PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Surianglek Sitsongrit (ranked 86 p4p, 568 weight class) and Ryan Anderson (ranked 15 p4p, 83 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Anderson's choice of entrance music: Chase the bag (King Von). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Sitsongrit
vs
Anderson

177 cm
30
156
20 - 7 - 0

173 cm
41
144
30 - 17 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Surianglek Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
An attempted straight right counter from Sitsongrit misses the target.

Sitsongrit moves into the clinch successfully.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Sitsongrit fails to land.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Sitsongrit has Anderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Sitsongrit throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sitsongrits head.
Anderson being controlled against the cage.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson trying to control the position but instead, Sitsongrit has worked for underhooks and has pushed Anderson into the cage.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Anderson wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Sitsongrit - that landed with a thud.
A bit of stalling here from Anderson.
Sitsongrit throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Sitsongrit swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Anderson breaks from the clinch.
Sitsongrit thuds his right hand into Anderson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sitsongrit throws a shot to the body.
Anderson throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
Good shot there by Anderson.
Sitsongrit tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sitsongrit avoids the head kick by Anderson.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit throws a jab but it's blocked by Anderson.
Sitsongrit throws a nice inside leg kick.
Anderson lands with a cross.
We've been informed that Anderson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sitsongrit closes the distance but Anderson moves to the side
and Anderson counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Anderson misses with an uppercut. Sitsongrit saw that one coming.
Sitsongrit appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sitsongrit.
Anderson throws a jab when Sitsongrit was well out of range.
Anderson misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
Anderson avoids the head kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the side of Anderson's head but Anderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anderson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to the head.
Sitsongrit tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Anderson is able to avoid easily.
A cross from Sitsongrit lands.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anderson.
Anderson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Anderson staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit lands a head kick. Anderson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Anderson loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Anderson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Anderson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Sitsongrit cracks Anderson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've been told by Sitsongrit's head coaches at Hare of the Dog Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sitsongrit walks into a jab.
Anderson misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Anderson misses the target.
Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Anderson throws out the jab.
Anderson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sitsongrit fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Anderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit misses with an attempted mid kick.
Anderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
Anderson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Anderson throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anderson throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sitsongrit works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Anderson's shoulder, as Anderson tries to avoid the shot.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sitsongrit lands with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A lazy left from Sitsongrit finds it's target.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Anderson does it's job there.
Nice straight punches there by Anderson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Anderson.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Sitsongrit.
Anderson looks to land a combination but Sitsongrit avoids it well.
Sitsongrit blocks a jab.
Anderson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anderson misses with a hook.
Donk. Anderson catches Sitsongrit right on the button with a cross.
Anderson 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 moves away from the strike by Anderson.
Sitsongrit defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
A good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anderson at a distance.
Sitsongrit connects with a right hand. Anderson shakes it off.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the strikes.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy right hand but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Anderson! But no joy.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Anderson misses its intended target.
Sitsongrit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sitsongrit lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Anderson 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.
Anderson misses with a hook.
Sitsongrit fires out a quick counter leg kick but Anderson just manages to avoid it.
Anderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Surianglek Sitsongrit dominated that 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.

A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Anderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Surianglek Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson throws a jab when Sitsongrit was well out of range.
Sitsongrit tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Anderson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sitsongrit digs a good hook to Anderson's body.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Anderson. That snapped Sitsongrit's head back.
Ryan Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sitsongrit fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sitsongrit connects with a body shot.
Anderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Anderson throws a head kick that Sitsongrit semi-blocks.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anderson throws a jab when Sitsongrit was well out of range.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sitsongrit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anderson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Sitsongrit misses.
Anderson moves forwards but Sitsongrit connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Anderson gets tackled into the cage by Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit maintains the clinch.
Sitsongrit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sitsongrit stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anderson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.
Anderson working aggressively here.
Sitsongrit struggles to land a body shot inside as Anderson controls his hands.
Anderson blocking some punches.
Sitsongrit working aggressively here.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson looking to slow down the pace here.
Sitsongrit lands a right hand.
A short uppercut from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Surianglek Sitsongrit has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sitsongrit stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch.
Anderson tries to break the clinch but Sitsongrit is controlling the position.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson digs a right hand into Sitsongrit's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sitsongrit's gas tank.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Anderson wants to stall.
Sitsongrit lands with a short shot to the head.
Anderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A body shot lands from Sitsongrit.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
Anderson can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anderson.
Anderson loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit feints and then cracks Anderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Anderson down.
Sitsongrit throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A little jabbing left from Anderson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Anderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick but Anderson moves out of range easily.
Anderson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Anderson moves out of range of the leg kick from Sitsongrit.

Sitsongrit closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sitsongrit walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Anderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sitsongrit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sitsongrit walks into a left hand.
Sitsongrit avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Anderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
A telegraphed right hand from Anderson misses the target.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sitsongrit misses the jab.
Sitsongrit slips a jab from Anderson.
Anderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anderson misses with a straight left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sitsongrit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick but Anderson moves out of range easily.
Good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Anderson lands with a right hand.
Anderson checks a low kick from Sitsongrit.
Anderson throws a hook but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit wants to clinch.
Anderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Anderson 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 Surianglek Sitsongrit will probably get the nod.
That's time! Sitsongrit's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Anderson swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anderson walks into a stiff left hand from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit cracks Anderson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Anderson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anderson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A telegraphed right hand from Anderson misses the target.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Sitsongrit rushes Anderson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sitsongrit throws a head punch that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A bit of stalling here from Anderson.
Sitsongrit lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Sitsongrit fails to land.

Sitsongrit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anderson misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit feints and then cracks Anderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Anderson down.
Anderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
Anderson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson lands with an uppercut that bounces Sitsongrit off the cage and back into range.
Anderson misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
As Anderson backs away, Sitsongrit returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Anderson throws a hook but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit tried to counter with a leg kick but Anderson avoided it.
Anderson scores with a jab to the body.

Sitsongrit instigates a clinch.
Sitsongrit lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sitsongrit misses with some punches.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Anderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anderson scores with a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Sitsongrit clinches up against the cage.
Sitsongrit lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Anderson breaks the clinch.
Ryan Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit tries to clinch there but Anderson circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Anderson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sitsongrit has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sitsongrit and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A jab from Anderson misses.
Jab, jab by Sitsongrit - just one landing.
Sitsongrit tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Anderson is able to avoid easily.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anderson's sensitive parts.
Anderson throws an overhand right that lands on Sitsongrit's shoulder, as Sitsongrit tries to avoid the shot.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Sitsongrit connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A swing and a miss from Sitsongrit.
Anderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sitsongrit with a nice calf kick.
Sitsongrit cracks Anderson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sitsongrit jabs Anderson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Anderson misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sitsongrit showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anderson.
Good shot there by Anderson.
A good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sitsongrit defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
Sitsongrit scores with a leg kick.

Sitsongrit closes the distance and pushes Anderson back into the cage.
Sitsongrit lands a hook that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Anderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.

Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Sitsongrit blocks a head kick by Anderson.
Sitsongrit digs a good body shot into Anderson's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sitsongrit scores with a nice strike.
Sitsongrit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sitsongrit pushes Anderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sitsongrit blocking some punches.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anderson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit scores with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand.
Sitsongrit lands a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sitsongrit lands with a left to the head.
Surianglek Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anderson is trying to stall.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Sitsongrit.
Anderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Surianglek Sitsongrit showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sitsongrit has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Surianglek Sitsongrit!
Surianglek Sitsongrit seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.