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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Victor Fernandes (ranked 5061 p4p, 3064 weight class) and Petchuangtong Sitsongrit (ranked 313 p4p, 206 weight class). Victor Fernandes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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177 cm 18 155 0 - 0 - 0 |
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175 cm 19 155 2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Counter fighter Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt Excellent MT Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Victor Fernandes! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Petchuangtong Sitsongrit! The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Ben Watson and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Fernandes fails in his attempt to clinch. Fernandes doesn't succeed with the takedown and Sitsongrit makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Nice shot lands for Sitsongrit. Fernandes feints and as Sitsongrit raises his hands in defense, Fernandes changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Sitsongrit is pulling down on Fernandes's head. It's preventing any offense from Fernandes, at least for the moment. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sitsongrit is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Sitsongrit looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sitsongrit passes to full mount! Sitsongrit controlling from the full mount. Let's hope that Sitsongrit has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight. Sitsongrit really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fernandes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fernandes is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sitsongrit sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Fernandes working to try and regain half guard.
Sitsongrit takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sitsongrit prevents Fernandes from getting the reversal. Sitsongrit controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. Sitsongrit's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Sitsongrit is continuing to stall. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Petchuangtong Sitsongrit dominated that round. That's time! Fernandes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Sitsongrit with a nice calf kick. Sitsongrit fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fernandes, pushing him back against the cage. Fernandes tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Sitsongrit scores with a shoulder strike. Sitsongrit gets through Fernandes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Sitsongrit pushes Fernandes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Sitsongrit scores with a shoulder strike. Sitsongrit lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fernandes or not. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sitsongrit makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Nice body punch from Sitsongrit - that landed with a thud.
Fernandes is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Sitsongrit is defending well. Sitsongrit lands a right hand. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A short body shot lands from Sitsongrit as the two fighters clinch.
Sitsongrit lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sitsongrit scores with a hook to the body. Sitsongrit lands with a short head shot on the inside. Sitsongrit has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Fernandes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sitsongrit can turn it around. Fernandes takes a shot to the head. Sitsongrit lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fernandes backwards. A short right from Sitsongrit on the inside. Sitsongrit scores with a nice hook to the head. Sitsongrit lands with a left to the head. Sitsongrit digs a right hand into Fernandes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fernandes's gas tank. Sitsongrit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fernandess head. A quick uppercut on the inside from Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit lands with a right to the head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Sitsongrit cracks Fernandes with a nice body shot. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Sitsongrit lands a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sitsongrit lands a nice shot to the body. A shot in the inside from Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit lands on the inside with an uppercut. Sitsongrit softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Sitsongrit cracks Fernandes with a nice body shot. Petchuangtong Sitsongrit seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Sitsongrit lands a right hand. Sitsongrit lands with a short shot to the head. Sitsongrit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Sitsongrit lands with a short head shot on the inside. A quick uppercut on the inside from Sitsongrit. Still in the clinch, Sitsongrit scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fernandes is rocked! Sitsongrit lands a body shot. Oh Fernandes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Sitsongrit scores with a nice hook to the head. Sitsongrit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Sitsongrit digs a right hand into Fernandes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fernandes's gas tank. Sitsongrit lands on the inside with an uppercut. Sitsongrit lands with a short shot to the head. Sitsongrit lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fernandes or not. A left hand lands to the body for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Fernandes's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Fernandes drops to his knees and Sitsongrit pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Petchuangtong Sitsongrit!
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hype
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