PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kiichi Miyazawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sheldon Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cooper comes into a darkened arena with his song building. star trek theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Miyazawa
vs
Cooper

170 cm
31
180 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

190 cm
32
175 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Bloodlust Horde Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kiichi Miyazawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sheldon Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cooper!
Cooper tries to work over Miyazawa's front leg with a kick but Miyazawa checks it.
Some bone on bone action there as Miyazawa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cooper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cooper wants to land a leg kick but Miyazawa is out of range.
Cooper misses with a low kick as Miyazawa jumps back.
Miyazawa takes a kick to the side of the head.
Miyazawa avoids a kick to the body.
Cooper throws a right hand that Miyazawa ducks under and follows up with a left that Miyazawa also avoids with ease.
Sheldon Cooper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooper moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooper keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Miyazawa gets the takedown into side control.
Cooper is not content to let Miyazawa control the position.
Miyazawa throws an elbow but Cooper slips to the side and avoids it well.
Miyazawa lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Cooper down.
Cooper is trying to get back to his feet.
Miyazawa working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Miyazawa has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Miyazawa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cooper keeps working.
Cooper is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Miyazawa has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Miyazawa is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Cooper will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
The strikes coming from Miyazawa are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Cooper wants to get back to his feet but Miyazawa drags him back down.
We've been hearing that Miyazawa has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Cooper takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Miyazawa trying to control the position but Cooper is working away.
The ground and pound from Miyazawa seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Cooper on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Miyazawa in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Miyazawa is controlling him well.
Miyazawa looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Cooper is avoiding damage well.

Miyazawa tries for a kimura but Cooper is defending well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cooper takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Miyazawa in side control, throwing shots but Cooper defends.
Cooper wants to get back to his feet.
Miyazawa looking to control but instead Cooper has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miyazawa is pressing down on Cooper's thigh, looking to free his foot. Cooper is holding on for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper pushes Miyazawa off looking to stand but Miyazawa dives back in and keeps control.
Miyazawa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cooper is trying to stand up here but Miyazawa is controlling him well.
Miyazawa perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Miyazawa is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Miyazawa is landing with some decent strikes but Cooper is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cooper tries to buck Miyazawa off but he can't manage it.
Miyazawa with the ground and pound from mount.
Miyazawa landing punches.
Miyazawa landing strikes from the mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Miyazawa with shots to the head and body - Cooper looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cooper is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Cooper is in a horrible position here. Miyazawa smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Miyazawa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Miyazawa lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cooper is trying to stand.
Miyazawa punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cooper wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cooper looks winded!
Miyazawa with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cooper wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Cooper in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Miyazawa raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Miyazawa shoots in but no luck this time.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cooper.
Cooper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Miyazawa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Miyazawa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cooper's waist but Cooper gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Miyazawa off to one side.
Cooper misses with a straight left.
Cooper works Miyazawa's body with a nice hook.
Miyazawa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cooper.
Cooper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cooper throws a sloppy head kick and Miyazawa moves out of range easily.
Cooper throws a solid leg kick but Miyazawa takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cooper.
Cooper swinging wildly here.
Miyazawa tries for a takedown but Cooper sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kiichi Miyazawa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miyazawa avoids the head kick by Cooper.
Cooper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooper doesn't manage to clinch there - Miyazawa circles away.
Miyazawa misses with a takedown attempt - Cooper sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Miyazawa fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cooper avoids it really well and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper lands with a kick to the temple. Miyazawa shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cooper lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cooper wants to clinch

and Miyazawa counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Miyazawa tries to pass to full mount but Cooper defends it.
Miyazawa throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Cooper to regain full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miyazawa won't allow Cooper to get back to his feet.
Miyazawa trying to control but Cooper is working from the bottom.
Kiichi Miyazawa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyazawa is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Cooper is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Cooper has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Miyazawa off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Cooper misses with a low kick.
Miyazawa avoids the head kick by Cooper.
Cooper throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Miyazawa avoids the head kick by Cooper.
Cooper throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Miyazawa.
Cooper is breathing heavily.
Miyazawa fails to land the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Miyazawa.
Sheldon Cooper seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Miyazawa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cooper.
Cooper fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Miyazawa is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper misses with a head kick.
Cooper dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Miyazawa. That did some damage!
Cooper fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Miyazawa is out of range.
Miyazawa takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cooper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cooper throws out a loose jab but Miyazawa uses good head movement to avoid it.

Miyazawa closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Cooper quickly recovers to half guard.

Miyazawa looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Cooper wants to get back to his feet.
Miyazawa thows a huge punch but Cooper dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Miyazawa there.
Miyazawa prevents Cooper from standing back up.
Miyazawa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cooper defending well though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooper pushes Miyazawa off looking to stand but Miyazawa dives back in and keeps control.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Miyazawa in particular looking to stall.
Cooper is staying active underneath Miyazawa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Miyazawa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cooper avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Miyazawa.
Cooper wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cooper really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Miyazawa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cooper won't allow Miyazawa to pass to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sheldon Cooper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Miyazawa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cooper pinned against the cage. Cooper gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A leg kick checked by Miyazawa.
Cooper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Miyazawa throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Cooper tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Miyazawa is in Cooper's guard.

Cooper pushes Miyazawa off and scrambles back to his feet.
Cooper throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Miyazawa's head.
Miyazawa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Miyazawa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cooper as he jumps to the side.
Cooper throws a series of punches but Miyazawa moves out of range.
Cooper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Miyazawa closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cooper did well to prevent Miyazawa getting side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooper tries to kick Miyazawa off but Miyazawa keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Miyazawa winds up and cracks Cooper with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Miyazawa seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Cooper has recovered full guard.
Cooper wants to stand but Miyazawa is controlling the position.
Cooper keeping moving, preventing Miyazawa from controlling successfully.
Cooper wants to stand and escape but Miyazawa is having none of it.
Miyazawa landing with the ground and pound.
Cooper wants to stand but Miyazawa is controlling the position.
Miyazawa is stalling in the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper wants to get back to his feet but Miyazawa is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Miyazawa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Miyazawa advances position into side control!
Miyazawa is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

Miyazawa has an Americana. Cooper didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Miyazawa is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Miyazawa hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Kiichi Miyazawa!
Kiichi Miyazawa bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.