PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Miyamoto Musashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hall Mungog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miyamoto Musashi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Musashi
vs
Mungog

166 cm
19
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
141 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miyamoto Musashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hall Mungog!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mungog stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mungog lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Mungog gets caught napping as Musashi dives in and scores a takedown. Mungog manages to retain guard.
Musashi wants to pass the guard but Mungog is keeping the position.
Musashi sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Mungog looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Musashi passes into side control.
Musashi trying to control the action but Mungog is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mungog tries to improve position but can't.
Musashi controlling from side mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Musashi is trying to get an arm triangle but Mungog is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Musashi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Musashi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Musashi is looking to take a break and control but Mungog is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mungog is trying to control Musashi's posture but Musashi avoids it.
Musashi wants to control but Mungog is keeping him busy.
Musashi has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Musashi tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Mungog is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mungog tries to improve position but can't.
Musashi wants to control but Mungog is keeping him busy.

Musashi is trying to get an arm triangle but Mungog is defending well.
Mungog is looking for a sweep.

Musashi tries for a kimura but Mungog is defending well.

Musashi is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Mungog has escaped the position, nice work there.

Musashi is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mungog knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musashi working away.
Mungog tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Musashi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Musashi moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Musashi is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mungog knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miyamoto Musashi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Musashi slips a straight right by Mungog.

Musashi closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Mungog quickly recovers to half guard.
Mungog is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Musashi takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Musashi wants to control but Mungog is keeping him busy.

Musashi is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Mungog has managed to free his arm - good work.
Mungog trying to control here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mungog is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Musashi pulls his head out easily.

Musashi is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Musashi wants to pass to mount but Mungog is defending the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mungog gets full guard.

Mungog is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Musashi defends well.

Mungog is looking for a triangle here but Musashi uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Musashi is looking to take a break and control but Mungog is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Musashi is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mungog knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mungog is looking for a sweep.

Musashi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Musashi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Mungog tries to bench press Musashi off him but Musashi keeps the position.
Musashi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mungog can do to turn this around?
Mungog manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Musashi not doing much here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi wants to control but Mungog is keeping him busy.

Musashi is trying to work for a kimura but Mungog is defending well.
Mungog wants to get back to full guard.
Musashi content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Mungog is looking to improve his position.

Mungog looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Musashi wants to work for an arm triangle but Mungog is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Miyamoto Musashi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Musashi moves into full mount! Mungog won't be happy about that!
Mungog tries to hold on but Musashi pushes him away.
Musashi prevents Mungog from getting the reversal.
Mungog wants to hold on but Musashi pushes him away.
Musashi looking to control but Mungog is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Musashi works his way to his opponent's back.

Musashi working for a choke but Mungog is defending well.

Mungog showing good submission defense here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miyamoto Musashi dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Mungog plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Musashi walks into a straight right hand from Mungog.
Musashi ducks right into an uppercut from Mungog.
Mungog scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mungog misses with an uppercut

so Musashi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Musashi trying to control but Mungog is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Musashi wants to pass the guard but Mungog is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi wants to control from the top but Mungog keeps moving.
Musashi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Mungog misses with a double jab

and Musashi decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mungog's guard.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musashi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mungog's guard.
Mungog trying to get back to full guard but Musashi takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Musashi controlling the pace for now.
Mungog is working to get back to half guard.
Musashi trying to control but Mungog is having none of it.
Miyamoto Musashi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mungog tries to hold on but Musashi postures up.
Mungog is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mungog has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Musashi has good solid back control here.
Musashi controlling well, preventing Mungog from escaping the position.
Musashi controls the position.
Musashi's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Hall Mungog has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musashi is hanging on to Mungog's back as he tries to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miyamoto Musashi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Musashi, 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miyamoto Musashi!