His opponent at the Final Elimination was Belarusian kickboxer Alexey Ignashov. Having to overcome weight and 8 in height disadvantage Kaoklai's quick, hit-and-run strategy started to paying off at the end of second round. Ignashov was issued two yellow cards for inactiveness throughout the fight, and the judges scored the fight after one extra round by a split decision in Kaoklai's favor. Kaoklai is being called "Matrix defense" because his defense skills looked like Neo from the movie of The Matrix.