PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Slammy Neckbreaker (ranked 2637 p4p, 128 weight class) and Detkhunjon Sitsongrit (ranked 5526 p4p, 202 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Neckbreaker
vs
Sitsongrit

168 cm
20
140 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

172 cm
20
141 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Groove Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Slammy Neckbreaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Detkhunjon Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit with a hook.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight left.
Sitsongrit looks to throw the jab but Neckbreaker is out of range.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Neckbreaker moves out of range.
Neckbreaker appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Neckbreaker scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick
and Neckbreaker counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Neckbreaker feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sitsongrit can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Neckbreaker controls the pace.
Sitsongrit wants to get back to his feet but Neckbreaker is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Neckbreaker postures up in Sitsongrit's guard and throws a big left but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit wants to get back to his feet but Neckbreaker is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sitsongrit can do anything to dispel that myth.
Neckbreaker trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Neckbreaker's guard.

Sitsongrit preventing the sweep.
Sitsongrit controlling from the top position.

Neckbreaker looking for a guillotine here but Sitsongrit defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sitsongrit wants to stand but Neckbreaker has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Sitsongrit preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sitsongrit is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Sitsongrit gets to his feet. Neckbreaker looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Sitsongrit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sitsongrit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Neckbreaker moves out of range.

Sitsongrit rushes Neckbreaker and presses him up against the cage.
Sitsongrit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sitsongrit.
Neckbreaker blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.

Neckbreaker is trying to trip Sitsongrit. He has hold of a leg but Sitsongrit is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Neckbreaker persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Neckbreaker postures up.
Neckbreaker stopping the sweep attempt from Sitsongrit.
Neckbreaker tries to free his leg and advance position but Sitsongrit is retaining full guard.
Neckbreaker wants to control from the top but Sitsongrit keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Neckbreaker distracts Sitsongrit with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Neckbreaker is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Neckbreaker stopping the sweep attempt from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit wants to stand and escape but Neckbreaker is having none of it.
Neckbreaker trying to control but Sitsongrit is working from the bottom.
Neckbreaker distracts Sitsongrit with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Sitsongrit holds on and takes a little breather.
Sitsongrit being controlled here, momentarily.
Neckbreaker is working Sitsongrit over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sitsongrit not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Neckbreaker working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Neckbreaker passes into half guard.
Neckbreaker definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Neckbreaker controlling the action here.
Neckbreaker prevents Sitsongrit from improving his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Neckbreaker throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slammy Neckbreaker dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sitsongrit walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Neckbreaker checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sitsongrit tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Neckbreaker is able to avoid easily.
Neckbreaker drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sitsongrit sprawls and moves away.
Sitsongrit's jab looks to have found its range, popping Neckbreaker under the eye.
Sitsongrit drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Neckbreaker closes the distance and clinches up with Sitsongrit, looking for a takedown. Neckbreaker pushes Sitsongrit against the cage but Sitsongrit circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Neckbreaker throws out a loose jab but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.

Neckbreaker shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Neckbreaker scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Neckbreaker throwing strikes from guard but Sitsongrit blocks nicely.
Neckbreaker throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Neckbreaker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sitsongrit can do to turn this around?
Sitsongrit has control of Neckbreaker's left arm, preventing Neckbreaker from doing any damage.
Sitsongrit manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Neckbreaker manages to get himself to full guard.

Neckbreaker wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit trying to stand up but can't free himself from Neckbreaker's guard.
Neckbreaker pulls Sitsongrit in close to prevent any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Neckbreaker is on top in guard.

Sitsongrit pulls Neckbreaker in close to prevent any damage.
Neckbreaker won't allow Sitsongrit to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sitsongrit looking to control.
Sitsongrit avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sitsongrit utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Neckbreaker's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sitsongrit preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Neckbreaker working some strikes from top position.
Neckbreaker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Neckbreaker postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sitsongrit wants to get back to his feet but Neckbreaker is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Neckbreaker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Neckbreaker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sitsongrit trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker slips nicely into half guard.
Sitsongrit blocking the ground and pound attempt from Neckbreaker.
Sitsongrit keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Neckbreaker controlling the pace.
Neckbreaker is thwarting Sitsongrit's attempts to control the position.
Sitsongrit is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sitsongrit felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Neckbreaker connects with a nice short shot to Sitsongrit's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker is looking to take a break and control but Sitsongrit is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Neckbreaker scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Neckbreaker working the head and body with strikes.
Neckbreaker lands with a punch from half guard.
Neckbreaker lands strikes from half guard.
Neckbreaker keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Neckbreaker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sitsongrit wants to get back to his feet.
Sitsongrit trying to control here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sitsongrit blocking the ground and pound attempt from Neckbreaker.
Sitsongrit keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slammy Neckbreaker dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Sitsongrit looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Neckbreaker loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
Neckbreaker throws a looping overhand right but Sitsongrit ducks down to avoid it.
Neckbreaker moves out of range as Sitsongrit throws a body kick.
Sitsongrit tries to land a front kick but Neckbreaker steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Neckbreaker misses with a looping right.
Sitsongrit flicks out a counter leg kick but Neckbreaker steps away.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Neckbreaker manages to avoid it.
Neckbreaker shoots in and drives through. Sitsongrit sprawls well.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Neckbreaker moves away and avoids it.
Neckbreaker walks into a left hand.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick but Neckbreaker avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Neckbreaker checks a leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neckbreaker moves away.
Detkhunjon Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Neckbreaker avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sitsongrit looks to land a right hand but Neckbreaker moved out of range.

Neckbreaker shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Neckbreaker with a flurry of punches that miss.
Neckbreaker is in close to Sitsongrit's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Slammy Neckbreaker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Neckbreaker is fighting to break Sitsongrit's control of his arms but Sitsongrit is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Neckbreaker throws a big right hand that misses.
Sitsongrit is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Neckbreaker accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Neckbreaker lands a couple of digs.
Neckbreaker wants to control from the top but Sitsongrit keeps moving.
Neckbreaker passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Detkhunjon Sitsongrit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sitsongrit is avoiding damage well.
Sitsongrit is trying to improve his position.
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Sitsongrit is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Neckbreaker is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sitsongrit has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sitsongrit is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
An elbow from Neckbreaker crashes against the mat.
Sitsongrit wants to control but Neckbreaker postures up.
Neckbreaker landing strikes.
Neckbreaker scoring with punches from side control.
The ground and pound from Neckbreaker seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Neckbreaker has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sitsongrit takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Neckbreaker creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Neckbreaker trying to control the action but Sitsongrit is working from the bottom.
Neckbreaker creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sitsongrit can't do much from the bottom here.
Slammy Neckbreaker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Neckbreaker is chipping away with strikes.
Neckbreaker lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Neckbreaker controls the position from side control.
Neckbreaker wants to control but Sitsongrit is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Slammy Neckbreaker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Neckbreaker, 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Slammy Neckbreaker!
A relieved looking Slammy Neckbreaker thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.