PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Geronimo Malkind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kid Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malkind comes to the cage accompanied by Extreme Ways. Miller has chosen Walk This Land as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Malkind
vs
Miller

172 cm
24
154 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
154 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Geronimo Malkind!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kid Miller!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Skip Squint and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malkind lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Malkind misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Malkind throws the left hand but Miller avoids the punch easily.
Malkind misses the shot to the body.
Miller shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Malkind throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Miller stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kid Miller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malkind fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miller tries a head kick but it misses.
Malkind connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Miller momentarily.

It looks like Kid Miller has been cut.
Malkind misses with an attempted mid kick.
Miller connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Miller throws a body punch but Malkind moves out of range.
Malkind misses with a low kick.
Miller takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malkind takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
No joy there for Malkind, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Miller throws a hook to the side of Malkind's head but Malkind sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Malkind lands with a cross.
Miller cracks Malkind with an open hand slap.
Malkind thows a body shot but no joy.
Malkind pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Miller moves into range and clinches up with Malkind.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Miller lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Malkind tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Miller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Malkind jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Miller walks away with a smile on his face. Malkind gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Malkind just misses with a punch to the body.
Malkind throws a leg kick that misses.
Miller misses with a wild body shot.
Miller feints and then cracks Malkind's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Malkind down.
Malkind throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Miller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Miller throws a head kick that misses.
Miller looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Miller takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Miller tries a head kick but it misses.
Malkind lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Malkind.
Miller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Miller does no damage.
Miller throws a big shot that misses.
Malkind waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Miller.
Miller buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Malkind throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller tries a head kick but it misses.
Malkind works Miller's body with a nice hook.
Miller gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to de liver by Miller. Beautiful body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Miller.
Good leg kick by Miller there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Miller lands a nice looking body kick.
Malkind is breathing heavily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Miller, right into the meat.
Malkind showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Miller.
Miller with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Miller connects with a high kick.
Malkind dodges the punch combination from Miller.
Miller throws a head kick that half lands.
Miller uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Malkind.
Malkind on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Miller throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Malkind's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller throws a nice outside leg kick.
Miller with a nice cross.
Malkind is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Miller lands with a slapping head kick.
Malkind swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Malkind throws a push kick but Miller slaps the foot to one side.
Miller walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Malkind checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Malkind swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Miller fails with an attempt to clinch.
Miller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Malkind. Miller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice uppercut there from Malkind.
Malkind throws a hook to the side of Miller's head but Miller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Miller misses with a wild body shot.
Malkind avoids the head kick by Miller.
Malkind swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Malkind.
Miller throws the kick towards the body but Malkind avoids it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Miller. That's going to slow Malkind down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malkind throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Miller looks for the body kick but Malkind saw that one coming.
Malkind throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Miller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Miller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Malkind throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Miller counters with a good, hard body kick but Malkind shrugs it off.
Miller scores with a push kick.
Miller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Miller dodges the punch combination from Malkind.
Malkind uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Miller.
Malkind throws a nice looking combination but Miller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Miller fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Malkind looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Miller connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miller buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miller throws a right hand that Malkind ducks under and follows up with a left that Malkind also avoids with ease.
Malkind digs a good hook to Miller's body.
A swing and a miss from Miller.
Miller tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Geronimo Malkind will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kid Miller's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Miller closes the distance and clinches.
Malkind avoiding damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Miller throws an elbow but it misses.
Miller letting Malkind take a breather here.
Miller lands an elbow that stopped Malkind in his tracks for a moment.
Malkind dodges an elbow strike from Miller.
Miller prevents a takedown attempt there.
Malkind jumps guard but Miller stands there with Malkind around his waist. Malkind gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Miller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Malkind misses.
Malkind moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Malkind walks forward, straight into a front kick from Miller.
Miller connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Malkind throws a big shot that misses.

Miller gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Malkind looking to slow down the pace here.
Miller prevents Malkind from breaking the clinch.
Malkind has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Miller is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Geronimo Malkind. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Malkind stalling in the clinch but Miller improves position.
Miller lands a shot to the body.
Miller missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller landing knees to the body.
Miller lands a nice shot to the body.
Malkind blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Miller gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Malkind.
Miller lands an elbow that stopped Malkind in his tracks for a moment.
Miller lands with a left to the head.
Miller working Malkind over with knees to the body.
Malkind takes a knee to the side of the body.
Miller working Malkind over with knees to the body.
Miller lands an elbow that stopped Malkind in his tracks for a moment.
Miller with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Miller landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Miller lands an elbow just above Malkind 's eye.

Miller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Miller throws a quick inside leg kick.
Miller throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Malkind.
Malkind throws a left and a right that both miss
and Miller counters with a good low kick that Malkind was not able to check.
Miller throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Miller closes the distance and pushes Malkind back into the cage.
Miller throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Miller lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Malkind or not.
Miller trying to land knees to the body.
Miller lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Malkind backwards.
Miller lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malkind is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Malkind takes a knee right on the jaw!

Miller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Malkind lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malkind takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A combination from Miller does no damage.
The fighters circling - Malkind throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Malkind connects with a body shot.
Miller slips a jab and a cross from Malkind.
Malkind lands with a good body shot.

Miller pushes Malkind up against the cage in a clinch.
Miller pushes off an throws an elbow but Malkind leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Malkind wants to stall.
Nice elbow from Miller.
Malkind managing to block the knees to the body from Miller.

Malkind is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Miller can't fight it off and eventually Malkind manages to take the fight to the floor. Miller looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Miller is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Malkind is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malkind stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Miller swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Malkind throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Miller works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Malkind sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Miller's guard.
Miller has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Malkind is working away from the top position though.
Miller tries to kick Malkind off in order to stand up. Malkind Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

Malkind has hold of Miller's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Miller seems comfortable defending it but Malkind has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Miller is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Miller is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Malkind couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Geronimo Malkind!
Geronimo Malkind is the new featherweight champion!