PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Filippo Miragliani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pentti Pena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Filippo Miragliani could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pentti Pena's chin.

Miragliani
vs
Pena

185 cm
21
201 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
31
197 lbs
25 - 18 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Filippo Miragliani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Pentti Pena!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pena tries to close the distance and clinch up but Miragliani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pena wants to clinch but Miragliani slips to the side
and Miragliani counters with a nice body shot.
Miragliani throws a right and a left that Pena avoids nicely.
Miragliani scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pena cracks a nice hook into Miragliani's ribs.
Pena takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Miragliani circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pena takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pena.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pena tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Miragliani counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Miragliani keeps the fight on the outside.
Miragliani throws a hook but Pena avoids it easily.
Pena moves to clinch but Miragliani breaks away
and Miragliani counters with a low kick, right behind Pena 's knee.
Miragliani paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Miragliani scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena tries to clinch there but Miragliani circles away.
Miragliani swings for the body but Pena moves out of range.
Pena misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Pena.

Miragliani darts in and clinches Pena up against the cage.
Miragliani tries to work over Pena's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Miragliani taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Miragliani misses with a hook from the clinch.
Miragliani misses with the head strike.
Miragliani lands a shoulder strike.
Pena misses with a punch to the body.
Miragliani works on Pena's body with a couple of short punches.
Pena is trying to break the clinch but Miragliani is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Miragliani manages to break the clinch.
Miragliani avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pena tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Miragliani counters with a stiff right hand.
Miragliani throws a body kick that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pena darts in trying to clinch

and Miragliani counters by moving into the clinch.
Pena blocking some punches.
Miragliani effectively controlling the action here.
Pena wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miragliani lands a left hand.
Miragliani lands a shoulder strike.
Pena blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Miragliani swings wildly with an uppercut but Pena uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pena is trying to break the clinch but Miragliani has him pressed against the cage.
Miragliani misses with the head strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Pena.
Miragliani doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Miragliani.
Miragliani is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pena blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Pena.
Pena tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Miragliani's elbow.
Miragliani being controlled against the cage.
Miragliani just leaning against Pena, taking a breather.
Miragliani blocks a body shot from Pena.
Pena working aggressively here.
Miragliani working aggressively here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pena tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Miragliani misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pena misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Filippo Miragliani dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pena swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab by Miragliani.
Pena tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Miragliani cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pena wants to clinch
and Miragliani counters with a left to the body.
Miragliani circles away from the clinch attempt.
Miragliani closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Filippo Miragliani is winning the standup battle so far.
Pena moves out of range of the body kick from Miragliani.
Pena wants to clinch up but Miragliani keeps it at a distance.
Pena tries to close the distance and clinch up but Miragliani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch lands to the side of Pena 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Pena gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miragliani misses with a punch on the inside.
Miragliani is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pena is keeping busy.
Pena blocks an uppercut.
Miragliani misses with a punch on the inside.
Pena slowing the pace effectively.
Pena misses with a body punch.
Miragliani swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pena wants to get back to striking at distance but Miragliani won't allow it.
Miragliani stalling the fight.
Miragliani lands a shoulder strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pena tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pena struggles to land a body shot inside as Miragliani controls his hands.

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

Pena has managed to clinch.
Miragliani prevents a body shot from Pena.
Pena blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pena jumps guard but Miragliani turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pena takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Miragliani struggles to land a body shot inside as Pena controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miragliani misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Miragliani just leaning against Pena, taking a breather.
Pena's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pena tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Miragliani's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Miragliani fails to land.
Miragliani lands with a short shot to the head.
Miragliani misses with a punch to the body.
Miragliani throws a head punch that misses.
Pena struggles to land a body shot inside as Miragliani controls his hands.
Miragliani misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pena trying to stall but Miragliani improves his position.
Pena fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Filippo Miragliani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pentti Pena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miragliani misses with the head strike.
Miragliani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Miragliani.
A short uppercut from Miragliani.
Pena's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pena tries to work over Miragliani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Miragliani swings wildly with an uppercut but Pena uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Pena has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Miragliani uses from the top position.
Pena is trying to control the position but Miragliani postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Filippo Miragliani dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Pena tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Miragliani paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Miragliani misses with a body shot.
Pentti Pena seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pena looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pena wants to clinch up but Miragliani keeps it at a distance.
Pena tries to clinch there but Miragliani circles away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Pena in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Pena gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Miragliani.
Pena works Miragliani's body with a nice hook.
Miragliani swats away the attempt to clinch by Pena.
Pena tries to close the distance and clinch up but Miragliani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pena loads up on a big right hand but Miragliani slips the punch.
Pena tries to clinch there but Miragliani circles away.
Miragliani moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pena tries to clinch but Miragliani moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Miragliani keeps the fight on the outside.
Pena tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Miragliani manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Miragliani clinches up with Pena and pushes him back against the cage.
Pena misses with a punch to the body.
Miragliani tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Miragliani - that landed with a thud.
Miragliani has a couple of punches blocked by Pena.
Miragliani tries to throw a body punch but Pena avoids it by throwing Miragliani back against the cage.

Pena pulls guard effortlessly.
Pena trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pena keeping full guard, as Miragliani tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pena wants to get back to his feet but Miragliani passes into half guard.
Pena is looking to control Miragliani's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pena avoid being mounted?
Pena is trying to get back to full guard.
Pena is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Pena looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pena tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Miragliani has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Pentti Pena has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Filippo Miragliani is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Miragliani knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pena on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pena tries to lock up and control but Miragliani gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Miragliani looking for a guillotine from mount but Pena is having none of it.
Miragliani trying to control but Pena is having none of it.
Pena is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pena wants to control but Miragliani is having none of it.
Miragliani is looking to stand but Miragliani has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Pena tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Miragliani unloading with bombs!
Pena is trying to reverse the position but instead Miragliani has taken his back - oops!
Miragliani gets his hands free as Pena looks to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pena turns into Miragliani and is now in his guard.
Pena pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Miragliani is keeping the position for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pentti Pena.
I think Miragliani has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Filippo Miragliani!
During a confident post fight interview, Filippo Miragliani thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.