PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johannes Brahms (ranked 439 p4p, 21 weight class) and Yodsawan Sitsongrit (ranked 402 p4p, 18 weight class). Brahms comes into the arena with 40 : 1 - Sabaton blaring out of the sound system. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Brahms
vs
Sitsongrit

169 cm
27
132 lbs
13 - 4 - 2

171 cm
27
137 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 13 - 4 - 2, fighting out of New York, Johannes Brahms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yodsawan Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit defending well as Brahms loads up on a big left hand.
Sitsongrit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sitsongrit looks to land a left hand but Brahms moved out of range nicely.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Brahms moves out of range.
Sitsongrit looks to score with a jab to the body but Brahms is just out of range.
Sitsongrit cracks a nice hook into Brahms's ribs.
Brahms throws a low kick, looking for Sitsongrit's leg but Sitsongrit calmly moves out of range.
Sitsongrit cracks Brahms with an open hand slap.

Brahms closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
You can see the frustration on Sitsongrit's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Brahms throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Sitsongrit works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Sitsongrit trying to control but Brahms postures up.
Brahms lands strikes from half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brahms throwing shots but Sitsongrit is blocking nicely.
Brahms is keen to just control but Sitsongrit is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahms sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Sitsongrit has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Brahms is working away from the top position though.
Sitsongrit tries to get to full guard but Brahms has control of the leg.
Sitsongrit trying to control but Brahms postures up.
Brahms landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Brahms is trying to control the action in half guard but Sitsongrit is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sitsongrit gets full guard.
Brahms has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sitsongrit keeping moving, preventing Brahms from controlling successfully.
Brahms throwing strikes but missing.
Sitsongrit is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Brahms definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brahms throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Brahms loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brahms trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brahms throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sitsongrit works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sitsongrit wants to stand up but Brahms is controlling him.
Brahms is fighting to break Sitsongrit's control of his arms but Sitsongrit is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Brahms cracks Sitsongrit with a solid left hand.
Brahms missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Brahms content to stall in guard here.
Sitsongrit utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Brahms with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brahms lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahms working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brahms accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brahms missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Brahms trying to control the position from guard on top but Sitsongrit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sitsongrit looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Brahms throwing strikes from guard but Sitsongrit blocks nicely.
Brahms trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Brahms working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Brahms postures up in Sitsongrit's guard and throws a big left but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Brahms lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brahms loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brahms wants to control from the top but Sitsongrit keeps moving.
Sitsongrit is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit has momentary wrist control but Brahms slips an elbow through the middle.
Brahms is looking to work some ground and pound but Sitsongrit has wrist control.
Sitsongrit wants to stand up but Brahms is controlling him.
Brahms throwing strikes from guard but Sitsongrit blocks nicely.
Sitsongrit looking for a sweep. Not yet Sitsongrit, not yet.
Brahms throwing strikes from guard but Sitsongrit blocks nicely.
Brahms working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sitsongrit's head.
Brahms is looking to work some ground and pound but Sitsongrit has wrist control.
Sitsongrit lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Brahms is working an open guard so Sitsongrit takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Sitsongrit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brahms wants to slow Sitsongrit down by chopping away at his legs.
Sitsongrit lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johannes Brahms dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brahms moves out of range as Sitsongrit throws a body kick.
Yodsawan Sitsongrit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brahms thuds a left hand into Sitsongrit's body.
Sitsongrit misses with a two punch combination.
Good exchange - Brahms coming out on top.
Brahms misses with a body punch
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brahms thinking.
The fighters circling - Sitsongrit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sitsongrit lands a nice looking body shot.
Sitsongrit just misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brahms has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sitsongrit lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sitsongrit takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sitsongrit throws out a leg kick but Brahms moves out of range and Sitsongrit only half commits.
Sitsongrit has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the side of Brahms's head but Brahms sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brahms throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sitsongrit dips to his left and cracks Brahms with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sitsongrit throws a jab when Brahms was well out of range.
Sitsongrit throws a jab when Brahms was well out of range.
Sitsongrit stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sitsongrit wants it to stay on the feet.
Sitsongrit is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Brahms rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahms avoids a kick to the body.
Sitsongrit looks to clinch
and Brahms counters with a stiff right hand.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Brahms checks it.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brahms manages to avoid it.
Sitsongrit cracks Brahms with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sitsongrit throws out a loose jab but Brahms uses good head movement to avoid it.

