PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Miller
vs
Palmer

189 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
207 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ray Palmer!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Miller dives in and scores a takedown into Palmer's guard.
Miller is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Miller tries to stand but Palmer is controlling from the bottom.

Miller is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Palmer lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Miller!
Miller on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Miller tries to get out of the position.
Miller is working to get back to half guard.
Palmer misses with a head shot.

Palmer has control of Miller's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Miller regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmer fails to take his opponent's back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miller is working hard here to advance position.

Miller defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Palmer.

Palmer is working for a guillotine from mount but Miller frees his head quite easily.
Palmer wants to take Miller's back here but Miller is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Palmer is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Palmer is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Miller has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Palmer jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Miller manages to avoid the submission attempt.

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

Palmer has an Americana. Miller didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Palmer is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Palmer hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ray Palmer!