With a huge Orange crowd on hand to watch, Ah-See lands the first blow with a crisp right jab, right on Tinampay's nose.
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But, the Filipino fighter signals his intentions early, throwing a number of loose overhand shots at the Orange Southpaw. Crucially, every single one misses, and Ah-See deftly counters them all.
In the dying stages of the round, Ah-See lands a left uppercut flush, visibly rocking Tinampay on the bell.
Another brutal uppercut, and flurry of counter punches saw Arnel Tinampay's legs all but go from underneath him.
They didn't quite start the Aeroplane Jelly song, but they wobbled, enough for Ah-See to spy his advantage and land several more clean blows toward the end of the round.
Ah-See landed the uppercut, and after Tinampay threw a gigantic haymaker in response he used all his nous to land a number of counter punches right on the money. He finished the round by whacking Tinampay with a right hook.
With his injured left hand seemingly troubling him, Ah-See played right into Tinampay's hands in the third by standing, and trading blows with the Filipino.
Considering Tinampay has fought several top Australian fighters at middleweight, Ah-See was doing exactly what he couldn't afford to - he was trying to out-power the Filipino.
But, Ah-See quickly realised he had a problem, and reverted back to his jab, keeping Tinampay on the outside. He even taunted him.
Dropping his hands, Ah-See forced the Filipino to chase him and although Tinampay did crack Ah-See with a couple during the taunt, the Orange southpaw had a psychological, and physical, edge he wouldn't relinquish.
Tinampay was gone by this stage, out on his feet but still not willing to give an inch.
With nothing left in the tank and his right eye almost swollen shut, Tinampay attempted to rally - and to be fair, he did make up some ground.
He landed several blows, and Ah-See loosened up a little bit defensively as a result. As he had all fight, Tinampay looked for a killer blow, which he just couldn't find due to Ah-See's speed and footwork.
He did land two big right hooks, but having lost much of his power from exerting so much energy in the early rounds, Ah-See didn't look hurt. In fact, he countered with a jab both times, and landed.
A lot of the punters in the place had already scored all seven rounds to Ah-See at this point, on judge had too, and the Orange southpaw knew it.
He'll never admit it, but for all but the last 10 seconds of the round he took his foot off the gas somewhat. While Tinampay came hard, desperate for one lucky punch to send Ah-See to the canvas, the Orange fighter let the Filipino chase him.
He used his jab efficiently - as he had the entire fight - and countered well when he needed to. So well, he won this round too.
