PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between mike miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colby Sparrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for mike miller has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

miller
vs
Sparrow

193 cm
24
260 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, mike miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Colby Sparrow!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
miller stuffs the takedown attempt from Sparrow. Sparrow gets slowly back to his feet.
Colby Sparrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
miller bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sparrow's head.
Sparrow looks for a takedown but miller sprawls well.
Sparrow shoots in for a takedown but miller shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
mike miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Colby Sparrow.
miller looks to land a combination but Sparrow avoids it well.
miller fails in his attempt to clinch.

miller gets caught flat footed, as Sparrow shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
miller wants to stand and escape but Sparrow is having none of it.
miller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sparrow throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
miller avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
miller working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
miller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sparrow throwing strikes but missing.
miller not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
miller scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
miller moves in looking to clinch but Sparrow pushes him off.
miller bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sparrow tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but miller swivels and escapes.
Sparrow fails to land the takedown.
Sparrow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from miller.
miller works Sparrow's body with a nice hook.
Sparrow looks gassed!
Sparrow walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
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.
miller uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
miller is looking to clinch but Sparrow is avoiding it.
miller bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
miller is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
miller lands a really nice looking cross but Sparrow seems unphased.
miller throws a sloppy head kick and Sparrow moves out of range easily.
A jab lands there for miller.
The fighters circle momentarily. miller darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sparrow shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
miller misses with a jab, cross combination.
miller is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
miller scores with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow has a takedown stuffed.
Sparrow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
miller dips to his left and cracks Sparrow with an uppercut!
miller punishes Sparrow's body with a nice straight punch.
miller misses with the combination.
miller tries to clinch there but Sparrow circles away.

Sparrow shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sparrow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
miller avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sparrow is in close to miller's body, working some short punches and elbows.
miller is pulling down on Sparrow's head to control his posture.
Sparrow cracks miller with a solid left hand.
Sparrow throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow lands a couple of elbows.
Sparrow throwing strikes but missing.
Sparrow throws and elbow that misses. miller uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sparrow's guard. Nice move by miller!
miller will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
miller preventing the sweep.
miller wants to pass the guard but Sparrow is keeping the position.
Sparrow wants to improve his position but instead miller has moved into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sparrow is trying to maintain the position but miller is very close to passing his half guard.

miller gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
miller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Sparrow shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sparrow was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sparrow connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sparrow takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sparrow fails to land the takedown.
miller misses with a wild combination.

Sparrow looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for miller!
miller is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sparrow lands a big elbow.
Sparrow is landing with some decent strikes but miller is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
miller is bucking up trying to escape but Sparrow cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sparrow is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. miller can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sparrow cracks miller with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sparrow throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for miller because Sparrow loaded up on that one.
miller is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparrow working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sparrow cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sparrow throwing strikes here but miller is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sparrow avoids the attempt from miller to control.
Sparrow landing strikes from the mount and miller is in trouble!
Sparrow punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sparrow throws a strike there. miller manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Sparrow really doesn't want to stay on the ground with miller. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sparrow is nestled in close to miller, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sparrow with the ground and pound but miller uses the opportunity to regain guard.
miller working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sparrow.
Sparrow being controlled here momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
miller is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sparrow working some strikes from top position.
Sparrow with a nice head shot there.
Sparrow is looking to work some ground and pound but miller has wrist control.

miller pushes Sparrow off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
miller tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
miller thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from miller misses.

Sparrow scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
miller gets full guard.
miller manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sparrow manages to get himself to full guard.
miller chips away with some ground and pound.
miller wants to control from the top but Sparrow keeps moving.
miller tries to stand but Sparrow is controlling from the bottom.
miller stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sparrow swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sparrow looking to hit a scissor sweep but miller is one step ahead there.
Sparrow wants to stand but miller is controlling the position.
Sparrow tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colby Sparrow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! miller's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

miller throws a hook but Sparrow avoids it easily.
miller connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
miller throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sparrow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sparrow.
miller tries to clinch but Sparrow moves out of range.
Sparrow shoots in for a double leg but miller sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice sprawl there from miller as Sparrow shoots in.
mike miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Colby Sparrow.
miller fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sparrow gets cracked there but stands up to it.
miller scores with a nice right hand.
Sparrow on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
miller darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
miller leaves Sparrow with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
miller throws a right and a left that Sparrow avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No luck for Sparrow with that takedown attempt.
miller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sparrow paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
miller is looking to chop away at Sparrow's legs.

Sparrow closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
miller is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Sparrow has just dragged him back down to the mat.
miller trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
miller defending against the ground and pound.
miller on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
miller is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Sparrow asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Sparrow lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sparrow working the strikes but miller uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Sparrow missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sparrow shoots for a double leg takedown but miller sprawls well. He's pushed Sparrow's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice sprawl there from miller as Sparrow shoots in.
Sparrow has a takedown stuffed.
miller stuffs the takedown.
A swing and a miss from miller.

Sparrow closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming miller to the mat! miller manages to get full guard.
miller wants to get back to his feet but Sparrow is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sparrow with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sparrow won't allow miller to get back to his feet.
Sparrow trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sparrow throws and elbow that misses. miller uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sparrow's guard. Nice move by miller!
Sparrow is looking to stand up but miller isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow has a closed guard, preventing miller from standing up.
miller passes Sparrow's left leg - he's now in half guard.
miller perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sparrow is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute miller jumps into side control!
Sparrow is trying to buck miller off.
miller trying to control the action but Sparrow is working from the bottom.

miller stands up and beckons Sparrow to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
mike miller showed his dominance in that final round.
I think miller has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... mike miller!