PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Benito Vasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryce Mizarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasquez kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is StrangleHold. Mizarian has chosen Killswitch Engage - This Fire Burns (Beat Remix) as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Vasquez
vs
Mizarian

173 cm
26
147 lbs
10 - 9 - 1

173 cm
21
131 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 10 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Benito Vasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bryce Mizarian!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasquez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vasquez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mizarian moves to clinch but Vasquez breaks away
and Vasquez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Vasquez throws a body punch but Mizarian moves out of range.
Vasquez throws a lazy uppercut
and Mizarian counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mizarian is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Mizarian wants to clinch but Vasquez slips to the side
and Vasquez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mizarian thinking.
Vasquez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vasquez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Vasquez lands with an overhand left.
Vasquez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vasquez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mizarian.
Vasquez takes a swing at Mizarian's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mizarian tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Vasquez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mizarian is looking to clinch.
Vasquez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mizarian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vasquez throws a right hand that misses
and Mizarian counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vasquez thinking.
Vasquez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Vasquez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vasquez counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez thows a body shot but no joy.
Vasquez scores with a punch to the head.
Vasquez misses with a wild body shot.
Jab from Vasquez.
Vasquez tries a head kick but it misses.
Vasquez gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Mizarian counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mizarian checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mizarian avoids the head kick by Vasquez.
Jab by Vasquez.
Vasquez misses with a kick to the body.
Vasquez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vasquez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mizarian.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez lands a jab to Mizarian's midsection.
Vasquez throws a head kick but Mizarian moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mizarian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vasquez throws a hook to the side of Mizarian's head but Mizarian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vasquez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mizarian blocks a head kick by Vasquez.
Vasquez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mizarian's head.
Vasquez throws a combination that misses
and Mizarian counters with a right hand to the body.
Vasquez is breathing heavily.
Mizarian takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Vasquez throws a hook but Mizarian avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez misses with a head kick.
Vasquez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vasquez counters with a nice leg kick.
Vasquez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mizarian manages to avoid it.
Vasquez throws a series of strikes that have Mizarian backpedaling.
Mizarian uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vasquez has time to react.
Vasquez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mizarian moves out of range as Vasquez strikes.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vasquez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vasquez misses with a low kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian tries to clinch but Vasquez moves away
and Vasquez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mizarian thinking.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch but Vasquez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mizarian gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Vasquez lands with an overhand left.
Mizarian tries to clinch but Vasquez is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mizarian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vasquez just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab, jab by Vasquez - just one landing.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vasquez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vasquez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Vasquez misses its intended target.
Vasquez throws an overhand right that lands on Mizarian's shoulder, as Mizarian tries to avoid the shot.
Vasquez lands an overhand right.
Benito Vasquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vasquez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vasquez scores with a one two! Mizarian had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Mizarian is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mizarian avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mizarian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mizarian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mizarian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vasquez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Good leg kick by Vasquez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mizarian tries to clinch up.
Vasquez is looking to land body kicks.
Vasquez clobbers Mizarian with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vasquez. That's going to slow Mizarian down.
Vasquez swats away the attempt to clinch by Mizarian.
Vasquez misses with a hook

and Mizarian moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vasquez.
Mizarian takes a shot to the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Vasquez.
Mizarian lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Benito Vasquez has been cut.
Mizarian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vasquez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Vasquez misses with a knee to the head.
Mizarian blocks the elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vasquez dodges an elbow strike from Mizarian.
Vasquez swings wildly with an uppercut but Mizarian uses good head movement to avoid it.

Vasquez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mizarian avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vasquez lands with a kick to the temple. Mizarian shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Vasquez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vasquez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice body punch from Vasquez.
Vasquez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mizarian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vasquez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mizarian wants to clinch up but Vasquez keeps it at a distance.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vasquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benito Vasquez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benito Vasquez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Vasquez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mizarian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vasquez.
Vasquez connects with the punch.
Nice cross by Vasquez.
Vasquez looks to land a body kick but Mizarian moved away.
Mizarian wants to clinch.
Vasquez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
No joy there for Vasquez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A head kick by Vasquez misses
and Mizarian counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasquez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vasquez gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Mizarian counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mizarian avoiding damage as Vasquez throws knees to the body.
Vasquez throws a head punch that misses.
Mizarian crunches a lovely knee into Vasquez's ribcage.
Mizarian blocks the elbow strike.

