PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Petchuangtong Sitsongrit (ranked 6827 p4p, 587 weight class) and Kento Ban Gbus (ranked 4693 p4p, 478 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sitsongrit
vs
Ban Gbus

174 cm
19
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Petchuangtong Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kento Ban Gbus!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ban Gbus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ban Gbus takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Ban Gbus moves out of range.
Sitsongrit connects with a crisp jab.
Sitsongrit tries a low kick but Ban Gbus avoids it.
Ban Gbus throws a looping overhand right but Sitsongrit ducks down to avoid it.
Sitsongrit connects with a single shot there.
Sitsongrit finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ban Gbus now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sitsongrit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ban Gbus slips under a jab.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sitsongrit, right into the meat.
Sitsongrit connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit thumps Ban Gbus with a low kick.
Ban Gbus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
Sitsongrit throws a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit scores with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit cracks Ban Gbus with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ban Gbus throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ban Gbus takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
Ban Gbus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ban Gbus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ban Gbus misses with a left hand
and Sitsongrit makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sitsongrit connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Sitsongrit misses.
Ban Gbus throws out a counter right but Sitsongrit avoids it with no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ban Gbus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ban Gbus throws a body punch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Ban Gbus missing with a left hand there. Sitsongrit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sitsongrit appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Petchuangtong Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sitsongrit wants to land a leg kick but Ban Gbus is out of range.
Ban Gbus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ban Gbus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sitsongrit with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sitsongrit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ban Gbus's head.
Sitsongrit just misses with a punch to the body.
Ban Gbus now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Ban Gbus blocks it.
Ban Gbus checks a low kick from Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ban Gbus throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sitsongrit counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick that misses.
Ban Gbus is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sitsongrit with a body shot.
Ban Gbus thuds a left hand into Sitsongrit's body.
That kick from Sitsongrit tenderised Ban Gbus's leg. Ban Gbus is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Ban Gbus sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab from Ban Gbus.
Sitsongrit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sitsongrit fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ban Gbus misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
Sitsongrit looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ban Gbus.
An attempted straight right counter from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Sitsongrit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ban Gbus misses with a wild combination.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit scores with a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit takes one to the chin there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ban Gbus.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice head shot.
Ban Gbus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sitsongrit throws out a leg kick but Ban Gbus moves out of range and Sitsongrit only half commits.
Ban Gbus doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ban Gbus looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Good exchange - Sitsongrit coming out on top.
Ban Gbus misses with a lunging right hand
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Sitsongrit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ban Gbus just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Petchuangtong Sitsongrit dominated that round.
That's time! Sitsongrit's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Ban Gbus moved away.
Ban Gbus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sitsongrit lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sitsongrit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sitsongrit lands with a good body shot.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ban Gbus! But no joy.
Sitsongrit lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ban Gbus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sitsongrit swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook
and Ban Gbus counters with a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot.
Ban Gbus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a slapping body shot.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick
and Ban Gbus counters with a nice body shot.
Ban Gbus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ban Gbus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sitsongrit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ban Gbus's head.
Petchuangtong Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
Ban Gbus just misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ban Gbus was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ban Gbus moves forwards but Sitsongrit connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ban Gbus takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ban Gbus.
Sitsongrit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Ban Gbus blocks it.
Ban Gbus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sitsongrit stuns Ban Gbus with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sitsongrit cracks the inside of Ban Gbus's front leg.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ban Gbus manages to avoid it.
Ban Gbus is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sitsongrit with a body shot.
Sitsongrit tries to land a leg kick but Ban Gbus saw it coming and moves away.
Sitsongrit tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ban Gbus is able to avoid easily.
Ban Gbus swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ban Gbus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab from Ban Gbus.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sitsongrit connects with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Sitsongrit misses its intended target.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick that knocks Ban Gbus off balance momentarily.
Sitsongrit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ban Gbus.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy right hand. Ban Gbus should have avoided that one.
Sitsongrit lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sitsongrit connects with a body shot that sends Ban Gbus's belly button to the back.
Sitsongrit misses with a leg kick.
Ban Gbus looks to land a left hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range nicely.
Ban Gbus misses with a body shot.
Good work by Ban Gbus as he checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ban Gbus checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ban Gbus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ban Gbus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit obviously looking to wear him down.
Sitsongrit scores with the left hand. Ban Gbus knows he should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Ban Gbus moves out of range.
Ban Gbus blocks a leg kick.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to Ban Gbus's midsection.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sitsongrit just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus misses with a hook
and Sitsongrit counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Petchuangtong Sitsongrit dominated that second round.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A leg kick checked by Ban Gbus.
Petchuangtong Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sitsongrit will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ban Gbus looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping right.
Ban Gbus misses with a lunging right hand
and Sitsongrit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ban Gbus takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ban Gbus can do to turn this around?
Sitsongrit throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ban Gbus's sensitive parts.
Ban Gbus has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ban Gbus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ban Gbus.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick. Ban Gbus looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sitsongrit keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ban Gbus looks to score with a jab to the body but Sitsongrit is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ban Gbus checks a low kick from Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus throws a big shot that misses.
Sitsongrit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight left.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ban Gbus.
Ban Gbus looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sitsongrit thows a leg kick but Ban Gbus checks it
and Ban Gbus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick that knocks Ban Gbus off balance momentarily.
Sitsongrit lands a nice hook to Ban Gbus's body. Ban Gbus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sitsongrit throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ban Gbus avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus looks to land a right hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick that knocks Ban Gbus off balance momentarily.
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ban Gbus was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
You can see that Ban Gbus has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Ban Gbus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ban Gbus swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ban Gbus misses with a wild body shot.
Ban Gbus misses with a hook to the body
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ban Gbus.
As Ban Gbus backs away, Sitsongrit returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Ban Gbus is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sitsongrit with a body shot.
Ban Gbus throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ban Gbus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ban Gbus is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ban Gbus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy right hand but Ban Gbus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ban Gbus throws out a counter right but Sitsongrit avoids it with no problem.
Kento Ban Gbus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ban Gbus tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sitsongrit lands with a good body shot.
Ban Gbus swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ban Gbus on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ban Gbus takes one to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a slapping body shot.
Sitsongrit will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sitsongrit wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ban Gbus looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Sitsongrit lands a glancing blow to the side of Ban Gbus's head.
Ban Gbus 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 scores with a jab.
Sitsongrit lands with a nice body punch.
Sitsongrit throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ban Gbus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A jab from Sitsongrit finds it's way through Ban Gbus's defenses.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Petchuangtong 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Petchuangtong Sitsongrit!