In an emphatic result, despite being an underdog by a wide margin, Masaaki Noiri defied the odds and brutally finished the Thai kickboxing and Muay Thai star Tawanchai at ONE 172. Despite Noiri being outstruck in the first two rounds by the seemingly more well-rounded Tawanchai, who was throwing heavy leather and kicking the Japanese striker with thunderous kicks, Noiri could see and defend well but was still outstruck the first two rounds.
However, In the middle of the third round, Noiri would catch Tawanchai with a vicious counter left hook that would flatten him badly, with him barely answering the bell
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Noiri would not let Tawanchai off the hook as he would brutally beat him down throughout the round, with Tawanchai badly hurt along the ropes and unable to escape Noiri, the referee would stop the fight to save Tawanchai.