Brahms moves into the clinch successfully.
Sitsongrit can't find room to land a body shot as Brahms controls the action.
Sitsongrit throws a punch but it's blocked by Brahms.
A nice left hand lands by Sitsongrit.
Brahms throws a head punch that misses.

Sitsongrit breaks the clinch.
Sitsongrit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A left lands for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brahms ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
Sitsongrit connects with a good right hand that stumbles Brahms. Brahms circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brahms lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A shot to the liver by Brahms. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Brahms doesn't manage to clinch there - Sitsongrit circles away.
A clash of legs there as Sitsongrit blocks the low kick.
Brahms throws a nice outside leg kick.

Brahms looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Sitsongrit!
Brahms working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Brahms lands some shots froms side control.
Brahms tries to advance to mount but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brahms wants to control but Sitsongrit is keeping him busy.
Sitsongrit struggling a bit here.
Sitsongrit parries the strikes from Brahms easily there. Brahms is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Sitsongrit to escape.
Brahms misses with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sitsongrit manages to get back to half guard.
Brahms not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Brahms is thwarting Sitsongrit's attempts to control the position.
Brahms lands with a punch from half guard.
Brahms missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brahms sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Sitsongrit tries to kick Brahms off but Brahms keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sitsongrit regains full guard. Nicely done.
Brahms postures up and lands a big shot to Sitsongrit's brow.
Brahms trying to control the position from guard on top but Sitsongrit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brahms slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brahms trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brahms trying to control but Sitsongrit is working from the bottom.
Brahms loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brahms lands a couple of elbows.
Brahms content to stall in guard here.
Brahms trying to control but Sitsongrit is working from the bottom.
Sitsongrit is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Brahms is controlling him.
Sitsongrit is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sitsongrit is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Yodsawan Sitsongrit will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Brahms throws out a loose jab but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brahms.
Brahms lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sitsongrit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brahms.
Brahms throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brahms throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brahms tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sitsongrit sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Brahms somewhat.
Sitsongrit throws a push kick but Brahms slaps the foot to one side.
Brahms checks a low kick from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brahms uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping left.
Yodsawan Sitsongrit seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brahms avoids the head kick by Sitsongrit.
Brahms throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A big left from Sitsongrit misses.
Sitsongrit misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahms lands with a thumping leg kick.
Brahms takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Some bone on bone action there as Sitsongrit checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sitsongrit throws out a loose jab but Brahms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitsongrit throws a jab when Brahms was well out of range.
Sitsongrit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brahms blocks a jab.
Brahms uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sitsongrit.
Brahms connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Brahms misses with a low kick.
Sitsongrit throws a fast counter high kick but Brahms manages to duck under it in time.
Yodsawan Sitsongrit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A swing and a miss from Sitsongrit.
Brahms fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sitsongrit has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sitsongrit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy right hand. Brahms should have avoided that one.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brahms.
Brahms fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sitsongrit is out of range.

Brahms forces Sitsongrit back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Brahms scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brahms tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brahms scores with a shoulder strike.
Brahms throws a head punch that misses.
Sitsongrit lands with a short shot to the head.
Sitsongrit blocking some punches.
Sitsongrit takes a shot to the head.
Brahms's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sitsongrit lands an uppercut.
Brahms lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brahms lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brahms lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johannes Brahms has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brahms throws a head punch that misses.
Brahms makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brahms can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahms can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.
Sitsongrit lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sitsongrit lands with a light punch inside.
Sitsongrit lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brahms lands a body punch in the clinch.
Brahms swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brahms lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sitsongrit backwards.
A short uppercut from Brahms.
Brahms pushes Sitsongrit back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brahms swings wildly with an uppercut but Sitsongrit uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short body shot lands from Brahms as the two fighters clinch.
Brahms stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sitsongrit lands a right hand.
Sitsongrit misses with the head strike.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brahms backwards.
Sitsongrit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brahms lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brahms blocking some punches.
Brahms tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brahms misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brahms creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brahms drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sitsongrit gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sitsongrit is pressed up against the cage. Brahms has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sitsongrit down to the mat. Sitsongrit avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johannes Brahms. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Brahms avoids it easily.

Sitsongrit gets tackled into the cage by Brahms. Brahms maintains the clinch.
Brahms tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brahms throws a head punch that misses.
Brahms lands with a right to the head.
Sitsongrit lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sitsongrit makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sitsongrit is leaning against Brahms and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brahms lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

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 Johannes Brahms.
I think Brahms 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Johannes Brahms!
A relieved looking Johannes Brahms thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.