PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joan Miz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Vitor Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Miz
vs
Vitor Xavier

176 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joan Miz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joao Vitor Xavier!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xavier connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Miz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Xavier lands a glancing blow to the side of Miz's head.

It looks like Joan Miz has been cut.
Xavier takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Xavier connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Miz tries to clinch up but Xavier circles away and keeps his distance.
Miz wants to clinch
enabling Xavier to counter with a crisp jab.
Xavier with a hook.
Xavier keeps the fight on the outside.
Xavier cracks Miz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Xavier avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miz tries to close the distance and clinch but Xavier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Xavier. Miz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Xavier looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier throws out a loose jab but Miz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Miz throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Xavier counter with a right hand.
Xavier swats away the attempt to clinch by Miz.
Miz slips under a jab from Xavier.
Miz is looking to counter punch.
Xavier misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Miz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Miz misses with an uppercut

and Xavier counters by moving into the clinch.
Miz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Xavier blocks it with crossed arms.
Miz tries to land a knee to the head but Xavier blocks with his arms.
Miz looking to throw knees to the head but Xavier is blocking nicely.
Xavier lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Xavier wants to break free but Miz has control.
Xavier blocking some punches.
Miz letting Xavier take a breather here.
Xavier has had enough of the clinch but Miz keeps him there for the moment.
Xavier lands a hook that snaps the head of Miz backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Xavier.
Xavier wants to break the clinch but can't.
Xavier presses Miz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Xavier presses Miz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Xavier just leaning against Miz, taking a breather.
Miz misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Xavier cracks Miz with a nice body shot.
Xavier is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Miz misses with some punches.
Xavier lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Miz.
Xavier is working Miz over against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Xavier's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Miz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Miz misses with a punch on the inside.
Xavier lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Miz.
Miz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Xavier blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice body punch from Xavier.
Miz is breathing heavily.
Good body shot from Xavier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xavier lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Miz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Xavier lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Miz or not.
A right handed body shot lands from Xavier.
Xavier lands a shot to the body.
Xavier lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Xavier.
Miz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Miz keeps control of Xavier as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Xavier lands a body punch in the clinch.

Xavier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Xavier is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Miz had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A jab from Xavier does it's job there.
Xavier lands a nice looking body shot.
Xavier throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Xavier scores with a hook.
Miz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Xavier counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Miz seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Xavier scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Miz drops his hands momentarily and Xavier takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Miz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Xavier cracks Miz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Xavier scores with a jab.
Miz closes the distance looking to clinch
and Miz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Miz is rocked!
Joan Miz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Xavier throws a jab but it's blocked by Miz.
Xavier circles away from the clinch attempt.
Xavier avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Xavier with a jab.
Miz tries to clinch
and Xavier counters with a left to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Miz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Miz there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joao Vitor Xavier dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joan Miz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Miz gets tackled into the cage by Xavier. Xavier maintains the clinch.
Nice body punch from Xavier - that landed with a thud.
Xavier prevents a body shot from Miz.
Xavier has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Miz takes a shot to the head.
Miz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Xavier tries to break the clinch but Miz is controlling the position.
Xavier has had enough of the clinch but Miz keeps him there for the moment.
Xavier works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Xavier breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Xavier ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Xavier lands with a right hand.
Xavier connects with a good right hand that stumbles Miz. Miz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xavier connects with a looping right hand.
Xavier throws a good cross that connects.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Xavier lands a left and a right that send Miz crashing to the mat, dazed. Xavier thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Miz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Joan Miz's cut is getting worse.
Miz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
BOOM! Xavier lands a beautiful left hook that drops Miz. Miz tries to recover but Xavier is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Miz lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joao Vitor Xavier!