PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Ray Miranda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Valor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ray Miranda
vs
Valor

176 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
130 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Ray Miranda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Valor!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miranda misses with a takedown attempt - Valor sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Miranda doesn't manage to clinch there - Valor circles away.
Miranda fails to land the takedown.
Miranda misses with a low kick.
Valor misses with a takedown attempt

and Miranda counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Miranda drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Valor gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Ray Miranda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miranda is trying to push Valor away but Valor has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valor misses with an elbow strike.
Miranda has had enough of the clinch but Valor keeps him there for the moment.
Valor throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Miranda tries to pull guard but Valor forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Miranda wants a takedown but no success here.
Miranda has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Valor avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Miranda is looking to take this one to the mat.
Valor throws an elbow but it misses.
Miranda jumps guard but Valor stands there with Miranda around his waist. Miranda gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Valor throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valor keeps control of Miranda as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Miranda obliges.
Miranda really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Miranda jumps guard but Valor stands there with Miranda around his waist. Miranda gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Valor misses with an elbow over the top.
Valor misses with an elbow strike.
Miranda tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Valor just stands there and leans against the cage.
Miranda has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Miranda has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Valor uses from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Miranda is looking for a triangle but Valor pushes his legs off easily.
Valor has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Miranda is proving hard to escape from.

Valor decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Miranda, up you get!
Miranda is looking to clinch.
Miranda is looking to clinch.
Miranda fails with a takedown attempt.

Miranda fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Valor sprawls well initially but Miranda persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Miranda is breathing heavily.
Miranda is trying to control the action in half guard but Valor is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miranda wants to pass the guard but Valor is defending well.

Johnny Ray Miranda has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Miranda darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Miranda stands up from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Ray Miranda dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Valor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Valor stuffs the takedown.
Miranda keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Valor keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miranda looks to land a body kick but Valor moved away.

Miranda drives through with a takedown into Valor's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Miranda trying to control the position from guard on top but Valor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Valor is looking for a triangle here but Miranda uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Valor is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Miranda's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Miranda! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Valor has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Johnny Ray Miranda!
Our winner, Johnny Ray Miranda, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.