PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pete Wheeler (ranked 7077 p4p, 657 weight class) and Tsutomu Miyazaki (ranked 4866 p4p, 532 weight class). Pete Wheeler has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Wheeler
vs
Miyazaki

187 cm
27
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

168 cm
20
172 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pete Wheeler!
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, Tsutomu Miyazaki!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miyazaki blocks a jab.
Wheeler misses with an uppercut. Miyazaki saw that one coming.
Miyazaki scores with a hook.
Wheeler throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice jab there from Miyazaki.
A jab from Wheeler misses.
Miyazaki has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Wheeler is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Wheeler throws a body shot but no joy.

Wheeler fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Miyazaki, pushing him back against the cage.
Miyazaki is trying to break free.
Miyazaki is trying to break the clinch but Wheeler is controlling him.
Wheeler prevents Miyazaki from breaking the clinch.
Wheeler throws a head punch that misses.

Miyazaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wheeler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Miyazaki misses.
Miyazaki rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wheeler counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wheeler walks into a jab.
Wheeler moves out of range of the strikes.
Miyazaki staying out of range there.
Miyazaki throws out a powerful jab.
Tsutomu Miyazaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Wheeler tries to move into range but Miyazaki moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Miyazaki avoids the body shot from Wheeler.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Miyazaki! But no joy.
Wheeler moves out of range as Miyazaki strikes.
Wheeler uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Miyazaki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wheeler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Miyazaki.
Wheeler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wheeler wants to clinch.
Miyazaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wheeler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wheeler drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice jab there from Wheeler.
Wheeler throws a hook but Miyazaki avoids it easily.
Wheeler slips a jab from Miyazaki.
Wheeler throws out a loose jab but Miyazaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Miyazaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wheeler sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wheeler closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wheeler takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wheeler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Miyazaki.
Miyazaki might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Miyazaki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wheeler.
A little jabbing left from Miyazaki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wheeler just misses with a punch to the body.
Miyazaki throws out a loose jab but Wheeler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Miyazaki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wheeler.
Miyazaki lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wheeler fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wheeler blocks a jab.
Miyazaki throws a hook to the side of Wheeler's head but Wheeler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Miyazaki lands with a right hand.
Miyazaki lands a glancing blow to the side of Wheeler's head.
Miyazaki misses with a hook. Wheeler ducked under it nicely.
Wheeler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Miyazaki.
Wheeler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Miyazaki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wheeler misses the jab.
Wheeler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wheeler tries to bum rush Miyazaki with a series of wild strikes but Miyazaki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wheeler throws a body shot but no joy.
Wheeler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wheeler looks to score with a jab to the body but Miyazaki is just out of range.
Miyazaki sizes up Wheeler with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wheeler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Miyazaki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Miyazaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wheeler.
Miyazaki avoids the body shot from Wheeler.
Wheeler misses with a wild body shot.
Miyazaki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Miyazaki throws a good cross that connects.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wheeler takes a swing at Miyazaki's ribcage but misses.
Wheeler takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Miyazaki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wheeler takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Miyazaki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Wheeler is rocked!
Miyazaki throws a jab but it's blocked by Wheeler.
Oh Wheeler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Miyazaki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wheeler.
Wheeler seems to have got his legs back now.
Miyazaki throws out a loose jab but Wheeler uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Wheeler wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wheeler walks into a stiff left hand from Miyazaki.
Wheeler misses with a wild combination.
Wheeler fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wheeler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wheeler is breathing heavily.
Miyazaki avoids the body shot from Wheeler.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wheeler takes a swing at Miyazaki's ribcage but misses.
Miyazaki misses with a looping right.
Wheeler gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Miyazaki cracks Wheeler with a right hand to the side of the head.
Miyazaki lands a jab.
Miyazaki is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wheeler had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wheeler staying out of range there.
Wheeler swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wheeler throws a hook but Miyazaki avoids it easily.
Miyazaki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wheeler on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wheeler just misses with a punch to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Wheeler 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wheeler gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Miyazaki.
Wheeler ducks under a wild hook from Miyazaki.
Miyazaki looks to land a right hand but Wheeler moved out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Miyazaki. That snapped Wheeler's head back.
Miyazaki drops Wheeler with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Wheeler! Miyazaki dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tsutomu Miyazaki!
A relieved looking Tsutomu Miyazaki thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.