PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Diego Carlitto (ranked 2626 p4p, 152 weight class) and Ken Miller (ranked 2753 p4p, 163 weight class). Carlitto's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Painkiller. Miller has chosen 2pac - Im A Souljah as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Carlitto
vs
Miller

168 cm
24
147 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

162 cm
36
139 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Diego Carlitto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ken Miller!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller closes the distance and clinches up with Carlitto, looking for a takedown. Miller pushes Carlitto against the ropes but Carlitto circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Miller scores with a shot to the body.
Carlitto cracks Miller with an open hand slap.
Carlitto has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Pablo's Boxing Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Carlitto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Carlitto lands with a right hand.

Miller shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Miller missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Carlitto is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Carlitto blocking the ground and pound attempt from Miller.
Carlitto is trying to control but can't.
Miller prevents Carlitto from improving his position.
Miller throwing shots but Carlitto is blocking nicely.

Miller is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Carlitto has managed to free his arm - good work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miller is looking to advance position but Carlitto won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlitto taking some punishment here, with Miller in his half guard.
Carlitto regains full guard. Nicely done.
Carlitto pulls Miller in close to prevent any damage.
Carlitto is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Carlitto seems keen to control Miller's posture.
Carlitto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Carlitto is trying to keep Miller in close.
Miller works over Carlitto with some ground and pound from guard.
Miller in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Carlitto keeping full guard, as Miller tries to pass.
Miller working some strikes from top position.
Carlitto tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller postures up.
Miller lands a couple of digs.
Miller throwing strikes but missing.
Carlitto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Carlitto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Miller wants to control from the top but Carlitto keeps moving.
Carlitto wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Miller throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Miller accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Miller lands a couple of digs.
Miller trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Carlitto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Miller scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Miller working some strikes from top position.
Miller trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Miller preventing the sweep.
Carlitto managing to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Miller dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Carlitto looks to score with a jab to the body but Miller is just out of range.
Miller changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Carlitto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Carlitto clobbers Miller with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Carlitto works Miller's body with a nice hook.
Carlitto misses with a hook.
Carlitto throws a big shot that misses.
Miller tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Carlitto swivels and escapes.
Carlitto lands a body shot.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Carlitto enables Miller to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Carlitto manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Miller wants to control from the top but Carlitto keeps moving.
Miller has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Miller works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Carlitto wants to improve his position but Miller is controlling well.
Carlitto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Miller scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlitto trying to hold on to Miller's head to control him but Miller postures up.
Ken Miller has got the better of the ground game so far.
Carlitto wants to get back to full guard.
Carlitto is looking to control Miller's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Carlitto avoid being mounted?
Carlitto preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Miller perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Carlitto trying to control here.
Carlitto wants to get back to full guard.
Carlitto slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Miller is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Carlitto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Miller missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Carlitto is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carlitto is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Miller wants to control from the top but Carlitto keeps moving.
Miller working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Carlitto trying to control the position here.
Miller with a flurry of punches that miss.
Carlitto looking for a sweep. Not yet Carlitto, not yet.
Miller lands a couple of digs.
Carlitto seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Miller accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Miller postures up.
Carlitto looking for a sweep. Not yet Carlitto, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Diego Carlitto will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Carlitto stuffs the takedown attempt from Miller. Miller gets slowly back to his feet.
Diego Carlitto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carlitto displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Miller.
A little feinted left hand from Carlitto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Miller dives in and scores a takedown into Carlitto's guard.
Carlitto has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miller scoring with some ground and pound.
Carlitto looking to control.
Miller passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlitto wants to improve his position but Miller is controlling well.
Miller working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Miller working Carlitto over with strikes.
Miller throwing shots but Carlitto is blocking nicely.
Carlitto is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Miller is looking for a kimura but Carlitto is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Miller to get the leverage.

Miller is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Carlitto has managed to free his arm - good work.
Carlitto keeps control of the position for the meantime.

Miller is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Carlitto defends it well.
Carlitto tries to get to full guard but Miller has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Miller missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Carlitto wants to control but Miller is keeping busy.
Miller thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Carlitto is looking to control Miller's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Carlitto avoid being mounted?
Miller is looking to take a break and control but Carlitto is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Carlitto is looking for a sweep. Miller is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Carlitto looks like he's trying to stand up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Miller connects with a nice short shot to Carlitto's temple.
Carlitto wants to control but Miller is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carlitto makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Carlitto.
Carlitto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ken Miller is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carlitto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Miller.
Miller working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Miller comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Miller 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight for Ken Miller!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Ken Miller!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Ken Miller!

Ken Miller wins by unanimous decision!
Ken Miller bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
In defeat, Diego Carlitto stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm crushed right now, but i have a fire in my gut. '.