PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sinan Vrases (ranked 3800 p4p, 4096 weight class) and Haya Mi (ranked 395 p4p, 424 weight class). Haya Mi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sinan Vrases's chin.

Vrases
vs
Mi

172 cm
24
162
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
24
170
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BANZAI COMBAT NUTRITION

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sinan Vrases!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Haya Mi!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A bit of stalling here from Vrases.
Mi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vrases is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vrases working Mi over with knees to the body.
Mi looks winded!
Mi is trying to pull guard but Vrases turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Mi tries to stall but Vrases uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mi jumps guard but Vrases stands there with Mi around his waist. Mi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Vrases unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vrases connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mi's face.
Vrases crunches a lovely knee into Mi's ribcage.
Vrases scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vrases connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mi's face.
Vrases working Mi over with knees to the body.
Come on Vrases - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Vrases crunches a lovely knee into Mi's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vrases scores a nice knee to the body.
Mi takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Haya Mi has been cut.
Mi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vrases scores with a knee to the head.
Vrases landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vrases putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Vrases.
Vrases has Mi pressed against the cage.
Vrases lands a knee to the body.
Vrases looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mi being controlled against the cage.
Mi takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vrases using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vrases lands a good knee to the midsection. Mi won't want to take too many of those.
Vrases landing knees to the body.
Vrases with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Vrases.
Vrases connects with a knee to the head.
Vrases unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vrases lands a knee to the body.
Vrases lands a nice knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Vrases.
Vrases stalls.
Vrases lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vrases.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vrases landing knees to the body.
Vrases with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Vrases.
Vrases putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vrases obliges.
Vrases stalls.
Vrases pressing his opponent against the cage.
Vrases seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Vrases working Mi over with knees to the body.
Vrases dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mi wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vrases using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vrases.
Vrases stalling in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Vrases - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Vrases stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sinan Vrases.

Vrases moves into range and clinches up with Mi.
Vrases dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vrases stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Vrases for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Vrases with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vrases landing knees to the head.
Vrases with a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sinan Vrases dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Haya Mi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mi tries to keep at a distance but Vrases has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mi is trying to pull guard but Vrases turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Vrases.
Vrases landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vrases is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mi can do to turn this around?
Vrases just leaning against Mi, taking a breather.
Vrases unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vrases crunches a lovely knee into Mi's ribcage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vrases connects with a knee to the head.
Mi is breathing heavily.
Vrases landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vrases scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vrases leaning against his opponent.
Vrases putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vrases landing knees to the body.
Vrases lands a nice knee to the body.
Vrases connects with a knee to the head.
Vrases with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vrases has Mi pressed against the cage.
Vrases using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vrases lands a knee to the head.
Vrases is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vrases tries a knee to the head but Mi blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mi is trying to pull guard but Vrases turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Vrases lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vrases slows down the pace here.
Knees to the body from Vrases.
Vrases lands a nice knee to the body.
Vrases with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vrases obliges.
Mi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vrases lands a nice knee to the body.
Vrases landing knees to the head.
Vrases lands a knee to the body.
Sinan Vrases has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A knee to the head by Vrases.
Vrases crunches a lovely knee into Mi's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vrases is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vrases lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vrases landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vrases lands a good knee to the midsection. Mi won't want to take too many of those.
Mi jumps guard but Vrases stands there with Mi around his waist. Mi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sinan Vrases has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Haya Mi.
Vrases lands a nice knee to the body.
Vrases lands a nice knee to the body.
Vrases with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vrases is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vrases is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vrases effectively controlling the action here.
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!
Vrases is struggling to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vrases scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Vrases.
Vrases landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vrases has Mi pushed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vrases obliges.
Vrases lands a nice knee to the body.
Vrases scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vrases is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vrases tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Vrases.
Vrases throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sinan Vrases dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Haya Mi's cut.
That's time! Vrases's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Vrases closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vrases.
Mi stalling in the clinch but Vrases improves position.
Vrases putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vrases.
Mi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mi wants to get back to striking at distance but Vrases won't allow it.
Vrases manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Vrases landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vrases is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Vrases working Mi over with knees to the body.
Mi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vrases looking to throw knees to the head but Mi is blocking nicely.
Vrases displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mi up against the cage.
Mi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Vrases looking to throw knees to the head but Mi is blocking nicely.
Vrases working Mi over with knees to the body.
Vrases landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vrases using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vrases with a knee to the head.
Vrases with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vrases.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vrases taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Vrases with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vrases connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mi's face.
Vrases connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vrases connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mi's face.
Vrases with a knee to the head.
Mi is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Vrases is defending well.
Mi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vrases lands a knee to the body.
Vrases unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vrases landing knees to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mi takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vrases.
Mi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vrases lands a nice knee to the body.
Vrases with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vrases prevents the takedown attempt.
Sinan Vrases has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Haya Mi.
Vrases avoiding damage as Mi throws knees to the body.
Vrases crunches a lovely knee into Mi's ribcage.
Vrases scores a nice knee to the body.
Vrases landing knees to the body.
Vrases lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vrases is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vrases.
Mi has Vrases pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Vrases manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Vrases tries a knee to the head but Mi blocks it.
Sinan Vrases is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vrases controlling the action here for a moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vrases stalling.
Vrases pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mi is trying to break free.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sinan Vrases showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vrases 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:24
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:24
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sinan Vrases!