PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Nagasaki (ranked 299 p4p, 725 weight class) and Little Kitty Sripituksakul (ranked 20 p4p, 49 weight class). Nagasaki comes to the cage accompanied by Dead Souls - Joy Division . 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?

Nagasaki
vs
Sripituksakul

170 cm
38
145
32 - 22 - 0

168 cm
28
136
18 - 6 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuri Nagasaki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Little Kitty Sripituksakul!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagasaki lands with a thumping leg kick.

Nagasaki fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Sripituksakul to the ground. Nagasaki is now in Sripituksakul's guard.
Nagasaki lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nagasaki looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Sripituksakul is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nagasaki lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nagasaki preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki tries to free his leg and advance position but Sripituksakul is retaining full guard.
Nagasaki lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nagasaki chips away with some ground and pound.
Nagasaki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sripituksakul swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nagasaki is working Sripituksakul over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nagasaki works over Sripituksakul with some ground and pound from guard.
Sripituksakul manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nagasaki manages to get himself to full guard.

Sripituksakul trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nagasaki trying to control the position.
Sripituksakul pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nagasaki is keeping the position for now.
Nagasaki is trying to control the position but Sripituksakul postures up.
Sripituksakul passes into half guard.
Nagasaki is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sripituksakul is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Nagasaki still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Nagasaki has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Nagasaki connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sripituksakul some visible discomfort.
Nagasaki in side control lands a decent elbow.
Nagasaki cracks Sripituksakul with a big elbow.
Sripituksakul is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nagasaki landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Nagasaki is working Sripituksakul over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sripituksakul gets back to half guard.
Sripituksakul is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nagasaki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sripituksakul keeps working.
Nagasaki working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sripituksakul wants to get back to full guard.
Sripituksakul is refusing to be controlled, as Nagasaki sits in half guard.
Sripituksakul moves into full guard.
Nagasaki scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki with a nice head shot there.
Nagasaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Sripituksakul is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nagasaki with a nice head shot there.
Nagasaki cracks Sripituksakul with a solid left hand.
Nagasaki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sripituksakul swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nagasaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Sripituksakul is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nagasaki 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.
Nagasaki won't allow Sripituksakul to sweep him here.
Nagasaki content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Nagasaki dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nagasaki throws a poor cross that misses
and Sripituksakul counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Nagasaki.

Nagasaki scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Sripituksakul looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sripituksakul is looking for a sweep. Nagasaki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nagasaki lands strikes from half guard.

Nagasaki is trying to work for a kimura but Sripituksakul is defending well.
Sripituksakul wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sripituksakul can do to turn this around?
Sripituksakul is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nagasaki scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sripituksakul gets back to full guard.
Nagasaki working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Nagasaki lands a couple of elbows.
Sripituksakul wants to sweep here but Nagasaki controlling him for the moment.
Nagasaki chips away with some ground and pound.
Nagasaki prevents Sripituksakul from getting back to his feet.
Nagasaki preventing the sweep.
Nagasaki wants to control from the top but Sripituksakul keeps moving.

Sripituksakul escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Nagasaki gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nagasaki scoring with some ground and pound.

Sripituksakul looking for a guillotine here but Nagasaki defends easily.
Nagasaki preventing the sweep.
Nagasaki landing with the ground and pound.
Nagasaki slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sripituksakul wants to improve his position but Nagasaki is controlling well.
Sripituksakul is staying active underneath Nagasaki, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nagasaki scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sripituksakul is pressing down on Nagasaki's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
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.

Nagasaki is looking for a sweep. Sripituksakul is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sripituksakul wants to pass the guard but Nagasaki is defending well.
Nagasaki manages to get to full guard.
Nagasaki is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sripituksakul throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sripituksakul throws a big elbow that misses.
Nagasaki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sripituksakul is one step ahead there.
Sripituksakul postures up and lands a big shot to Nagasaki's brow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nagasaki is on top in guard.

Nagasaki landing with the ground and pound.
Sripituksakul keeping full guard, as Nagasaki tries to pass.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Nagasaki dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nagasaki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A swing and a miss from Sripituksakul.
Yuri Nagasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nagasaki moves out of range as Sripituksakul strikes.
Sripituksakul has a takedown stuffed.
A bone on bone clash there as Sripituksakul blocks the leg kick.
Sripituksakul misses the jab.
Nagasaki moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sripituksakul misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nagasaki.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki throws a good cross that connects.
Sripituksakul avoids the body shot from Nagasaki.
Sripituksakul misses with an uppercut. Nagasaki saw that one coming.
Nagasaki fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sripituksakul lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nagasaki at a distance.
Nagasaki scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sripituksakul doesn't seem bothered though.

Sripituksakul clinches.
Nagasaki gets through Sripituksakul's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nagasaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sripituksakul blocking some punches.
Nagasaki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nagasaki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sripituksakuls head.
Sripituksakul tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nagasaki's elbow.
A short uppercut from Nagasaki.

Nagasaki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sripituksakul fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sripituksakul misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nagasaki swats away the attempt to clinch by Sripituksakul.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sripituksakul enables Nagasaki to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sripituksakul manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Nagasaki connects with a couple of short punches.
Nagasaki lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nagasaki is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Nagasaki lands a couple of digs.

Nagasaki got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sripituksakul has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Nagasaki has managed to get both his arms back between Sripituksakul's legs - danger averted.
Nagasaki looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nagasaki's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nagasaki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nagasaki working some strikes from top position.
Nagasaki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sripituksakul swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nagasaki lands a couple of digs.
Nagasaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Sripituksakul is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nagasaki landing with the ground and pound.
Nagasaki wants to control from the top but Sripituksakul keeps moving.
Sripituksakul looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki lands a couple of elbows.
Nagasaki scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nagasaki scoring with some ground and pound.
Nagasaki lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sripituksakul keeping moving, preventing Nagasaki from controlling successfully.
Nagasaki tries to free his leg and advance position but Sripituksakul is retaining full guard.

Sripituksakul looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Yuri Nagasaki overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Sripituksakul throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sripituksakul is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Nagasaki clearly takes 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.

Sripituksakul misses with an uppercut.
Nagasaki scores with a jab to the head.
Sripituksakul keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nagasaki misses with a low kick.
Sripituksakul tries to counter with a clinch but Nagasaki shakes him off and moves away.
Sripituksakul misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki moves out of range as Sripituksakul strikes.
Sripituksakul throws a quick inside leg kick.

Nagasaki is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Sripituksakul's half guard.
Nagasaki seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sripituksakul does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki prevents Sripituksakul from improving his position.
Nagasaki lands strikes from half guard.
Nagasaki working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nagasaki lands a nice short elbow.
Nagasaki trying to control the pace.
Sripituksakul gets full guard.

Sripituksakul throws his legs up looking for a submission but Nagasaki uses it to pass to side control.
Nagasaki landing a few strikes.
Nagasaki in side control lands a decent elbow.
Nagasaki trying to control the action but Sripituksakul is working from the bottom.
Sripituksakul takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sripituksakul is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Nagasaki landing strikes.

Sripituksakul is rocked!
Check out the look on Nagasaki's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sripituksakul is still in real trouble! Can Nagasaki finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nagasaki working the body and head with strikes.
Nagasaki working the ground and pound.
Nagasaki in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Sripituksakul looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Nagasaki turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuri Nagasaki!
Yuri Nagasaki retains his bantamweight title!
A relieved looking Yuri Nagasaki thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.