PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Pettis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Miyao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pettis
vs
Miyao

167 cm
20
144 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

178 cm
26
145 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Pettis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Miyao!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miyao misses with an uppercut.
Pettis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Miyao.
Miyao tries to clinch but Pettis moves away
and Pettis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

It looks like Joao Miyao has been cut.
Pettis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pettis swats away the attempt to clinch by Miyao.
Miyao shoots in for a takedown but Pettis shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pettis is looking for a counter combo.
Miyao throws a body shot but no joy.
Pettis cracks Miyao with an open hand slap.
Miyao looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pettis misses with a double jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pettis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Miyao swings for the body but Pettis moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettis fails to land with a series of punches.
Miyao misses the jab.
Pettis looks to land a combination but Miyao avoids it well.
Pettis looks to land a combination but Miyao avoids it well.
A nice combination there by Pettis.

Miyao takes the fight into the clinch.

Pettis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pettis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Miyao dodges the punch combination from Pettis.
Pettis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Miyao is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pettis throws a right hand that Miyao ducks under and follows up with a left that Miyao also avoids with ease.
Miyao wants to counter the offense by Pettis and move into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pettis.
Pettis throws a right hand that Miyao ducks under and follows up with a left that Miyao also avoids with ease.
Miyao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Miyao tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Pettis defends well and Miyao ends up having to push Pettis into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Anthony Pettis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joao Miyao.
A jab from Pettis does it's job there.
A combination from Pettis does no damage.
Miyao moves in looking to clinch but Pettis pushes him off.
Pettis scores with a jab to the head.
Miyao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pettis.

Miyao moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyao is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Pettis to keep the fight standing.
Pettis is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Miyao looking to throw knees to the head but Pettis is blocking nicely.
Miyao has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Pettis after a bit of a struggle.
Pettis is trying to push Miyao away but Miyao has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Miyao tries to land a knee to the head but Pettis blocks with his arms.

Pettis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice sprawl there from Pettis as Miyao shoots in.
No joy there for Pettis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pettis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Miyao tries to counter with a clinch but Pettis shakes him off and moves away.

Miyao drives through and clinches with Pettis against the cage.

Pettis breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettis throws a series of punches but Miyao moves out of range.
Miyao wants to counter with a clinch but Pettis pushes him away.
Anthony Pettis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Miyao has closed the distance and engaged Pettis in a clinch.
Miyao tries a body shot but Pettis blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Miyao.

Pettis breaks the clinch.
Miyao tries to clinch there but Pettis circles away.
Pettis misses with a wild combination.
Miyao closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pettis counters with a left to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pettis swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Pettis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joao Miyao's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Miyao throws a poor cross that misses
and Pettis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pettis throws a series of punches but Miyao avoids them all with ease.
Miyao changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Anthony Pettis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Miyao goes for a double leg but Pettis avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Pettis continues to drive forward.
Miyao moves forwards but Pettis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pettis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pettis throws a one two combo.
Pettis slips under a jab from Miyao.
Pettis throws a series of punches but Miyao avoids them all with ease.

Miyao clinches with his opponent.
Miyao keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pettis's efforts to push away.
Miyao using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pettis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Pettis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pettis throws a series of punches but Miyao moves out of range.
And Miyao tries to counter it with a takedown but Pettis pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Miyao is looking to clinch but Pettis is avoiding it.
Miyao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Miyao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Miyao tries to close the distance and clinch but Pettis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Miyao has Pettis up against the cage in a clinch.
Pettis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Miyao can do to turn this around?
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Pettis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Anthony Pettis is winning the standup battle so far.
Pettis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Miyao has time to react.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettis throws a right hand that Miyao ducks under and follows up with a left that Miyao also avoids with ease.
Pettis misses with a combination

and Miyao counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pettis won't be happy with that.
Pettis wants to get back to his feet but Miyao drags him back down.
Pettis tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Miyao presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
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!
Miyao controlling from mount.
Pettis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Miyao controlling from mount.
Pettis is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettis really wants to buck Miyao off and get back to his feet.
Miyao controlling the pace for now.
Miyao wants to take his opponent's back but Pettis doesn't allow it.
Pettis is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pettis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pettis is trying desperately to improve position.
Pettis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pettis is in all sorts of trouble here.

Miyao working for a submission but Pettis is keeping him at bay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Anthony Pettis will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joao Miyao's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Miyao moves to clinch but Pettis breaks away
and Pettis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pettis scores with a hook.
Pettis misses with the combination.
Miyao changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

Miyao takes the fight into the clinch.
Pettis prevents a body shot from Miyao.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pettis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Miyao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pettis's elbow.
Miyao goes for a takedown attempt but Pettis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pettis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettis lands with an uppercut that bounces Miyao off the cage and back into range.
Pettis looks to land a combination. Miyao sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Miyao tries to clinch up but Pettis circles away and keeps his distance.
Pettis throws a big counter combination but Miyao scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Miyao swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pettis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Miyao shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Miyao moves into range and clinches up with Pettis.
Miyao tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pettis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pettis is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Miyao will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pettis up against the cage.
Miyao has a couple of punches blocked by Pettis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pettis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Miyao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pettis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
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!
Miyao takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Miyao misses with a wild body shot.
Pettis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pettis tests Miyao's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Miyao forces Pettis back against the cage and clinches.

Pettis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Miyao circles away quickly and effectively.
Miyao steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Pettis.

Miyao closes the distance and pushes Pettis back into the cage.
Miyao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pettis's elbow.
Pettis has had enough of the clinch but Miyao keeps him there for the moment.
Pettis is trying to force a seperation but Miyao has the dominant position.

Pettis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pettis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pettis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pettis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Miyao doesn't manage to clinch there - Pettis circles away.
Some wild striking there from Pettis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettis tries to bum rush Miyao with a series of wild strikes but Miyao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Miyao tries to counter by closing the distance.
Sloppy strikes from Pettis. Those never looked like landing.
Miyao wants to counter with a clinch but Pettis pushes him away.
Miyao darts in looking for a takedown but Pettis gets double underhooks and turns Miyao into the cage.
Anthony Pettis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joao Miyao.
Pettis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Miyao misses with a hook to the body
and Pettis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pettis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Miyao has time to react.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miyao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Miyao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pettis.
Miyao changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Joao Miyao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anthony Pettis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Miyao just misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Pettis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pettis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Pettis!