PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daisu Miyagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brenden Tully (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tully has chosen Open Your Eyes as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Miyagi
vs
Tully

170 cm
25
165 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

179 cm
23
161 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daisu Miyagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brenden Tully !
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miyagi misses with the combination.
Miyagi throws a head kick but Tully moves out of range.
Tully closes the distance and clinches up with Miyagi, looking for a takedown. Tully pushes Miyagi against the cage but Miyagi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Miyagi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Miyagi stuffs the takedown.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Miyagi - that will leave a mark!
Tully fails to land the takedown.
Daisu Miyagi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brenden Tully .

Miyagi moves into the clinch.
Tully jumps guard but Miyagi stands there with Tully around his waist. Tully gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Miyagi stops a takedown attempt from Tully .
Tully tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Miyagi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tully takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tully looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miyagi crunches a lovely knee into Tully 's ribcage.
A left hand lands to the body for Miyagi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tully being controlled against the cage.
Knees to the body from Miyagi.
Knees to the body from Miyagi.
Nice elbow from Miyagi.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Miyagi obliges.
Miyagi is working Tully over against the cage.
Miyagi is leaning against Tully and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Miyagi lands a knee to the head.
Miyagi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Miyagi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Miyagi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tully lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miyagi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Miyagi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Miyagi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tully lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Miyagi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Miyagi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tully in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Miyagi.
Miyagi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Miyagi lands with a light punch inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Miyagi obliges.
Miyagi lands a good knee to the midsection. Tully won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Miyagi.
Miyagi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Miyagi working Tully over with knees to the body.
Tully takes an elbow to the forehead.
Miyagi lands a nice shot to the body.
A knee to the head by Miyagi.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Miyagi obliges.
Miyagi lands a knee to the body.
Miyagi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tully up against the cage.
Miyagi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tully in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Miyagi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Miyagi lands a shoulder strike.
Miyagi cracks Tully with a nice body shot.
Miyagi landing knees to the body.
Miyagi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Miyagi presses Tully against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Miyagi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tully 's face.
Miyagi pushes Tully back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Miyagi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tully tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Miyagi scores a nice knee to the body.
Miyagi lands an elbow that stopped Tully in his tracks for a moment.
Miyagi connects with a knee to the head.
Tully has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Miyagi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Miyagi working Tully over with knees to the body.
Miyagi landing knees to the head.
Miyagi keeps control of Tully as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tully takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tully throws a knee to the head but misses.
Miyagi crunches a lovely knee into Tully 's ribcage.
Miyagi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tully 's face.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tully as Miyagi tries to tie him up.
Miyagi gets underhooks to prevent Tully 's takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Miyagi.
Miyagi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tully or not.
Tully is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Miyagi is pushing Tully up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Miyagi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Miyagi lands with a right to the head.
Miyagi scores with a knee to the head.
Miyagi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice elbow from Miyagi.
Miyagi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tully in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Miyagi presses Tully against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tully is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Miyagi with a knee to the head.
Tully has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Miyagi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Miyagi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tully in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Miyagi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Miyagi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Miyagi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tully tries to pull guard but Miyagi won't allow it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Miyagi.
Tully has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Miyagi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Miyagi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daisu Miyagi dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Miyagi tries a head kick but it misses.
Miyagi lands with a slapping head kick.
Miyagi looks to land a combination. Tully sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tully keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Tully closes the distance and pushes Miyagi back into the cage.
Tully takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Miyagi obliges.
Miyagi gets underhooks to prevent Tully 's takedown attempt.
Tully looking for a takedown.
Miyagi lands an elbow inside.
Miyagi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Miyagi landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tully goes for a takedown attempt but Miyagi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Daisu Miyagi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brenden Tully .
Miyagi lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyagi lands a two punch combo.
Miyagi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tully shoots in but no luck this time.
Miyagi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Miyagi feints and then cracks Tully 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tully down.
Miyagi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Miyagi drives through and clinches with Tully against the cage.
Miyagi landing knees to the body.
Miyagi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tully can do to turn this around?
Miyagi crunches a lovely knee into Tully 's ribcage.
Tully takes a shot to the head.
Miyagi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Miyagi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Miyagi.
Tully is trying to break the clinch but Miyagi is controlling him.
Miyagi lands a damaging elbow.
Miyagi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Miyagi.
Miyagi lands a nice knee to the body.
Miyagi landing knees to the head.
Miyagi is working Tully over against the cage.
Tully stalling in the clinch but Miyagi improves position.
Miyagi connects with a knee to the head.
Tully has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Miyagi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Miyagi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tully lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Miyagi lands a good knee to the midsection. Tully won't want to take too many of those.
Miyagi gets underhooks to prevent Tully 's takedown attempt.
Miyagi scores with a shot to the side of Tully 's head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Miyagi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Miyagi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tully 's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tully fails to pull guard.
Miyagi digs a right hand into Tully 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tully 's gas tank.
Miyagi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tully wants a takedown but no success here.
Knees to the body from Miyagi.
Daisu Miyagi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tully tries for a takedown but Miyagi manages to get underhooks.
Miyagi just leaning against Tully , taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Miyagi.
Miyagi lands a good knee to the midsection. Tully won't want to take too many of those.
Tully fails to pull guard.
Miyagi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tully 's face.
Miyagi lands a damaging elbow.
Miyagi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tully .
Tully has Miyagi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Miyagi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tully fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Miyagi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tully takes a knee to the side of the body.
Miyagi scores with a knee to the head.
Miyagi misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tully tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Miyagi just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tully fails to pull guard.
Miyagi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Miyagi.
Tully tries to score a body lock takedown but Miyagi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Tully wants a takedown.
Miyagi leaning against his opponent.
Miyagi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tully drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Miyagi lands a nice shot to the body.
Miyagi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Miyagi obliges.
Miyagi presses Tully against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tully takes a knee to the side of the body.
Miyagi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tully in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Miyagi stops a takedown attempt from Tully .
Miyagi lands a knee to the body.
Tully tries for a takedown. No joy.
The referee is keeping an eye on Miyagi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daisu Miyagi dominated that second round.
That's time! Miyagi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Miyagi leaves Tully with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Miyagi.
Miyagi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Miyagi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Miyagi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Miyagi throws a leg kick which misses Tully 's front leg but catches the back leg as Tully tries to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Miyagi.
Tully 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tully looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Miyagi is fending him off so far but Tully persists. Nope, Miyagi circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Miyagi throws a series of punches but Tully avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyagi lands a body shot.
Miyagi lands a glancing blow to the side of Tully 's head.

