absolute tornado once he gets his way into the pocket.
04:15Yeah, Shimon starting to target with the counter elbows now to face that pressure.
04:19As Undash is starting to let go in the corner.
04:23But look how composed Shimon to snipe him from range, Sarah.
04:28Yeah, that's the thing right now.
04:30When Undash gets in there, he does good work.
04:32But Shimon answers him.
04:34So he's still being effective in that close range.
04:36And on the outside, Undash isn't having the answer.
04:39Even there, Shimon quick to block, ready to answer.
04:43Getting more dominant.
04:45Wow, look at that head movement.
04:47Serving him well right now to deal with the pressure as Undash comes in and tries to hang
04:53with his boxing.
04:55And Shimon there going for another knee on top.
04:58That's two.
04:58He's been showing for Undash along with that left leg, leaving the opening for potentially
05:03a head kick.
05:04Very good second round.
05:06I think this one, Shimon edging further and further ahead.
05:11Undash.
05:11Ramadan is landing some of these punches, as we saw from kind of the replays.
05:15And he's fury because he throws so fast.
05:17But Ramadan is connecting.
05:19And he does have moments where he's coming forward, which looks good to the judges.
05:23So I think it's a little bit closer than Shimon's kind of letting on.
05:27But Ramadan is still in this fight.
05:29He can still find success if he can really.
05:32But Shimon is just making sure that he keeps chomping the lead leg.
05:36This is where Ramadan is best to work.
05:40A nice off balance there from Shimon to catch Ramadan as he was throwing his whole body
05:46into those shots.
05:47Expect the kicks to score as high.
05:50He's moving.
05:50And then Undash's body with every left kick.
05:54These fighters from AWOS Fortune are so sound in all areas of the fight.
05:59Defensive movement when he wants to hunt and stalk people with his finishing techniques,
06:03right?
06:04These shots.
06:05I mean, Shimon's clearly doing his sit-ups.
06:06He's got the body on him, ready to deal with those power shots.
06:11Because when he goes up top, Undash misses.
06:13And then just like this, Shimon's able to deal with them.
06:15And the body stays at the same spot.
06:17That's like his only way to close the distance,
06:19is that leaping hook to try to get in there.
06:22And it's so telegraphed.
06:23He's going to flex a lot of those shots, right?
06:25His defense is already up.
06:27By the time the kick, the punch comes.
06:31Ramadan just so impressive, throwing everything he can at it.
06:42Ramadan was gained from the first jump of that bell and really tried to bring it.
06:49Mouthguard stayed in.
06:51Yeah, everybody can calm down about that.
06:53He is ready.
06:55All three judges have scored this contest in favor of your winner by unanimous decision.
07:04And now, advancing to the one flyweight Muay Thai Grand Prix semifinal,
07:13Shimon, playing not just the matador, but controlling the whole ring, parrying all.
07:24Shimon.
07:26Hot!
07:28Bye.
07:29Bye.
07:32t
07:34j
