PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit (ranked 268 p4p, 747 weight class) and Bubba Rolls (ranked 32 p4p, 96 weight class). Rolls has chosen Moonshine Bandits - For The Outlawz as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Sitsongrit
vs
Rolls

181 cm
26
171
11 - 3 - 1

175 cm
31
170
8 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Tempo Athletics
Bondi MMA ðŸï¸

The Pharmacy Phuket
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bubba Rolls!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rolls takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A telegraphed right hand from Rolls misses the target.
Rolls looks to land a left hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range nicely.
Sitsongrit slips a straight right by Rolls.
Sitsongrit takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rolls misses with a looping right.
Sitsongrit tests Rolls's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sitsongrit keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rolls will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rolls throws out the jab.
Sitsongrit looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sitsongrit lands with a right hand.
Rolls misses the shot to the body.
Rolls is looking to clinch but Sitsongrit is avoiding it.
Sitsongrit lands a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rolls misses with a looping right.
Sitsongrit scoring well with a low kick there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sitsongrit.
Rolls throws a right hand that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a front kick aimed at Rolls's knee but Rolls avoids it well.
Rolls wants to counter the offense by Sitsongrit and move into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a shot to the body.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sitsongrit throws out a leg kick but Rolls moves out of range and Sitsongrit only half commits.
Rolls wants to counter with a clinch but Sitsongrit pushes him away.
Sitsongrit drops his hands momentarily and Rolls takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bubba Rolls seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rolls misses with a right hand
enabling Sitsongrit to counter with a crisp jab.
Rolls slips under a jab.
Rolls misses with a hook.
Sitsongrit moves away from the strike by Rolls.
Sitsongrit throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rolls on the side of the head.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Rolls moves out of range.
Rolls is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Rolls's shoulder, as Rolls tries to avoid the shot.
Rolls throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A slow jab from Rolls misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Rolls takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sitsongrit looks to score with a jab to the body but Rolls is just out of range.
A lazy left from Rolls finds it's target.
Rolls 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.
Rolls thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sitsongrit throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit punishes Rolls's body with a nice straight punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sitsongrit.
Rolls misses with a looping left.
Rolls scores with a nice strike.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A cross from Sitsongrit lands.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to the head.
Sitsongrit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Rolls strikes.
Sitsongrit cracks Rolls with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rolls loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rolls looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rolls looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Sitsongrit thows a leg kick but Rolls checks it
and Rolls counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rolls.
Sitsongrit tries to score with a low kick but Rolls moves his leg out of the way.
Rolls connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sitsongrit's hands.
Rolls looks to land a left hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rolls blocks a leg kick.
Rolls blocks a low kick nicely.
Sitsongrit drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Rolls lands with an uppercut that bounces Sitsongrit off the cage and back into range.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook. Rolls ducked under it nicely.
Sitsongrit fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rolls keeps the fight on the outside.
Rolls blocks a leg kick.
Rolls misses with a straight left.
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rolls takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sitsongrit throws a looping overhand right but Rolls ducks down to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Rolls.
Rolls throws a lazy right hand but Sitsongrit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sitsongrit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sitsongrit with a jab.
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!
Rolls throws the left hand but Sitsongrit avoids the punch easily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Rolls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Sitsongrit's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sitsongrit gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Rolls sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Rolls prevents Sitsongrit from improving his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rolls is working away from the top position though.
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 Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit 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.

Rolls just misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit circles away from the clinch attempt.
A combination from Rolls does no damage.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Rolls's shoulder, as Rolls tries to avoid the shot.
Rolls misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rolls takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sitsongrit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rolls.
Sitsongrit misses the jab.
Rolls slips under a jab from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit defending well as Rolls loads up on a big left hand.
Rolls avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rolls throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rolls missing with a left hand there. Sitsongrit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Rolls throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And Sitsongrit counters with a quick kick to the body but Rolls blocks it.
Sitsongrit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rolls.
Rolls swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rolls throws a looping overhand right but Sitsongrit ducks down to avoid it.
Sitsongrit slaps away a takedown attempt from Rolls, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sitsongrit drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rolls tries to move into range but Sitsongrit moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rolls misses with a looping left.
Sitsongrit feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Rolls tries to clinch there but Sitsongrit circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rolls looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sitsongrit half committed to a counter leg kick.
Rolls fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rolls throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rolls throws out the jab.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rolls tries to clinch but Sitsongrit is having none of it.
Rolls lands a really nice looking cross but Sitsongrit seems unphased.
Rolls takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
Sitsongrit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rolls throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rolls doesn't manage to clinch there - Sitsongrit circles away.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sitsongrit connects with a body shot.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping left.

