PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose De La Venetro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiroyuki Miyasako (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jose De La Venetro has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

De La Venetro
vs
Miyasako

186 cm
19
156 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

169 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jose De La Venetro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiroyuki Miyasako!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Miyasako there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Miyasako feints and then cracks De La Venetro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De La Venetro down.
Miyasako tries to score with a low kick but De La Venetro moves his leg out of the way.
De La Venetro checks the leg kick.
Miyasako blocks a jab.
Miyasako swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Miyasako slips a jab and a cross from De La Venetro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Miyasako.
Miyasako finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
De La Venetro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De La Venetro really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Venetro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Miyasako fakes a jab and throws a low kick but De La Venetro checks it well.
De La Venetro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De La Venetro checks a leg kick.
De La Venetro takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Miyasako throws a leg kick but De La Venetro moved away.
Miyasako takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A clash of legs there as De La Venetro blocks the low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Miyasako.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyasako waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De La Venetro.
Miyasako tries to land a leg kick but De La Venetro saw it coming and moves away.
De La Venetro pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Miyasako back to the cage. De La Venetro follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Miyasako turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De La Venetro blocks a head kick by Miyasako.
Miyasako misses with an uppercut. De La Venetro saw that one coming.
De La Venetro goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
De La Venetro misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Venetro misses with a head kick.

Miyasako moves into range and clinches up with De La Venetro.
Miyasako avoiding damage.
De La Venetro avoiding damage as Miyasako throws knees to the body.
De La Venetro tries to break the clinch but Miyasako is controlling the position.
Miyasako misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Venetro.
De La Venetro tries to circle away but Miyasako has him pinned against the cage.
De La Venetro is trying to break the clinch but Miyasako has him pressed against the cage.
De La Venetro wants to break free but Miyasako has control.
De La Venetro managing to block the knees to the body from Miyasako.
De La Venetro is trying to break the clinch but Miyasako is controlling him.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Miyasako.
Miyasako keeps control of De La Venetro as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Miyasako misses with a knee strike.
Miyasako with a knee to the head.
De La Venetro is trying to break the clinch but Miyasako is controlling him.
Miyasako misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Miyasako tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De La Venetro avoids it.
De La Venetro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Miyasako lands a damaging elbow.

De La Venetro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De La Venetro misses with a few strikes there.
Miyasako looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De La Venetro lands a high kick!
De La Venetro throws a sloppy head kick
and Miyasako counters with a head kick. That will keep De La Venetro thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Jose De La Venetro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miyasako tries to score with a low kick but De La Venetro moves his leg out of the way.
De La Venetro lands a head kick. Miyasako smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
An inside leg kick lands from Miyasako.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hiroyuki Miyasako will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Miyasako moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Miyasako misses with a leg kick
and De La Venetro counters with a series of strikes. Miyasako will be more careful next time no doubt.
De La Venetro checks a low kick from Miyasako.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Miyasako throws a leg kick
and De La Venetro counters with a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Miyasako 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 De La Venetro has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De La Venetro and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
De La Venetro throws a lazy head kick
and Miyasako counters with a good low kick that De La Venetro was not able to check.
De La Venetro gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Miyasako counters with an inside leg kick.
Miyasako is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick misses from De La Venetro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Venetro circles away from the clinch attempt.
De La Venetro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Miyasako misses with a left hand
and De La Venetro counters with a nice body shot.
De La Venetro blocks a head kick by Miyasako.

Miyasako drives through and clinches with De La Venetro against the cage.
De La Venetro is trying to force a seperation but Miyasako has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on De La Venetro's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Miyasako in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
De La Venetro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Miyasako unloads a knee to the mid-section. De La Venetro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Miyasako tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyasako pushes off an throws an elbow but De La Venetro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De La Venetro is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De La Venetro is looking to break free of the clinch but Miyasako has double underhooks.
Miyasako landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Miyasako tries to land a knee to the head but De La Venetro blocks with his arms.
De La Venetro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Miyasako misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Venetro.
Knees to the body from Miyasako.
Miyasako landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Miyasako throws a knee to the head but misses.
Miyasako lands a nice knee to the body.
Miyasako lands a knee to the body.
Miyasako landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miyasako stalling.
Knees to the body from Miyasako.
Miyasako tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De La Venetro avoids it.
Miyasako pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Miyasako misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Venetro.
Miyasako is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De La Venetro is defending well for now.
Miyasako scores a nice knee to the body.
De La Venetro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Miyasako putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has De La Venetro in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De La Venetro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De La Venetro takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyasako looking to throw knees to the head but De La Venetro is blocking nicely.
Miyasako using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Venetro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Miyasako crunches a lovely knee into De La Venetro's ribcage.
De La Venetro working hard to break the clinch.
Miyasako lands an elbow that stopped De La Venetro in his tracks for a moment.
Miyasako stalling in the clinch.
De La Venetro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Miyasako is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De La Venetro is defending well for now.
Miyasako lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Miyasako.
De La Venetro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Miyasako prevents De La Venetro from breaking the clinch.
Miyasako unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De La Venetro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Miyasako stalling against the cage.
Miyasako with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Miyasako dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
De La Venetro blocks an uppercut.

