PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denny Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Belmonte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Miller might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dirty Deeds. Belmonte has chosen Los Lobos - Cancion Del Mariachi as his entrance music. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Miller
vs
Belmonte

188 cm
30
212 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

189 cm
20
212 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Vitality

Vitality
Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Denny Miller!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rodrigo Belmonte!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belmonte throws a head kick that Miller semi-blocks.
Belmonte thows a body kick. Miller tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Miller has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miller lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Belmonte circles away quickly and effectively.
Belmonte feints and then cracks Miller's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Miller down.
Miller fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Belmonte takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fighters circle momentarily. Belmonte darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Belmonte lands with a nice body punch.
A low kick from Belmonte misses
and Miller counters with a three punch combo that has Belmonte backing up. Belmonte nods at Miller to acknowledge the strikes.
Belmonte misses with a straight right.
Miller walks into a stiff left hand from Belmonte.
Belmonte throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Belmonte wants to slow Miller down by chopping away at his legs.
Belmonte throws a wild body kick that Miller sees coming a mile off.
Belmonte with a nice cross.
Belmonte misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmonte lands a glancing blow to the side of Miller's head.
Miller falls off balance throwing a combination
and Belmonte counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Belmonte dips to his left and cracks Miller with an uppercut!
Miller works Belmonte's body with a nice hook.
Miller misses with a lunging right hand
and Belmonte counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Belmonte lands an impressive looking overhand right. Miller doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller slips a jab from Belmonte.
Miller tries to clinch there but Belmonte circles away.
Nice jab there from Belmonte.
Belmonte displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Miller throws out the jab.
Rodrigo Belmonte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Belmonte misses.
Nice body punch from Miller.
Belmonte ducks under a wild hook from Miller.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Belmonte dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Belmonte swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Belmonte misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Miller to counter with a crisp jab.
Belmonte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Belmonte connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Belmonte fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Belmonte dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Miller. That did some damage!
Belmonte lands with an uppercut that bounces Miller off the cage and back into range.
Belmonte throws a leg kick but Miller sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Belmonte lands with a straight right. Miller didn't see that one coming.
Miller throws a hook but Belmonte avoids it easily.
Belmonte throws a low kick but it's checked well by Miller.
Miller lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belmonte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Miller. That snapped Belmonte's head back.
Belmonte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Miller.
Miller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Miller lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Miller fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Belmonte misses with a kick to the body.
Miller misses with a wild body shot.
Belmonte scores with a crisp jab that stopped Miller in his tracks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miller misses with an uppercut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Miller on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Miller takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Belmonte is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Belmonte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Miller walks into a left hand.
Miller is looking to clinch.
Miller works the jab nicely.
Miller has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Miller there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belmonte buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Belmonte fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Miller manages to avoid it.
Belmonte throws a leg kick but Miller sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Belmonte dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Miller jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Miller checks a leg kick.
Belmonte pushes Miller away with a front kick.
Miller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Belmonte was well out of range. Poor timing from Miller.
Rodrigo Belmonte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Miller on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Belmonte. Belmonte obviously looking to wear him down.
Miller walks into a jab.
Belmonte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Belmonte misses with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Belmonte.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Belmonte throws a looping overhand right but Miller ducks down to avoid it.
Belmonte misses with a body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Miller crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Belmonte - the referee stops the clock and Miller gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Belmonte. Miller manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Belmonte throws a leg kick but Miller sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Belmonte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Belmonte swings for the body but Miller moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller ducks under a wild hook from Belmonte.
Miller cracks Belmonte with a right hand to the side of the head.
Belmonte fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Miller looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Miller keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Belmonte.
Belmonte scores with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Miller.
Belmonte connects with a good right hand that stumbles Miller. Miller circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Belmonte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Miller.
Miller misses with a few strikes there.
Belmonte scores with a crisp jab that stopped Miller in his tracks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Belmonte lands a slapping body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice body kick there by Belmonte.
Belmonte lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Miller at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmonte is looking to slow Miller down with leg kicks.
Miller takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Belmonte dips to his left and cracks Miller with an uppercut!
Belmonte lands a jab.
Belmonte swats away the attempt to clinch by Miller.
Belmonte turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Belmonte cracks Miller with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Belmonte throws a nice outside leg kick.
Belmonte's jab looks to have found its range, popping Miller under the eye.

Miller is rocked!
and Belmonte counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Miller! He's just covering up as Belmonte starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodrigo Belmonte! Rodrigo Belmonte retains his light heavyweight title!
Rodrigo Belmonte decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.