PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tsutomu Miyazaki (ranked 4849 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Wright (ranked 5507 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Miyazaki
vs
Wright

168 cm
18
172 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tsutomu Miyazaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Wright!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Wright.
Wright pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wright swinging wildly here.
Wright should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Wright throws a hook to the side of Miyazaki's head but Miyazaki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wright takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've been told by Miyazaki's head coaches at England Fight Club MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Miyazaki ducks under a wild hook from Wright.
Wright tries a low kick but Miyazaki avoids it.

Miyazaki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wright wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Miyazaki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Miyazaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wright was well out of range. Poor timing from Miyazaki.
Miyazaki scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jab from Miyazaki.
Miyazaki throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wright misses with a lunging right hand
and Miyazaki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wright walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Miyazaki ducks under a wild hook from Wright.
Wright connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A slow jab from Miyazaki misses its intended target.
Wright throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wright looks to land a left hand but Miyazaki moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright throws a looping overhand right but Miyazaki ducks down to avoid it.
Miyazaki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wright moves away from the strike by Miyazaki.
Miyazaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wright moves away.
Wright avoids the body shot from Miyazaki.
Wright fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A quick step to the side and Miyazaki tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Miyazaki.

It looks like Jimmy Wright has been cut.
Miyazaki lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wright at a distance.
Wright bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Miyazaki takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Miyazaki closes the distance and clinches.
Miyazaki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Miyazaki.
Wright looks winded!
Miyazaki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miyazaki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wrights head.
Miyazaki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Miyazaki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wright is trying to push Miyazaki away but Miyazaki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Miyazaki lands a nice uppercut.

Miyazaki manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyazaki throws a big shot that misses.
Miyazaki staying out of range there.
Miyazaki's corner calls for a 1-2. Miyazaki obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wright avoids the body shot from Miyazaki.
Miyazaki scores with a jab.
Miyazaki scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wright in his tracks.

Wright gets tackled into the cage by Miyazaki. Miyazaki maintains the clinch.
Miyazaki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Miyazaki lands with a short shot to the head.
Wright takes a shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Miyazaki.
Miyazaki digs a right hand underneath Wright's ribcage. Wright let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Miyazaki is working Wright over against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Miyazaki.
Miyazaki lands a body shot in the clinch.

Miyazaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Miyazaki has Wright up against the cage in a clinch.
Miyazaki has Wright pressed against the cage, preventing Wright from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Miyazaki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Miyazaki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyazaki lands a nice uppercut.
Miyazaki works on Wright's body with a couple of short punches.
Miyazaki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Miyazaki.

Miyazaki breaks the clinch.

Miyazaki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wright, pushing him back against the cage.
Miyazaki lands with a short shot to the head.
Miyazaki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good body shot from Miyazaki.
Miyazaki scores with a hook to the body.
A hook to the body from Miyazaki.
Miyazaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Miyazaki breaks the clinch.
Miyazaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Miyazaki scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wright in his tracks.
Good standup being displayed there by Miyazaki as he connects with a hook.

Wright is rocked!
Miyazaki connects with a single shot there.
Wright is still on wobbly legs! Can Miyazaki finish him?
Wright throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Miyazaki counters with a nice uppercut.
Miyazaki steps in with a hook that catches Wright right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Miyazaki follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Wright looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tsutomu Miyazaki!