PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amari Caballero Del (ranked 3069 p4p, 4530 weight class) and Kazuhira Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Caballero Del
vs
Miller

193 cm
20
199
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
210
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Amari Caballero Del!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kazuhira Miller!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caballero Del lands with a kick to the ribs.
Caballero Del misses with a head kick.
Caballero Del keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Miller bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Miller has a takedown stuffed.
Caballero Del feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Caballero Del fails in his attempt to clinch.
Caballero Del slaps away a takedown attempt from Miller, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Caballero Del goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miller circles away from the clinch attempt.
Caballero Del shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Miller as he avoids it easily.

Caballero Del scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caballero Del trying to control the position but Miller is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caballero Del tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Miller wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Miller misses with a strike from the bottom.
Caballero Del knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Miller on the ground.
Caballero Del postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Miller misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Caballero Del throws a strike aimed at the side of Miller's head but Miller avoids it well.
Caballero Del trying to control the position but Miller is working away.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Caballero Del drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Miller swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Caballero Del scores with a nice right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Caballero Del 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Miller darts in looking for a takedown but Caballero Del gets double underhooks and turns Miller into the cage.
A counter left hand to the body from Caballero Del misses its target.
Amari Caballero Del has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kazuhira Miller.
Caballero Del with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Caballero Del tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Caballero Del dives in and grabs Miller's left leg, looking for a takedown. Miller pushes down on Caballero Del's head and hops out.
Caballero Del wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caballero Del scores with a head kick. Miller tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Miller scores with a shot to the body.
Miller wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Caballero Del is breathing heavily.
Caballero Del showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Miller.

Miller has Caballero Del up against the cage in a clinch.
Caballero Del takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Caballero Del backwards.
Miller should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Caballero Del jumps guard but Miller stands there with Caballero Del around his waist. Caballero Del gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Miller.
Caballero Del is trying to pull guard but Miller has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Caballero Del's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Caballero Del working aggressively here.
Miller gets through Caballero Del's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caballero Del tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Miller just stands there and leans against the cage.
Caballero Del tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Miller avoids it.

Miller gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Miller has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Miller lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Miller working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Caballero Del's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kazuhira Miller will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Miller scores with a hook to the body. Caballero Del takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Caballero Del uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miller.

Caballero Del shoots in and bounces Miller off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Miller throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Miller keeping moving, preventing Caballero Del from controlling successfully.
Miller will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caballero Del trying to stand up but can't free himself from Miller's guard.
Miller tries to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Caballero Del lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Miller throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Caballero Del steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Miller.

Miller has Caballero Del up against the cage in a clinch.
Caballero Del tries to pull guard but Miller won't allow it.
Caballero Del looking for a takedown.
Miller working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Caballero Del has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short left from Miller.
Miller stops a takedown attempt from Caballero Del.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Amari Caballero Del. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Miller.

Caballero Del is fighting off a takedown attempt but Miller is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Caballero Del to the mat. Caballero Del regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Caballero Del wants to get back to his feet but Miller passes into half guard.

The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller drops an elbow to the side of Caballero Del's head.
Miller looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
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.

Caballero Del is rocked!
Miller lands a big elbow - Caballero Del is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Miller!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kazuhira Miller!