PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Madkhao Sitsongrit (ranked 272 p4p, 1113 weight class) and DeShawn West (ranked 41 p4p, 160 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying West's choice of entrance music: Can’t Be Touched - Roy Jones Jr. Madkhao Sitsongrit could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to DeShawn West's chin.

Sitsongrit
vs
West

175 cm
25
162
7 - 3 - 0

172 cm
32
145
23 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Madkhao Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, DeShawn West!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West takes one on the button.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sitsongrit lands a glancing blow to the side of West's head.
Sitsongrit tries to land a leg kick but West saw it coming and moves away.
West looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but West blocks it.
West let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sitsongrit throws a jab but it's blocked by West.
The fighters circling - Sitsongrit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
West uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws the left hand but West avoids the punch easily.
West lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
West moves out of range of the leg kick from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit slips a straight right by West.
West pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sitsongrit throws a jab but it's blocked by West.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from West! But no joy.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy right hand. West should have avoided that one.
Sitsongrit lunges at West with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by West's hand.
Good shot there by West.

It looks like Madkhao Sitsongrit has been cut.
Sitsongrit throws a jab but it's blocked by West.
West throws a jab when Sitsongrit was well out of range.
West throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sitsongrit throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
West 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.
West scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West misses with an uppercut. Sitsongrit saw that one coming.
Sitsongrit tried to counter with a leg kick but West avoided it.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook. West ducked under it nicely.
West uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit missing with a left hand there. West was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice side step and West releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
West scores with a jab to the body.
West fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it.
Good shot there by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
West swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donk. Sitsongrit catches West right on the button with a cross.
Sitsongrit drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sitsongrit.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sitsongrit.
West loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
West misses with a looping left.
Sitsongrit swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
West takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before West has time to react.
Sitsongrit misses with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
West appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but West blocks it.
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but West was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.
West lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and throws a low kick but West checks it well.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from West! But no joy.
West throws the left hand but Sitsongrit avoids the punch easily.
Sitsongrit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sitsongrit tests West's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like DeShawn West has been cut.
Sitsongrit takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
West takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Good standup being displayed there by Sitsongrit as he connects with a hook.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from West.
It seemed like West was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sitsongrit throws a looping overhand right but West ducks down to avoid it.

West tries to keep at a distance but Sitsongrit has taken the fight into the clinch.
West avoiding damage as Sitsongrit throws knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Madkhao Sitsongrit dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Sitsongrit's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

West lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
West jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sitsongrit lands with a right hand.
Sitsongrit works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

West is rocked!
Sitsongrit fails in his attempt to clinch.
West walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
West is still on wobbly legs! Can Sitsongrit finish him?
West stuns Sitsongrit with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight left.
West seems to have recovered his senses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sitsongrit scores with a body shot.
West misses with an uppercut

and Sitsongrit counters with a nice right hand that sends West toppling to the canvas! West scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Sitsongrit finish him?!

That's one minute gone in the round.
West throws a body shot but no joy.
West misses the shot to the body.
Sitsongrit lands with an uppercut that bounces West off the cage and back into range.
West on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from West. Sitsongrit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sitsongrit fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Madkhao Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sitsongrit tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
West throws a big shot that misses.
West cracks Sitsongrit with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jab, jab by West - just one landing.
Sitsongrit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
West takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West throws a head kick that misses.
Sitsongrit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
West uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sitsongrit.
West moves out of range of the strikes.
West throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sitsongrit stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy uppercut
and West connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from West. Sitsongrit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sitsongrit was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but West blocks it.
Sitsongrit jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Sitsongrit clinches up with West and pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from West.
West avoiding damage as Sitsongrit throws knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from West.
Sitsongrit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from West.
West avoiding damage as Sitsongrit throws knees to the body.
Sitsongrit putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has West in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand that snaps the head of West backwards.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with an uppercut but West uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit with an attempt at a knee that misses.
West has Sitsongrit pushed against the cage.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that West can do to turn this around?
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
West on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Sitsongrit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. West is defending well for now.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch.
Sitsongrit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from West.
West tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sitsongrit's elbow.
Nice body punch from West.
West blocking some punches.

West's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
West misses with a body shot.
West scores with a nice strike.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick, looking for West's leg but West calmly moves out of range.
It seemed like West was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sitsongrit throws a right hand that misses
and West counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sitsongrit thinking.
Sitsongrit stuns West with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Sitsongrit misses.
It seemed like West was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
West gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Madkhao Sitsongrit dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

West stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a lovely overhand right.
West doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit dips to his left and cracks West with an uppercut!
West throws a jab when Sitsongrit was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit misses with a kick to the body.
Sitsongrit scoring well with a low kick there.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sitsongrit throws a chopping leg kick but West manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
DeShawn West has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
West dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
West throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sitsongrit sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sitsongrit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping West at a distance.
West changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sitsongrit takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
West displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sitsongrit throws out the jab.
It seemed like West was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sitsongrit fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches West on the side of the head.
West avoids the head kick by Sitsongrit.
West has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
West misses with a straight left.
Sitsongrit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from West.
Madkhao Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West blocks a low kick nicely.
West throws a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit misses with a looping left.
A big right from West misses.
West misses with a body punch
and Sitsongrit counters with a stiff right hand.
West throws a shot from downtown. Sitsongrit moves away and avoids it.
Sitsongrit throws a jab but it's blocked by West.
Sitsongrit slips a jab from West.
West staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West throws a right hand that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A head kick misses from West.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Sitsongrit.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts West, as that shot connected.
Sitsongrit takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
West misses with a straight left.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice strike.
West ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
West doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sitsongrit lands with a good body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a straight right hand.
West misses with a jab to the body
and Sitsongrit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit throws a jab when West was well out of range.
Sitsongrit connects with a jab.
Sitsongrit tries to score with a low kick but West moves his leg out of the way.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
West takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
West misses with a right hand
and West takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sitsongrit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at West's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from West! But no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Madkhao 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Madkhao Sitsongrit!
A victorious Madkhao Sitsongrit thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.