PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shane Miyagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shane Miyagi has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Miyagi
vs
Connor

184 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Miyagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Connor!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Connor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Miyagi.
Miyagi takes a swing at Connor's ribcage but misses.
Connor fails to land the takedown.
Connor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Connor misses with a leg kick.
Miyagi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Connor lands with a cross.
Connor shoots and misses
and Miyagi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Miyagi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Connor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Miyagi misses with a wild body shot.
Miyagi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Connor shoots and misses

and Miyagi counters by clinching up.
Shane Miyagi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Connor.
Miyagi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Miyagi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Miyagi tries a body shot but Connor blocks it.
Miyagi scores with a hook to the body.
Connor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Miyagi jumps guard but Connor stands there with Miyagi around his waist. Miyagi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Miyagi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Miyagi.
Connor drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Miyagi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Miyagi tries a body shot but Connor blocks it.
Connor blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from Miyagi as the two fighters clinch.
Connor tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Miyagi smiles and moves away.
Miyagi misses with a body shot.
Miyagi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Connor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Connor lands a jab to the head.
Miyagi misses with a few strikes there.
Connor with a poor takedown
enabling Miyagi to counter with a crisp jab.
Miyagi is breathing heavily.
Connor throws a leg kick
and Miyagi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Miyagi closes the distance and clinches up with Connor, looking for a takedown. Miyagi pushes Connor against the cage but Connor circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Miyagi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Connor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Connor.
Miyagi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Miyagi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Miyagi walks into a jab.
Connor tries for a takedown but Miyagi circles away easily
and Miyagi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Connor is looking to score with low kicks.
Connor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Miyagi misses with a few strikes there.
Miyagi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Connor keeps the fight on the outside.
Miyagi drops his shoulder and cracks Connor with a huge uppercut! Connor goes down! Can Miyagi finish him?

Connor is rocked!
Miyagi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Connor is still in real trouble! Can Miyagi finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Miyagi tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Miyagi working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Miyagi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Connor seems to have recovered his senses.

Miyagi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Connor is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Miyagi wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Connor, who protects the arm well.
Miyagi prevents Connor from escaping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Connor is looking to regain half guard here but Miyagi keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Connor tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

Connor fending off the submission attempt from Miyagi.
Connor turns into Miyagi and is now in his guard.
Miyagi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Connor manages to get himself to full guard.
Miyagi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Miyagi wants to control but Connor is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Miyagi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Miyagi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Miyagi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Connor has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Connor and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Miyagi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Connor blocks the leg kick.
Miyagi lands with a nice body punch.
Connor with a poor takedown
and Miyagi counters with a series of strikes. Connor will be more careful next time no doubt.
Miyagi is looking to clinch but Connor is avoiding it.
Miyagi misses with a wild combination.
Miyagi wants to slow Connor down by chopping away at his legs.
Miyagi tries a low kick but Connor avoids it.
Connor slips a jab and a cross from Miyagi.
Connor tries to clinch up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Connor jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Connor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Connor swings widly with a right hand
and Miyagi counters with a nice uppercut.

Connor drives through and clinches with Miyagi against the cage.
Miyagi lands with a short shot to the head.
Miyagi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Connor missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyagi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Miyagi wants a takedown but no success here.
Connor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Miyagi has him pressed against the cage.
Connor gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Miyagi.

Connor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Connor connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Miyagi's hands.
Connor misses with a takedown attempt
and Miyagi counters with a series of strikes. Connor will be more careful next time no doubt.
Connor throws a right and a left that Miyagi avoids nicely.
Connor has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Miyagi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Miyagi misses with a combination
and Connor counters with a straight right hand.
A punch combination from Miyagi misses.
Miyagi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Miyagi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shane Miyagi is winning the standup battle so far.
Miyagi throws a leg kick which misses Connor's front leg but catches the back leg as Connor tries to avoid it.
Miyagi lands a with a good body shot.
A jab from Miyagi finds it's way through Connor's defenses.
Connor moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Miyagi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connor is looking to land body kicks.
Miyagi is looking to clinch.
Miyagi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Connor throws a one two combo.
Connor is trying desperately to land a takedown but Miyagi is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Connor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miyagi throws a leg kick but Connor sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Connor fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Horrible takedown by Miyagi or perhaps it was just good defense by Connor which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Miyagi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miyagi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Connor misses with a double jab

and Miyagi counters with a nice double leg into side control. Connor won't be happy with that.
Connor is trying to get back to half guard.
Connor is trying to buck Miyagi off.

Miyagi tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Connor is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Miyagi is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi trying to control the position but Connor is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miyagi tries to move into full mount but can't pass Connor's legs.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Miyagi keeps the fight on the outside.
Miyagi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Connor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A combination from Miyagi does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Miyagi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Miyagi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Connor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Miyagi. Miyagi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Some bone on bone action there as Miyagi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Miyagi keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Miyagi misses.
Connor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Miyagi misses with a hook.
Connor scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Connor shoots and misses

so Miyagi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Miyagi advances position into side control!

Miyagi tries for a kimura but Connor is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Miyagi wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Connor, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Miyagi dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Connor misses with a looping right.
Miyagi is looking to wear down Connor with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Connor throws a leg kick that is checked

and Miyagi counters with a takedown into side control.

Miyagi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Miyagi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Connor is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Miyagi working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Miyagi is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Connor knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Connor stops Miyagi from passing to mount.
Connor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyagi is working hard here to advance position.

Miyagi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Miyagi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Connor prevents Miyagi from improving position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Connor misses with a hook
and Miyagi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Miyagi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Connor fails with the takedown
and Miyagi counters with an outside leg kick.
Miyagi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nice sprawl there from Miyagi as Connor shoots in.
Miyagi misses with a hook. Connor ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Connor throws a good cross that connects.
Connor scores with the left hand. Miyagi knows he should have avoided that one.
Miyagi needs to keep his hands up - Connor had a free shot at his head there.
Miyagi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Connor slips a straight right by Miyagi.
Miyagi walks into a jab.
Connor misses with a hook.
Miyagi lands the left hand.

Miyagi scores with a takedown into Connor's guard.
Miyagi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Miyagi forces his way into half guard.
Connor is trying to stand up here but Miyagi is controlling him well.

Miyagi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Connor defends it well.
Connor is looking to escape.
John Connor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Miyagi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Connor wants to get back to his feet.

Miyagi is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Connor is just riding it out for now. Miyagi eventually gives up the hold.

Miyagi is working for a submission of some sort.
Miyagi passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Connor!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Miyagi jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Connor manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Miyagi is looking to take a break and control but Connor is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Miyagi working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Miyagi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Connor is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Miyagi tries for a kimura but Connor is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Miyagi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Miyagi 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Miyagi!