PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Little Kitty Sripituksakul (ranked 1743 p4p, 1496 weight class) and Miguel Harper (ranked 103 p4p, 87 weight class). Harper has chosen Al CompÃ¡s De Mi Caballo as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Sripituksakul
vs
Harper

168 cm
30
136
19 - 9 - 1

168 cm
32
142
21 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Little Kitty Sripituksakul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miguel Harper!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Sripituksakul - just one landing.
Sripituksakul tries to clinch up.
Harper thuds a left hand into Sripituksakul's body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sripituksakul, as that shot connected.
Harper looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sripituksakul misses with a kick to the body
and Harper counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Little Kitty Sripituksakul has been cut.
Sripituksakul's corner calls for a 1-2. Sripituksakul obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Harper throws a hook but Sripituksakul avoids it easily.
Sripituksakul lands a lovely overhand right.
Harper just misses with a punch to the body.
Sripituksakul throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sripituksakul lands a nice shot to the body.
Harper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sripituksakul finds it's way round the side to connect with Harper's head.
Harper misses with a body punch
and Sripituksakul counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sripituksakul slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sripituksakul fails in his attempt to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Harper misses.
Sripituksakul connects with a good right hand that stumbles Harper. Harper circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Harper takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Harper gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Harper working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sripituksakul.
Sripituksakul throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sripituksakul lands a couple of digs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harper trying to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sripituksakul working some strikes from top position.
Sripituksakul postures up in Harper's guard and throws a big left but Harper blocks it.
Sripituksakul throws a big elbow that misses.

Sripituksakul is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Harper is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Harper has escaped and now he's on top!

Harper must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Harper looking to pass the guard.
Harper won't allow Sripituksakul to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sripituksakul is looking for a triangle here but Harper uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harper just content to control the position.
Sripituksakul gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Well, if Harper is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Harper trying to mount his opponent but Sripituksakul defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sripituksakul gets back to full guard.
Harper advances to half guard.
Sripituksakul is looking for a sweep. Harper is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Harper is stalling here. Sripituksakul is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Harper seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Sripituksakul has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Sripituksakul landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Harper avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sripituksakul.
Sripituksakul misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Sripituksakul goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Harper rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Sripituksakul's guard! Nice work there by Harper!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Little Kitty Sripituksakul dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Little Kitty Sripituksakul's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sripituksakul ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sripituksakul dives in and grabs Harper's left leg, looking for a takedown. Harper pushes down on Sripituksakul's head and hops out.
Sripituksakul ducks right into an uppercut from Harper.
Harper takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheers as Sripituksakul lands an impressive looking overhand right. Harper doesn't seem phased though.
Sripituksakul lands a nice shot that snaps Harper's head back.
Sripituksakul misses with a hook to the body
and Harper connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sripituksakul moves to clinch but Harper breaks away
and Harper counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sripituksakul was well out of range. Poor timing from Harper.
Sripituksakul uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harper has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper connects with a right hand. Sripituksakul shakes it off.
Harper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sripituksakul throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sripituksakul scores with the left hand. Harper knows he should have avoided that one.
Sripituksakul ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harper moves away.
A countering left hand to the body from Harper misses.
Little Kitty Sripituksakul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sripituksakul waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harper.
Harper throws out a counter right but Sripituksakul avoids it with no problem.
Harper cracks Sripituksakul with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harper swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sripituksakul. Harper shrugs it off though.
Sripituksakul fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harper manages to avoid it.
Harper replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Sripituksakul blocks it well.
Sripituksakul scores with a sloppy right hand. Harper should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sripituksakul shoots for a double leg takedown but Harper sprawls well. He's pushed Sripituksakul's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sripituksakul tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harper manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harper only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Little Kitty Sripituksakul is winning the standup battle so far.
Sripituksakul lands a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sripituksakul moves out of range of the strikes.
Sripituksakul moves out of range as Harper strikes.
Sripituksakul is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harper can do to turn this around?
Sripituksakul lands a jab to the head.
Miguel Harper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sripituksakul blocks a jab.
Sripituksakul attempts a counter takedown but Harper avoids it well and moves away.
Harper takes a swing at Sripituksakul's ribcage but misses.
Harper moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sripituksakul slips under a jab from Harper.
Sripituksakul ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harper moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sripituksakul fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Little Kitty Sripituksakul. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sripituksakul lands a nice shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Sripituksakul misses the target.
Harper takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sripituksakul misses the shot to the body.
Sripituksakul lands a jab to the nose.
Sripituksakul shoots for a takedown but Harper saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Harper now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sripituksakul misses with a body shot.
Harper is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sripituksakul with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sripituksakul fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A countering left hand to the body from Harper misses.
Sripituksakul fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harper misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Harper throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sripituksakul jabs at Harper's body.
Sripituksakul lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper needs to keep his hands up - Sripituksakul had a free shot at his head there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Harper darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sripituksakul staying out of range there.
Harper lunges at Sripituksakul with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sripituksakul's hand.
Sripituksakul throws a lazy uppercut
and Sripituksakul takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Little Kitty Sripituksakul dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Little Kitty Sripituksakul's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Sripituksakul bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sripituksakul throws an elbow but Harper slips to the side and avoids it well.
Sripituksakul lands an elbow.
Harper is trying to get back to half guard.
Harper struggling a bit here.

Sripituksakul goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Harper rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Sripituksakul's guard! Nice work there by Harper!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sripituksakul working a defensive guard here.
Harper stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sripituksakul swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper is still trying to improve position.
Sripituksakul lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Sripituksakul throws a strike but Harper rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Harper is pushing down on Sripituksakul's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sripituksakul is fighting to maintain full guard but Harper has managed to sneak the leg through.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Sripituksakul tries to roll over but Harper keeps him under control.
Harper stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sripituksakul is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Harper wants to free his trapped foot but Sripituksakul is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sripituksakul has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Harper in particular looking to stall.
Harper wants to pass the guard but Sripituksakul is defending well.
Harper with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sripituksakul trying to get back to full guard but Harper takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Harper tries to control but Sripituksakul wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sripituksakul tries to hold on but Harper postures up.
Sripituksakul can't escape the position.
Sripituksakul regains half guard.
Sripituksakul is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Harper's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Harper's back!
Sripituksakul is not going to allow Harper to sit and survive in this position.
Sripituksakul missing with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sripituksakul throwing strikes and Harper squirms under the pressure, ending up mounted.
Harper bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Sripituksakul looking for a sweep. Not yet Sripituksakul, not yet.
Miguel Harper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Little Kitty Sripituksakul is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harper looking to sit in guard and control but Sripituksakul gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harper looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sripituksakul is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harper is trying to control the position from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Little Kitty Sripituksakul.
Well Sripituksakul 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27

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