PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Miyata San (ranked 2033 p4p, 2472 weight class) and Arturo Del Torro (ranked 176 p4p, 207 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

San
vs
Del Torro

178 cm
27
158
14 - 6 - 0

172 cm
30
150
10 - 9 - 1

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miyata San!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Arturo Del Torro!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Del Torro looks to score with a jab to the body but San is just out of range.
Del Torro misses with a leg kick.
No joy there for Del Torro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A decent looking cross lands there for San.
Del Torro throws a leg kick
and San cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Del Torro pivots, looking for a leg kick but San is out of range and Del Torro settles back down.
San misses with an uppercut. Del Torro saw that one coming.
Del Torro throws a hook but San blocks it.
Del Torro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
San throws out a powerful jab.
San displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Del Torro throws out the jab.
San swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
San avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Del Torro throws a left and a right that both miss
and San counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Del Torro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jab from San.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Del Torro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Del Torro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
San takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Del Torro moves out of range of the strikes.
Del Torro takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San misses with a straight right.
San sets himself, and Del Torro steps forward looking for the clinch! San avoids it this time.
Arturo Del Torro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Del Torro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
San swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
San fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

San shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than San was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
San misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
San working the head and body with strikes.
San in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Del Torro dodges the ground and pound from San.

San tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
San in side control lands a decent elbow.
San landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
San sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Del Torro is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

San looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
San lands some shots froms side control.
San wants to lay and pray for a moment but Del Torro keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
San throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
San is working Del Torro over with some ground and pound from side control.
San landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
San working the ground and pound.
Del Torro manages to work his way to half guard, despite San's best efforts.
San is trying to control the action in half guard but Del Torro is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
San throws a strike but Del Torro avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Our spies down at at Tran MMA Gym inform us that Del Torro has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
San is looking to work some ground and pound but Del Torro has wrist control.
San throws a big elbow that misses.
San with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
San throws a big right hand that misses.
San trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
San is looking to work some ground and pound but Del Torro has wrist control.
San postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
San is in close to Del Torro's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
San working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Del Torro's head.
San wants to control from the top but Del Torro keeps moving.
San landing some decent shots from guard.
San is working Del Torro over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Miyata San dominated that round.
That's time! San's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

San slips a straight right by Del Torro.
Del Torro misses with a right hand
and San counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Del Torro misses the jab.
Del Torro digs a good body shot into San's ribs.
San lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
San lands with a nice body punch.
Del Torro tries to clinch up.
Nice uppercut lands for San. That snapped Del Torro's head back.
San looks to land a left hand but Del Torro moved out of range nicely.
Del Torro misses with an uppercut.
Good shot there by San.
Del Torro is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Del Torro works over San's head and body with a nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
San scores with a jab to the body.

San scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
San takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
San throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Del Torro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
San missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
San trying to control from half guard but Del Torro is working away.
San sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Del Torro defending well though.
Del Torro is breathing heavily.
Del Torro wants to control but San is keeping busy.
San throws a strike but Del Torro avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Del Torro has momentary wrist control but San slips an elbow through the middle.
San throwing strikes from guard but Del Torro blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
San works over Del Torro with some ground and pound from guard.

San drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Del Torro dives on top into guard.

Del Torro preventing the sweep.
San seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Miyata San overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as San holds on and takes a little breather.
Del Torro looking to sit in guard and control but San gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

San lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
San sitting in guard here, content to control.
San working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
San throwing strikes but missing.
San throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
San trying to control the position from guard on top but Del Torro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
San postures up in Del Torro's guard and throws a big left but Del Torro blocks it.

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.
San looking to pass the guard.
Del Torro working a defensive guard here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
San stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Del Torro swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
San cracks a nice hook into Del Torro's ribs.
Del Torro throws a shot from downtown. San moves away and avoids it.
San throwing a counter right hand but Del Torro manages to avoid it.
San uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
San fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Del Torro manages to avoid it.
Del Torro throws a leg kick but San sees it coming and moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by San as he connects with a hook.
Del Torro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Miyata San dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

San looks to land a left hand but Del Torro moved out of range nicely.
Del Torro throws a shot from downtown. San moves away and avoids it.
Del Torro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as San throws out the jab.
San is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Del Torro can do to turn this around?
Del Torro throws out a leg kick but San moves out of range and Del Torro only half commits.
San bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Del Torro's head backwards.
A decent looking cross lands there for San.
San moves into range and connects with a jab.
Del Torro misses the shot to the body.
San uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Del Torro.
San lands with a shot to the body.
San uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Del Torro.
Del Torro tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
San dips to his left and cracks Del Torro with an uppercut!
San misses with a hook.
Del Torro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Del Torro misses with a shot to the body
and San counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Del Torro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
San throws a lazy right hand but Del Torro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Del Torro tries to clinch but San moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San cracks Del Torro with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
San throws a hook but Del Torro avoids it easily.
Miyata San is winning the standup battle so far.
San displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Del Torro throws out the jab.
San loads up on a big right hand but Del Torro slips the punch.
Del Torro looks to land a left hand but San moved out of range nicely.
Del Torro misses with a hook.
San was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Del Torro throws a lazy uppercut
and San counters with a stiff right hand.
San moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Del Torro ducks under a wild hook from San.
Del Torro throws a nice outside leg kick.
Del Torro connects with an inside leg kick.
San comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Del Torro throws an overhand right that lands on San's shoulder, as San tries to avoid the shot.
Del Torro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting San counter with a right hand.
San moves out of range of the strikes.

San closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Del Torro did well to prevent San getting side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Del Torro blocking the ground and pound attempt from San.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

San is working for a kimura but Del Torro is defending it quite comfortably.
Del Torro blocking the ground and pound attempt from San.
San lands strikes from half guard.
San slips a nice elbow through Del Torro's hands, connecting with Del Torro's forehead.
Del Torro blocking the ground and pound attempt from San.
San landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
San is keen to just control but Del Torro is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Torro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
San lands strikes from half guard.
San is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
San working Del Torro over with strikes.
Del Torro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
San is trying to control. Del Torro wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
San working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Del Torro on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Arturo Del Torro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
San wants to pass the guard but Del Torro is defending well.
Del Torro is trying to defend against the ground and pound but San scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
San lands with a punch from half guard.
San looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
San seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Del Torro does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
San thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
San throws a strike but Del Torro avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
San postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
San's corner is telling him to maintain position.
San scoring with punches to the head and body.
Del Torro has momentary wrist control but San slips an elbow through the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miyata San showed his dominance in that final round.
Well San has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miyata San!
A relieved looking Miyata San thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.