PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Diias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kichii Miyazawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Kichii Miyazawa was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Diias
vs
Miyazawa

170 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rafael Diias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kichii Miyazawa!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diias shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Miyazawa as he jumps to the side.

Miyazawa has Diias up against the ropes in a clinch.
Miyazawa is pressed up against the ropes. Diias has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Miyazawa down to the mat. Miyazawa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Miyazawa is looking to clinch.
Miyazawa wants to clinch up but Diias keeps it at a distance.
Diias swinging wilding here.
Diias throws a right hand that Miyazawa ducks under and follows up with a left that Miyazawa also avoids with ease.
Diias tries to close the distance and clinch up but Miyazawa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Miyazawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diias throws a series of punches but Miyazawa moves out of range.

Miyazawa closes the distance and clinches.
Diias takes a knee right on the jaw!
Miyazawa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Miyazawa lands a damaging elbow.
Diias takes an elbow to the forehead.
Miyazawa with a knee to the head.
Miyazawa lands an elbow that stopped Diias in his tracks for a moment.
Miyazawa lands a nice knee to the body.
Miyazawa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diias lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyazawa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Miyazawa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Miyazawa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diias.
Diias keeps the fight on the outside.
Miyazawa misses with a few strikes there.
Diias throws a combination that misses

and Miyazawa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Diias tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Diias. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diias is breathing heavily.
Miyazawa lands an elbow inside that Diias shrugs off.
Miyazawa stalling the fight.
Diias tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Miyazawa just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Miyazawa crunches a lovely knee into Diias's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Miyazawa.

Miyazawa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rafael Diias seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diias swats away the attempt to clinch by Miyazawa.
Diias swinging wilding here.

Miyazawa rushes Diias and presses him up against the ropes.
Miyazawa landing knees to the head.
Diias takes an elbow to the forehead.
Diias being controlled against the ropes.
Miyazawa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Miyazawa lands a knee to the head.
Miyazawa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Miyazawa landing knees to the body.
Miyazawa scores with a knee to the head.
Miyazawa landing knees to the head.
Miyazawa is struggling to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyazawa lands an elbow just above Diias 's eye.
Miyazawa landing knees to the body.
Miyazawa scores a nice knee to the body.
Miyazawa stalls.
Miyazawa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Miyazawa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diias lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A bit of stalling here from Miyazawa.
Miyazawa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diias lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Miyazawa breaks the clinch.
Diias keeps the fight on the outside.
Miyazawa clinches but Diias breaks the clinch

and Diias counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Miyazawa!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Diias is working for a guillotine from mount but Miyazawa frees his head quite easily.
Miyazawa's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Miyazawa is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Miyazawa is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Diias locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Miyazawa is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rafael Diias!