PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Georges Moxley (ranked 431 p4p, 87 weight class) and Surianglek Sitsongrit (ranked 61 p4p, 13 weight class). Moxley comes to the cage accompanied by Andre Nickatina - Color of the Benz. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Surianglek Sitsongrit enters the cage!

Moxley
vs
Sitsongrit

189 cm
36
158
27 - 14 - 1

177 cm
32
156
26 - 10 - 0

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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 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Georges Moxley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Surianglek Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Moxley counters with a right hand to the body.
Sitsongrit shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a front kick aimed at Moxley's knee but Moxley avoids it well.
Moxley scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sitsongrit moves away from the strike by Moxley.
Sitsongrit takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Sitsongrit fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Moxley looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Moxley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit lands with an uppercut that bounces Moxley off the cage and back into range.

Sitsongrit darts in and clinches Moxley up against the cage.
Moxley scores with a hook to the body.
Moxley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with an uppercut but Moxley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moxley lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Moxley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moxley lands a body shot.
Moxley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moxley is looking to take this one to the mat.
Moxley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moxley swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moxley lands a nice shot to the body.

Moxley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Moxley throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Moxley checks a low kick from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Moxley.
Moxley throws a lazy right hand but Sitsongrit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Moxley looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Moxley walks into a jab.
Moxley throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Moxley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Moxley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sitsongrit fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Moxley is out of range.
Moxley takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sitsongrit staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit feints a counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Moxley.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sitsongrit gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sitsongrit throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Moxley on the side of the head.
Surianglek Sitsongrit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sitsongrit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Moxley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sitsongrit sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Moxley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Moxley connects with a body shot.
Moxley connects with a right hand. Sitsongrit shakes it off.
Sitsongrit misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Moxley misses with a wild body shot.
Moxley checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sitsongrit throws out a leg kick but Moxley moves out of range and Sitsongrit only half commits.
Moxley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick that misses.
Moxley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it.
Moxley fails with the takedown.
A swing and a miss from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a right hand that misses
and Moxley counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab.
Moxley shoots in for a takedown but Sitsongrit shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges Moxley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moxley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sitsongrit was well out of range. Poor timing from Moxley.
Sitsongrit looks to land a left hand but Moxley moved out of range nicely.
Sitsongrit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Moxley keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sitsongrit connects with an inside leg kick.
Moxley catches Sitsongrit with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sitsongrit connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Moxley lands a right hook to the body.
Moxley scores with a jab to the jaw.
Moxley walks into a stiff left hand from Sitsongrit.
Moxley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit connects with a body shot that sends Moxley's belly button to the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Moxley shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Sitsongrit kicks off Moxley and gets to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Moxley misses its intended target.
A jab from Moxley misses.

Sitsongrit gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Moxley misses with the head strike.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as Moxley controls the action.

Sitsongrit breaks from the clinch.
Moxley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sitsongrit.

Sitsongrit closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moxley has Sitsongrit pressed against the cage, preventing Sitsongrit from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Moxley wants to break the clinch but can't.

Moxley breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit wants to clinch
and Moxley counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Moxley strikes.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Moxley.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Moxley.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Georges Moxley will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sitsongrit rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Moxley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sitsongrit loads up on a big right hand but Moxley slips the punch.
Moxley swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sitsongrit throws a predictable looking body shot
and Moxley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Moxley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sitsongrit thumps Moxley with a low kick.
Sitsongrit tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Moxley's sensitive parts.
Moxley misses with a body shot.
Sitsongrit misses with a kick to the body.
Moxley scores with a body shot.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Sitsongrit listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Moxley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moxley slips under a jab from Sitsongrit.
Nice takedown defense from Sitsongrit. No joy for Moxley on that attempt.
Moxley shoots in looking for a takedown. Sitsongrit tries to sprawl out of it but Moxley keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sitsongrit manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A big right from Moxley misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moxley ducks right into an uppercut from Sitsongrit.
A jab from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sitsongrit takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Moxley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Moxley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sitsongrit.
A telegraphed right hand from Moxley misses the target.
Moxley bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sitsongrit throws a sloppy head kick and Moxley moves out of range easily.
Sitsongrit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Moxley lands a nice shot that snaps Sitsongrit's head back.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Moxley.
Moxley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sitsongrit.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Moxley moves out of range.
Moxley fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges Moxley. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit connects with a high kick.
Moxley throws a jab when Sitsongrit was well out of range.
Sitsongrit looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Moxley scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sitsongrit jabs Moxley to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Sitsongrit forces Moxley back against the cage and clinches.
Sitsongrit wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moxley has him pressed against the cage.
Moxley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Moxley.
A short right from Moxley on the inside.

