PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Miike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blackbeard The Pirate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Miike
vs
The Pirate

162 cm
33
148 lbs
33 - 11 - 0

174 cm
26
153 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 33 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Takeshi Miike!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Blackbeard The Pirate!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Pirate throws a right and a left that both miss.
Miike throws a one two combo.
The Pirate walks into a left hand.
Miike throws a lazy right hand but The Pirate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Pirate scores with a head kick.
Nice cross by The Pirate.
Miike avoids the body shot from The Pirate.
The Pirate scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Miike scores with a three punch combo!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Miike takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The Pirate dips to his left and cracks Miike with an uppercut!
A telegraphed right hand from The Pirate misses the target.
Miike misses with a wild body shot.
The Pirate connects with a good right hand that stumbles Miike. Miike circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Miike misses with a straight right.
Nice cross by Miike.
The Pirate misses with a straight right.
The Pirate misses with a few strikes there.
The Pirate throws a hook but Miike avoids it easily.
Miike lands with a straight right. The Pirate didn't see that one coming.
Good standup being displayed there by The Pirate as he connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miike misses with the combination.
The Pirate plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The Pirate takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Miike shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as The Pirate sprawls well. The Pirate wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Miike gets slowly back to his feet.
The Pirate leaves Miike with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The Pirate has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The Pirate looks to land a right hand but Miike moved out of range.
Miike uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Pirate.
Miike tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Pirate keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The Pirate connects with the punch.
Miike throws a low kick but The Pirate avoids it.
The Pirate ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Miike tries to close the distance and clinch but The Pirate swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Pirate jabs Miike to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Miike closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Miike stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miike takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Miike throws a shot from downtown. The Pirate moves away and avoids it.
The Pirate ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Pirate lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The Pirate scores with a nice right hand.
The Pirate lands a right hook to the body.
The Pirate smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Blackbeard The Pirate is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Miike throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Pirate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Pirate lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Pirate keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Miike.
The Pirate punishes Miike's body with a nice straight punch.
Miike dodges the punch combination from The Pirate.
Miike looks to score with a jab to the body but The Pirate is just out of range.
The Pirate punishes Miike's body with a nice straight punch.
Miike tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Pirate was well out of range. Poor timing from Miike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miike needs to keep his hands up - The Pirate had a free shot at his head there.
Miike missing with a left hand there. The Pirate was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Pirate throws a shot from downtown. Miike moves away and avoids it.
Good exchange - The Pirate coming out on top.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Miike on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Miike throws a solid leg kick but The Pirate takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Miike.
Miike's hands are dropping dangerously low here and The Pirate connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Miike scrambles back to his feet.
Nice body punch from Miike.
The Pirate is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The Pirate avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Miike pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Miike pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Miike will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The Pirate ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Miike swinging wildly here.
Miike misses with a straight right.
Miike walks into a stiff left hand from The Pirate.
The Pirate throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The Pirate is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Miike had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The Pirate displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Miike.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takeshi Miike. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as The Pirate lands an impressive looking overhand right. Miike doesn't seem phased though.
Miike swings for the body but The Pirate moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Miike.
The Pirate lands a lovely overhand right.
The Pirate connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Miike is rocked!
The Pirate's corner calls for a 1-2. The Pirate obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Oh Miike is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Miike forces The Pirate back against the cage and clinches.
Miike seems to have got his legs back now.
The Pirate lands a shoulder strike.
The Pirate lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Miike escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Pirate comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Pirate scores with a decent looking hook.
A combination from Miike does no damage.
Miike has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Miike avoids the head kick by The Pirate.
The Pirate connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blackbeard The Pirate dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Miike misses with a leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The Pirate, as that shot connected.

Miike is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in The Pirate's half guard.
We've been informed that The Pirate has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
The Pirate has his hands clasped together around Miike's back. He's all about the action.
Let's hope that The Pirate 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.
The Pirate wants to improve his position but Miike is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Pirate moves into full guard.
Miike might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miike wants to control from the top but The Pirate keeps moving.
The Pirate looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Miike pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Pirate is keeping the position for now.
The Pirate has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Miike has passed into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Pirate is looking for a sweep.
The Pirate keeps trying to improve his position.
The Pirate struggling a bit here.
The Pirate gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Pirate gets back to full guard.
Miike throws a big elbow that misses.
Miike distracts The Pirate with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The Pirate trying to keep a closed guard but Miike is proving a slippery customer.
The Pirate looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The Pirate is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Miike is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Miike decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on The Pirate, up you get!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miike will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A jab from The Pirate does it's job there.
Miike fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Pirate lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by The Pirate.
Miike ducks right into an uppercut from The Pirate.
The Pirate misses with a head kick.
Miike gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Miike is really struggling to find his range with his punches. The Pirate's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Miike throws a leg kick
and The Pirate counters with a head kick.
A head kick from The Pirate lands but Miike takes it in his stride.
The Pirate checks the leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from The Pirate.
Some wild striking there from Miike.
The Pirate showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Miike.
Miike shoots for a takedown but The Pirate saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miike thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Pirate uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Miike has time to react.
A looping hook to the body misses from Miike. The Pirate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Miike shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says The Pirate as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takeshi Miike. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Pirate clobbers Miike with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Miike motions for The Pirate to come forward. Miike throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Takeshi Miike is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Pirate lands a jab.
The Pirate lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The Pirate connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Miike misses with a head kick.
Miike swinging wildly here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Pirate connects with the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miike takes a jab right on the kisser.
The Pirate lands with a kick to the temple. Miike shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The Pirate ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Pirate uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miike.
Miike lands with an uppercut that bounces The Pirate off the cage and back into range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blackbeard The Pirate showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Miike takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The Pirate catches Miike with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The Pirate ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The Pirate displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The Pirate might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Miike bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Pirate throws a sloppy head kick and Miike moves out of range easily.
The Pirate uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Miike.
Good leg kick by Miike there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The Pirate catches Miike with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The Pirate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Miike drops his hands momentarily and The Pirate takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice shot lands for The Pirate.
Miike walks into a stiff left hand from The Pirate.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by The Pirate!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miike misses with a series of wild punches.
The Pirate checks a leg kick.
Whack! The Pirate lands a heavy head kick that drops Miike. The ref tackles The Pirate to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Miike was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Blackbeard The Pirate!
Blackbeard The Pirate gave a mention to Performance Enhancing Drugs in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).