PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Little Kitty Sripituksakul (ranked 611 p4p, 1498 weight class) and Kaiji Inoue (ranked 37 p4p, 87 weight class). Inoue has chosen Ladies and Gentlemen (Saliva) as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sripituksakul
vs
Inoue

168 cm
28
136
16 - 5 - 1

175 cm
29
141
14 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

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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 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Little Kitty Sripituksakul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kaiji Inoue!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Ben Watson and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Inoue tries to sprawl but Sripituksakul drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Inoue gets full guard.
Sripituksakul with a flurry of punches that miss.
Inoue controls Sripituksakul momentarily but Sripituksakul frees himself.
Sripituksakul 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.
Sripituksakul throwing strikes from guard but Inoue blocks nicely.
Sripituksakul throwing strikes but missing.
Sripituksakul with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sripituksakul scoring with some ground and pound.

Inoue is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sripituksakul defends well.
We've been hearing good reports from Sripituksakul's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Sripituksakul working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Inoue's head.
Inoue looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Inoue looking for a guillotine here but Sripituksakul defends easily.
Sripituksakul passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inoue tries to improve position but can't.
Sripituksakul scores with punches from side control.
Inoue taking punishment in the form of punches.
Inoue pushes Sripituksakul away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Sripituksakul gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Inoue is looking to reverse the position.
Inoue sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Inoue is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sripituksakul trying to mount his opponent but Inoue defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Inoue has hold of Sripituksakul's hands but Sripituksakul slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Inoue is looking to control Sripituksakul's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Inoue avoid being mounted?
Inoue regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sripituksakul stopping the sweep attempt from Inoue.
Sripituksakul makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sripituksakul content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Inoue is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sripituksakul is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sripituksakul lands a couple of digs.

Inoue is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sripituksakul is aware though and is defending well.
Sripituksakul lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sripituksakul lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Inoue looking for a sweep. Not yet Inoue, not yet.
Sripituksakul stands up over Inoue, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sripituksakul keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Inoue's head.
Inoue bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sripituksakul's guard.

Inoue avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Inoue stopping the sweep attempt from Sripituksakul.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sripituksakul is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Sripituksakul is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Inoue has hold of Sripituksakul's hands but Sripituksakul slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Inoue regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sripituksakul postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Inoue working for a triangle but Sripituksakul defends it easily.
Sripituksakul stops Inoue from standing up.
Sripituksakul slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sripituksakul has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Inoue!
Inoue is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sripituksakul breaks from Inoue's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sripituksakul putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Inoue is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sripituksakul connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sripituksakul lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Inoue gets back to half guard.

