Kongtaranee Payakaroon vs Wangjannoi Sor Palangchai (video)

Samart Payakaroon was arguably the best Thai fighter ever. Wangjannoi was one of the few who defeated Samart.
Samart later claimed that Wangjannoi was his toughest fight.

Watch his brother, Kongtaranee (Blue) take on Wangjannoi (Red)

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHZLIGTIKUI

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFMujdqjRto

Kru was talking about studying fights objectively, and looking for the story behind what happened in the fight (why does a fighter move that way? what kind of strategy did they employ to land certain techniques?)

This is MY personal take on this fight:

Although Wangjannoi showed a lot of dominance of the ring space and was definitely the aggressor, I thought what Kongtaranee was doing was far more interesting.

I found he was very good at taking advantage of where Wangjannoi placed his weight. As Wangjannoi came forward, Kongtaranee started to chop the lead leg when there was weight on it. Then Kongtaranee started get space and had Wangjannoi walking into some mean punches.

Towards the end, Kongtaranee was starting to time Wangjannoi every time he came in, and even kicked him when he put weight onto his rear leg. He was really catching Wangjannoi every time he put a lot of weight on one leg.

SPOILER:
Wangjannoi was able to press forward and dictate most of the action, which earned him the win. Despite this, there's a lot I picked up on my own from watch Kongtaranee.

While my interpretation of the fight is not necessarily the best and may also change after watching the fight several more times, it's just to show you an example of small things you can look for in any fight and add it to your personal understanding of the sport.