PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fritiof Konkas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Konkas
vs
Miller

177 cm
24
150 lbs
1 - 9 - 0

175 cm
26
151 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fritiof Konkas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Miller!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Kavanagh and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Miller shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Miller was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Konkas is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miller cracks Konkas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Konkas is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Konkas in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Miller dominating with strikes here.

Miller is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Konkas to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Konkas shrugs it off.
Konkas regains half guard.
Miller is looking to take a break and control but Konkas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Miller in particular looking to stall.
Miller wants to free his trapped foot but Konkas is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Miller lands strikes from half guard.
Miller really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Konkas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Konkas is trying to escape back to his feet but Miller uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Konkas is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Konkas has hold of Miller's hands but Miller slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Miller trying to pass the guard but Konkas defending well.
Miller is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Miller winds up and cracks Konkas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Konkas tries to get to full guard but Miller has control of the leg.
Konkas pushes Miller off looking to stand but Miller dives back in and keeps control.
Konkas is breathing heavily.
Miller is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Konkas reverses the position - he's now on top in Miller's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Miller has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Konkas off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Konkas with a lazy takedown attempt

and Miller counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Konkas's guard now.
Miller trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Miller is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Miller makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miller trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Miller lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Miller looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Miller working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Konkas's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller cracks Konkas with a solid left hand.
Miller is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Miller forces his way into half guard.
Konkas is in trouble now - Miller has advanced to mount!

Konkas defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Miller.
Miller is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Miller tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Miller is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Konkas has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Miller fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Miller working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Miller connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Miller unloading with bombs!
Miller breaks from Konkas's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Konkas wants to get back to his feet.
Miller looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Miller raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Miller dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Miller shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Konkas's guard.
Konkas trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Konkas keeping full guard, as Miller tries to pass.
Miller controlling from the top position.
Miller wants to control from the top but Konkas keeps moving.
Konkas wants to get back to his feet but Miller is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Miller stands up over Konkas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Miller wants to pass the guard but Konkas is keeping the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Miller's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller trying to control but Konkas is working from the bottom.
Miller is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Milleris looking to pass into half guard but Konkas pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Konkas is in guard.
Konkas trying to control the position from guard on top but Miller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Miller kicks Konkas off and gets to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Konkas.

Miller throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Konkas was covering up waiting for the punch and Miller finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Miller trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ryan Miller has got the better of the ground game so far.
Konkas keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.
Miller content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Konkas is trying to hold Miller in close to prevent damage but Miller has managed to pass into half guard.
Konkas won't allow Miller to pass to mount.
Miller is controlling the pace.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Miller connects with a nice short shot to Konkas's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Konkas looking for submissions off his back.
Miller stalling.
Konkas is refusing to be controlled, as Miller sits in half guard.
Miller passes the guard and advances to mount!
Miller with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Miller dominating with strikes here.
Konkas wants to hold on but Miller pushes him away.
The referee warns Konkas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Miller working Konkas over with strikes here.
Konkas in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Miller has control of Konkas's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Konkas regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Miller with good strikes from the mount here!
Konkas is trying to escape the mount.
Miller lands a nice shot to the head.
Miller working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Miller showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Miller shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Miller showed some decent athleticism there.
Miller is looking to advance position but Konkas won't allow it.
Konkas slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Miller looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Miller tries to free his leg and advance position but Konkas is retaining full guard.
Miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Konkas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Konkas wants to sweep here but Miller controlling him for the moment.
Miller keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Konkas's head.
Miller working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Konkas is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Miller is controlling him.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Miller's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Miller trying to control but Konkas is working from the bottom.
Konkas is trying to keep Miller in close.
Miller forces his way into half guard.

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.
Miller landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Miller content to control rather than advance.
Miller trying to control the action but Konkas is working from the bottom.
Miller uses his free foot to push down on Konkas's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Konkas.
Miller working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Miller putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Konkas is trying to escape the mount.
Miller looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller landing shots from mount.
The referee warns Konkas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Konkas is in a horrible position here. Miller smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Konkas is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Miller lands a big elbow.
Konkas trying desperately to get to his feet.
Miller has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Miller pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Miller lands with some strikes.
Miller scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Konkas?
Miller has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Konkas's face.
Konkas tries to reverse the position but Miller maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Konkas looks a forlorn figure.
Konkas is bucking up trying to escape but Miller cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Miller working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Miller trying to control but Konkas is having none of it.
Miller punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fritiof Konkas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Konkas regains half guard.
Miller trying to control from Konkas's half guard. Konkas has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Ryan Miller is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Miller controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Miller comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Miller has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Miller!