Thailand's Buakaw Por. Pramuk and France's Mickael Piscitello went toe-to-toe for the most part of three rounds. Piscitello was willing to stand and get into heavy exchanges with Buakaw. Despite Piscitello willing to stand and trade with Buakaw and not take a defensive approach to the bout, it was clear Buakaw was the superior striker. In the third round a right elbow in the clinch sent Piscitello down. Piscitello got up after the referee's count, but he wouldn't last much longer as Buakaw connected with a perfectly timed right elbow that sent Piscitello down for good and the referee stopped the fight. The outstanding third round (T)KO sends Buakaw to the finals of the 154lb tournament.