Sitsongrit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moxley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sitsongrit buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Moxley misses with a hook.
Moxley misses with a hook.
Surianglek Sitsongrit seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Moxley avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Moxley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Moxley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moxley throws a body punch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
A nice leg kick from Sitsongrit, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sitsongrit looks to land a right hand but Moxley moved out of range.
Moxley is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Moxley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sitsongrit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Moxley has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Moxley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
Moxley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Moxley tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sitsongrit defends well and Moxley ends up having to push Sitsongrit into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Sitsongrit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Moxley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Moxley.
Sitsongrit stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sitsongrit digs a right hand underneath Moxley's ribcage. Moxley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sitsongrit pushes Moxley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit scores with a shot to the side of Moxley's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moxley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moxley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Moxley swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Moxley or not.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch on the inside.
Moxley is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sitsongrit gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sitsongrit is looking to control Moxley's arms but Moxley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sitsongrit has his back to the cage.
A short left from Sitsongrit.

Sitsongrit breaks from the clinch.
Surianglek Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moxley misses with an uppercut.
Sitsongrit is looking to clinch.

Moxley gets tackled into the cage by Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit maintains the clinch.
Moxley tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Surianglek Sitsongrit seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand that snaps the head of Moxley backwards.
Moxley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sitsongrit misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit throws a punch but it's blocked by Moxley.

Moxley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy uppercut
letting Moxley counter with a right hand.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick
and Moxley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Moxley swings for the body but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Sitsongrit doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Surianglek Sitsongrit showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sitsongrit with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Moxley to score with a decent uppercut.
Sitsongrit takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sitsongrit works Moxley's body with a nice hook.
Moxley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sitsongrit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Moxley.
Sitsongrit takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sitsongrit slips a straight right by Moxley.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moxley. Sitsongrit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moxley throws a body shot but no joy.
Sitsongrit appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Moxley moves out of range.
Sitsongrit blocks a jab.
Moxley throws a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moxley shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sitsongrit as he avoids it easily.
Moxley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Moxley throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sitsongrit flicks out a counter leg kick but Moxley steps away.
Moxley checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sitsongrit walks into a stiff left hand from Moxley.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sitsongrit will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Moxley.
Moxley just misses with a punch to the body.
Moxley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sitsongrit was well out of range. Poor timing from Moxley.
Moxley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it.
Sitsongrit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Moxley on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Moxley shoots for a takedown but Sitsongrit saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Moxley lands with an uppercut that bounces Sitsongrit off the cage and back into range.
Sitsongrit tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Moxley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Sitsongrit misses its intended target.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Moxley's front leg with a kick but Moxley checks it.
Moxley gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sitsongrit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges Moxley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sitsongrit cracks Moxley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sitsongrit looks to land a right hand but Moxley moved out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sitsongrit. That's going to slow Moxley down.
Sitsongrit takes one to the chin there.
Sitsongrit scores with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Moxley's sensitive parts.
Moxley lands with a right hand.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick that knocks Moxley off balance momentarily.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick
and Moxley counters with a stiff right hand.
Sitsongrit jabs at Moxley's body.
Sitsongrit with a nice cross.
Moxley throws a body shot but no joy.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Moxley.
Sitsongrit displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Moxley.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Sitsongrit closes the distance and pushes Moxley back into the cage.
Sitsongrit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Moxley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Moxley avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.

Sitsongrit breaks from the clinch.

Sitsongrit has closed the distance and engaged Moxley in a clinch.
Sitsongrit lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sitsongrit pushes Moxley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Sitsongrit on the inside.

Moxley breaks from the clinch.
Sitsongrit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Moxley moves out of range.
Moxley fails with a takedown attempt.
Moxley misses with an uppercut.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moxley manages to avoid it.
Moxley shoots and misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a stiff right hand.
Moxley swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a right hand to the body.
Moxley lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moxley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sitsongrit moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sitsongrit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Moxley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Sitsongrit on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Moxley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sitsongrit throws out the jab.
Sitsongrit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a looping overhand right but Moxley ducks down to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Moxley misses its target.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Moxley sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Moxley's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Moxley.
Moxley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sitsongrit.
A jab from Moxley misses.
Sitsongrit motions for Moxley to come forward. Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sitsongrit lands with a slapping head kick.

Sitsongrit gets a clinch.

Sitsongrit breaks from the clinch.
Moxley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sitsongrit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Moxley at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Surianglek Sitsongrit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sitsongrit has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Surianglek Sitsongrit!
An out of breath Surianglek Sitsongrit thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.