Sripituksakul is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Inoue sees it coming and defends easily.
Sripituksakul looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Inoue with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sripituksakul prevents Inoue from improving his position.
Inoue on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Inoue is trying to control but can't.
Sripituksakul prevents Inoue from improving his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Little Kitty Sripituksakul dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Inoue takes a swing at Sripituksakul's ribcage but misses.
Sripituksakul is looking to counter punch.
Inoue takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sripituksakul steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Inoue.
Sripituksakul misses with a wild body shot.
Kaiji Inoue seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Inoue rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Sripituksakul counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sripituksakul scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sripituksakul stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Sripituksakul.
Sripituksakul lands with a left to the head.
Inoue lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Inoue looking to throw knees to the head but Sripituksakul is blocking nicely.
Inoue tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sripituksakul's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sripituksakul misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sripituksakul avoids the elbow strike from Inoue, against the cage.
Sripituksakul struggles to land a body shot inside as Inoue controls his hands.
Sripituksakul takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Little Kitty Sripituksakul has been cut.
Sripituksakul tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Inoue misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Sripituksakul.
Sripituksakul blocking some punches.
Inoue tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sripituksakul working aggressively here.
Inoue throws an elbow but it misses.
Inoue stops a takedown attempt from Sripituksakul.
Sripituksakul lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sripituksakul blocks an uppercut.
Sripituksakul fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sripituksakul makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sripituksakul lands with a light punch inside.
Inoue throws a punch but it's blocked by Sripituksakul.
Sripituksakul scores with a shoulder strike.
Inoue blocking some punches.
Inoue tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sripituksakul avoids it.
Inoue prevents a body shot from Sripituksakul.
Sripituksakul scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sripituksakul tries to throw a body punch but Inoue avoids it by throwing Sripituksakul back against the cage.
Sripituksakul tries to work over Inoue's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sripituksakul tries to throw a body punch but Inoue avoids it by throwing Sripituksakul back against the cage.
Inoue misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sripituksakul struggles to land a body shot inside as Inoue controls his hands.
Inoue lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sripituksakul backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Inoue lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Inoue throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Inoue comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sripituksakul has a couple of punches blocked by Inoue.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sripituksakul.
Little Kitty Sripituksakul has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Inoue throws a punch but it's blocked by Sripituksakul.
Nice elbow from Inoue.
Sripituksakul fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Inoue makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Inoue tries to work over Sripituksakul's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Inoue gets through Sripituksakul's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inoue misses with some punches.
Sripituksakul lands a left hand.
Sripituksakul struggles to land a body shot inside as Inoue controls his hands.
Sripituksakul is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Inoue can do to turn this around?
Inoue is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sripituksakul is defending well for now.
Sripituksakul lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Inoue backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Inoue fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Sripituksakul.
Sripituksakul digs a right hand into Inoue's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Inoue's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Sripituksakul.
Sripituksakul lands a left hand.
Inoue misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sripituksakul.
Inoue tries to land knees in the clinch but Sripituksakul avoids the damage to the body.
Inoue swings wildly with an uppercut but Sripituksakul uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sripituksakul tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Inoue's elbow.
Inoue gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Inoue lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sripituksakul.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sripituksakul swings wildly with an uppercut but Inoue uses good head movement to avoid it.
Inoue goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sripituksakul avoiding damage as Inoue throws knees to the body.
Inoue has a couple of punches blocked by Sripituksakul.
Sripituksakul lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sripituksakul tries a body shot but Inoue blocks it.
Sripituksakul's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Inoue pushes Sripituksakul back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Inoue on the inside.
Inoue throws a punch but it's blocked by Sripituksakul.
Sripituksakul tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Inoue has a couple of punches blocked by Sripituksakul.
Inoue pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Inoue has a couple of punches blocked by Sripituksakul.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Inoue.
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 Little Kitty Sripituksakul will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Little Kitty Sripituksakul's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Sripituksakul wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kaiji Inoue has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good shot there by Sripituksakul.
Inoue takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Inoue throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sripituksakul is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Inoue.
Sripituksakul ducks under a wild hook from Inoue.
Sripituksakul is looking to counter punch.
Inoue keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Sripituksakul drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Inoue throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Inoue doesn't manage to clinch there - Sripituksakul circles away.
As Inoue tries to get set, Sripituksakul tries to push him back and clinch up but Inoue manages to avoid the attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Inoue. Sripituksakul does a little dance to reset his feet.
Inoue throws a chopping leg kick but Sripituksakul manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sripituksakul throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Inoue.
Sripituksakul misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inoue throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sripituksakul digs a good hook to Inoue's body.
Inoue falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Sripituksakul counter with a right hand.
Inoue slips a straight right by Sripituksakul.
A telegraphed right hand from Sripituksakul misses the target.
Inoue blocks a leg kick.
Inoue keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Inoue avoids the body shot from Sripituksakul.
Sripituksakul slips a jab from Inoue.
Inoue throws a jab but it's blocked by Sripituksakul.
Little Kitty Sripituksakul is winning the standup battle so far.
Inoue throws out a powerful jab.
Sripituksakul moves away from the strike by Inoue.
Kaiji Inoue is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sripituksakul has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Inoue finds it's way round the side to connect with Sripituksakul's head.
Inoue moves away from the strike by Sripituksakul.
Sripituksakul takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sripituksakul throws a low kick, looking for Inoue's leg but Inoue calmly moves out of range.
Sripituksakul misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Inoue misses the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sripituksakul shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sripituksakul showed some decent athleticism there.
Sripituksakul is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Inoue wants to get back to full guard.
Inoue trying to hold on to Sripituksakul's head to control him but Sripituksakul postures up.
Sripituksakul slips a nice elbow through Inoue's hands, connecting with Inoue's forehead.
Inoue taking some punishment here, with Sripituksakul in his half guard.
Sripituksakul tries to pass the half guard into mount. Inoue knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Inoue has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sripituksakul is working away from the top position though.
Sripituksakul passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sripituksakul fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sripituksakul fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Inoue keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sripituksakul landing strikes from the mount.
Inoue manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Inoue has a hand on Sripituksakul's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Sripituksakul takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Inoue is bucking up trying to escape but Sripituksakul cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sripituksakul landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sripituksakul landing strikes from the mount.

Inoue is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sripituksakul cracks Inoue with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Little Kitty Sripituksakul!
Our winner, Little Kitty Sripituksakul, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.