PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yodsawan Sitsongrit (ranked 617 p4p, 1398 weight class) and Henson Benderson (ranked 39 p4p, 76 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Benderson's choice of entrance music: The Time is Now. 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
Benderson

171 cm
32
136
24 - 12 - 0

168 cm
40
145
29 - 28 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition
Shadow Warrior Nutrition

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 24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yodsawan Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henson Benderson!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Benderson moves out of range.
Benderson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Benderson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Benderson takes one on the button.
Benderson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sitsongrit lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Benderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sitsongrit jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Benderson avoids the head kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benderson wants to clinch.
Sitsongrit scores with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sitsongrit.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sitsongrit, as that shot connected.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benderson misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
Yodsawan Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sitsongrit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Benderson's head.
Sitsongrit cracks Benderson with a good jab.
Sitsongrit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Benderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Benderson misses with a looping left.
Sitsongrit lands the left hand.
A head kick from Sitsongrit lands but Benderson takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit connects with the punch.
A good leg kick by Sitsongrit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benderson moves away.
Benderson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Benderson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Benderson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Benderson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sitsongrit looks to land a left hand but Benderson moved out of range nicely.
Sitsongrit throws a predictable looking body shot
and Benderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sitsongrit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Benderson's head.
Sitsongrit explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Benderson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sitsongrit, as that shot connected.
Sitsongrit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Benderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Benderson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Benderson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sitsongrit lands a glancing blow to the side of Benderson's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benderson moves out of range of the body kick from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit scoring well with a low kick there.
Sitsongrit cracks Benderson with an open hand slap.
Benderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sitsongrit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sitsongrit digs a good hook to Benderson's body.
A slow jab from Benderson misses its intended target.
Sitsongrit works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot.
Sitsongrit misses with a body kick.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Sitsongrit connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Benderson momentarily.

Benderson moves into the clinch successfully.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Benderson prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sitsongrit lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sitsongrit avoiding damage as Benderson throws knees to the body.
A short left from Sitsongrit.

Sitsongrit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benderson looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Benderson avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Benderson tries to clinch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Benderson misses with a right hand
and Sitsongrit makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Benderson misses with a two punch combination.
Sitsongrit connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Benderson moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Sitsongrit there.
Good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benderson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yodsawan Sitsongrit dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Benderson thows a leg kick but Sitsongrit checks it
and Sitsongrit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benderson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sitsongrit. That one must have hurt.
Sitsongrit fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Benderson scores with the left hand. Sitsongrit knows he should have avoided that one.
Benderson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sitsongrit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sitsongrit's jab looks to have found its range, popping Benderson under the eye.
Sitsongrit feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bendersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A low kick lands for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit pushes Benderson away with a front kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit connects with an inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the head.
Benderson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick which misses Benderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Benderson tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick that misses
enabling Benderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Yodsawan Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Sitsongrit fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Benderson throws a looping overhand right but Sitsongrit ducks down to avoid it.
Benderson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sitsongrit stuns Benderson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benderson.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sitsongrit dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benderson. That did some damage!
Benderson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sitsongrit.
Benderson looks to land a left hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range nicely.
Benderson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Benderson's sensitive parts.
Sitsongrit with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Benderson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick which misses Benderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Benderson tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sitsongrit is looking to slow Benderson down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice body punch from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit tries to clinch there but Benderson circles away.
Sitsongrit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit lands with a shot to the body.
Benderson misses with a straight right.
Sitsongrit scores with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit scores with a punch to the head.
Sitsongrit scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice body kick.
Sitsongrit lands with a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit misses the shot to the body.
Sitsongrit scores with a spinning back kick!
Sitsongrit tests Benderson's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a nice looking body shot.
Jab, jab by Sitsongrit - just one landing.
Benderson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice right hand.
Sitsongrit explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Benderson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Benderson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Benderson blocks it.
That kick from Sitsongrit tenderised Benderson's leg. Benderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Benderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Benderson moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sitsongrit throws out a powerful jab.
Sitsongrit takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sitsongrit tries to clinch up but Benderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sitsongrit!
Sitsongrit throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Benderson on the side of the head.
Sitsongrit wants to land a leg kick but Benderson is out of range.
Benderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Sitsongrit closes the distance and pushes Benderson back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Benderson taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Sitsongrit scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Sitsongrit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yodsawan 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. This is the final round!

Sitsongrit connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yodsawan Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Benderson takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
Sitsongrit with a jab.
Sitsongrit scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit digs a good body shot into Benderson's ribs.
Sitsongrit feints and then cracks Benderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Benderson down.
Sitsongrit looks to land a body kick but Benderson moved away.
Sitsongrit thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Benderson if he has to take too many more of those.
Sitsongrit darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sitsongrit cracks a nice hook into Benderson's ribs.
Benderson throws a leg kick but Sitsongrit sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sitsongrit. Benderson shrugs it off though.
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!
Benderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benderson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Benderson misses.
Benderson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sitsongrit lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice straight punches there by Sitsongrit. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Benderson lands with a right hand.
Sitsongrit lands a nice shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Sitsongrit blocks the low kick.
Sitsongrit throws a head kick that misses.
Benderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Benderson throws a shot from downtown. Sitsongrit moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Sitsongrit wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Sitsongrit has managed to clinch.
Benderson tries a knee to the head but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Sitsongrit lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sitsongrit avoiding damage as Benderson throws knees to the body.
Benderson misses with a knee to the head.
Sitsongrit takes a knee right on the jaw!
Benderson trying to land knees to the body.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Benderson can do to turn this around?
Benderson misses with a knee strike.
Sitsongrit lands a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit struggles to land a body shot inside as Benderson controls his hands.
Benderson misses with a knee to the head.
Sitsongrit pushes Benderson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit cracks Benderson with a nice body shot.
Yodsawan Sitsongrit has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sitsongrit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Sitsongrit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bendersons head.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Benderson looking to stall.
Benderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Benderson blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit gets through Benderson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit lands a hook that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Sitsongrit lands a nice uppercut.
Benderson misses with a knee to the head.
Sitsongrit lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henson Benderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sitsongrit misses with some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sitsongrit prevents a body shot from Benderson.
Sitsongrit works on Benderson's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Sitsongrit.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yodsawan 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yodsawan Sitsongrit!
A victorious Yodsawan Sitsongrit thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Henson Benderson had this to say: 'Damn...'.