PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chalamthong Sitsongrit (ranked 4885 p4p, 5813 weight class) and Ty Little (ranked 482 p4p, 519 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sitsongrit
vs
Little

176 cm
18
157
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
164
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chalamthong Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ty Little!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little throws a good cross that connects.
Little scoring well with a low kick there.
Sitsongrit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit slips a jab from Little.
Sitsongrit throws a head kick that misses.
Sitsongrit clobbers Little with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick.
Little stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sitsongrit.
Little thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Little moves away.
Little throws a combination that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Little scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Little swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sitsongrit counters with a good low kick that Little was not able to check.
Sitsongrit throws a nice inside leg kick.
Little slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Little looks to land a right hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Little. Those never looked like landing.
Little looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Sitsongrit with a jab.
Ty Little seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Little throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sitsongrit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Little pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Little steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sitsongrit. That one must have hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Little misses with a looping left.
Sitsongrit was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Little throws a shot from downtown. Sitsongrit moves away and avoids it.
Little throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sitsongrit.
Little uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Little throws a lazy uppercut
and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Sitsongrit closes the distance and clinches.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Little avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Sitsongrit fails to land.
Little managing to block the knees to the body from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Little looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sitsongrit tries to land knees in the clinch but Little avoids the damage to the body.
Little wants to get back to striking at distance but Sitsongrit won't allow it.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch to the body.
Little tries to break free but Sitsongrit pushes him back against the cage.
Sitsongrit lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Little.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little has had enough of the clinch but Sitsongrit keeps him there for the moment.
Sitsongrit trying to land knees to the body.
Little wants to get back to striking at distance but Sitsongrit won't allow it.
Good body shot from Sitsongrit.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sitsongrit tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Little avoids it.
Sitsongrit struggles to land a body shot inside as Little controls his hands.
Sitsongrit throws a knee to the head but misses.
Little on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a punch but it's blocked by Little.
Sitsongrit pushes off an throws an elbow but Little leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sitsongrit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Little is defending well for now.
Little has had enough of the clinch but Sitsongrit keeps him there for the moment.
Sitsongrit misses with an elbow over the top.
Sitsongrit tries to land knees in the clinch but Little avoids the damage to the body.
Sitsongrit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Little.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot in the clinch.
Little working hard to break the clinch.
Little wants to break free but Sitsongrit has control.
Little is looking to break free of the clinch but Sitsongrit has double underhooks.
Sitsongrit creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Little blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitsongrit throws an elbow that misses.
Little blocks an elbow strike from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit gets through Little's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit throws a punch but it's blocked by Little.
Little wants to get back to striking at distance but Sitsongrit won't allow it.
Little blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Sitsongrit.
Little is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Little is trying to push Sitsongrit away but Sitsongrit has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sitsongrit has him pressed against the cage.

Sitsongrit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sitsongrit pushes Little away with a front kick.
Little ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Little might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Little fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Little fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Little finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Little throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Sitsongrit on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Little looks to land a right hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sitsongrit quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Sitsongrit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Little.
Sitsongrit thumps Little with a low kick.
Sitsongrit thuds his shin into the meat of Little's side.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Little manages to avoid it.
Little bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sitsongrit's head backwards.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Little.
A big left from Sitsongrit misses.
Little digs a good body shot into Sitsongrit's ribs.
No joy there for Little, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chalamthong Sitsongrit dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Little ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sitsongrit!
Little jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Little tests Sitsongrit's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Little throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Little. Sitsongrit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Little misses with an uppercut. Sitsongrit saw that one coming.
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice cross by Little.
Little uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Little misses with a looping right.
Sitsongrit was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ty Little seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A low kick lands for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice right hand.
Little clobbers Sitsongrit with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Little waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit looks to land a body kick but Little moved away.
Little is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sitsongrit scores with a hook to the body. Little takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Little.
Little with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Little can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit tries to move into range but Little moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Little does a little dance to reset his feet.
Little pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sitsongrit lands an overhand right.
Sitsongrit throws a sloppy head kick and Little moves out of range easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Little misses.
Sitsongrit throws a nice inside leg kick.
Little misses the jab.

