PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Madkhao Sitsongrit (ranked 366 p4p, 682 weight class) and Watch Out Ronaldo (ranked 60 p4p, 109 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sitsongrit
vs
Ronaldo

175 cm
27
162
11 - 5 - 0

166 cm
43
145
37 - 15 - 2

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Madkhao Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Watch Out Ronaldo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronaldo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ronaldo throws the left hand but Sitsongrit avoids the punch easily.
Ronaldo looks to land a body kick but Sitsongrit moved away.
Ronaldo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
Ronaldo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ronaldo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ronaldo lands a nice shot that snaps Sitsongrit's head back.
Ronaldo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Ronaldo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ronaldo misses with an uppercut.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter punch.
Ronaldo tries to clinch up but Sitsongrit circles away and keeps his distance.
Ronaldo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sitsongrit checks it well.
Ronaldo fakes the leg kick and cracks Sitsongrit in the body.

Sitsongrit has Ronaldo up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit lands an uppercut.
Sitsongrit lands with a short shot to the head.
Sitsongrit working aggressively here.
A short left from Sitsongrit.
Ronaldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit working aggressively here.
Ronaldo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand.
Ronaldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sitsongrit blocks a body shot from Ronaldo.
Sitsongrit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sitsongrit scores with a shoulder strike.
Sitsongrit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ronaldo is defending well for now.
Sitsongrit lands a nice knee to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a body punch.
Ronaldo lands a nice uppercut.
Ronaldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ronaldo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ronaldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sitsongrit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit blocks the elbow strike.
Ronaldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sitsongrit tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ronaldo avoids it.
Sitsongrit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ronaldo misses with a body punch.

That's two 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!
Sitsongrit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo lands a hook that snaps the head of Sitsongrit backwards.
Sitsongrit blocks a body shot from Ronaldo.
Sitsongrit working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sitsongrit lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ronaldo backwards.
Ronaldo is leaning against Sitsongrit and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A hook to the body from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit scores with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit takes an elbow to the temple.
Ronaldo managing to block the knees to the body from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a good knee to the midsection. Ronaldo won't want to take too many of those.
Sitsongrit lands a nice knee to the body.
Ronaldo looks winded!
Sitsongrit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ronaldo prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Ronaldo avoiding damage as Sitsongrit throws knees to the body.
Sitsongrit utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ronaldo avoiding damage as Sitsongrit throws knees to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Watch Out Ronaldo has been cut.
Sitsongrit blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a shoulder strike.
Ronaldo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit is leaning against Ronaldo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit lands a nice knee to the body.
Sitsongrit unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ronaldo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sitsongrit looking to throw knees to the head but Ronaldo is blocking nicely.
Sitsongrit lands a good knee to the midsection. Ronaldo won't want to take too many of those.
Sitsongrit lands an uppercut.
Sitsongrit landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a good knee to the midsection. Ronaldo won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sitsongrit crunches a lovely knee into Ronaldo's ribcage.
Sitsongrit tries to land knees in the clinch but Ronaldo avoids the damage to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ronaldos head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sitsongrit obliges.
Ronaldo managing to block the knees to the body from Sitsongrit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ronaldo working aggressively here.
Sitsongrit scores a nice knee to the body.
Sitsongrit lands with a left to the head.
Ronaldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sitsongrit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sitsongrit trying to land knees to the body.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sitsongrit landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ronaldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ronaldo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ronaldo misses with some punches.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Ronaldo avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Sitsongrit fails to land.
Ronaldo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ronaldo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sitsongrit scores with a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Madkhao Sitsongrit dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Watch Out Ronaldo's cut.
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.

