PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Williams (ranked 545 p4p, 28 weight class) and Yodsawan Sitsongrit (ranked 629 p4p, 34 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Williams
vs
Sitsongrit

175 cm
27
145 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

171 cm
27
137 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Dark Knight Nutrition

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 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wayne Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yodsawan Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sitsongrit thuds a left hand into Williams's body.
The fighters circling - Sitsongrit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Williams swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sitsongrit looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Williams sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Williams fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sitsongrit looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Williams.

Sitsongrit gets a clinch.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.
Sitsongrit lands a nice shot to the body.
Williams misses with the head strike.
Williams lands an uppercut.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch.
Williams tries a body shot but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit blocks a body shot from Williams.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sitsongrit lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Williams or not.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch.
Williams tries a body shot but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
Sitsongrit lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams lands a body shot.
Williams's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williams tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Williams avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
Williams tries to stall but Sitsongrit uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A right hand to the body from Williams.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sitsongrit.
Williams scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
Williams stalling in the clinch but Sitsongrit improves position.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with an uppercut but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sitsongrit.
Williams misses with the head strike.
Sitsongrit lands with a short shot to the head.
Sitsongrit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitsongrit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sitsongrit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Williams is stalling here.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sitsongrit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams stalling in the clinch but Sitsongrit improves position.
Williams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Williams stalling in the clinch but Sitsongrit improves position.
Sitsongrit working aggressively here.
Sitsongrit lands a shoulder strike.
Sitsongrit lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sitsongrit digs a right hand underneath Williams's ribcage. Williams let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Williams lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sitsongrit throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice hook to the head.
Williams struggles to land a body shot inside as Sitsongrit controls his hands.
Sitsongrit prevents a body shot from Williams.
Sitsongrit taking a breather.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Williams working aggressively here.
Williams tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Williams lands with a left to the head.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands with a left to the head.
Williams working aggressively here.
Williams pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sitsongrit throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
Sitsongrit tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Williams.
Williams throws a head punch that misses.
Williams misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sitsongrit scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.
Williams doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Williams working aggressively here.
Sitsongrit tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
Sitsongrit trying to stall but Williams improves his position.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitsongrit works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sitsongrit misses with some punches.
Williams can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Sitsongrit.
A nice left hand lands by Sitsongrit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sitsongrits head.

Sitsongrit pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sitsongrit gets a clinch.
Sitsongrit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sitsongrit lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Williams.
Sitsongrit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Williams tries to throw a body punch but Sitsongrit avoids it by throwing Williams back against the cage.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
Williams misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Sitsongrit fails to land.

Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williams swings for the body but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Williams takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
Williams misses with a looping left.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Williams.
Williams lands with a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit misses with a body kick.
Sitsongrit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yodsawan Sitsongrit 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 fakes the leg kick and cracks Williams in the body.
Williams lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Williams lands a nice looking body shot.
Williams throws a body punch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sitsongrit! But no joy.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Wayne Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Williams tries a low kick but Sitsongrit avoids it.
Sitsongrit tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams throws a body punch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Williams is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Williams lands with a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Williams.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams throws a poor cross that misses
and Sitsongrit counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit scoring well with a low kick there.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Williams.
Williams takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit tries to clinch up.
Williams will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Williams swings for the body but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Sitsongrit avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight left.
Williams misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Sitsongrit.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Sitsongrit in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Sitsongrit throws out a leg kick but Williams moves out of range and Sitsongrit only half commits.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Sitsongrit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams throws a combination that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sitsongrit let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sitsongrit takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sitsongrit is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Good standup being displayed there by Williams as he connects with a hook.
Williams lands a right hook to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Some wild striking there from Williams.

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 moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sitsongrit cracks the inside of Williams's front leg.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
Sitsongrit scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Williams tries to work over Sitsongrit's front leg with a kick but Sitsongrit checks it.
Williams scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sitsongrit doesn't seem bothered though.
Williams misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
Sitsongrit comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range nicely.
Sitsongrit lands with a cross.
Sitsongrit throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Williams tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wayne Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sitsongrit, right into the meat.
Williams tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sitsongrit is able to avoid easily.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a body shot but no joy.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sitsongrit - that will leave a mark!
Sitsongrit takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sitsongrit lands a front kick.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sitsongrit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Williams connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sitsongrit momentarily.
Williams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Williams fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sitsongrit can pounce on him.
Williams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Williams punishes Sitsongrit's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Williams has time to react.
Sitsongrit finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Williams tried to score with a low kick but Sitsongrit checks it.
Sitsongrit slips a straight right by Williams.
Williams on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit obviously looking to wear him down.
Williams tries to land a leg kick but Sitsongrit saw it coming and moves away.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sitsongrit was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Sitsongrit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Williams swings for the body but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick which misses Williams's front leg but catches the back leg as Williams tries to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
Sitsongrit connects with a solid leg kick.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sitsongrit connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Williams swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab from Williams.
Nice body punch from Williams.
Sitsongrit scores with a push kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Wayne Williams will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Sitsongrit slips a jab from Williams.
Sitsongrit lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Williams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sitsongrit is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Williams.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it.
Jab from Williams.
Sitsongrit looks to throw the jab but Williams is out of range.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Sitsongrit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Williams at a distance.

Sitsongrit clinches with his opponent.
Williams tries a body shot but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Williams can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sitsongrit pushes Williams back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sitsongrit lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sitsongrit manages to break the clinch.
Sitsongrit scores with a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab.
Sitsongrit lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
Williams lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Williams throws out the jab.
Williams misses with the combination.
Sitsongrit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Sitsongrit throws a big shot that misses.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Sitsongrit's shoulder, as Sitsongrit tries to avoid the shot.
Sitsongrit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Williams connects with a body shot.
Sitsongrit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Williams has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a quick inside leg kick.
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice uppercut there from Williams.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick that knocks Williams off balance momentarily.

Sitsongrit closes the distance and clinches.

Sitsongrit breaks from the clinch.
Sitsongrit is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams appears to be looking for a big counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Sitsongrit does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Sitsongrit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Williams avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Williams was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Williams on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Sitsongrit fakes the leg kick and cracks Williams in the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Sitsongrit. That snapped Williams's head back.
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
Williams misses with a hook to the body
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sitsongrit checks a leg kick.
Williams is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sitsongrit lands an overhand right.
Williams lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Williams.
Sitsongrit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sitsongrit is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Williams with a body shot.
Williams avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A lazy left from Williams finds it's target.
Sitsongrit scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Williams doesn't seem bothered though.
Sitsongrit lands with an overhand left.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Sitsongrit is just out of range.
Williams defending well as Sitsongrit loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Williams is out of range.
Williams checks a leg kick.
Sitsongrit lands with an uppercut that bounces Williams off the cage and back into range.
Williams lands a slapping body shot.
Sitsongrit misses the shot to the body.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut.
A little feinted left hand from Williams on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it.
Williams checks a leg kick.
Williams keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Williams throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sitsongrit on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Williams.
Williams throws a leg kick but Sitsongrit checks it.
Williams lands with a right hand.
Sitsongrit digs a good hook to Williams's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yodsawan 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yodsawan Sitsongrit!
A very excited looking Yodsawan Sitsongrit made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.