PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tonyo Paparito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). miller has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Tonyo Paparito has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

miller
vs
Paparito

180 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tonyo Paparito!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
miller moves forwards but Paparito connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Paparito misses with a wild combination.

Paparito shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Paparito drops back, looking for a kneebar! miller looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. miller looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from miller!
Paparito manages to work his way to half guard, despite miller's best efforts.
Paparito really doesn't want to stay on the ground with miller. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
miller blocks the strikes from Paparito.
miller takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
miller lands strikes from half guard.
miller lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paparito tries to roll over but miller keeps him under control.
Paparito looks gassed!
miller missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Paparito punching from the bottom.
miller not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Paparito punching from the bottom.
miller sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Paparito blocking the ground and pound attempt from miller.
Paparito throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
miller has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
miller thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Paparito's head.
Paparito missing with punches from the bottom.
miller slips a nice elbow through Paparito's hands, connecting with Paparito's forehead.
miller blocks the strikes from Paparito.
miller takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

miller decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Paparito rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but miller moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
miller lands a head kick!
miller closes this distance looking for a takedown but Paparito circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paparito misses with a takedown attempt

and miller counters with a shoot takedown. Paparito fights it but they end up in guard.
Paparito throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
miller stopping the sweep attempt from Paparito.
miller loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Paparito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Paparito will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Paparito utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Paparito doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Paparito throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Paparito tries to strike from the bottom.
miller with a flurry of punches that miss.
Paparito trying to strike off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Paparito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Paparito throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
miller wants to control from the top but Paparito keeps moving.
Paparito will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Paparito doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
miller sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Jake miller has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Paparito tries for a takedown but miller circles away easily

so miller counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
miller trying to control but Paparito is working from the bottom.
Paparito wants to sweep but no luck.
miller postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Paparito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
miller is really struggling to control Paparito but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Paparito trying to strike off his back.
miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Paparito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
miller postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Paparito looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

We're going to have a standup here because Jake miller wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
miller misses with a wild combination.
Paparito with a lazy takedown attempt

and miller counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jake miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tonyo Paparito.
This has been an exciting period of action!
miller missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
miller throws a big right hand that misses.
miller stands up over Paparito, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paparito throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Paparito keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Paparito trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Paparito striking off his back but it's not causing miller any problems.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake miller dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

miller looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
miller wanted to stand there but Paparito had control of the position.
Paparito throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Paparito will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Paparito trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Paparito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Paparito tries to strike from the bottom.
miller works over Paparito with some ground and pound from guard.
Paparito throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Paparito trying to strike off his back.

miller stands and steps away. Paparito gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paparito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Paparito stuffs the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.

miller feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Paparito trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
miller looking to pass the guard.
Paparito looking to hit a scissor sweep but miller is one step ahead there.
Paparito striking off his back but it's not causing miller any problems.
Paparito thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
miller scoring with punches to the head and body.
Paparito trying to strike off his back.
miller working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
miller connects with a couple of short punches.

miller stands up from guard. Let's bang!
miller tries a head kick but it misses.
Jake miller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paparito misses with a takedown attempt

and miller counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Paparito keeping moving, preventing miller from controlling successfully.
Paparito throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Paparito throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Paparito throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
miller loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
miller trying to control but Paparito is working from the bottom.
Paparito is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

miller stands up and waves to Paparito to follow him.
Paparito with a poor takedown

and miller counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by miller.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
miller is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paparito trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as miller accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Paparito working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from miller.
Paparito throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Paparito tries to strike from the bottom.
miller slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
miller won't allow Paparito to sweep him here.
Paparito throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
miller with a flurry of punches that miss.
miller is looking to work some ground and pound but Paparito has wrist control.
Paparito thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
miller makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
miller preventing the sweep.
miller loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
miller stopping the sweep attempt from Paparito.
Paparito avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Paparito being controlled here, momentarily.
miller with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Paparito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
miller with a nice head shot there.
miller chips away with some ground and pound.
miller is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
miller postures up in Paparito's guard and throws a big left but Paparito blocks it.
Paparito trying to strike off his back.
Paparito wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake miller dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

miller changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Paparito looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
miller trying to control the position but Paparito is working away.
miller throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Paparito is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
miller controls the position.
Paparito is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on miller's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
miller prevents Paparito from improving his position.
Paparito punching from the bottom.
Paparito is trying to get back to full guard.
Paparito throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
miller thows a huge punch but Paparito dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
miller thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Paparito's head.
Paparito is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of miller's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take miller's back!
Paparito throws strikes from the back but miller rolls nicely and manages to end up in full guard. Nice work by miller.
Paparito wants to get up but he can't break miller's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
miller wants to stand up but Paparito is controlling him.
Paparito wants to control from the top but miller keeps moving.
Paparito prevents miller from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

miller is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Paparito manages to break the clinch.
miller misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

miller bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Paparito is looking to reverse the position.
miller in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Jake miller overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
miller trying to control the action but Paparito is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paparito tries to improve position but can't.
Paparito throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
miller is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Paparito throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
miller is looking to take a break and control but Paparito is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Paparito wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
miller landing a few strikes.
Paparito tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but miller wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
miller scores with a couple of short elbows.
Tonyo Paparito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jake miller is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paparito throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake miller showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for miller, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake miller!