De La Venetro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miyasako throws a nice inside leg kick.
Miyasako throws a looping overhand right but De La Venetro ducks down to avoid it.
Miyasako fails with an attempt to clinch.
Miyasako throws a leg kick
and De La Venetro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De La Venetro blocks the body kick.
Miyasako throws a poor cross that misses
and De La Venetro counters with a series of strikes. Miyasako will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from De La Venetro.
De La Venetro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Miyasako moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiroyuki Miyasako showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Miyasako throws a sloppy head kick
and De La Venetro counters with a body kick.

Miyasako rushes De La Venetro and presses him up against the cage.
De La Venetro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Miyasako tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De La Venetro avoids it.
De La Venetro is trying to break the clinch but Miyasako has him pressed against the cage.
Miyasako missing with knees to the body.
Miyasako landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De La Venetro is trying to break the clinch but Miyasako is controlling him.
De La Venetro working hard to break the clinch.
De La Venetro tries to circle away but Miyasako has him pinned against the cage.
Miyasako lands a good knee to the midsection. De La Venetro won't want to take too many of those.
Miyasako misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Venetro.
Miyasako missing with knees to the body.
De La Venetro tries to circle away but Miyasako has him pinned against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Miyasako missing with knees to the body.
De La Venetro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De La Venetro is trying to push Miyasako away but Miyasako has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Miyasako misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Venetro.
De La Venetro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyasako tries to land knees in the clinch but De La Venetro avoids the damage to the body.
Miyasako trying to land knees to the body.
De La Venetro tries to break free but Miyasako pushes him back against the cage.
De La Venetro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Miyasako trying to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Miyasako.
De La Venetro is trying to break the clinch but Miyasako has him pressed against the cage.
De La Venetro is trying to push Miyasako away but Miyasako has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Miyasako crunches a lovely knee into De La Venetro's ribcage.
A frustrated look appears on De La Venetro's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Miyasako gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Jose De La Venetro has been cut.
De La Venetro has had enough of the clinch but Miyasako keeps him there for the moment.
Miyasako holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Miyasako missing with knees to the body.
De La Venetro letting Miyasako take a breather here.
Miyasako trying to land knees to the body.
Hiroyuki Miyasako seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

De La Venetro breaks from the clinch.
Miyasako does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyasako misses with a leg kick
and De La Venetro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
De La Venetro blocks a head kick by Miyasako.
Miyasako is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
De La Venetro looks to throw a body kick
and Miyasako counters with an outside leg kick.
A jab from Miyasako misses.
Miyasako is looking to clinch.
Miyasako tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De La Venetro throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
De La Venetro throws a lazy head kick
and Miyasako counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by De La Venetro misses
and Miyasako counters with a low kick, right behind De La Venetro 's knee.
Miyasako throws a sloppy head kick and De La Venetro moves out of range easily.
Jose De La Venetro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Miyasako looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Miyasako wants to clinch.
Miyasako swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's four 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.
Miyasako throws a lazy head kick
and De La Venetro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A lazy body kick from De La Venetro
and Miyasako counters with a nice low kick that buckles De La Venetro's knee momentarily.
De La Venetro misses with the body kick
and Miyasako counters with a nice leg kick.

Miyasako rushes De La Venetro and presses him up against the cage.
Miyasako tries a knee to the head but De La Venetro blocks it.
De La Venetro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Miyasako landing knees to the body.
De La Venetro working hard to break the clinch.
Miyasako unloads a knee to the mid-section. De La Venetro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Miyasako utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Miyasako unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jose De La Venetro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hiroyuki Miyasako is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Miyasako trying to land knees to the body.
Miyasako tries a knee to the head but De La Venetro blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hiroyuki Miyasako comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Miyasako winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiroyuki Miyasako!