PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller has chosen renegade as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Bruce Lee has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Lee
vs
Miller

202 cm
28
259 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

195 cm
27
267 lbs
5 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bruce Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brock Miller!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Brock Miller has been cut.
Miller shoots in but Lee avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Miller looks for a takedown but Lee sprawls well.
Lee throws an overhand right that lands on Miller's shoulder, as Miller tries to avoid the shot.

Miller closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Miller throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Lee works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Lee is breathing heavily.
Lee tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Miller manages to move to mount!
Miller with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miller punching from mount but Lee doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Miller looking to finish with strikes here!
Poor strikes thrown by Miller there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Miller throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Lee because Miller loaded up on that one.
Miller raining down hammerfists from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miller thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Miller landing strikes from the mount and Lee is in trouble!
Miller throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Miller there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Miller with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Lee is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee blocking the ground and pound.
Miller lands a nice shot to the head.
Lee in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
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!
Lee is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Miller scoring with strikes but Lee is staying in there.
Miller pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Miller looking to control but Lee is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Miller unloads with some shots from mount but Lee bucks and avoids them well.
Miller throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Lee because Miller loaded up on that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lee can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Miller lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lee is trying to escape the mount.
Miller is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lee can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Miller punching from mount but Lee doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Miller fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Miller is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lee can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Miller postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lee looks a forlorn figure.
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!
Miller misses with a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller unloading with bombs!
Miller working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lee is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Miller throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Miller has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lee's face.
Miller with a couple of short strikes.
Lee avoids a series of strikes thrown by Miller.
Miller raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee is in a horrible position here. Miller smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Miller scoring with strikes but Lee is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Miller dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brock Miller's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Miller moves into range and clinches up with Lee.
Lee is pressed up against the cage. Miller has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lee down to the mat. Lee avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Miller shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Miller showed some decent athleticism there.
Lee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Miller lands strikes from half guard.
Miller has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Miller thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Miller not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Miller not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Miller thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lee's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Miller is trying to control the action in half guard but Lee is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Miller missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Miller thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Miller thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lee's head.
Lee tries to get to full guard but Miller has control of the leg.
Miller is looking to take a break and control but Lee is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Miller takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lee blocking the ground and pound attempt from Miller.
Lee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Miller.
Miller throwing shots but Lee is blocking nicely.
Miller trying to mount his opponent but Lee defends it.
Miller thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lee's head.
Lee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Miller.
Miller working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Miller missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Miller.
Miller lands with a punch from half guard.
Miller thows a huge punch but Lee dodges it nicely.
Miller thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Miller is working for a kimura but Lee is defending it quite comfortably.
Miller throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Miller thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lee's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Miller sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lee defending well though.
Miller is trying to control. Lee wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lee blocking the ground and pound attempt from Miller.
Lee is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Miller scores with a couple of nice shots.
Miller seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lee does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lee is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Miller scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lee blocking the ground and pound attempt from Miller.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Miller looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Miller throwing shots but Lee is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Miller showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brock Miller's cut.
That's time! Lee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Miller tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lee swivels and escapes.
Miller misses with a series of wild punches.
Lee throws a leg kick that is checked

so Miller counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Miller trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miller postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Miller trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Miller working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Miller throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lee looking to control.
Miller content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Miller in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller postures up and lands a big shot to Lee's brow.
Miller postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Miller accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Miller accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Miller postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Miller postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Miller throws and elbow that misses. Lee uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Miller's guard. Nice move by Lee!

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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lee avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Lee is pressed up against the cage. Miller has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lee down to the mat. Lee avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bruce Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Miller.
Lee shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Miller eats them both and turns towards Lee to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Lee throws a series of strikes that have Miller backpedaling.
Nice sprawl there from Lee as Miller shoots in.
A jab from Lee does it's job there.

Miller shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Lee holds on and takes a little breather.
Miller wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Miller cracks Lee with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.
Lee looking for a sweep. Not yet Lee, not yet.
Miller throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Miller postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lee 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.
Lee utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four 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.
Lee wants to stand and escape but Miller is having none of it.
Miller loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.
Lee wants to get back to his feet but Miller is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lee trying to control the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Lee wants to sweep but no luck.
Bruce Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brock Miller is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Miller in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brock Miller comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Miller winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brock Miller!