PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kenta Michinoku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Puncha Mifase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michinoku comes to the ring accompanied by Yamato Suite Four. Puncha Mifase has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Michinoku
vs
Mifase

173 cm
19
145 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

225 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid 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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kenta Michinoku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Puncha Mifase!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mifase swinging wilding here.
Michinoku tries to clinch up but Mifase circles away and keeps his distance.
Michinoku ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Michinoku tries to clinch but Mifase is having none of it.
Michinoku tries to clinch but Mifase moves out of range.
Mifase lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Michinoku fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mifase throws a series of punches but Michinoku avoids them all with ease.
Mifase jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Michinoku closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mifase did well to prevent Michinoku getting side control.
Michinoku sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Mifase is looking to control Michinoku's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mifase avoid being mounted?
Michinoku wants to pass the guard but Mifase is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michinoku takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Michinoku has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Michinoku prevents Mifase from improving his position.
Mifase is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Michinoku works his way into side control.
Mifase seems a little lost for a moment, as Michinoku dominates the positioning.
Mifase is trying to control Michinoku's posture but Michinoku avoids it.
Michinoku remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mifase struggling a bit here.
Mifase tries to improve position but can't.
Mifase tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Michinoku avoiding Mifase 's attempts to control his hands.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Michinoku controlling the positon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michinoku is not going to allow Mifase to sit and survive in this position.
Mifase is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Mifase prevents Michinoku from getting a body triangle.
Mifase trying to control the hands but Michinoku breaks the grip.
Michinoku has the hooks in. Mifase is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Michinoku has good solid back control here.
Mifase prevents Michinoku from getting a body triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mifase trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Mifase holding both Michinoku 's hands and preventing any damage.
I would not like to be Mifase right now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
I really don't envy Mifase right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenta Michinoku dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Michinoku darts in and clinches Mifase up against the ropes.
Mifase working hard to break the clinch.

Michinoku pulls guard successfully.
Mifase trying to control but Michinoku is working from the bottom.
Michinoku wants to stand up but Mifase is controlling him.
Mifase trying to control but Michinoku is working from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mifase prevents Michinoku from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mifase wants to get up but he can't break Michinoku's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Mifase wants to control from the top but Michinoku keeps moving.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Michinoku wriggles free and stands up.
A combination from Michinoku does no damage.
Michinoku on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Michinoku tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Michinoku pushes Mifase up against the ropes in a clinch.
Michinoku tries a knee to the head but Mifase blocks it.
Michinoku tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mifase just stands there and leans against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michinoku tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mifase avoids it.
Mifase is trying to break the clinch but Michinoku has him pressed against the ropes.
Michinoku lands a knee to the body.

Michinoku pulls guard successfully.
Michinoku keeping moving, preventing Mifase from controlling successfully.
Michinoku has a closed guard, preventing Mifase from standing up.
Michinoku keeping full guard, as Mifase tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mifase with a flurry of punches that miss.
Michinoku might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Michinoku uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
Michinoku tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Michinoku keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mifase.
Michinoku pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Michinoku doesn't manage to clinch there - Mifase circles away.
Michinoku fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mifase looks to land a left hand but Michinoku moved out of range nicely.
Mifase is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Michinoku tries to close the distance and clinch but Mifase swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mifase swats away the attempt to clinch by Michinoku.
Mifase dodges the punch combination from Michinoku.
Michinoku throws a nice inside leg kick.
Michinoku fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mifase keeps the fight on the outside.
Mifase lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Kenta Michinoku has been cut.
The crowd cheers as Mifase lands an impressive looking overhand right. Michinoku doesn't seem phased though.
Michinoku fails in his attempt to clinch.
Michinoku tries to clinch but Mifase moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kenta Michinoku will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kenta Michinoku's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Michinoku tries to clinch up but Mifase circles away and keeps his distance.
Mifase throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mifase throws a series of punches but Michinoku moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Mifase there.
Mifase circles away from the clinch attempt.
Michinoku looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Michinoku is rocked!
Kenta Michinoku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mifase throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Michinoku.
Oh Michinoku is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mifase closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Michinoku! Mifase dives in looking to finish! Michinoku is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Puncha Mifase!