Miyagi moves into the clinch.
Miyagi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Miyagi stalling the fight.
Miyagi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A bit of stalling here from Miyagi.
Knees in the clinch landing for Miyagi.
Miyagi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Miyagi.
Nice elbow from Miyagi.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Miyagi obliges.
Miyagi lands a damaging elbow.
Miyagi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tully 's defenses.
Tully goes for a takedown in the clinch but Miyagi prevents it.
Daisu Miyagi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brenden Tully .
Tully takes a knee right on the jaw!
Miyagi is pressed up against the cage. Tully has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Miyagi down to the mat. Miyagi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Miyagi lands a head kick. Tully smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tully shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Miyagi as he avoids it easily.
Miyagi's corner calls for a 1-2. Miyagi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Miyagi lands with a kick to the temple. Tully shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Miyagi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tully avoids a punch combination nicely.

Tully drives through with a takedown into guard.

Miyagi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tully stopping the sweep attempt from Miyagi.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tully looking to pass the guard.
Miyagi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tully pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Miyagi is keeping the position for now.
Tully is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Miyagi pulls Tully in close to prevent any damage.

Miyagi kicks Tully off and gets to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Miyagi connects with a crisp jab.
Tully fails to land the takedown.
Tully on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Miyagi. Miyagi obviously looking to wear him down.
Daisu Miyagi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Miyagi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brenden Tully has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Miyagi gets a clinch.
Tully takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tully fails to pull guard.
Miyagi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Miyagi lands a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knees in the clinch landing for Miyagi.
Miyagi scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Miyagi.
Miyagi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daisu Miyagi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Miyagi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daisu Miyagi!