Vasquez breaks from the clinch.
Vasquez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mizarian moves away.
Vasquez keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd cheers as Vasquez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mizarian doesn't seem phased though.
Mizarian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mizarian tries to clinch there but Vasquez circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez throws a sloppy head kick and Mizarian moves out of range easily.
Mizarian tries to clinch there but Vasquez circles away.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vasquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mizarian is looking to clinch but Vasquez is avoiding it.
Jab by Vasquez.
Mizarian is looking to clinch.
Vasquez throws a head kick but Mizarian moves out of range.
Mizarian scores with a nice right hand.
Mizarian is looking to clinch.
Vasquez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mizarian fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Vasquez throws a poor cross that misses

and Mizarian holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mizarian creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vasquez's defenses.

Vasquez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vasquez swats away the attempt to clinch by Mizarian.
Vasquez misses with a hook. Mizarian ducked under it nicely.
Vasquez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vasquez throws a hook but Mizarian blocks it.
Mizarian moves in looking to clinch but Vasquez pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters circling - Vasquez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vasquez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mizarian tries to clinch
and Vasquez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mizarian moves in looking to clinch but Vasquez pushes him off.
Mizarian tries to clinch up but Vasquez circles away and keeps his distance.
Mizarian blocks the body kick.
Benito Vasquez is winning the standup battle so far.
Mizarian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mizarian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vasquez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Vasquez misses
and Mizarian counters with a stiff right hand.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vasquez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mizarian takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A big left from Vasquez misses.
Mizarian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vasquez throws out the jab.
Vasquez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Vasquez misses its intended target.
Mizarian wants to clinch
and Vasquez counters with a one-two to the body.
Mizarian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vasquez was well out of range. Poor timing from Mizarian.
Mizarian takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick by Vasquez misses
and Mizarian counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mizarian has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mizarian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vasquez moves away.
Mizarian tries to clinch up.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vasquez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mizarian is looking to clinch but Vasquez is avoiding it.
Vasquez throws a right hand that Mizarian ducks under and follows up with a left that Mizarian also avoids with ease.
Vasquez lands with an overhand left.
Vasquez swings for the body but Mizarian moves out of range.
Vasquez tries to land a body kick

and Mizarian holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mizarian.
Mizarian blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mizarian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vasquez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mizarian.
Vasquez misses with a punch on the inside.
Vasquez blocks the elbow strike.
Mizarian prevents a body shot from Vasquez.
Mizarian misses with an elbow strike.
Mizarian avoids a wild elbow strike from Vasquez.
Mizarian connects with a knee to the head.
Vasquez takes an elbow to the temple.
Mizarian misses with a knee strike.
Mizarian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vasquez's efforts to push away.
Vasquez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mizarian dodges an elbow strike from Vasquez.
Vasquez scores with a shoulder strike.
Vasquez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vasquez is looking to take this one to the mat.
Mizarian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mizarian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vasquez lands a left hand.
Vasquez tries to land knees in the clinch but Mizarian avoids the damage to the body.
Vasquez throws a punch but it's blocked by Mizarian.
Mizarian managing to block the knees to the body from Vasquez.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian prevents a body shot from Vasquez.
Vasquez has a couple of punches blocked by Mizarian.
Vasquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vasquez struggles to land a body shot inside as Mizarian controls his hands.
Vasquez swings wildly with an uppercut but Mizarian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vasquez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mizarian.
Mizarian looking to throw knees to the head but Vasquez is blocking nicely.
Mizarian looking to throw knees to the head but Vasquez is blocking nicely.
Vasquez misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vasquez tries a body shot but Mizarian blocks it.
Mizarian creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vasquez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benito Vasquez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Benito Vasquez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Vasquez looks to land a body kick but Mizarian moved away.
Vasquez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vasquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mizarian drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Good standup being displayed there by Vasquez as he connects with a hook.
Mizarian takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mizarian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mizarian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vasquez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mizarian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vasquez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vasquez throws a push kick but Mizarian slaps the foot to one side.

