PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bill Nye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Musashi Miyamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Nye
vs
Miyamoto

180 cm
24
187 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

185 cm
29
188 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bill Nye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Musashi Miyamoto!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miyamoto bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Miyamoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Miyamoto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Miyamoto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Miyamoto tries to break the clinch but Nye is controlling the position.
Miyamoto is trying to break free.
Nye prevents Miyamoto from breaking the clinch.
Nye jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Miyamoto walks away with a smile on his face. Nye gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Nye has Miyamoto up against the cage in a clinch.
Nye is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miyamoto is defending well for now.
Nye fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nye.

Nye pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Miyamoto lands with a hook. Nye tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Miyamoto tries to break the clinch but Nye is controlling the position.
Nye looking to slow down the pace here.
Miyamoto tries to circle away but Nye has him pinned against the cage.
Miyamoto is trying to break free.

Miyamoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Nye has closed the distance and engaged Miyamoto in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nye manages to break the clinch.
Miyamoto displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nye.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Nye. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown by Nye or perhaps it was just good defense by Miyamoto which made him look bad.
A jab from Miyamoto misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nye.
Nye misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Nye fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Miyamoto, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Nye breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Nye gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nye looking to stall.
Nye fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nye has Miyamoto pressed against the cage, preventing Miyamoto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Miyamoto wants to get back to striking at distance but Nye won't allow it.
Nye tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Miyamoto avoids it.
Nye prevents Miyamoto from breaking the clinch.
Miyamoto is trying to force a seperation but Nye has the dominant position.
Nye keeps control of Miyamoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Miyamoto tries to break free but Nye pushes him back against the cage.
Miyamoto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Nye escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Miyamoto tries to keep at a distance but Nye has taken the fight into the clinch.

Miyamoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miyamoto tries to clinch up but Nye circles away and keeps his distance.
Miyamoto jabs Nye right on the nose. Nye blinks but takes it well.
Miyamoto moves in looking to clinch but Nye pushes him off.

Nye darts in and clinches Miyamoto up against the cage.
Miyamoto is trying to push Nye away but Nye has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Miyamoto is trying to break the clinch but Nye has him pressed against the cage.
Nye stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nye throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nye is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Miyamoto to keep the fight standing.
Nye throws a punch but it's blocked by Miyamoto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Musashi Miyamoto will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nye finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Miyamoto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Miyamoto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Miyamoto manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Miyamoto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nye misses with a leg kick.

Nye rushes Miyamoto and presses him up against the cage.

Nye pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Nye closes the distance and pushes Miyamoto back into the cage.
Nye trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyamoto managing to block the knees to the body from Nye.
Miyamoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Nye breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nye is looking to chop away at Miyamoto's legs.

Nye closes the distance and clinches.
Miyamoto blocks an elbow strike.
Miyamoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nye lands an uppercut.
Nye is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Miyamoto to keep the fight standing.
Miyamoto tries to break the clinch but Nye is controlling the position.
Nye is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Miyamoto has had enough of the clinch but Nye keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nye scores with a nice hook to the head.

Miyamoto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Miyamoto thows a leg kick but Nye checks it
and Nye makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nye throws a body punch but Miyamoto moves out of range.

Nye clinches.
Miyamoto is trying to break free.
Nye keeps control of Miyamoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Miyamoto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Nye breaks the clinch.
Miyamoto scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Miyamoto tries to keep at a distance but Nye has taken the fight into the clinch.
Miyamoto is looking to break free of the clinch but Nye has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nye tries to land knees in the clinch but Miyamoto avoids the damage to the body.
Nye has Miyamoto pressed against the cage, preventing Miyamoto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nye jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Miyamoto walks away with a smile on his face. Nye gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Nye. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Nye has taken the fight to the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Miyamoto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Miyamoto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Miyamoto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Nye fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Miyamoto, pushing him back against the cage.
Miyamoto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Miyamoto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danga de danga de dang - Miyamoto scores with a four punch combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nye moves into range and clinches up with Miyamoto.
Miyamoto tries to break the clinch but Nye is controlling the position.

Miyamoto manages to break the clinch.

Nye closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Miyamoto working hard to break the clinch.

Nye escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nye uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miyamoto.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Nye pushes Miyamoto up against the cage in a clinch.
Miyamoto is trying to force a seperation but Nye has the dominant position.
Nye has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Miyamoto is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miyamoto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Miyamoto working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Nye dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nye clinches with his opponent.
Nye tries to land a knee to the head but Miyamoto blocks with his arms.
Miyamoto is trying to push Nye away but Nye has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Miyamoto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Miyamoto shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Nye napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Nye is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Miyamoto's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Miyamoto performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Let's hope that Miyamoto has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nye is trying to stand back up but Miyamoto is controlling him

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Musashi Miyamoto.

Nye gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nye tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Miyamoto smiles and moves away.

Nye pushes Miyamoto up against the cage in a clinch.
Nye tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Miyamoto's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nye lands an elbow that stopped Miyamoto in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Musashi Miyamoto has been cut.
Miyamoto is trying to break the clinch but Nye is controlling him.
Miyamoto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Miyamoto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nye tries to pull guard but Miyamoto forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Miyamoto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nye tries to work over Miyamoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nye stalling in the clinch.
Nye tries to pull guard but Miyamoto won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Nye. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nye presses Miyamoto against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Miyamoto is trying to force a seperation but Nye has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Miyamoto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Miyamoto fails with a takedown attempt.
Miyamoto tries to clinch but Nye moves out of range.

Nye gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Miyamoto manages to break the clinch.
Miyamoto tries to clinch but Nye moves away
and Nye counters with a nice low kick that buckles Miyamoto's knee momentarily.
Nye misses with a takedown
and Miyamoto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Miyamoto clinches up against the cage.
Miyamoto wants to get back to striking at distance but Nye won't allow it.
Miyamoto is trying to break free.
Miyamoto is trying to break the clinch but Nye has him pressed against the cage.
Nye is trying to stall.
Miyamoto takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nye keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Miyamoto's efforts to push away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Miyamoto wants to break the clinch but can't.

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 Bill Nye.
I think Nye 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

The fight is ruled a draw!