Sitsongrit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ronaldo.
Sitsongrit takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ronaldo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sitsongrit.
Ronaldo misses with a hook
and Sitsongrit makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sitsongrit on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ronaldo. Ronaldo obviously looking to wear him down.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to Ronaldo's midsection.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Ronaldo moves away and avoids it.
Ronaldo digs a good body shot into Sitsongrit's ribs.
Sitsongrit fakes the leg kick and cracks Ronaldo in the body.
Ronaldo throws out a loose jab but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the body kick from Ronaldo.
Sitsongrit jabs Ronaldo right on the nose. Ronaldo blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ronaldo misses with an uppercut
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit connects with a crisp jab.
Sitsongrit connects with a body shot.
Sitsongrit lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Ronaldo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sitsongrit trying to land knees to the body.
I was talking to Sitsongrit's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ronaldo pushes off an throws an elbow but Sitsongrit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ronaldo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ronaldo.
Sitsongrit lands with a short shot to the head.
Sitsongrit missing with knees to the body.
Ronaldo struggles to land a body shot inside as Sitsongrit controls his hands.
Ronaldo misses with an elbow strike.
Ronaldo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ronaldo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ronaldo managing to block the knees to the body from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ronaldo avoiding damage as Sitsongrit throws knees to the body.
Ronaldo tries to throw a body punch but Sitsongrit avoids it by throwing Ronaldo back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ronaldo.
Sitsongrit misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sitsongrit lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ronaldo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ronaldo lands a right hand.
Ronaldo avoiding damage as Sitsongrit throws knees to the body.
Ronaldo looking to stall.
Sitsongrit digs a right hand underneath Ronaldo's ribcage. Ronaldo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sitsongrit blocks an elbow strike from Ronaldo.
Sitsongrit lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ronaldo avoids it.
Ronaldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ronaldo misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sitsongrit.
Ronaldo throws an elbow but it misses.
Ronaldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good body shot from Sitsongrit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sitsongrit blocks an elbow strike.
Sitsongrit softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sitsongrit landing knees to the body.
Ronaldo is breathing heavily.
Sitsongrit trying to land knees to the body.
Ronaldo throws an elbow that misses.
Sitsongrit lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ronaldo blocks an uppercut.
Sitsongrit lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ronaldo backwards.
Sitsongrit digs a right hand underneath Ronaldo's ribcage. Ronaldo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A left hand lands to the body for Ronaldo.
Sitsongrit crunches a lovely knee into Ronaldo's ribcage.
A short right from Sitsongrit on the inside.
Sitsongrit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ronaldo is defending well for now.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Ronaldo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ronaldo can do to turn this around?
Sitsongrit tries to work over Ronaldo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sitsongrit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ronaldos head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sitsongrit working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a right hand.
Sitsongrit lands a good knee to the midsection. Ronaldo won't want to take too many of those.
Sitsongrit putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ronaldo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sitsongrit scores with a shoulder strike.
Sitsongrit softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sitsongrit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ronaldo's elbow.
Sitsongrit missing with knees to the body.
Sitsongrit prevents a body shot from Ronaldo.
A head punch on the inside from Ronaldo fails to land.
Sitsongrit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ronaldo.
Sitsongrit lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ronaldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sitsongrit lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ronaldo avoiding damage as Sitsongrit throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sitsongrit obliges.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Madkhao Sitsongrit dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Watch Out Ronaldo's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A shot to the liver by Sitsongrit. Beautiful body shot.
Ronaldo throws a head kick but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Sitsongrit is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ronaldo. Sitsongrit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sitsongrit swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Ronaldo.
A counter left hand to the body from Sitsongrit misses its target.
Sitsongrit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ronaldo at a distance.
Sitsongrit lands a nice looking body shot.
Sitsongrit scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ronaldo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sitsongrit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sitsongrit throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sitsongrit looks to score with a jab to the body but Ronaldo is just out of range.
Ronaldo misses with a looping left.
Madkhao Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronaldo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sitsongrit was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ronaldo lands a jab to the nose.
Sitsongrit checks a low kick from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sitsongrit connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick which misses Ronaldo's front leg but catches the back leg as Ronaldo tries to avoid it.
Madkhao Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit checks a low kick from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo tries to close the distance and clinch but Sitsongrit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sitsongrit moves out of range as Ronaldo strikes.
Ronaldo throws the left hand but Sitsongrit avoids the punch easily.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot.
Sitsongrit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ronaldo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sitsongrit defending well as Ronaldo loads up on a big left hand.
Sitsongrit walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sitsongrit throws the left hand but Ronaldo avoids the punch easily.
Ronaldo throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Sitsongrit to counter with a crisp jab.
Ronaldo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sitsongrit moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ronaldo missing with a left hand there. Sitsongrit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sitsongrit works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ronaldo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
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!
Crunch! Sitsongrit slams his shin into Ronaldo's torso.
Watch Out Ronaldo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ronaldo throws a push kick but Sitsongrit slaps the foot to one side.
Ronaldo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ronaldo throws an overhand right that lands on Sitsongrit's shoulder, as Sitsongrit tries to avoid the shot.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter punch.
Ronaldo throws a sloppy head kick and Sitsongrit moves out of range easily.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ronaldo misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
Ronaldo misses the shot to the body.
Sitsongrit listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A good leg kick by Ronaldo.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sitsongrit.
Ronaldo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sitsongrit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit defending well as Ronaldo loads up on a big left hand.
Ronaldo looks to land a right hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a slapping body shot.
Sitsongrit cracks Ronaldo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ronaldo throws out a loose jab but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ronaldo throws a push kick but Sitsongrit slaps the foot to one side.
A leg kick checked by Sitsongrit.
Ronaldo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ronaldo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit obviously looking to wear him down.
The fighters circling - Ronaldo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ronaldo works the jab nicely.
Sitsongrit scores with the left hand. Ronaldo knows he should have avoided that one.
Watch Out Ronaldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sitsongrit staying out of range there.
A quick step to the side and Sitsongrit tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ronaldo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A jab lands there for Sitsongrit.
Ronaldo misses with a looping right.
It looked like Sitsongrit wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sitsongrit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ronaldo.
An attempted straight right counter from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Sitsongrit explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit tried to counter with a leg kick but Ronaldo avoided it.
Sitsongrit blocks a leg kick.
Ronaldo misses with a lunging right hand
and Sitsongrit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ronaldo loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to the nose.
Ronaldo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ronaldo throws a body shot but no joy.
Jab, jab by Sitsongrit - just one landing.
Ronaldo throws a lazy head kick
and Sitsongrit counters with an outside leg kick.
Ronaldo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sitsongrit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ronaldo misses with a lunging right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit clobbers Ronaldo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ronaldo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a straight right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Madkhao 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Madkhao Sitsongrit!
A very excited looking Madkhao 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.