I know most of you have seen some of
these fights already but I figured I would put them all together for
people who haven't watched them. For those of you that haven't
followed along, Team Quest Thailand just produced our first Thailand
Champion after only being open for 8 months. You guy's can see how
HongTongLek Chor Farpleansee's championship run unfolded.
HongTongLek Chor. Farpleansee
It all started back in March, 2012 when
HongTongLek was called to take a fight the next day as a last minute
replacement. He literally was given 20 hours notice. He hadn't had
any fights scheduled so he hadn't trained hard in about a month. But
he can take fights on short notice because he has what is considered
a “I.Q. Style”, meaning he uses his brain and not his strength.
He literally packed his bag and left for the airport 2 hours later.
This fight was live on national television on channel 3. HongTongLek
was a huge underdog going into this fight.
HongTongLek Chor. Farpleansee vs
Phetchartchay Chaoraiooy
Before this fight, HongTongLek's career
was coming to an end. He has been fighting since he was 6 years old
and has had over 350 fights. Before the short notice fight against
Phetchartchay, HongTongLek had just been previously knocked out by 16
year old and up and comer Songkom Sahomsin. After this was talks of
HongTongLek retiring. But after the channel 3 fight his spirits had
been lifted.
The promoter was so impressed with
HongTonglek's willingness to take the fight against Phetchartchay on
short notice that he awarded him with another big fight. This time
against a young and hungry fighters named Kong Esarn. The difference
for HongTongLek in this fight was that he had a full training camp.
Again, HongTongLek was a huge underdog though.
HongTongLek Chor Farpleansee vs Kong
Esarn
This fight was very close but
HongTongLek edged out a close victory. At this point, people started
talking about HongTongLek as a legit contender again. It was his
experience that won him this fight. It's true what they say, you are
only as good as your last fight.
Once again the promoter called and
asked HongTongLek to fight on 3 days notice. This time it was against
a fighter named Rocko (same as Rocky in Thai). HongTongLek never
refuses a fight and with no training left to Bangkok the next day.
Rocko was supposed to be tougher than his last opponents but
HongTongLek's style is designed for clinch fighters like Rocko.
HongTongLek Chor Farpleansee vs. Rocko
This turned out to be a fairly easy
fight for HongTongLek. It was never close at any point and
HongTongLek finished Rocko with a flying knee. After this fight the
promoter told HongTongLek that he might be fighting for the title
next.
HongTongLek didn't end up getting the
next title shot but he did win the chance to fight the toughest fight
of his championship run. Rungsak Pansomboom had been on a tear
leading up to the fight with HongTongLek. Rungsak had won 7 straight
and again, HongTongLek was considered a underdog. Lucky for us,
HongTongLek had a full training camp. So he went in 100% into the
fight.
HongTongLek Chor. Farpleansee vs
RungSak Pansomboom.
You can see in this fight that
HongTongLek had one of his best performances ever. He literally
defended everything including the kitchen sink. As the fight
progressed he started to take over. After this fight the promoter was
so impressed with HongTongLek's performance that he promised him the
next title shot on the spot. The next day the media was buzzing about
it.
The media was classing this as one of
the greatest Muay Thai comebacks in the history of the sport. For
those of you that don't know, HongTongLek retired at age 22 and came
out of retirement at age 28. He was a huge superstar in his day but
at this point in his career he was considered only a gatekeeper for
up and coming superstars to fight so they could make a name off of
him.
Before coming to Team Quest Thailand,
HongTongLek's results were sub par on his comeback. He had won about
half his fights . When we brought him in to Team Quest Thailand, it
was our highest priority to give him the best training environment.
If fighters are happy, it directly effects the students experience
while training.
During HongTongLek's run, another
fighter had been putting together a nice winning streak.
Phetchartchay Chaoraiooy, who HongTongLek originally fought to start
his streak. Phetchartchay put together a string of wins. The belt was
vacated at this point so it only made sense for them to fight for it.
This time though, HongTongLek was the favorite. Here is HongTongLek's
championship fight for the Thailand title at Lumpinee stadium.
HongTongLek Chor. Farpleansee vs
Phetchartchay Chaoraiooy II
HongTongLek surpassed all of his last
performances . This was one of the most lopsided championship fights
I have ever seen. HongTongLek dominated the entire fight.
On August 7, 2012 HongTongLek will be
fighting once again at Lumpinee stadium. Check back soon to get the
video and fight results.
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