Kenneth Nathan Tongsong, a youth mma athlete who just moved up to seniors, lost to Zharekeyev Kairatbek of Kazakhstan, a professional mma athlete, 2-0. Still waiting on the Asi
22 May 2026 · association · TAMMA
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Kenneth Nathan Tongsong, a youth mma athlete who just moved up to seniors, lost to Zharekeyev Kairatbek of Kazakhstan, a professional mma athlete, 2-0. Still waiting on the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games quota.
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Kenneth Nathan Tongsong, a youth mma athlete who just moved up to seniors, lost to Zharekeyev Kairatbek of Kazakhstan, a professional mma athlete, 2-0. Still waiting on the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games quota.
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Opponent, in the red corner, Tongsong Kenneth Nathan from Thailand. Oh no. It's the Silver Fox, the Silver Killer. This guy put in like, what looked like zero effort. And one punch marked his opponent. And the winner on mat A by submission is the Red Corner, Ratcliffe Maria Issa from the Philippines. Next up on mat A We have the quarter finals For the traditional MMA women's Minus 54 kilograms In the blue corner Hirata Ayane From Japan This is going to be a banger Yeah, I'm predicting this is the wildcard, wacky, super entertaining, banger of the day. All the way at the end here, fight about 45 of the day. And her opponent in the red corner, Sevarosaduloiva from Uzbekistan. Look how calm Kai Rotback is. It's nuts. There you go. That's what I would have done too. I'm not just standing in front of that guy. See if he's got takedown defense and of course he does. He's got like slick judo trips and stuff. This is the hilarious star of the day Kai Rotback. casual nonchalant style ever it's already seems to be so much flummoxing Nathan here he's not he's not doing much good defensive knee there that's a good low kick from Nathan right what do you do with this guy he's so comfortable I Ah, he walked him out of bounds. That's one. There's two minutes left, and there's already one in the book. Again, if he goes out two more times, it's over. Not even close. This is what I deserve. I talk the big game. I do not know what I would suggest to game plan for this man. It's such a unique attack. And he's so... There you go. That's a good job. You know. One to the cubes. Oh, he's out again. Can't let it happen again. That's two out of bounds already in round one. But I think Nathan did almost crack the code. Yep, you gotta cover more ground than you're used to. That hop step, that extra foot or two or three that you're covering directly at your opponent. I mean, you are going in the danger zone. But I think that, you know, you gotta do that in order to reach him, but it also takes him off his game plan a little bit. If he thinks he only needs to move back one foot, move his head back six inches, and you keep coming with it. So far that's the only way I can think of. Unreal. I've never seen anyone with less concern for anything. And they're in the middle of a, you know, you're staring at another well-rounded dude trying to deliver blows all over this guy couldn't care less he's so chill he's so confident same time largely defensive round for kairat back and could you know judges could see this anyway That's not going to help. Lucky that didn't land because we are not soccer kicking anybody. That's a warning. It's huge. All right. We're going to need some major adjustments here in the tie corner. But let me see the scores first. It could be 10-10. Not a lot happened there. You can be sort of as cocky as you want, you still gotta land successful strikes. Right now he's largely avoiding them, yeah of course. You know, 10 nines across the board, of course, but not a lot of scoring regardless. Look at him. He's talking to people and joking in the corner. This guy is one of a kind. I'm going with the silver killer or the silver gorilla or... Yep. Silver killer I like. Patent trademark. That's me. Jerky ass. What do we got going on here? What do we got going on here? This guy's got to stop taking ice baths in the corner. It's a bit ridiculous. I like how the ref gets kind of angry about it, because I would too. This is like a sort of random annoying thing to have to deal with in the middle of the little fisticuffs here. And the winner on Matt A via TKO is the red corner, Zivaros Saduloeva from Uzbekistan. Yep, I mean, yeah, if he can be more active, anybody can slip up. So that's also another. Can't move at that Muay Thai speed. You got to move. You got to give him a lot to think about. Get him off of his line. Get him off of out of his comfort zone, which he hasn't been able to do yet at all. Yeah, there you go. Yeah, I mean, this is very different. Congratulations. You almost caught his kick. He kicked you in the stomach, you know. As happy as you want. Wag your finger all you want, but you're not doing much either. Yep. You know. Largely defensive situation here. And Nathan down on all three judges' scorecards, but not by much. Nice right hand from Nathan there a second ago. You can see the water flying. It's that kind of stuff that's just bad optics. If it's not there, don't throw it. It's basically how this guy's rattling everybody. I mean, he's super talented, but he's also taking just your average, everyday move and just mocking you if you don't land a kick or a punch. Yep, and there it is. Now we got some more offense. I'd continue with that as much as possible. I mean he thinks he's super cool because he almost caught it. He got kicked in the chest. One minute remaining. What we got here? I applaud Nathan keeping it professional. At this point, I would lose my mind looking at this guy just mocking me. I'm not going out like this. And why would you try that again? Come on, bro. Get in that phone booth. Just make him pay, yeah. I'm gonna, there you go. That was a good right hand from Nathan. Make him pay for that arrogance. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, self-preservation, but a bit of a chicken out there for Captain Overconfidence. Nice knee. Good stuff. This is entertaining. Man, it's definitely worth the price of admission. Yeah. Brilliant strategy there, you know. essentially spooked him out of the ring. Three seconds left. I think we've got our villain, our tournament villain, sports villain, not a real villain. It's funny to have villains in sports. so funny like I said there's not a lot of volume coming from him on that side decision is the blue corner Jaraka of Kairat back from Kazakhstan it was not a unanimous decision decision. We have a 1919 scorecard. One of the judges