PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hade Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daisu Miyagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wood comes to the cage accompanied by Mama Said Knock You Out. Hade Wood had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Wood
vs
Miyagi

174 cm
26
165 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

170 cm
26
165 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hade Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daisu Miyagi!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood looks to throw the jab but Miyagi is out of range.
Wood throws a body punch but Miyagi moves out of range.
Wood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Miyagi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wood blocks the body kick.
Wood looks to land a left hand but Miyagi moved out of range nicely.
Miyagi is looking to clinch but Wood is avoiding it.
Miyagi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wood throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wood misses with a takedown attempt - Miyagi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Miyagi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Wood.
Miyagi throws out a leg kick but Wood moves out of range and Miyagi only half commits.
Wood misses with a hook.
Wood loads up on a big right hand but Miyagi slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood misses the body punch
and Miyagi counters with a body kick that stops Wood in his tracks momentarily.
Wood doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Miyagi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Miyagi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wood.
Miyagi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Miyagi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wood.
Miyagi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wood's calf.
Wood keeps the fight on the outside.
Miyagi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wood throws out the jab.
Miyagi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wood slips a jab from Miyagi.
A shot to the body from Wood misses
and Miyagi counters with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wood connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Miyagi's hands.
Miyagi tries to clinch up.
Wood avoids the head kick by Miyagi.
Miyagi fails to land with a series of punches.
Miyagi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Miyagi throws a head kick but Wood moves out of range.
Miyagi blocks a jab.
Wood misses with a two punch combination.
Wood misses with an uppercut. Miyagi saw that one coming.
Wood thows a body shot but no joy.
Miyagi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wood.
Wood throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hade Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wood on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Miyagi. Miyagi obviously looking to wear him down.
Wood misses with a looping right.
Wood avoids a kick to the body.
Miyagi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wood.
Wood takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Miyagi misses with a head kick.
Wood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Miyagi.
Miyagi misses with a body kick.
Wood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Miyagi.
Daisu Miyagi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wood just misses with a punch to the body.
Miyagi wants to clinch up but Wood keeps it at a distance.
Wood with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Wood misses the target.
Miyagi is looking to clinch but Wood is avoiding it.
Wood throws a predictable looking body shot
and Miyagi counters with a head kick.
Wood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wood throws a jab when Miyagi was well out of range.
Wood misses with a combination
enabling Miyagi to counter with a crisp jab.
Wood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miyagi.
Wood throws a lazy right hand but Miyagi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Miyagi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good standup being displayed there by Wood as he connects with a hook.
Miyagi throws a head kick but Wood moves out of range.
Wood moves out of range as Miyagi throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daisu Miyagi dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Wood lands the left hand.
Good exchange - Wood coming out on top.
Wood looks to land a right hand but Miyagi moved out of range.
Wood on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Miyagi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Horrible takedown by Wood or perhaps it was just good defense by Miyagi which made him look bad.
Miyagi misses with the combination.
Miyagi tries to clinch but Wood is having none of it.
The fighters circling - Wood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wood connects with a jab.
Miyagi throws a head kick that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Miyagi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyagi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wood misses with a hook.
Wood throws a series of punches but Miyagi moves out of range.
Wood loads up on a big right hand but Miyagi slips the punch.
Wood misses with a body punch
and Miyagi counters with an inside leg kick.
Miyagi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Good leg kick by Miyagi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wood throws a hook but Miyagi avoids it easily.
Miyagi works the jab nicely.
Miyagi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Miyagi swings for the body but Wood moves out of range.
Wood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Miyagi manages to avoid it.
Wood takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wood throws a combination that misses
and Wood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wood misses with a body shot.
Miyagi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wood looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wood throws a left and a right that both miss
and Miyagi counters with a good, hard body kick but Wood shrugs it off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miyagi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Miyagi doesn't manage to clinch there - Wood circles away.
Wood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab lands there for Miyagi.
Wood throws the left hand but Miyagi avoids the punch easily.
Wood lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood misses with a hook.
A lazy left from Wood finds it's target.

Wood looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Miyagi!
Miyagi can't escape the position.
Miyagi tries to hold on but Wood postures up.
Miyagi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Miyagi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Miyagi sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood content to control rather than advance.
Miyagi wants to control but Wood is keeping busy.
Miyagi is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wood thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Miyagi's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daisu Miyagi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Miyagi throws a head kick but Wood moves out of range.
Wood lands a really nice looking cross but Miyagi seems unphased.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wood. Miyagi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wood connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wood clobbers Miyagi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big left from Miyagi misses.
A slow jab from Wood misses its intended target.
Miyagi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Miyagi doesn't manage to clinch there - Wood circles away.
Wood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Miyagi was well out of range. Poor timing from Wood.
Daisu Miyagi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Miyagi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Wood.
Miyagi throws a head kick but Wood moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood shoots in and drives through. Miyagi sprawls well.
Wood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wood moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wood misses with an uppercut. Miyagi saw that one coming.
Wood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Miyagi has Wood up against the cage in a clinch.
Wood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Miyagi or not.
Wood managing to block the knees to the body from Miyagi.
Wood jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Miyagi walks away with a smile on his face. Wood gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Miyagi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice defenses there by Miyagi.
Wood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Miyagi sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood throws a jab but it's blocked by Miyagi.
Wood misses with a body punch
and Miyagi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wood shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Miyagi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hade Wood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miyagi slips a straight right by Wood.
Wood checks a leg kick.
Wood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Miyagi.
Miyagi misses with a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from Wood.
Miyagi looks to land a body kick but Wood moved away.
Wood throws a hook to the side of Miyagi's head but Miyagi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wood throws a series of punches but Miyagi avoids them all with ease.

Miyagi gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Wood to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood wants to pass the guard but Miyagi is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wood missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wood won't allow Miyagi to sweep him here.
Wood trying to control the position from guard on top but Miyagi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wood accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wood throwing strikes from guard but Miyagi blocks nicely.

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 is looking to stand back up but Wood counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Miyagi.
Wood looks to land a strike but Miyagi avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Daisu Miyagi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Wood misses with a straight left.
Wood lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wood misses with a double jab.
Wood throws a jab when Miyagi was well out of range.
Wood misses with a wild body shot.
Hade Wood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wood looks to score with a jab to the body but Miyagi is just out of range.
Wood jabs at Miyagi's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hade Wood showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Miyagi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29

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