PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Newman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Killers. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Miller
vs
Newman

173 cm
27
156 lbs
15 - 12 - 1

165 cm
28
148 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

Sun-Tzu
Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeffrey Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Newman!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Newman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Newman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Miller throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd cheers as Miller lands an impressive looking overhand right. Newman doesn't seem phased though.
Newman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Newman connects with a leg kick. Miller looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Miller moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Miller has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Turbo Gym in the buildup to the fight.

Newman rushes Miller and presses him up against the cage.
Miller softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Miller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Miller prevents a body shot from Newman.
Newman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Miller struggles to land a body shot inside as Newman controls his hands.
Miller lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miller scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Miller.
Newman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Miller throws a punch but it's blocked by Newman.
Miller lands with a left to the head.
Miller lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Newman backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Miller.
Newman blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Newman fails to land.
Newman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Miller swings wildly with an uppercut but Newman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Newman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Newman lands a nice shot to the body.
Newman blocking some punches.
Newman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Come on Miller - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Miller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Newman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Newman blocks an uppercut.
Miller throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Newmans head.
Miller makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Miller manages to break the clinch.
Miller connects with a nice looking jab.
Miller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller misses with a lunging right hand
letting Newman counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Miller moves in looking to clinch but Newman pushes him off.
Jeffrey Miller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Miller misses with an uppercut.
Newman jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Miller throws a chopping leg kick but Newman manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Newman moves away from the strike by Miller.
Newman avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Newman drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Miller defends it well.
Miller connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Newman momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Miller.
Miller uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Newman walks forward, straight into a front kick from Miller.
Newman on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Miller throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Newman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Miller lands with a nice body kick.
Newman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Newman moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller moves out of range of the body kick from Newman.
Miller loads up on a big right hand but Newman slips the punch.
Newman throws a big counter head kick but Miller avoids it with no problem.
Newman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fighters circling - Miller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Newman throws the kick towards the body but Miller avoids it.
Miller throws a body shot but no joy.
Miller attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Newman avoids a kick to the body.
Newman let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Miller ducks under a wild hook from Newman.
Newman tries to move into range but Miller moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Miller does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A low kick from Miller is predictable there
and Newman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Miller misses with a body kick.
Miller throws a right and a left that both miss.
Newman moves out of range of the strikes.
Miller throws an off balance right hand
and Newman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Newman slips under a jab.
Newman looks to throw the jab but Miller is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Newman checks the leg kick.
Newman is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Miller throws a body shot but no joy.
Miller tries to clinch up.
Miller with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Newman to score with a decent uppercut.
Newman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Miller.
Newman throws a leg kick which misses Miller's front leg but catches the back leg as Miller tries to avoid it.
Miller missing with a left hand there. Newman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Newman is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Miller looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Newman takes the fight into the clinch.
Miller misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Miller can't find room to land a body shot as Newman controls the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Newman throws a head punch that misses.
Newman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Miller stalling in the clinch but Newman improves position.
A short uppercut from Miller.
Newman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeffrey Miller dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Newman lands with a kick to the ribs.
Miller tries to land a front kick but Newman steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Miller jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Miller looks to land a left hand but Newman moved out of range nicely.
Miller turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Newman blocks a jab.
Newman takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Newman slips under a jab from Miller.
Newman slips under a jab from Miller.
Jeffrey Miller is winning the standup battle so far.
Newman lands a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Miller. Newman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Miller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Newman can do to turn this around?
Newman checks the leg kick nicely there.
Miller slips under a jab from Newman.
A looping hook to the body misses from Miller. Newman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Miller throws a hook but Newman avoids it easily.
Miller throws a low kick, looking for Newman's leg but Newman calmly moves out of range.
Newman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Newman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Miller in his tracks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Newman checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newman connects with a single shot there.
Newman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from Miller.
Newman throws out a loose jab but Miller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Miller throws a body kick that misses.
Miller connects with a right hand. Newman shakes it off.
Newman lands a leg kick that knocks Miller off balance momentarily.
Newman 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.
Miller misses with an uppercut. Newman saw that one coming.
Newman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Newman throws an ugly left hook that misses
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Miller connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Newman ducks under a wild hook from Miller.
Newman checks the leg kick.
Newman looks to land a body kick but Miller moved away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Newman shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Miller manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Newman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Newman looking to pass the guard.
Newman controls from within his opponent's guard.
Miller avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Miller working a defensive guard here.
Newman passes Miller's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newman drops an elbow to the side of Miller's head.
Newman thows a huge punch but Miller dodges it nicely.

Newman is working for a submission of some sort.
Miller wants to control but Newman is keeping busy.
Newman working the head and body with strikes.
Newman wants to control but Miller is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Newman is trying to work for a kimura but Miller is defending well.
Newman is looking to stall here but Miller recovers full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller keeping full guard, as Newman tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Newman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Miller is trying to control the position but Newman postures up.
Newman trying to control but Miller is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Paul Newman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Miller's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Newman scores with a sloppy right hand. Miller should have avoided that one.
Newman ducks right into an uppercut from Miller.
Newman misses with a wild combination.
Newman is looking to slow Miller down with leg kicks.
Newman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Newman misses with a lunging right hand
and Miller counters with a good low kick that Newman was not able to check.
Miller misses with a leg kick
and Newman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Newman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Miller can pounce on him.
Newman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Miller.
Newman looks to land a left hand but Miller moved out of range nicely.
Miller takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Newman works the jab nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miller looks to land a right hand but Newman moved out of range.
Newman misses with a lunging right hand
and Miller counters with a low kick, right behind Newman 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newman will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Miller looks to land a body kick but Newman moved away.
Miller jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A low kick from Miller misses
and Newman finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A punch combination from Miller misses.
Miller backing away here, and Newman unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Newman scoring well with a low kick there.
Miller on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Miller throws a leg kick that is checked
and Newman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Miller ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Miller misses with a straight left.

Miller has Newman up against the cage in a clinch.
Newman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Newman blocks an uppercut.
Jeffrey Miller has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Miller blocking some punches.
Newman blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Newman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Newman blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Newman.
Newman blocks an uppercut.
Miller's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Miller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Miller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Newman misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Miller fails to land.
Newman can't find room to land a body shot as Miller controls the action.
Miller wants to stall.
Newman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Miller - that landed with a thud.
Newman taking a breather.
Miller misses with the head strike.
Miller tries to throw a body punch but Newman avoids it by throwing Miller back against the cage.
Newman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Newman throws a punch but it's blocked by Miller.
Newman misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newman misses with the head strike.
Miller blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Miller scores with a nice short uppercut.
Miller working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Newman.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Miller.
Miller is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A head punch on the inside from Miller fails to land.
Miller blocks an uppercut.
Newman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Miller misses with a hook to the ribs.
Newman misses with the head strike.
Newman blocks an uppercut.
Newman misses with a punch on the inside.
Miller is trying to maintain a safe position but Newman gets an underhook and turns Miller into the cage.
Miller swings wildly with an uppercut but Newman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Miller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Newman blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Newman fails to land.
Newman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Miller softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Newman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Miller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Newman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Newman.
Newman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Miller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Newman throws a head punch that misses.
Newman lands a right hand.
Miller looking to slow down the pace here.
Miller can't find room to land a body shot as Newman controls the action.
Newman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Newman blocks an uppercut.
Newman misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Newman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Newman has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Paul Newman!
Our winner, Paul Newman, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Jeffrey Miller was interviewed post fight and said 'Hugged by a Finnfairy! I need a shower.'.