PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jakob Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Damascus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Miller might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Black Betty. Damascus has chosen seek n strike - soulfly as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Miller
vs
Damascus

212 cm
26
270 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

197 cm
24
265 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jakob Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alex Damascus!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damascus throws a low kick but it's checked well by Miller.

Miller closes the distance and clinches.
Damascus can't break the clinch.
Damascus with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Miller gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Damascus regains guard.
Miller stops Damascus from standing up.
Miller preventing the sweep.
Damascus has momentary wrist control but Miller slips an elbow through the middle.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Miller is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Damascus working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Miller.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damascus wants to stand up but Miller is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miller thows a big elbow that misses.
Miller has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Miller stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Miller scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Damascus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Miller.
Miller feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Damascus's calf.
Damascus looks gassed!
Miller dodges the punch combination from Damascus.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Miller, right into the meat.
Miller lands a leg kick that knocks Damascus off balance momentarily.
Miller feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Damascus's calf.

Damascus gets tackled into the cage by Miller. Miller maintains the clinch.
Miller lands an elbow inside.
Miller lands an elbow that stopped Damascus in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Alex Damascus has been cut.
Miller working Damascus over with knees to the body.
Miller is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Miller unloads a knee to the mid-section. Damascus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short right from Miller.
Nice elbow from Miller.
Damascus takes a knee to the side of the body.
Miller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damascus takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Miller.
Miller lands an elbow just above Damascus 's eye.
Miller lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Miller lands a damaging elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miller using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Miller landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Miller.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Miller.
Miller lands an elbow inside that Damascus shrugs off.
Miller lands an elbow just above Damascus 's eye.
Miller avoiding damage.
Miller with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Miller wants the takedown. Damascus is fighting it off but Miller persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Damascus's guard against the cage.
Miller is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Miller is standing up over Damascus. Damascus looks to escape but Miller dives into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller controls the position.
Miller works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Miller has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Miller.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jakob Miller dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Damascus's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Miller shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Miller working the head and body with strikes.
Miller scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Damascus blocking the ground and pound attempt from Miller.
Damascus is breathing heavily.
Miller is thwarting Damascus's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Miller decides to stand up.
Jakob Miller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Miller shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Damascus's guard.
Miller is looking to work some ground and pound but Damascus has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damascus keeping full guard, as Miller tries to pass.
Damascus working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Miller.
Miller slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Miller slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller scores with a couple of short elbows.
Miller controlling the position from side mount.
Miller lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Damascus is looking to get back to his feet here but Miller is keeping cool and he's managed to take Damascus's back.
Miller scores with punches to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jakob Miller dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Damascus's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Miller fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Damascus, pushing him back against the cage.
Miller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Damascus can do to turn this around?
Damascus tries to circle away but Miller has him pinned against the cage.
Miller creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Damascus's defenses.
Miller lands an elbow that stopped Damascus in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Miller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Miller landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miller lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Alex Damascus's cut even more.
Miller unloads a knee to the mid-section. Damascus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Miller putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Damascus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Miller creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Damascus's defenses.
Miller unloads a knee to the mid-section. Damascus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jakob Miller has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Miller is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Miller.
Miller with a knee to the head.
Miller avoiding damage.
Miller unloads a knee to the mid-section. Damascus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Miller has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Damascus regains guard immediately.
Damascus keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller stays in close to Damascus's body and controls the position.
Miller scoring with punches to the head and body.
Miller sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jakob Miller is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two 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.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Miller is looking to work some ground and pound but Damascus has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jakob Miller wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Damascus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Miller.
A punch combination from Damascus misses.
Damascus on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Miller has closed the distance and engaged Damascus in a clinch.
Miller with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Miller lands an elbow inside that Damascus shrugs off.
Miller gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The cut above Alex Damascus's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A knee to the head by Miller.
Miller comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Miller slows down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Miller.
Alex Damascus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Damascus takes an elbow to the temple.
Damascus being controlled against the cage.
Knees to the body from Miller.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miller lands an elbow that stopped Damascus in his tracks for a moment.

Alex Damascus's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Miller landing knees to the body.
Damascus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Miller lands an elbow that stopped Damascus in his tracks for a moment.
Miller putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Damascus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Miller unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Damascus wants to break the clinch but can't.
Miller lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Miller is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Miller comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Damascus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Miller connects with a nasty looking knee right to Damascus's face.
Miller landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Miller lands an elbow that stopped Damascus in his tracks for a moment.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jakob Miller!