PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kiibo Miyazawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Montagner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miyazawa comes to the cage accompanied by PIMP - 50 cent. The key to victory for Kiibo Miyazawa has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Miyazawa
vs
Montagner

173 cm
20
180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
22
187 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kiibo Miyazawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luis Montagner!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Montagner throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Miyazawa tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Montagner is in Miyazawa's guard.
Miyazawa keeping moving, preventing Montagner from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Montagner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Miyazawa is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Miyazawa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Montagner controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Luis Montagner has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Montagner gets the takedown into side control.
Montagner is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Miyazawa could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Montagner cracks Miyazawa with a big elbow.
Miyazawa is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Montagner fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Montagner content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montagner tries to score with some ground and pound. Miyazawa controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Montagner grinds an elbow into Miyazawa's temple.
Miyazawa prevents Montagner from moving into mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Montagner slows the pace down.
Miyazawa regains half guard, as Montagner was trying to land strikes.
Miyazawa is breathing heavily.
Montagner missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montagner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Montagner seems to be looking for submissions.
Montagner thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Montagner takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Miyazawa taking some punishment here, with Montagner in his half guard.
Montagner works his way into full mount!
Montagner fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montagner controlling from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Montagner swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luis Montagner!
An out of breath Luis Montagner thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.