Sitsongrit instigates a clinch.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as Little controls the action.
Little avoids the elbow strike from Sitsongrit, against the cage.
Sitsongrit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Little backwards.
Little has had enough of the clinch but Sitsongrit keeps him there for the moment.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit tries to land knees in the clinch but Little avoids the damage to the body.
Little has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sitsongrit seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Little can turn it around.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Sitsongrit.
A right hand to the body from Sitsongrit.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sitsongrit prevents Little from breaking the clinch.
Sitsongrit missing with knees to the body.
Little avoids the elbow strike from Sitsongrit, against the cage.
Little blocks the elbow strike.
Little throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sitsongrits head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sitsongrit throws an elbow but misses.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Little's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Little is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sitsongrit trying to land knees to the body.
Little wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sitsongrit misses with an elbow strike.
Little can't break the clinch.
Little blocks an elbow strike from Sitsongrit.
Little tries to circle away but Sitsongrit has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Sitsongrit.
Little can't break the clinch.
Little on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Sitsongrit.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sitsongrit throws an elbow but misses.
Sitsongrit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sitsongrit pushes off an throws an elbow but Little leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sitsongrit pushes off an throws an elbow but Little leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Sitsongrit escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the side of Little's head but Little sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sitsongrit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Little throws a lazy right hand but Sitsongrit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick that knocks Little off balance momentarily.
Little throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Little misses with an uppercut. Sitsongrit saw that one coming.
Little will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
As Little backs away, Sitsongrit returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to Little's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Little throws a low kick but Sitsongrit moves out of range easily.
Sitsongrit feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Little takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Little connects with a crisp jab.
Little will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sitsongrit slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Little cracks Sitsongrit with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A big right from Little misses.
Sitsongrit fires out a quick counter leg kick but Little just manages to avoid it.
Little uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Little misses with a looping right.
Nice jab there from Little.
Little throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sitsongrit sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Little shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sitsongrit as he avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Little on the side of the head.
Little pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sitsongrit back to the cage. Little follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chalamthong Sitsongrit dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Little lands an overhand right.
Little misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Sitsongrit wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Little tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Little misses with a hook.
Sitsongrit thows a body kick. Little tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sitsongrit scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Little doesn't seem bothered though.
Sitsongrit thumps Little with a low kick.
Sitsongrit with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sitsongrit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Little throws a looping overhand right but Sitsongrit ducks down to avoid it.
Sitsongrit jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sitsongrit scores with a push kick.
Sitsongrit misses the shot to the body.
Little lands a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Little misses.
Sitsongrit looks to throw the jab but Little is out of range.
Little has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sitsongrit.
Little misses the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Little. Those never looked like landing.
Sitsongrit was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sitsongrit lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sitsongrit.
A big left from Little misses.
Little misses with a hook.
Little throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Sitsongrit takes the fight into the clinch.
Little is trying to push Sitsongrit away but Sitsongrit has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Little is trying to break the clinch but Sitsongrit is controlling him.
Sitsongrit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chalamthong Sitsongrit has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Little can't break the clinch.

Sitsongrit escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Little looks to land a right hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range.
Sitsongrit tried to counter with a leg kick but Little avoided it.
Sitsongrit cracks Little with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Little misses with a lunging right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a body kick that stops Little in his tracks momentarily.
Little fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sitsongrit looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sitsongrit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Little on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little misses with a left hand
and Sitsongrit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Little fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Little.
Sitsongrit blocks a jab.
Sitsongrit connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Little cracks Sitsongrit with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Little lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sitsongrit circles away quickly and effectively.
Sitsongrit stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sitsongrit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Sitsongrit instigates a clinch.

Sitsongrit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Little throws a lazy right hand but Sitsongrit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sitsongrit jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Sitsongrit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Little misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sitsongrit.
Little scores with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Sitsongrit coming out on top.
Little's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd cheers as Sitsongrit lands an impressive looking overhand right. Little doesn't seem phased though.

Sitsongrit clinches up with Little and pushes him back against the cage.
Sitsongrit working aggressively here.
Sitsongrit scores with a shoulder strike.
Little dodges an elbow strike from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Sitsongrit scores with a nice short uppercut.

It looks like Ty Little has been cut.
Sitsongrit lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Little backwards.

Sitsongrit breaks from the clinch.
Little chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sitsongrit can pounce on him.
Little lands a body shot.
Little with a hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A cross from Sitsongrit lands.
Little swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sitsongrit counters with an outside leg kick.
Little misses with a series of wild punches.
Little takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little misses with a lunging right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Little has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Little there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sitsongrit thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Little if he has to take too many more of those.
Little on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Little takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sitsongrit slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Little takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sitsongrit connects with a right hand. Little shakes it off.
That kick from Sitsongrit tenderised Little's leg. Little is trying to keep his angry face on.
A telegraphed right hand from Little misses the target.
Little missing with a left hand there. Sitsongrit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Little has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Little strikes.
Sitsongrit half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ty Little has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sitsongrit with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Little misses with an uppercut. Sitsongrit saw that one coming.
Little on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Little throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chalamthong Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Little misses with a straight left.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chalamthong Sitsongrit showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sitsongrit has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chalamthong Sitsongrit!