PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ratchanasak Sitsongrit (ranked 4685 p4p, 4428 weight class) and Kazuhiro Yanagisawa (ranked 264 p4p, 240 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sitsongrit
vs
Yanagisawa

173 cm
18
146
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
263
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight 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, Ratchanasak Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kazuhiro Yanagisawa!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit connects with a solid leg kick.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yanagisawa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sitsongrit is looking to slow Yanagisawa down with leg kicks.
Sitsongrit with a nice calf kick.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yanagisawa.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yanagisawa misses with a straight right.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yanagisawa tries to land a front kick but Sitsongrit steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A good leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sitsongrit with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ratchanasak Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sitsongrit moves into the clinch.
Yanagisawa should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Yanagisawa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yanagisawa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yanagisawa.
Sitsongrit misses with an elbow over the top.
Come on Sitsongrit - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Yanagisawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yanagisawa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sitsongrit missing with knees to the body.
Yanagisawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yanagisawa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sitsongrit's elbow.
Sitsongrit prevents a body shot from Yanagisawa.
Yanagisawa dodges an elbow strike from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit dodges an elbow strike from Yanagisawa.
A nice left hand lands by Yanagisawa.
Yanagisawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Yanagisawa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sitsongrit is defending well for now.
Yanagisawa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sitsongrit or not.
Yanagisawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanagisawa avoiding damage as Sitsongrit throws knees to the body.
Sitsongrit missing with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Yanagisawa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yanagisawa struggles to land a body shot inside as Sitsongrit controls his hands.
Sitsongrit trying to control the position but instead, Yanagisawa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sitsongrit into the cage.
Yanagisawa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sitsongrit missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yanagisawa managing to block the knees to the body from Sitsongrit.
Yanagisawa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sitsongrit is keeping busy.
The referee calls for Sitsongrit to work.
Yanagisawa tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yanagisawa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sitsongrit backwards.
Yanagisawa managing to block the knees to the body from Sitsongrit.
A head punch on the inside from Yanagisawa fails to land.
Yanagisawa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sitsongrits head.
Sitsongrit missing with knees to the body.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.

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 Ratchanasak Sitsongrit.
I think Sitsongrit has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 10:9
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 10:9
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 10:9

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