PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jambo Desstutin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Desstutin comes to the cage accompanied by -------------------------------------------------------------. Ricardo Miller has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Desstutin
vs
Miller

177 cm
20
212 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

190 cm
22
225 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jambo Desstutin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Miller!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Desstutin. Miller does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Miller. Desstutin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Miller cracks Desstutin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Miller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Miller uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Desstutin.
Desstutin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Miller slips under a jab.
Miller lands a nice hook to Desstutin's body. Desstutin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Donk. Miller catches Desstutin right on the button with a cross.
Miller slips under a jab.
Desstutin misses with a body shot.
Miller uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Desstutin has time to react.
Desstutin throws out a loose jab but Miller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Desstutin throws a lazy right hand but Miller sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Miller gets a takedown into half guard.
Desstutin is trying to maintain the position but Miller is very close to passing his half guard.

Desstutin is defending against the submission attempts here by Miller.
Miller passes to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Miller tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Desstutin is trying to buck Miller off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Desstutin is not content to let Miller control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Miller is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Miller is looking to take a break and control but Desstutin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Miller is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Desstutin is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Miller wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Desstutin, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desstutin is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Miller is controlling him well.
Desstutin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Desstutin struggling a bit here.

Miller is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Desstutin is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Miller tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Miller has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Miller goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Desstutin rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Miller's guard! Nice work there by Desstutin!
Miller wants to sweep but no luck.

Miller has his foot on Desstutin's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Desstutin works his way back into a safe position though.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Miller is on top in guard.
Miller wants to control from the top but Desstutin keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Miller dominated that round.
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.

Desstutin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Miller 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.

Miller changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Desstutin looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Miller tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Miller has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Desstutin is trying to get back to his feet.
Miller is looking to take a break and control but Desstutin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Desstutin is trying to escape the position but Miller is controlling the position.

Miller tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Miller has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Desstutin wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Desstutin is looking to regain half guard here but Miller keeps moving and retains side control.

Miller tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Miller has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Miller is looking to take a break and control but Desstutin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Miller is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Desstutin is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Desstutin wants to get back to his feet but Miller drags him back down.

Miller is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Desstutin knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Miller is looking to take a break and control but Desstutin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Miller working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Desstutin tries to improve position but can't.
Desstutin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Miller on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller wants to control but Desstutin is keeping him busy.
Desstutin tries to buck Miller off but Miller is having none of it.
Miller wants to lay and pray for a moment but Desstutin keeps working.

Miller is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Desstutin is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Desstutin is trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Miller looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Miller has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Desstutin is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Miller yanks on the arm and Desstutin is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Miller.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricardo Miller!