PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darius Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Lanes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tony Lanes enters the cage!

Miller
vs
Lanes

194 cm
21
299 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
31
311 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

V-Mask Clothing (10%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darius Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Lanes!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller lands with a good body shot.
Miller scores with a nice head shot.
Miller circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lanes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Miller fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Lanes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lanes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lanes looking to throw knees to the head but Miller is blocking nicely.
Miller looking to stall.
Miller tries a body shot but Lanes blocks it.
Lanes prevents a body shot from Miller.
Miller lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lanes backwards.
Miller digs a right hand underneath Lanes's ribcage. Lanes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lanes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Miller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A shot in the inside from Miller.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miller is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Miller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lanes is keeping busy.
Nice body punch from Miller.
Miller looking to slow down the pace here.
Lanes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Miller managing to block the knees to the body from Lanes.
Lanes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Miller has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Miller.
Stalling in the clinch from Miller.
Miller tries to throw a body punch but Lanes avoids it by throwing Miller back against the cage.
Miller lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lanes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miller is defending well for now.
Lanes being controlled against the cage.
Lanes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Miller misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lanes tries a knee to the head but Miller blocks it.
Miller trying to stall but Lanes improves his position.
Miller is looking to control Lanes's arms but Lanes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Miller has his back to the cage.
Miller can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Lanes looking to throw knees to the head but Miller is blocking nicely.
We've been informed that Lanes has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Miller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Miller will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lanes up against the cage.
Miller lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lanes backwards.
Miller taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Miller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lanes's elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Darius Miller.
Miller circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jab from Miller.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot by Miller.
Lanes tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Miller swivels and escapes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller scores with a shot to the body.
Miller throws a series of punches but Lanes moves out of range.

Lanes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Miller, pushing him back against the cage.
Lanes digs a right hand underneath Miller's ribcage. Miller let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lanes misses with a knee strike.
Miller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Miller tries to throw a body punch but Lanes avoids it by throwing Miller back against the cage.
Lanes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Miller prevents a body shot from Lanes.
Miller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Miller lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lanes is trying to pull guard but Miller has him pressed against the cage.
Miller misses with a body punch.
Lanes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miller blocks it with crossed arms.
Miller stalling in the clinch but Lanes improves position.

Lanes jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Lanes is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Lanes has his foot on Miller's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Miller works his way back into a safe position though.
Miller is looking to stand up but Lanes won't let him.

Miller gets to his feet. Lanes looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Miller shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lanes eats them both and turns towards Miller to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miller displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lanes throws out the jab.
Lanes is looking to clinch.
Lanes is looking to clinch.
Lanes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Miller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darius 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 moves in looking to clinch but Lanes pushes him off.
Miller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lanes can do to turn this around?
Miller waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lanes.
Miller fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miller circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lanes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Miller misses the shot to the body.
Miller swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lanes.
Miller throws a poor cross that misses
and Lanes counters with a straight right hand.
Lanes walks into a straight right hand from Miller.
Darius Miller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lanes has closed the distance and engaged Miller in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lanes tries a knee to the head but Miller blocks it.
Miller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lanes.

Lanes pulls guard effortlessly.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Lanes had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Miller defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller wants to stand but Lanes is controlling his posture from full guard.

Lanes isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Miller stacks Lanes on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Miller!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lanes is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Miller off and has taken his back!

Lanes has got one arm under Miller's chin. This could be trouble... Miller trying to control the other hand but Lanes gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Miller has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tony Lanes!
Tony Lanes really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that V-Mask Clothing (10%) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.