PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bastien Harris (ranked 232 p4p, 222 weight class) and Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit (ranked 31 p4p, 29 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Harris
vs
Sitsongrit

190 cm
26
177
14 - 9 - 0

181 cm
26
171
12 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)

Tempo Athletics
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bastien Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice jab there from Harris.
Sitsongrit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice side step and Sitsongrit releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sitsongrit is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris misses with a hook
and Sitsongrit counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harris scores with the left hand. Sitsongrit knows he should have avoided that one.
Harris scores with a hook.
Harris lunges at Sitsongrit with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sitsongrit's hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a left to the body.
Harris throws a big shot that misses.
Sitsongrit looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sitsongrit takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harris throws a lazy uppercut
and Sitsongrit counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit scores with a punch to the head.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harris.
A leg kick checked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit connects with a single shot there.
Sitsongrit tries to land a front kick but Harris steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sitsongrit lands with a kick to the ribs.
Nice shot by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sitsongrit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harris.
Harris lands the left hand.
Jab by Harris.
A good leg kick by 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!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Harris checks a leg kick.
Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harris throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut
and Sitsongrit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harris throws out the jab.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sitsongrit throws out the jab.
Sitsongrit tests Harris's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Bastien Harris has been cut.
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Sitsongrit slips the punch.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab from Harris.
Sitsongrit lands with a hook. Harris tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range nicely.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit scores with a decent looking hook.
Harris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sitsongrit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harris throws out the jab.
Harris connects with a right hand. Sitsongrit shakes it off.
Harris misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
Harris connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Harris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Harris throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Jab, jab by Harris - just one landing.

Sitsongrit is rocked!
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris is looking to counter punch.
Sitsongrit throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Harris is looking to counter punch.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Harris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harris finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Harris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
A nice side step and Sitsongrit releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Harris with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sitsongrit to score with a decent uppercut.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Sitsongrit slips a jab from Harris.
Sitsongrit doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice leg kick from Sitsongrit, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harris misses with a left hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harris misses with a left hand
and Sitsongrit makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Harris cracks Sitsongrit with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The fighters circling - Sitsongrit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range.
Sitsongrit lands a front kick.
Harris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sitsongrit throws a solid leg kick but Harris takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harris.
Sitsongrit throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.
Sitsongrit defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bastien Harris's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sitsongrit throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice shot by Harris.
A jab from Harris does it's job there.

It looks like Poomchamtuek Sitsongrit has been cut.
Harris walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A lazy left from Harris finds it's target.
Sitsongrit is still on wobbly legs! Can Harris finish him?
Nice shot by Harris.
Harris misses with a straight left.
Sitsongrit tries to move into range but Harris moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harris throws a lazy uppercut
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick lands for Sitsongrit.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Harris! Sitsongrit is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bastien Harris!