PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kiichi Miyazawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patryk Szczerbiec (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Patryk Szczerbiec enters the cage!

Miyazawa
vs
Szczerbiec

170 cm
29
180 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

188 cm
26
185 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kiichi Miyazawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patryk Szczerbiec!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Miyazawa.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Szczerbiec is trying to control Miyazawa's posture but Miyazawa avoids it.

Miyazawa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Miyazawa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Miyazawa is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Szczerbiec is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Miyazawa working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Miyazawa is chipping away with strikes.
Miyazawa controlling from side mount.
Szczerbiec wants to get back to his feet but Miyazawa drags him back down.
Szczerbiec is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyazawa lands some shots froms side control.
Miyazawa throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Miyazawa thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Miyazawa is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Szczerbiec is trying to escape and Miyazawa transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Szczerbiec is forced to tap! Nice work there by Miyazawa! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kiichi Miyazawa!
Kiichi Miyazawa decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.