PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller comes into the arena with Drowning Pool - Step Up blaring out of the sound system. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Miller
vs
Paul

190 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Prefers standup

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dave Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Paul!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Miller shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Paul's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miller lands a couple of digs.
Miller is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Paul 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 content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Miller loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Miller connects with a couple of short punches.
Miller pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Paul is keeping the position for now.
Miller postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Paul can do anything to dispel that myth.
Miller with a nice head shot there.
Miller postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Miller accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
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 Paul is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Paul looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Miller is looking to work some ground and pound but Paul has wrist control.
Miller stands and throws Paul's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Paul looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Paul down.
Miller working the head and body with strikes.
Paul stops Miller from passing to mount.
Paul taking punishment in the form of punches.
Miller scoring with punches and elbows.
Miller cracks Paul with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Paul is rocked!
Miller lands some shots froms side control.
Paul is still in real trouble! Can Miller finish him?
Miller scoring with punches and elbows.
Miller lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Paul down.
Paul seems to have recovered his senses.
Paul struggling a bit here.
Miller scores with a couple of short elbows.
Paul takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Miller thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller working the head with strikes.
Miller throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Miller lands some shots froms side control.
Miller works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Miller cracks Paul with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Miller lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Paul down.
Paul gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Miller lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Miller.
Miller is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Paul can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Miller lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Paul hang on?
Miller raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Miller.
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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Miller lands a heavy elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miller sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Paul is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Paul tries to lock up and control but Miller gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Miller punching from mount but Paul doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Miller misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Paul tries to hold on but Miller postures up.
Poor strikes thrown by Miller there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Paul tries to lock up and control but Miller gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Miller thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Paul wants to control but Miller is having none of it.
Paul is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Paul really wants to buck Miller off and get back to his feet.

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.
Paul is working to get back to half guard.
Miller with the ground and pound from mount.
Paul wants to hold on but Miller pushes him away.
Miller looking to finish Paul with some ground and pound. This is bad for Paul!
Miller lands a big shot there that rocks Paul but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Miller working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Miller with a couple of short strikes.
Miller lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Paul hang on?
Miller landing strikes from the mount and Paul is in trouble!
Miller scoring with strikes but Paul is staying in there.
Miller scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Paul?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paul is trying to escape the mount.
Miller landing strikes from the mount and Paul is in trouble!
Paul is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Miller dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Miller fails to land the takedown.
Paul slips a jab and a cross from Miller.
Paul tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Miller looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dave Miller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Paul lands with a nice combination. Miller backs away looking to recover.
Paul throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Miller closes the distance and clinches up with Paul, looking for a takedown. Miller pushes Paul against the cage but Paul circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Miller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Miller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paul.
Miller shoots in but no luck this time.
A head kick misses from Paul.
Miller slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Miller shoots in and drives through. Paul sprawls well.
Paul fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Miller manages to avoid it.
Miller shoots in looking for a takedown. Paul tries to sprawl out of it but Miller keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Paul manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Miller pushes Paul up against the cage in a clinch.
Miller changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Paul fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Miller shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Miller was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Miller unloading with bombs!
Miller pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller with shots to the head and body - Paul looks very uncomfortable down there.
Miller working the ground and pound effectively.
Miller looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dave Miller overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Miller cracks Paul with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Miller!