PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sinister Miro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiro Sho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miro comes to the cage accompanied by Overdose. Sinister Miro has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Miro
vs
Sho

183 cm
21
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sinister Miro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiro Sho!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miro avoids the head kick by Sho.

Sho scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Miro is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Sho thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Miro is not content to let Sho control the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Sho.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sho trying to control the action but Miro is working from the bottom.
Sho controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sho's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Sho throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Miro works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

Miro pushes Sho off and gets back to his feet.
Horrible takedown by Sho or perhaps it was just good defense by Miro which made him look bad.
Sho avoids the head kick by Miro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sho shoots in but Miro avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sho fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sinister Miro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hiro Sho.
Sho takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sho looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Miro.
Sho throws a sloppy head kick
and Miro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Miro fails with the takedown.
Sho avoids the head kick by Miro.
Miro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sho closes the distance and clinches up with Miro, looking for a takedown. Sho pushes Miro against the cage but Miro circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sinister Miro dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Miro lands a nice hook to Sho's body. Sho takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sho avoids the body shot from Miro.
Sho throws a leg kick that is checked
and Miro counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sho is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Miro avoids the head kick by Sho.
Miro throws a sloppy head kick and Sho moves out of range easily.
Miro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Miro lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Hiro Sho has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Miro misses with a wild body shot.
Miro throws a push kick but Sho slaps the foot to one side.
Sho is looking to clinch but Miro is avoiding it.
Sho fails with the takedown.
Miro scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Miro throws a head kick that misses

and Sho counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Miro!
Miro is looking to get to half guard.
Miro wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sho.
Sho looking to ground and pound but Miro is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sho tries to control but Miro wriggling away.
Miro is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sho thowing shots but they're missing.
Miro is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sho controlling his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sho trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sinister Miro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hiro Sho's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Miro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Miro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Miro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hiro Sho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sho closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Miro to the mat! Miro manages to get full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Miro working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sho.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miro can't keep his opponent in guard - Sho advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sho controlling the action here.
Sho is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sho is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Miro tries to kick Sho off but Sho keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sho is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sho trying to mount his opponent but Miro defends it.
Hiro Sho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sho in particular looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Miro works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sho wants to control from the top but Miro keeps moving.
Sinister Miro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hiro Sho comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Miro has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sinister Miro!