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!
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Rolls scores with a decent looking hook.
Sitsongrit scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rolls chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sitsongrit can pounce on him.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Rolls.
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 pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rolls shoots and misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Rolls strikes.
Rolls connects with a body shot.
Rolls lands a nice shot that snaps Sitsongrit's head back.
Rolls lands an overhand right.
Sitsongrit drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sitsongrit cracks Rolls with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sitsongrit takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rolls lands with a right hand.
Rolls's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sitsongrit takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rolls misses with a straight left.
Rolls connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sitsongrit's hands.
Rolls moves out of range as Sitsongrit throws a body kick.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice head shot.
Sitsongrit misses with a leg kick.
Rolls tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sitsongrit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sitsongrit displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rolls.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bubba Rolls.
Nice uppercut there from Sitsongrit.
Rolls moves out of range of the strikes.
Rolls thows a leg kick but Sitsongrit checks it
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit cracks a nice hook into Rolls's ribs.
Sitsongrit blocks a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Sitsongrit on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rolls throws a hook but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rolls rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sitsongrit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rolls throws out the jab.
Rolls thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Rolls does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sitsongrit takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Rolls strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Rolls does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sitsongrit fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rolls looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Rolls moves into the clinch.
Sitsongrit has a couple of punches blocked by Rolls.
Rolls lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rollss head.
Rolls blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Rolls fails to land.
Rolls blocks an uppercut.
Sitsongrit blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit throws a punch but it's blocked by Rolls.
Rolls misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rolls has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rolls throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sitsongrit throws a head kick but Rolls moves out of range.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rolls throws a lazy right hand but Sitsongrit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rolls loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
Rolls misses with a straight left.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rolls's sensitive parts.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rolls.
Sitsongrit slips a straight right by Rolls.
Rolls tries to clinch there but Sitsongrit circles away.
Sitsongrit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Good shot there by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rolls momentarily.
Rolls lands a nice shot to the body.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rolls tries to clinch but Sitsongrit moves away
and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sitsongrit circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rolls connects with the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Good work by Rolls as he checks the leg kick.
Rolls waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
Rolls throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sitsongrit sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rolls slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rolls! But no joy.
Sitsongrit buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Rolls changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sitsongrit tries to avoid it but Rolls manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sitsongrit to the ground. Sitsongrit escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sitsongrit cracks Rolls with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rolls swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Rolls moves out of range.
Rolls lands with a right hand.
Rolls throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rolls bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head.
Sitsongrit thumps Rolls with a low kick.
Rolls gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit stuffs the takedown attempt from Rolls. Rolls gets slowly back to his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Sitsongrit on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rolls keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sitsongrit looks to land a body kick but Rolls moved away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rolls! But no joy.
Sitsongrit throws a solid leg kick but Rolls takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit blocks a jab.
Rolls loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
Sitsongrit swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sitsongrit throws a looping overhand right but Rolls ducks down to avoid it.
Bubba Rolls has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rolls was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.
Rolls misses with a body shot.
Sitsongrit works the jab nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit slips a jab from Rolls.
Rolls scores with a hook.
Nice jab there from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rolls throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rolls rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sitsongrit moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rolls moves out of range of the strikes.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Sitsongrit lands with a good body shot.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Rolls strikes.
Sitsongrit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rolls's head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rolls fails to pull guard.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bubba Rolls.
Rolls fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rolls jumps guard but Sitsongrit turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitsongrit.
Rolls misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit struggles to land a body shot inside as Rolls controls his hands.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rolls fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rolls swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rolls has a couple of punches blocked by Sitsongrit.
Rolls wants a takedown.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit blocking some punches.
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 blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rolls misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rolls.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sitsongrit, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit!
After the fight, Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.