PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Valadez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Valadez
vs
Miller

170 cm
22
169 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Valadez!
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, Steve Miller!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valadez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Valadez tries to clinch but Miller moves out of range.
Miller will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Miller gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Valadez is looking to work some ground and pound but Miller has wrist control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Miller is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Valadez trying to control the position from guard on top but Miller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Miller throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Miller utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Miller throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Miller has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Valadez stands up and waves to Miller to follow him.
Steve Miller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valadez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller tries to clinch up.
Miller throws a front kick aimed at Valadez's knee but Valadez avoids it well.
No joy there for Valadez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Valadez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Miller avoids a punch combination nicely.

Miller drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Valadez is looking for a sweep.
Valadez defending against the ground and pound.
Valadez is trying to buck Miller off.
Miller landing strikes.
Valadez is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Miller has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Miller trying to control the position but Valadez is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valadez is looking for a sweep.
Valadez is breathing heavily.
Valadez is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Valadez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Miller swivels and escapes.
Miller closes the distance but Valadez moves to the side

and Valadez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Miller won't be happy with that.
Miller is looking for a sweep.
Miller throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.

Miller throws Valadez to one side and escapes!
Miller scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miller connects with a jab.
Miller displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Miller wants to clinch up but Valadez keeps it at a distance.
Miller throws a right and a left that Valadez avoids nicely.
Miller clinches but Valadez breaks the clinch

and Valadez counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valadez trying to control but Miller is working from the bottom.
Miller bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Valadez's guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Miller scoring with some ground and pound.
Valadez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Miller trying to control but Valadez is working from the bottom.
Miller throws a big right hand that misses.
Miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Valadez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Miller wanted to stand there but Valadez had control of the position.
Valadez keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Valadez lands a good elbow from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Miller leaves Valadez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Valadez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Valadez feints and as Miller raises his hands in defense, Valadez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Valadez tries to stand but Miller is controlling from the bottom.

Miller pushes Valadez off and scrambles back to his feet.
Valadez is looking to slow Miller down with leg kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice combination there by Miller.
Miller slaps away a takedown attempt from Valadez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Miller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that David Valadez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Valadez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Miller trying to control from the bottom.

Valadez stands up out of the half guard.
A punch combination from Miller misses.
A leg kick checked by Valadez.

Valadez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Miller controls Valadez momentarily but Valadez frees himself.
Miller keeping moving, preventing Valadez from controlling successfully.
Miller punching to the body, from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Miller is on top in guard.
Miller is looking to stand up but Valadez won't let him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valadez wants to stand but Miller is controlling the position.
Valadez throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Miller trying to control but Valadez is working from the bottom.
Valadez lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Miller wants to stand but Valadez is controlling his posture from full guard.
Valadez will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Valadez wants to stand but Miller is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Miller jabs at Valadez's body.
Valadez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Miller tries to avoid it but Valadez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Miller to the ground. Miller escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Miller connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Valadez momentarily.
Miller throws a leg kick that is checked

and Valadez counters with a takedown into side control.
Valadez working the ground and pound from side control.

Valadez stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Miller doesn't manage to clinch there - Valadez circles away.

Valadez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Miller works his way to full guard. Good work.
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.
Valadez throwing strikes from guard but Miller blocks nicely.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Miller is on top in guard.

Miller got a little sloppy there for a moment and Valadez has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Miller has managed to get both his arms back between Valadez's legs - danger averted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Valadez is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Miller defends well.
Miller landing some decent shots from guard.
Valadez keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.
Miller is pushing down on Valadez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Valadez is fighting to maintain full guard but Miller has managed to sneak the leg through.
Miller stops Valadez from getting back to his feet.

Miller escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Miller fails to land with a series of punches.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch but Valadez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Valadez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Valadez showed some decent athleticism there.
Valadez wants to control but Miller is keeping him busy.
Valadez seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Valadez wants to free his trapped foot but Miller is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Valadez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Miller is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Valadez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Valadez's back!
Valadez tries to escape but Miller has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Valadez dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Miller throws a nice inside leg kick.
Miller pivots, looking for a leg kick but Valadez is out of range and Miller settles back down.
Valadez looks for a takedown but Miller sprawls well.
Valadez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Valadez wants to clinch up but Miller keeps it at a distance.
Miller lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice shot lands for Miller.
Miller tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Miller stalks Valadez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Valadez's face. Valadez staggers backwards, shaken.
Miller looks to land a combination but Valadez avoids it well.
Valadez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice sprawl there from Miller as Valadez shoots in.
David Valadez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Miller doesn't manage to clinch there - Valadez circles away.
Miller throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Miller feints and as Valadez raises his hands in defense, Miller changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Miller is looking to stand up but Valadez won't let him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller trying to control but Valadez is working from the bottom.
Valadez wants to stand but Miller is controlling the position.

Valadez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Valadez looking for a sweep. Not yet Valadez, not yet.
Valadez is looking to stand up but Miller isn't so interested in that idea.
Miller slips nicely into half guard.
Valadez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Miller is working away from the top position though.
Valadez is looking to get back to is feet but Miller passes into side control.

That's two 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.
Miller scoring with punches and elbows.
Valadez is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Miller has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Miller decides to stand back up. Miller steps back and let's Valadez get back to his feet.
Good leg kick by Miller there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Miller throws an overhand right that lands on Valadez's shoulder, as Valadez tries to avoid the shot.

Valadez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Miller sprawls well initially but Valadez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Miller is staying active underneath Valadez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Valadez is thwarting Miller's attempts to control the position.
Miller wants to get back to his feet.
Valadez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Miller defending well though.
David Valadez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The fighters are battling for position here. Miller manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Valadez wants to control from the top but Miller keeps moving.
Valadez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Miller shoots and misses

and Valadez counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Miller!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Valadez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
BOOM! Valadez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Miller is in a horrible position here. Valadez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Valadez landing punches.
Miller is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller is in a horrible position here. Valadez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Valadez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Steve Miller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Valadez throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Miller is desperately trying to improve his position but Valadez has a good base and remains in mount.
Valadez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Valadez prevents Miller from getting the reversal.
Valadez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Miller hang on?
Valadez cracks Miller with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Valadez lands a big shot there that rocks Miller but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Valadez trying to control but Miller is having none of it.
David Valadez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Valadez raining down shots from the mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Steve Miller.
I think Valadez 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 Suge Night scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... David Valadez!