PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit (ranked 328 p4p, 495 weight class) and Ulysses Battleby (ranked 31 p4p, 42 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sitsongrit
vs
Battleby

173 cm
25
147
11 - 4 - 0

179 cm
31
151
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ulysses Battleby!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Battleby throws a jab when Sitsongrit was well out of range.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Battleby avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Battleby slips a straight right by Sitsongrit.
Battleby counters with a body kick.
Sitsongrit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping right.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Battleby fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've been told by Sitsongrit's head coaches at Sitsongrit Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Battleby moves out of range.
Battleby appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A left lands for Sitsongrit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battleby looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Battleby moves out of range as Sitsongrit strikes.
Battleby blocks a low kick nicely.
Battleby appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Battleby tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sitsongrit is able to avoid easily.
Battleby tests Sitsongrit's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slow jab from Sitsongrit misses its intended target.
Battleby lands a lovely overhand right.
Battleby bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Battleby! But no joy.
Battleby thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sitsongrit if he has to take too many more of those.
Battleby walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit checks the leg kick.
Sitsongrit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Battleby looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Battleby ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Battleby throws a jab when Sitsongrit was well out of range.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Battleby checks it.
Good shot there by Sitsongrit.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A cross from Battleby lands.
A shot to the liver by Sitsongrit. Beautiful body shot.
Sitsongrit throws a poor cross that misses
and Battleby connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit closes the distance but Battleby moves to the side
and Battleby counters with a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Battleby's ribcage but misses.
Battleby throws a low kick but Sitsongrit avoids it.
Sitsongrit misses with a lunging right hand
and Battleby counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Battleby throws a sloppy head kick and Sitsongrit moves out of range easily.
Sitsongrit appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A big left from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit avoids the head kick by Battleby.
It looked like Sitsongrit was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Battleby.
Battleby checks a low kick from Sitsongrit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Sitsongrit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sitsongrit misses with a right hand
and Battleby counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sitsongrit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sitsongrit is looking to clinch but Battleby is avoiding it.
Battleby sizes up Sitsongrit with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Battleby slips a straight right by Sitsongrit.
Battleby moves out of range of the body kick from Sitsongrit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ulysses Battleby will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sitsongrit throws a lazy uppercut
and Battleby counters with a lovely straight right hand!
An inside leg kick lands from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Battleby.
Battleby misses with a body punch
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Battleby misses with a right hand
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Battleby throws an off balance right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Battleby moves out of range.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Battleby lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sitsongrit doesn't seem phased though.
Sitsongrit throws a looping overhand right but Battleby ducks down to avoid it.
Battleby moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sitsongrit swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the body
and Battleby cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut.
Battleby thows a left - swing and a miss!
Battleby misses with a head kick.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Battleby.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Sitsongrit avoids a kick to the body.
Battleby closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sitsongrit takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Battleby connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Battleby throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Battleby takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the liver by Sitsongrit. Beautiful body shot.
Sitsongrit scores with a punch to the head.
Battleby misses with an uppercut.
Battleby misses with a jab to the body
enabling Sitsongrit to counter with a crisp jab.
Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
Sitsongrit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Sitsongrit closes the distance and clinches.
Sitsongrit has Battleby pressed against the cage, preventing Battleby from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sitsongrit struggles to land a body shot inside as Battleby controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Battleby creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Battleby's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Battleby 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.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Battleby counter with a right hand.
Battleby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sitsongrit thuds his right hand into Battleby's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Battleby throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Battleby counters with a body kick.
Sitsongrit tries to close the distance and clinch but Battleby swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Battleby looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Battleby throws a sloppy head kick and Sitsongrit moves out of range easily.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sitsongrit lands a head shot.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick
and Battleby counters with an inside leg kick.
Battleby scores with a hook to the body. Sitsongrit takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Battleby throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A thudding body kick lands there by Battleby!
Battleby uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sitsongrit.
Battleby thows a body kick. Sitsongrit tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit connects with an inside leg kick.
Battleby lands a head kick. Sitsongrit smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sitsongrit.
Battleby misses the jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Battleby darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Battleby's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sitsongrit defending well as Battleby loads up on a big left hand.
Sitsongrit is looking to slow Battleby down with leg kicks.

Sitsongrit gets a clinch.
Sitsongrit misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battleby lands a left hand.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.

Battleby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Battleby lands a nice hook to Sitsongrit's body. Sitsongrit takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook.
As Sitsongrit backs off Battleby throws a huge counter combo but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it all.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice strike.
Battleby misses with a jab to the body
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Battleby moves away.
Battleby looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Battleby changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Battleby avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Battleby tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses the shot to the body.
Sitsongrit blocks a jab.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A low kick lands for Battleby.
Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Battleby.
Battleby throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Battleby shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Battleby paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Battleby manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Battleby on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Battleby misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Battleby misses the shot to the body.
Sitsongrit looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sitsongrit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Battleby.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch
and Battleby counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sitsongrit thinking.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A low kick lands for Sitsongrit.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Battleby defending well as Sitsongrit loads up on a big left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ulysses Battleby really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Good leg kick by Battleby.
Battleby is looking to chop away at Sitsongrit's legs.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Battleby avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Battleby on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Sitsongrit. Beautiful body shot.
Battleby with a nice calf kick.
Sitsongrit staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands with a nice body punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Sitsongrit.
Battleby avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Battleby misses with a jab to the body
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Battleby misses with a head kick.
Battleby checks a leg kick nicely.
A little jabbing left from Battleby on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sitsongrit checks a leg kick.
It looked like Sitsongrit wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sitsongrit lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battleby misses with a looping left.
Sitsongrit swings widly with a right hand
and Battleby cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Battleby takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sitsongrit connects with a crisp jab.
Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sitsongrit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Battleby has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Battleby throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Sitsongrit to counter with a crisp jab.
Battleby swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sitsongrit.
A low kick lands for Battleby.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Battleby counters with a nice body shot.
Battleby uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sitsongrit.
Battleby gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sitsongrit.
Battleby throws a lazy uppercut
and Sitsongrit counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sitsongrit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Battleby throws a body shot but no joy.
Battleby uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Battleby cracks a nice hook into Sitsongrit's ribs.
Battleby blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Battleby was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.
Battleby is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sitsongrit with a body shot.
Battleby misses with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a straight right hand.
Sitsongrit connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Battleby's hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit lands an overhand right.

Battleby is rocked!
A slapping leg kick lands for Sitsongrit.
Battleby is still on wobbly legs! Can Sitsongrit finish him?
A low kick lands for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit connects with an inside leg kick.
Battleby looks up at the clock. Bad move! Sitsongrit lands a right hand from hell, dropping Battleby. Sitsongrit pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit!
Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit retains his featherweight title!