PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tetsuo Miyagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinji Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanaka has chosen Yuudachi as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Miyagi
vs
Tanaka

169 cm
28
135 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

160 cm
30
139 lbs
14 - 14 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tetsuo Miyagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinji Tanaka!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miyagi has his takedown stuffed

and Tanaka counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tanaka.
Miyagi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Miyagi changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tanaka fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Miyagi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tanaka stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Miyagi swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Miyagi working for a triangle but Tanaka defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka pushes down on Miyagi's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Tanaka passes to full mount!
Tanaka seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Miyagi is holding on tight.

Tanaka looking to secure an arm triangle but Miyagi defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tanaka takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tanaka is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Miyagi can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Miyagi prevents Tanaka from taking his back.
Tanaka controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tanaka takes Miyagi's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Miyagi is in trouble.

Tanaka is looking for the choke from the back position but Miyagi is controlling his hands well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka controls the action.
Tanaka's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Tanaka wants to control but Miyagi is keeping busy.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Tanaka. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Miyagi prevents Tanaka from getting a body triangle.

Tanaka working for a choke but Miyagi is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Miyagi is keeping busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Tanaka has his arm under Miyagi's chin here. Game over son! Tanaka squeezes tightly and Miyagi is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Shinji Tanaka!
Shinji Tanaka spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.