PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between chuck payunan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

payunan
vs
miller

220 cm
21
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
165 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Experienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, chuck payunan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake miller!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
payunan leaves miller with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

payunan clinches with his opponent.

payunan breaks the clinch.
miller tries to close the distance and clinch up but payunan swats him away and circles back towards the center.

payunan looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
payunan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. miller is keeping the position for now.

payunan has gone for a leg lock! miller slips out almost immediately though and dives into payunan's guard.
payunan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
miller thows a big elbow that misses.
payunan pulls miller in close to his closed guard and prevents miller from doing any damage or advancing position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

chuck payunan has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
miller closes this distance looking for a takedown but payunan circles away.
miller darts in trying to clinch

and payunan counters by moving into the clinch.

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.

payunan gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
payunan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for miller on the ground.
payunan controlling the action here.

payunan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
payunan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
payunan slips a nice elbow through miller's hands, connecting with miller's forehead.
payunan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
payunan moves into full mount! miller won't be happy about that!
miller looks gassed!
BOOM! payunan connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
miller avoids a series of strikes thrown by payunan.
payunan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

payunan stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

miller shoots in and gets a takedown into payunan's guard.
payunan controlling miller's posture.
miller stops payunan from standing up.
miller stopping the sweep attempt from payunan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

chuck payunan dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

payunan has managed to clinch.
miller can't get the takedown.

payunan ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. payunan no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
miller trying to control the position from guard on top but payunan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

payunan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but miller can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
miller wants to control from the top but payunan keeps moving.
payunan is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
payunan looking for a sweep. Not yet payunan, not yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
miller would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
miller with a flurry of punches that miss.
payunan pulls miller in close to his closed guard and prevents miller from doing any damage or advancing position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

payunan takes the fight into the clinch.

payunan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

payunan gets the takedown into side control.
payunan tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
miller is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
miller is letting payunan control him for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

payunan tries for a kimura but miller is defending well.
miller wants to get back to his feet but payunan drags him back down.
payunan throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
payunan moves into full mount!
A nice elbow there by payunan.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
miller is trying to stand up.
payunan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

chuck payunan 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!

payunan blocks a head kick by miller.
payunan connects with a high kick.

It looks like Jake miller has been cut.
Horrible takedown by miller or perhaps it was just good defense by payunan which made him look bad.
payunan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

payunan moves into the clinch successfully.
payunan working some nice short punches in the clinch.

payunan decides to pull guard.
payunan is pulling down on miller's head to control his posture.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. chuck payunan wasn't doing enough on the ground.

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

payunan is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, miller has managed to free his arm - good work.

payunan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
payunan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

payunan seems to be working for a kimura but miller defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
payunan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
payunan prevents miller from standing back up.
payunan works his way into side control.
payunan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

payunan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

payunan stands up.

And that's the end of the fight!
chuck payunan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well payunan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... chuck payunan!