PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit (ranked 865 p4p, 2845 weight class) and Terrance Harris (ranked 125 p4p, 370 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
Harris

181 cm
22
171
1 - 2 - 1

178 cm
25
176
11 - 10 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Terrance Harris!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Ron Honeybunn and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Harris checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Harris.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook

and Harris counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harris.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris cracks Sitsongrit with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit misses with a leg kick.
Harris throws a counter combo.
Sitsongrit takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sitsongrit, as that shot connected.
Sitsongrit tries a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Harris swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harris scores with a push kick.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Harris is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sitsongrit with a body shot.
Harris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Harris blocks it.
Harris throws out a counter right but Sitsongrit avoids it with no problem.
Sitsongrit misses with a low kick.
Harris let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sitsongrit is looking to chop away at Harris's legs.
Harris swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sitsongrit's hands.
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 has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sitsongrit lands a right hook to the body.
Sitsongrit looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harris wants to clinch but Sitsongrit slips to the side
enabling Sitsongrit to counter with a crisp jab.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sitsongrit paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Sitsongrit, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harris throws a counter combo.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping left.
Harris is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harris has time to react.
Harris looks to score with a jab to the body but Sitsongrit is just out of range.
Sitsongrit loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Despite the aggression on Harris's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
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!
A solid leg kick lands there for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Harris avoids it easily.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to clinch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sitsongrit.
Harris wants to clinch up but Sitsongrit keeps it at a distance.
Sitsongrit digs a good hook to Harris's body.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch
and Harris counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harris throws a right hand that Sitsongrit ducks under and follows up with a left that Sitsongrit also avoids with ease.
Harris tries to clinch there but Sitsongrit circles away.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Harris avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Harris throws a series of punches but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Sitsongrit looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Harris tries to move into range but Sitsongrit moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sitsongrit lands with a right hand.
Sitsongrit checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
Harris is looking for the big counter here.
Sitsongrit clobbers Harris with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sitsongrit takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sitsongrit missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harris tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sitsongrit is able to avoid easily.
Sitsongrit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harris at a distance.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Harris avoids it easily.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sitsongrit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sitsongrit swings widly with a right hand
and Harris counters with a good, hard body kick but Sitsongrit shrugs it off.
Sitsongrit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harris.
A jab from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sitsongrit throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit cracks Harris with a good jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a looping overhand right but Harris ducks down to avoid it.
Sitsongrit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sitsongrit misses with the body kick
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Harris was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Harris attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sitsongrit keeps the fight on the outside.
Sitsongrit throws an off balance right hand
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sitsongrit blocks a jab.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit tests Harris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Harris blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Sitsongrit.
Harris let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Sitsongrit circles away.
Sitsongrit defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
An attempted straight right counter from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Sitsongrit lands with a good body shot.
Sitsongrit lands with a cross.
Harris staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit keeps Harris at a distance using the push kick.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sitsongrit was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Harris takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit tries to land a leg kick but Harris saw it coming and moves away.
Sitsongrit throws an off balance right hand
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Harris throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sitsongrit misses with a jab to the body
and Harris counters with a left and a right that stings Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harris's sensitive parts.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Sitsongrit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sitsongrit tries to land a front kick but Harris steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Terrance Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Sitsongrit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sitsongrit moves forwards but Harris connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sitsongrit shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Harris has managed to clinch.
Harris wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Sitsongrit scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris is struggling to control the position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sitsongrit.
A short left from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sitsongrit.
A nice left hand lands by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sitsongrit makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sitsongrit working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sitsongrit lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Sitsongrit tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Sitsongrit working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Harris tries to stall but Sitsongrit uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sitsongrit struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit lands a right hand.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short uppercut from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.

Sitsongrit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice defenses there by Harris.
A bone on bone clash there as Harris blocks the leg kick.
Sitsongrit connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit wants to land a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
Sitsongrit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a low kick but Harris moves out of range easily.
Harris is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Harris moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Sitsongrit moves into the clinch.
Harris takes a shot to the head.
Sitsongrit lands with a right to the head.
Sitsongrit lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sitsongrit creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.
Sitsongrit throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Harris misses with a looping right.
Sitsongrit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
Harris drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Harris's front leg with a kick but Harris checks it.
It seemed like Harris was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Sitsongrit misses the jab.
Harris let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sitsongrit blocks a leg kick.
Good shot there by Sitsongrit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Harris swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping right.
Sitsongrit scores with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses the body punch
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sitsongrit throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit throws an off balance right hand
and Harris counters with a series of strikes. Sitsongrit will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sitsongrit stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the body.
Harris tries to clinch but Sitsongrit is having none of it.
Harris scores with a hook.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy uppercut
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit throws a combination that misses
and Harris counters with a nice body kick.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Sitsongrit is looking to counter punch.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping right.
Nice uppercut there from Harris.
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 swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sitsongrit can pounce on him.
Sitsongrit lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight left.
Harris lands with a right hand.
Sitsongrit misses with a lunging right hand
and Harris counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sitsongrit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a poor cross that misses
and Harris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sitsongrit throws an off balance right hand
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.
Despite the aggression on Harris's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Terrance Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sitsongrit just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris throws a big shot that misses.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Sitsongrit lands a nice looking body shot.
Sitsongrit misses with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Harris to counter with a crisp jab.
Harris wants to clinch.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick.
Harris moves away from the strike by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harris at a distance.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit swings widly with a right hand
and Harris counters with a stiff right hand.
Harris's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harris tries to clinch but Sitsongrit is having none of it.
Sitsongrit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Sitsongrit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit blocks the body kick.
Sitsongrit looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
Sitsongrit lands with a straight right. Harris didn't see that one coming.
Sitsongrit misses with the body kick
and Harris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris is looking to clinch.
Harris moves out of range as Sitsongrit strikes.
Harris scores with a kick to the midsection.
Harris 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.
Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sitsongrit scores with a hook to the body. Harris takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

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 Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit.
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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27

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