Mizarian rushes Vasquez and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasquez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vasquez has a couple of punches blocked by Mizarian.
Vasquez throws an elbow that misses.
Mizarian tries to land a knee to the head but Vasquez blocks with his arms.
Vasquez tries to land knees in the clinch but Mizarian avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mizarian just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vasquez's brow.
Vasquez lands with a left to the head.
Mizarian blocking some punches.
Nice elbow from Mizarian.
Mizarian avoiding damage as Vasquez throws knees to the body.
Mizarian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vasquez.

Vasquez breaks from the clinch.
Mizarian tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian is looking to clinch.
Vasquez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mizarian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vasquez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Vasquez misses
and Mizarian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vasquez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mizarian counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Vasquez.
Mizarian tries to clinch but Vasquez moves out of range.
Mizarian lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vasquez at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mizarian avoids a kick to the body.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vasquez paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mizarian tries to clinch up
and Vasquez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch but Vasquez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mizarian tries to clinch but Vasquez is having none of it.
Mizarian blocks a head kick by Vasquez.
A jab from Vasquez misses.
Mizarian tries to clinch up.
Mizarian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vasquez throws a poor cross that misses
and Mizarian counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vasquez thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian wants to clinch.
Vasquez misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Mizarian counter with a right hand.
Mizarian avoids the head kick by Vasquez.
Mizarian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vasquez swats away the attempt to clinch by Mizarian.
Sloppy strikes from Vasquez. Those never looked like landing.
Vasquez throws a lazy head kick
enabling Mizarian to counter with a crisp jab.
Mizarian tries to close the distance and clinch but Vasquez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vasquez looks to land a body kick but Mizarian moved away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mizarian walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mizarian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mizarian wants to clinch up but Vasquez keeps it at a distance.
Vasquez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A low kick from Vasquez misses
and Mizarian makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vasquez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vasquez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mizarian slips under a jab from Vasquez.
Vasquez misses with a head kick.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mizarian on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mizarian tries to clinch up.
Vasquez loads up on a big right hand but Mizarian slips the punch.
Mizarian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vasquez.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mizarian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mizarian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vasquez.
Vasquez misses with a straight right.
Mizarian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vasquez.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mizarian staying out of range there.
Vasquez misses with a straight left.
Mizarian blocks a head kick by Vasquez.
Mizarian wants to clinch
and Mizarian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vasquez throws a hook but Mizarian avoids it easily.
A low kick from Vasquez misses
and Mizarian counters with a left to the body.
Vasquez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mizarian on the side of the head.
Vasquez lands a body shot.
Vasquez misses with a hook to the body
and Mizarian makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez loads up on a big right hand but Mizarian slips the punch.
Mizarian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vasquez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vasquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mizarian tries to clinch but Vasquez moves away
and Mizarian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vasquez keeps the fight on the outside.
Vasquez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mizarian avoids the body shot from Vasquez.
Vasquez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mizarian was well out of range. Poor timing from Vasquez.
Vasquez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vasquez throws a right hand that Mizarian ducks under and follows up with a left that Mizarian also avoids with ease.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Vasquez.
Vasquez misses with a straight right.
Vasquez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mizarian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mizarian is looking to clinch.
A slow jab from Vasquez misses its intended target.
Mizarian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mizarian misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mizarian moves in looking to clinch but Vasquez pushes him off.
A punch lands to the side of Mizarian 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bryce Mizarian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Benito Vasquez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vasquez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Benito Vasquez.
Well Vasquez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Benito Vasquez!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Benito Vasquez!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Benito Vasquez!

Benito Vasquez wins by unanimous decision!
Post fight, Benito Vasquez stared into the camera and said 'I would like to thank Smashware clothing. All my training partners. Mr Sasaki for allowing me to come back to the bantamweight division I feel much better here. Oh and one more thing Waru im coming for you.'.