PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Felix Miller (ranked 3839 p4p, 3263 weight class) and Tiger Johnson (ranked 368 p4p, 320 weight class). Miller comes to the cage accompanied by Somebody better call his momma. The crowd seem to be enjoying Johnson's choice of entrance music: "Bombs Over Baghdad" by Outkast. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Miller
vs
Johnson

182 cm
27
155
3 - 2 - 0

179 cm
25
146
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Bondi MMA 🏝️
BE Younick

Flawless Victory Nutrition

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Felix Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tiger Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Miller has managed to clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Miller fails to land.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Miller blocks it.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson darts in trying to clinch
and Miller counters with a thumping low kick.

Miller moves into the clinch.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Miller is blocking nicely.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Miller working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson 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.
Miller working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miller misses with the head strike.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Miller blocks with his arms.
Miller managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Johnson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Miller scores with a nice hook to the head.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Miller has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Miller lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Miller has him pressed against the cage.
Miller lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Miller definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Miller misses with the head strike.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Miller lands a shoulder strike.
Miller lands with a short shot to the head.

Miller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A solid leg kick lands there for Miller.

Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Miller has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Miller lands a nice uppercut.
Miller lands with a short shot to the head.
Miller blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Miller.
Miller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Miller managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
A head punch on the inside from Miller fails to land.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Miller won't allow it.
Miller misses with the head strike.
Miller lands with a left to the head.
Miller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Miller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Miller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Felix Miller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Johnson gets a clinch.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Miller breaks the clinch.

Miller instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller misses with the head strike.
Miller misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Miller controls his hands.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Miller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Miller keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Miller misses with the head strike.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnson tries to circle away but Miller has him pinned against the cage.
Miller lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Miller won't allow it.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miller blocks it with crossed arms.

Miller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Miller to counter with a crisp jab.

Miller fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Miller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Miller working aggressively here.
Miller pushes Johnson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Miller.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Miller has him pressed against the cage.
Miller swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Miller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Johnson has managed to clinch.
Miller prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Miller lands with a light punch inside.
Miller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Miller has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Felix Miller dominated that round.
That's time! Miller's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A nice leg kick from Miller, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Miller moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Miller.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Miller throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson tries to break free but Miller pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Felix Miller has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Miller is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Miller manages to break the clinch.
Johnson walks into a jab.

Miller closes the distance and pushes Johnson back into the cage.
Johnson trying to stall but Miller improves his position.
Miller lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Johnson.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson is trying to break free.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Miller.

Miller breaks from the clinch.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Miller was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.
Miller circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Miller counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson has a takedown stuffed.
Miller fires out a quick counter leg kick but Johnson just manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Miller has managed to clinch.
Miller working aggressively here.
Johnson 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.
Johnson is trying to push Miller away but Miller has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Miller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson tries to clinch up
and Miller connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Miller's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson tries to clinch up
and Miller connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tiger Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Miller moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Miller won't allow it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Miller.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Miller.

Miller breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Miller swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Miller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Miller was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Miller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Miller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Miller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Miller.
Still in the clinch, Miller scores with a nice short uppercut.
Miller misses with a punch on the inside.

Miller breaks the clinch.
Johnson looks to clinch
and Miller counters with a good low kick that Johnson was not able to check.
Johnson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Miller counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tiger Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Miller gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Miller swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Miller swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miller has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Miller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Miller has double underhooks.
Miller managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Still in the clinch, Miller scores with a nice short uppercut.
Miller lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Miller has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Miller prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Johnson is trying to break free.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Felix Miller dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Miller gets a clinch.
Miller lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Miller working aggressively here.
Miller keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Miller avoids the elbow strike from Johnson, against the cage.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Good body shot from Johnson.
Miller lands with a light punch inside.

Miller manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Miller moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Miller displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Johnson.
Miller fires out a quick counter leg kick but Johnson just manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Miller clinches up against the cage.
Miller lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Miller throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Miller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Miller lands with a right to the head.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Miller softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Miller breaks from the clinch.

Miller gets a clinch.
Johnson looking to slow down the pace here.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Miller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Felix Miller is winning the standup battle so far.

Johnson rushes Miller and presses him up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Miller keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Miller.
Miller softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Miller misses with the head strike.

Miller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt
and Miller counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Miller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Johnson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Miller after a bit of a struggle.
Felix Miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiger Johnson.
Miller lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Miller lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Johnson is rocked!
Miller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Miller finish him?
Miller lands with a left to the head.
Miller throws a big uppercut that drops Johnson! More strikes from Miller and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Johnson lies dazed against the cage as Miller celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Felix Miller!
An out of breath Felix Miller thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.