PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kesuke Miyagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brus Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miyagi kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Your'e The Best Around. Li is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Blue Bob - Go Get Some. This should be fireworks!

Miyagi
vs
Li

166 cm
29
142 lbs
24 - 4 - 2

165 cm
28
147 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Determined

Brute

Steel Penn's All 160
HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

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 24 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kesuke Miyagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brus Li!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miyagi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Miyagi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Li checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Miyagi pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Li takes the fight into the clinch.
Miyagi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Li wants to stall.
Miyagi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Li is defending well for now.
The referee calls for Miyagi to work.
Miyagi trying to land knees to the body.
Miyagi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Li up against the cage.
Li on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Li blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Miyagi prevents Li from breaking the clinch.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Li taking a breather.
Miyagi avoiding damage.
Miyagi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Li.
Li taking a breather.
Li throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Miyagi scores a nice knee to the body.
Miyagi lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Li wants to break free but Miyagi has control.
Miyagi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Li avoids it.
Miyagi has Li pressed against the cage.
Miyagi seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miyagi dodges an elbow strike from Li.
Miyagi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Li is defending well for now.

Li breaks from the clinch.
Miyagi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Li takes a step back to recover.
Miyagi misses with a low kick.
Miyagi throws a leg kick which misses Li's front leg but catches the back leg as Li tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li wants to clinch.
Miyagi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Li.

Miyagi rushes Li and presses him up against the cage.
Miyagi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Miyagi missing with knees to the body.
Li stalling in the clinch but Miyagi improves position.
Miyagi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Li looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Miyagi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Li avoids it.
Li looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi stalling against the cage.
Li is trying to force a seperation but Miyagi has the dominant position.
Miyagi is struggling to control the position.
Li trying to stall but Miyagi improves his position.
Miyagi missing with knees to the body.
Miyagi lands a good knee to the midsection. Li won't want to take too many of those.

Li escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Miyagi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Miyagi misses with a low kick as Li jumps back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miyagi wants to clinch.
Miyagi throws a solid leg kick but Li takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Miyagi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kesuke Miyagi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A good leg kick by Miyagi.
Miyagi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Miyagi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Li swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Miyagi.
Miyagi connects with a solid leg kick.
Miyagi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Li paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Miyagi throws a leg kick that is checked

and Li counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Miyagi makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Miyagi wants to land a leg kick but Li is out of range.
Li throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Miyagi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Miyagi - that will leave a mark!
Li closes the distance looking to clinch
and Miyagi counters with a thumping low kick.
Miyagi is looking to slow Li down with leg kicks.
Miyagi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Miyagi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Miyagi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kesuke Miyagi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miyagi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Li scores with a sloppy right hand. Miyagi should have avoided that one.

Miyagi rushes Li and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi blocks an uppercut.
Li wants to stall.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li lands an elbow just above Miyagi 's eye.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Come on Miyagi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Miyagi tries to land knees in the clinch but Li avoids the damage to the body.
Miyagi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Li just misses with a elbow thrown towards Miyagi's brow.
Li wants to break free but Miyagi has control.
Miyagi is trying to maintain a safe position but Li gets an underhook and turns Miyagi into the cage.

Li pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Li tries to clinch

and Miyagi moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li working hard to break the clinch.
Kesuke Miyagi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Li goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Miyagi avoiding damage.
Miyagi avoids the elbow strike from Li, against the cage.
Li avoiding damage as Miyagi throws knees to the body.
Li avoiding damage as Miyagi throws knees to the body.
Miyagi leaning against his opponent.
Li can't find room to land a body shot as Miyagi controls the action.
Miyagi controlling the action here for a moment.
Li taking a breather.
Miyagi has Li pushed against the cage.
Li avoiding damage as Miyagi throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Miyagi just leaning against Li, taking a breather.
Miyagi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Miyagi tries to land knees in the clinch but Li avoids the damage to the body.
Miyagi managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Miyagi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Li.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kesuke Miyagi.
Li moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miyagi scores with a push kick.
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 Kesuke Miyagi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Li throws a lazy head kick
and Miyagi counters with an outside leg kick.
Li misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Miyagi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Miyagi misses with a low kick.
Miyagi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Li gets tackled into the cage by Miyagi. Miyagi maintains the clinch.

Li breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Miyagi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Miyagi misses with a low kick as Li jumps back.
Miyagi doesn't manage to clinch there - Li circles away.

Li clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyagi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Miyagi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Miyagi scores a nice knee to the body.
Li takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Miyagi crunches a lovely knee into Li's ribcage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Miyagi.
Li tries to stall but Miyagi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Li creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Miyagi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Miyagi prevents Li from breaking the clinch.
Miyagi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Miyagi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Li in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Miyagi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Li lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Miyagi.
Miyagi tries to land knees in the clinch but Li avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The referee calls for Miyagi to work.
Miyagi tries to land knees in the clinch but Li avoids the damage to the body.
Miyagi has Li pushed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kesuke Miyagi.
Miyagi is looking to slow Li down with leg kicks.
Miyagi tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Li looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kesuke Miyagi is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li throws a right and a left that both miss.
Li misses with a jab, cross combination.
Miyagi lands with a kick to the temple. Li shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Brus Li has been cut.
Miyagi connects with a leg kick. Li looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Miyagi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Miyagi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Miyagi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A solid leg kick lands there for Miyagi.
Li avoids the head kick by Miyagi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi tries a low kick but Li avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miyagi throws a leg kick but Li sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Miyagi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Li.

Miyagi moves into the clinch.
Li blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Miyagi blocks an uppercut.
Brus Li has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A bit of stalling here from Miyagi.
Li is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Miyagi is keeping busy.
Li lands a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Li fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Li throws a punch but it's blocked by Miyagi.
Miyagi lands a knee to the body.
Miyagi lands a knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kesuke 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kesuke Miyagi!
A victorious Kesuke Miyagi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.