PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Syd Rummel (ranked 2459 p4p, 2509 weight class) and Eddie Miller (ranked 82 p4p, 84 weight class). Miller has chosen Not Falling as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Rummel
vs
Miller

191 cm
23
285
8 - 3 - 0

194 cm
37
283
16 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

HARDCORE Threads
Hardcore Alchemy

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Syd Rummel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Eddie Miller!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rummel swings for the body but Miller moves out of range.
Rummel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Miller misses with a lunging right hand
letting Rummel counter with a right hand.

It looks like Eddie Miller has been cut.
Rummel fails to land the takedown.
Miller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Miller stuffs the takedown.
Rummel stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Rummel enables Miller to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Rummel manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Miller won't allow Rummel to sweep him here.
Rummel trying to keep a closed guard but Miller is proving a slippery customer.
Rummel looking for a sweep. Not yet Rummel, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rummel is on top in guard.

Rummel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rummel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Miller is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Miller told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Rummel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rummel with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rummel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Miller is keeping the position for now.
Rummel working some strikes from top position.
Rummel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Miller holds on and takes a little breather.
Rummel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rummel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rummel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Miller 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.
Miller working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rummel.
Miller has momentary wrist control but Rummel slips an elbow through the middle.

The cut above Eddie Miller's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Miller working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rummel.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rummel is working Miller over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Eddie Miller's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Eddie Miller's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Syd Rummel!
Syd Rummel is the new super heavyweight champion!
Syd Rummel managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Hardcore Alchemy, into his post fight interview.