PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Red Fox (ranked 22684 p4p, 3693 weight class) and Moto Miyashita (ranked 266 p4p, 181 weight class). Fox comes to the cage accompanied by TONIGHT IS MY NIGHT. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Fox
vs
Miyashita

175 cm
32
143
10 - 13 - 0

172 cm
25
141
3 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Red Fox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Moto Miyashita!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fox ducks under a wild hook from Miyashita.
Miyashita throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Miyashita walks into a jab.

Miyashita darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Miyashita slows the pace down in half guard.
Miyashita lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Miyashita is controlling the pace.
Fox trying to control here.
Miyashita sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Miyashita is working for a kimura but Fox is defending it quite comfortably.
Miyashita is pressing down on Fox's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fox is holding on for now.
Miyashita prevents Fox from improving his position.
Fox trying to hold on to Miyashita's head to control him but Miyashita postures up.
Fox knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Miyashita on the ground.

Miyashita decides to stand up.
Fox is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Miyashita.
The referee asks Miyashita politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Miyashita prefers to stall for the moment though.
Miyashita postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The strikes coming from Miyashita are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Miyashita in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Miyashita gets to mount! Fox was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Miyashita is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Fox has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fox tries to reverse the position but Miyashita maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fox blocking the ground and pound.
Fox wants to hold on but Miyashita pushes him away.
Miyashita lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fox is squirming around, avoiding Miyashita's attempts to control the action.
Miyashita scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fox?
Miyashita throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Miyashita has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Miyashita lands a nice shot to the head.
Fox is working to get back to half guard.
Miyashita thowing shots but they're missing.
Miyashita thowing shots but they're missing.
Poor strikes thrown by Miyashita there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Miyashita tries to control but Fox wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miyashita throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Miyashita thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Miyashita lands with some strikes.
Miyashita looking to finish with strikes here!
Miyashita controlling from mount.
Miyashita scoring with strikes but Fox is staying in there.
Miyashita throwing strikes here but Fox is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Miyashita working for a submission but Fox is keeping him at bay.
Fox is looking to improve his position but Miyashita isn't that keen on the idea.
Miyashita sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Fox avoids a series of strikes thrown by Miyashita.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Moto Miyashita dominated that 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.

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Miyashita.
Miyashita goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Miyashita misses with a hook. Fox ducked under it nicely.
Miyashita throws a combination. Fox tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A big left from Miyashita misses.
Fox was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Miyashita ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Miyashita scores with a decent looking hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miyashita misses with an uppercut.

Miyashita decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fox looks like he's trying to stand up.
Fox is staying active underneath Miyashita, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Miyashita has advanced to mount. Uh oh.

Miyashita is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Fox to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Fox shrugs it off.
Moto Miyashita has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fox is trying to stand.
Fox really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Miyashita putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Miyashita trying to control but Fox is having none of it.
Miyashita thowing shots but they're missing.
Miyashita controlling the pace for now.
Miyashita has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyashita unloads with some shots from mount but Fox bucks and avoids them well.
Fox is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

Miyashita is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Fox is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Moto Miyashita!
The defeated Red Fox had this to say: 'I got robbed i want a rematch '.