PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wes Miles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lynhoto Masquida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Miles
vs
Masquida

179 cm
19
196 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Win Nutritional

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wes Miles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lynhoto Masquida!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masquida shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Miles defends it nicely.
Miles cracks a nice hook into Masquida's ribs.
Masquida is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Masquida takes one on the button.
Masquida looks gassed!
Miles shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice body punch from Miles.
Masquida closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Masquida is looking to clinch but Miles is avoiding it.
Miles scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masquida takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Miles digs a good hook to Masquida's body.
Masquida keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Masquida takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Masquida walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Miles listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Miles stalks Masquida and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Masquida's face. Masquida staggers backwards, shaken.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miles swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Masquida.
Miles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Masquida is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miles with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Miles tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Miles lands a with a good body shot.
Miles lands a with a good body shot.
Miles scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Miles scores with the left hand. Masquida knows he should have avoided that one.
Miles lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Miles scores with a hook to the body. Masquida takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Miles scores with a jab to the head.
No joy there for Miles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miles is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Masquida takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Miles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab lands there for Miles.
A jab lands there for Miles.
Miles scores with a punch to the head.
Miles catches Masquida with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Miles with a nice cross.

Miles changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Masquida looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Miles controls the position from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miles working the ground and pound but Masquida is defending the strikes.
Miles in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Miles misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The strikes coming from Miles are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Masquida on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Miles controls the position from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Miles.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miles sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Masquida is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Miles working the ground and pound but Masquida is defending the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wes Miles dominated that 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.

Miles cracks a nice hook into Masquida's ribs.
Miles lands an overhand right.
Miles pivots, looking for a leg kick but Masquida is out of range and Miles settles back down.
Miles lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Masquida on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Miles lands a with a good body shot.
Lynhoto Masquida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Miles stuns Masquida with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Masquida checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Masquida takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Masquida is breathing heavily.
Miles lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miles lands a lovely overhand right.
Miles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miles throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Masquida.
Miles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Miles scores with a jab to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Miles.
Masquida takes one on the button.
Masquida is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Miles connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Masquida momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miles lands a glancing blow to the side of Masquida's head.
Miles is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Masquida can do to turn this around?
Masquida takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Miles changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miles uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Miles displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Miles scores with a hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Miles.
Masquida doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Miles shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Miles 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.
Miles thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Masquida's head.
Masquida really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Miles. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masquida blocking the ground and pound attempt from Miles.
Miles landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Miles works his foot free and advances to mount.
Miles tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Miles cracks Masquida with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Miles.
Miles throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masquida avoids a series of strikes thrown by Miles.
Masquida avoids a series of strikes thrown by Miles.
Masquida is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Miles lands a nice shot to the head.
Miles throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
A nice elbow there by Miles.
Miles controlling the pace for now.
Miles landing strikes, looking to finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miles lands with some strikes.
Miles unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wes Miles dominated that second round.
That's time! Miles's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Miles comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Miles lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Miles lands a jab.
Miles keeps Masquida at a distance using the push kick.
Wes Miles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miles looks to score with a jab to the body but Masquida is just out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Masquida 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Miles connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Masquida's hands.
Miles digs a good body shot into Masquida's ribs.
Masquida takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miles lands a two punch combo.
Miles lands a glancing blow to the side of Masquida's head.
Nice shot lands for Miles.
Miles with a hook.
Masquida has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Masquida there as he acknowledges the shot.
Miles misses with a kick to the body.
Miles fails with the takedown.
Miles lands a jab to Masquida's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miles scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Miles just misses with a punch to the body.
Miles darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Miles swings for the body but Masquida moves out of range.
Miles fails to land with a series of punches.
Miles misses with the combination.
Miles scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Masquida takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masquida takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Masquida moves out of range of the body kick from Miles.
Masquida closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Masquida gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Miles cracks Masquida with an open hand slap.
Miles throws a chopping leg kick but Masquida manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Miles lands a lovely overhand right.
Miles stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Miles jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miles jabs Masquida right on the nose. Masquida blinks but takes it well.
Masquida takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Miles throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Miles scores with a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miles comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wes Miles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Masquida has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jab, jab by Miles - just one landing.
Miles connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Miles throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lynhoto Masquida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Miles changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wes Miles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Miles 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:24
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:24
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wes Miles!