Flyweight, Top Noi Vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
Tale of the Tape
Phuket, Thailand
30-years-old
5’9″
9-4
Combined opponents’ record: 56-39
Mongolia
25-years-old
5’7″
6-0
Six-fight win streak
Combined opponents’ record: 23-13-2
Pros and Cons
Top Noi
Pros
- Heavy kicks
- Good elbows
- Hits hard
- Dangerous in exchanges
- Power left hook
- Explosive
- Good counter striker
Cons
- Suspect chin
- Rushing in exposed
- Limited grappling
- TDD needs some work
- Hands low
- Low volume
- Nothing off his back
Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
Pros
- Fast starter
- Good volume
- Knockout power/Heavy hands
- Submission threat
Cons
- Questionable grappling defense
Prediction: Noi was on the inaugural season of Road to UFC and made it to the second round before getting knocked out. He’s back this season but in a non-tournament bout.
Tumendemberel is the one with the hype in this fight. He’s unbeaten, knocking guys out, and has a 100% finish rate. There is still so much unknown about Tumendemberel however. He’s hasn’t fought anybody truly good and his fights go by so fast he doesn’t show much of his skill set. The one fight he had go to a second round he had his back taken the entire first round.
Noi should be a lot better than he shows in the cage. He’s got sharp striking and good power but lacks activity and any sort of urgency. This is by far the toughest fight to score due to all the questions about Tumendemberel. I’m picking Noi. He’s just shown so much more. Maybe Tumendemberel will knock him out but we don’t know how he will do against a technical striker in Noi. Tumendemberel may take Noi down and finish from there but we don’t know how good his wrestling is.
