PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit (ranked 34 p4p, 154 weight class) and Dezmond Drake (ranked 3 p4p, 16 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Sitsongrit
vs
Drake

173 cm
28
147
18 - 4 - 0

176 cm
33
160
22 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic 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 18 - 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 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dezmond Drake!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit misses with a hook.
Despite the aggression on Drake's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy right hand. Drake should have avoided that one.
Drake scores with a sloppy right hand. Sitsongrit should have avoided that one.
Drake throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Drake misses the target.
Sitsongrit throwing a counter right hand but Drake manages to avoid it.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook. Drake ducked under it nicely.
Drake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sitsongrit was well out of range. Poor timing from Drake.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sitsongrit clinches up against the cage.
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.
Sitsongrit misses with the head strike.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as Drake controls the action.
Drake tries a body shot but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake cracks Sitsongrit with a nice body shot.
Sitsongrit presses Drake against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.
Drake scores with a shot to the side of Sitsongrit's head.
Sitsongrit working aggressively here.
Sitsongrit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drake working aggressively here.
Drake works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Drake struggles to land a body shot inside as Sitsongrit controls his hands.
Drake lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sitsongrit backwards.
Sitsongrit lands a hook to the side of the head.
Drake blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Good body shot from Drake.
Sitsongrit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Drake misses with a punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with an uppercut but Drake uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drake misses with the head strike.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with the head strike.
Sitsongrit lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sitsongrit misses with the head strike.
Drake lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sitsongrit backwards.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand.
A hook to the body from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit struggles to land a body shot inside as Drake controls his hands.
Drake pushes Sitsongrit back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sitsongrit lands with a right to the head.
Sitsongrit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drake misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Drake.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drake.
Sitsongrit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sitsongrit.
A left hand lands to the body for Drake.
Drake misses with some punches.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drake.
Drake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Drake.
Drake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Drake breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drake misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sitsongrit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Drake stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Drake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drake moves out of range as Sitsongrit strikes.
Sitsongrit moves into range and connects with a jab.
Drake chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sitsongrit can pounce on him.
Drake rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Drake takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Drake is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Drake moves away and avoids it.
Drake is still on wobbly legs! Can Sitsongrit finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut.
Drake seems to have recovered his senses.
Drake swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sitsongrit counters with a left to the body.
Drake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sitsongrit.
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Drake.
Sitsongrit tried to counter with a leg kick but Drake avoided it.
Drake cracks Sitsongrit with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Drake tries to clinch up.
Sitsongrit throwing a counter right hand but Drake manages to avoid it.
Sitsongrit takes one to the chin there.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Drake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sitsongrit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Drake misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Sitsongrit wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Drake sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sitsongrit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy right hand but Drake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Drake's shoulder, as Drake tries to avoid the shot.
Drake doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A big right from Drake misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Sitsongrit to counter with a crisp jab.
Sitsongrit lands a right hook to the body.
Sitsongrit connects with a nice looking jab.
Sitsongrit swats away the attempt to clinch by Drake.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Drake misses.
Drake looks to land a right hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range.
Drake blocks the body kick.
Drake throws a hook but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Drake is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sitsongrit.
Drake swings for the body but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Drake throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Sitsongrit to counter with a crisp jab.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Drake's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Drake.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot.
Drake lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
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 thows a left - swing and a miss!
Drake looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the strikes.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Drake takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A telegraphed right hand from Drake misses the target.
Drake rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Sitsongrit to counter with a crisp jab.
Drake lands with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy uppercut
letting Drake counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Drake misses the target.
Sitsongrit throws out a loose jab but Drake uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Drake on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sitsongrit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Drake.
Drake drops his hands momentarily and Sitsongrit takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Drake misses with a lunging right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice body kick.
Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Drake misses its intended target.
A shot to the body from Sitsongrit misses
and Drake cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Drake looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
It appears Sitsongrit was looking to counter with a kick there.
Drake doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
It seemed like Drake was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Drake throws a sloppy body shot
and Sitsongrit makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Drake swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake walks straight into a right hand from Sitsongrit - that's dropped him! Sitsongrit jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Drake from any more punishment! Drake complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit!
Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit retains his featherweight title!
Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.