PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tatsuya Mifune (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Thumbhisbum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mifune's entrance music is BABYMETAL - Uki Uki ★ Midnight . A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mifune
vs
Thumbhisbum

178 cm
24
148 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

174 cm
23
157 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tatsuya Mifune!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benjamin Thumbhisbum!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thumbhisbum closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mifune checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mifune scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice jab there from Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mifune sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mifune on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Thumbhisbum moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mifune lands with a nice body punch.
Mifune looks to score with a jab to the body but Thumbhisbum is just out of range.
Mifune cracks Thumbhisbum with an open hand slap.
Thumbhisbum takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thumbhisbum takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mifune with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thumbhisbum to score with a decent uppercut.
Mifune lands a glancing blow to the side of Thumbhisbum's head.
Mifune has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Decent striking displayed by Mifune there.
Mifune wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mifune fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thumbhisbum looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mifune connects with a body shot that sends Thumbhisbum's belly button to the back.
Thumbhisbum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mifune lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mifune missing with a left hand there. Thumbhisbum was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Thumbhisbum misses.
Thumbhisbum tries a head kick but it misses.
Mifune digs a good body shot into Thumbhisbum's ribs.
Mifune connects with a looping right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mifune. Thumbhisbum does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mifune lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mifune.
Mifune slips a straight right by Thumbhisbum.
Mifune with a nice cross.
Mifune throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mifune lands a nice hook to Thumbhisbum's body. Thumbhisbum takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mifune thuds a left hand into Thumbhisbum's body.
Mifune swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benjamin Thumbhisbum is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thumbhisbum is looking to land body kicks.
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!
Mifune with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mifune swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thumbhisbum uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mifune.
Mifune misses with a straight right.
Thumbhisbum closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mifune ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mifune is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Thumbhisbum avoids the body shot from Mifune.
Mifune throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A big right from Mifune misses.
Good leg kick by Thumbhisbum there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tatsuya Mifune seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mifune throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thumbhisbum stuns Mifune with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mifune misses with a straight left.
It seemed like Thumbhisbum was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Thumbhisbum takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mifune misses with a body shot.

Mifune fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Thumbhisbum sprawls well initially but Mifune persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Mifune wants to control but Thumbhisbum is keeping him busy.
Mifune is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mifune wants to free his trapped foot but Thumbhisbum is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Thumbhisbum tries to roll over but Mifune keeps him under control.
Thumbhisbum controlling the position for now.
Mifune is thwarting Thumbhisbum's attempts to control the position.
Thumbhisbum blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mifune.
Thumbhisbum felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Mifune throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Thumbhisbum trying to control here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Mifune missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Thumbhisbum manages to get to full guard.
Mifune trying to control the position from guard on top but Thumbhisbum is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mifune postures up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Thumbhisbum takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mifune misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Thumbhisbum was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tatsuya Mifune dominated that round.
That's time! Mifune's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Thumbhisbum takes one to the chin there.
Mifune misses with a hook to the body
and Thumbhisbum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thumbhisbum jabs Mifune right on the nose. Mifune blinks but takes it well.
Thumbhisbum thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mifune half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Thumbhisbum waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mifune.
Mifune fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thumbhisbum manages to avoid it.
Mifune misses with a body shot.
Thumbhisbum uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mifune.
Mifune shoots in but Thumbhisbum avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mifune. Thumbhisbum does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thumbhisbum doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mifune feints and as Thumbhisbum raises his hands in defense, Mifune changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mifune throwing strikes but missing.
Thumbhisbum looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thumbhisbum is pulling down on Mifune's head. It's preventing any offense from Mifune, at least for the moment.
Mifune throws an elbow that misses. Thumbhisbum uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mifune's guard. Nice move by Thumbhisbum!

Mifune working for submissions but it's allowed Thumbhisbum to get to half guard.
Thumbhisbum is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Thumbhisbum trying to control from half guard but Mifune is working away.
Mifune is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thumbhisbum can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thumbhisbum is thwarting Mifune's attempts to control the position.
Mifune tries to get to full guard but Thumbhisbum has control of the leg.
Mifune moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Mifune has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Thumbhisbum can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Mifune working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Thumbhisbum has passed into half guard!
Tatsuya Mifune overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thumbhisbum tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mifune knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Thumbhisbum trying to control the action but Mifune is working from the bottom.
Well, if Thumbhisbum is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Thumbhisbum trying to control from half guard but Mifune is working away.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Mifune actively working from the bottom here.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Mifune misses with a body shot
and Thumbhisbum counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thumbhisbum connects with an inside leg kick.
Thumbhisbum connects with the punch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mifune.
Thumbhisbum can't do much from the bottom here.
Thumbhisbum is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mifune laying and praying for a moment but Thumbhisbum takes advantage and regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Benjamin Thumbhisbum will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Mifune looks to score with a jab to the body but Thumbhisbum is just out of range.
A jab from Thumbhisbum misses.
Mifune feinted with a counter takedown.
Thumbhisbum thumps Mifune with a low kick.
Thumbhisbum connects with an inside leg kick.
Thumbhisbum throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mifune misses the shot to the body.
Tatsuya Mifune is winning the standup battle so far.
Thumbhisbum feints and then cracks Mifune's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mifune down.
Thumbhisbum swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mifune throws a sloppy body shot
and Mifune takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Mifune is rocked!
Thumbhisbum lands a nice shot to the body.
Oh Mifune is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mifune misses with a hook to the body
and Thumbhisbum counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Benjamin Thumbhisbum!
Benjamin Thumbhisbum decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.