PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Miike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Garvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Garvey's choice of entrance music: One Loaf of Bread -- Damian Marley. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Miike
vs
Garvey

162 cm
24
141 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

170 cm
22
145 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

[WAO]MADE IN GERMANY
[WAO]MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Takeshi Miike!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcus Garvey!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miike walks into a left hand.
Garvey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Miike.

Miike looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Garvey wants to improve his position but Miike is controlling well.
Miike missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Still in half guard, Miike seems content to control.
Garvey has hold of Miike's hands but Miike slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Miike throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Garvey keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Garvey keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miike trying to control from half guard but Garvey is working away.
Miike sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Garvey defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miike is trying to control the action in half guard but Garvey is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Garvey is in trouble now - Miike has advanced to mount!

Miike is working for a guillotine from mount but Garvey frees his head quite easily.
Miike unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garvey is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Miike cracks Garvey with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Miike looking to control but Garvey is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Miike working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miike wants to control the pace but Garvey is squirming around nicely.
Miike looking to finish with strikes here!
Miike breaks from Garvey's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garvey is in all sorts of trouble here.
Miike thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Miike can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Garvey is looking to escape.
Miike misses with a head shot.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miike controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miike is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Garvey can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Miike looking to control and managing it successfully.
Miike lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Garvey hang on?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garvey wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Miike.
Miike content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Garvey looks for the body kick but Miike saw that one coming.
Miike keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Miike has a takedown stuffed.
Miike shoots in but Garvey avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Garvey misses the target.
Horrible takedown by Miike or perhaps it was just good defense by Garvey which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takeshi Miike. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice takedown defense from Garvey. No joy for Miike on that attempt.
Marcus Garvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garvey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Miike or perhaps it was just good defense by Garvey which made him look bad.
Garvey lands with a straight right. Miike didn't see that one coming.
Miike uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garvey.
Miike lands with a good body shot.
Garvey throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Miike shoots for a takedown but Garvey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Garvey wants to land a leg kick but Miike is out of range.
Miike fails with a takedown attempt.
Miike blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garvey swings for the body but Miike moves out of range.
Garvey lands a head shot.

Miike scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Miike working Garvey over with strikes.
Garvey holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garvey tries to get to full guard but Miike has control of the leg.
Miike slips a nice elbow through Garvey's hands, connecting with Garvey's forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miike scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Miike with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Miike trying to control the action but Garvey is working from the bottom.
Miike lands with a punch from half guard.
Miike lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Garvey avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Miike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garvey won't allow Miike to pass to mount.

Miike is trying to work for a kimura but Garvey is defending well.
Miike has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Miike throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Miike is trying to control. Garvey wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Miike is thwarting Garvey's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeshi Miike dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Miike tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Miike fails with the takedown
and Garvey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Miike shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Garvey napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Garvey parries the strikes from Miike easily there. Miike is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Garvey to escape.
The strikes coming from Miike are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Garvey is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Garvey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Miike. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Miike is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Garvey knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Miike lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Garvey down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miike trying to control the position but Garvey is working away.
Garvey is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Miike is controlling him well.
Miike controlling the position.
Garvey is not content to let Miike control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miike sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Garvey is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Miike tries to advance to mount but can't.
An elbow from Miike crashes against the mat.
Miike is trying to move to mount but Garvey reverses beautifully and ends up in Miike's guard.
Miike is trying to keep Garvey in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miike wants to sweep here but Garvey controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Takeshi Miike.
A low kick from Garvey is predictable there
and Miike connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Miike swings away with a body shot that misses
and Garvey counters with a low kick, right behind Miike 's knee.
Some bone on bone action there as Miike checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Marcus Garvey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Miike keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garvey tries a head kick but it misses.

Miike scores with a takedown into Garvey's guard.
Marcus Garvey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miike missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Miike postures up in Garvey's guard and throws a big left but Garvey blocks it.
Miike trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Garvey keeping moving, preventing Miike from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Miike accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garvey looking for a sweep. Not yet Garvey, not yet.
Miike wants to control from the top but Garvey keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Takeshi Miike showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Miike, 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takeshi Miike!