Dave Leduc vs. Tun Tun Min III
| Date | December 16, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Thein Pyu Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | Openweight Golden Belt and lineal Openweight titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Draw
Tun Tun Min gets knocked out at 2:30 of the first round, uses his 2 minutes injury time-out. After 5 rounds, fight is declared a draw with both man standing. Dave Leduc retains the Openweight Golden Belt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dave Leduc vs. Tun Tun Min III, also known as The Biggest Fight In Lethwei History, was a Lethwei world title match between reigning Openweight Lethwei World Champion Dave Leduc and former Openweight Lethwei World Champion Tun Tun Min that took place at Thein Pyu Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar, on December 16, 2018.
The rivalry started in 2016 and this bout was the third fight of the trilogy. Tun Tun Min was knocked out for over 40 seconds by an elbow of Leduc at 2:30 of the first round, and used his 2-minute injury time-out to get back in the fight. The fight ended in a draw according to traditional rules and marked Leduc's 7th consecutive successful title defence. Leduc was seen fighting under the Myanmar flag out of the red corner, marking the first time in Lethwei history for a non-Burmese to fight from the red corner against a Burmese native.