PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Skylar Davies Miles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Elley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Davies Miles
vs
Elley

166 cm
21
146 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
22
145 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Skylar Davies Miles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Stephen Elley!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Bruno Hogan and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elley wants to clinch up but Davies Miles keeps it at a distance.
Davies Miles lands a really nice looking cross but Elley seems unphased.
Davies Miles fails with a takedown attempt.
Elley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Davies Miles keeps the fight on the outside.
Elley wants to clinch up but Davies Miles keeps it at a distance.
Elley wants to clinch up but Davies Miles keeps it at a distance.
Davies Miles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Elley tries to clinch up but Davies Miles circles away and keeps his distance.
Elley throws a head kick that misses.
Elley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elley is looking to clinch but Davies Miles is avoiding it.
Elley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davies Miles will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Skylar Davies Miles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davies Miles takes a swing at Elley's ribcage but misses.

Davies Miles dives in and scores a takedown into Elley's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Davies Miles passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Davies Miles stands up.
Elley tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davies Miles shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Elley but Elley pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Elley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Elley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davies Miles fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Elley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davies Miles tries a head kick but it misses.
A lazy left from Davies Miles finds it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies Miles fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Elley avoids it really well and circles away.
Elley throws a head kick but Davies Miles moves out of range.
Elley tries to clinch but Davies Miles moves out of range.

Davies Miles forces Elley back against the cage and clinches.

Davies Miles ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Davies Miles no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Elley must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Davies Miles has a closed guard, preventing Elley from standing up.
Davies Miles tries to strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davies Miles controlling the position.
Davies Miles throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Davies Miles working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Elley doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Elley manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Davies Miles looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Davies Miles throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skylar Davies Miles dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Davies Miles manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Elley on his heels. He'll look to pass Elley's guard now, I'm sure.
Davies Miles wanted to stand there but Elley had control of the position.

Davies Miles decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Davies Miles shoots in for a double leg but Elley sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Elley is looking to clinch.
Skylar Davies Miles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Davies Miles is defended easily by Elley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elley wants to clinch.
Davies Miles takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Davies Miles fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Skylar Davies Miles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Elley throws a sloppy head kick and Davies Miles moves out of range easily.
Davies Miles blocks a head kick by Elley.
Elley displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Davies Miles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elley tries to clinch up.
Davies Miles fails with a takedown attempt.

Davies Miles rushes Elley and presses him up against the cage.
Davies Miles tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Elley smiles and moves away.
Davies Miles takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Elley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Davies Miles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies Miles throws a shot from downtown. Elley moves away and avoids it.
Davies Miles looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Elley is fending him off so far but Davies Miles persists. Nope, Elley circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davies Miles will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Elley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davies Miles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davies Miles looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Elley is fending him off so far but Davies Miles persists. Nope, Elley circles away and we're back to standing.
Elley throws a head kick that misses.
Elley throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Davies Miles's head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Davies Miles.
Elley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elley's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Elley duly obliges.
Elley throws a right and a left that Davies Miles avoids nicely.
Elley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Davies Miles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Elley lands with a kick to the temple. Davies Miles shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Elley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Elley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davies Miles takes a head kick and keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Elley 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Elley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davies Miles shoots in for a takedown but Elley shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Davies Miles misses with the body kick
and Elley counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Davies Miles is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Davies Miles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Davies Miles closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Elley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davies Miles.

Davies Miles has hold of one of Elley's legs. Elley is fighting the takedown attempt but Davies Miles gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Elley wants to sweep but no luck.
Davies Miles is pushing down on Elley's leg trying to pass to half guard. Elley is fighting to maintain full guard but Davies Miles has managed to sneak the leg through.
Davies Miles is trying to control the action in half guard but Elley is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies Miles seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Davies Miles performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Davies Miles's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Skylar Davies Miles.
Elley fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Davies Miles gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Elley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Elley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Davies Miles is defending well for now.

Davies Miles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davies Miles closes the distance and clinches up with Elley, looking for a takedown. Davies Miles pushes Elley against the cage but Elley circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Davies Miles drives through and clinches with Elley against the cage.
Davies Miles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Elley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Davies Miles tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Skylar Davies Miles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Elley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Davies Miles managing to block the knees to the body from Elley.
Davies Miles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Elley.
Davies Miles effectively controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elley tries a knee to the head but Davies Miles blocks it.

Davies Miles has Elley pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Davies Miles pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Elley tumbling to the mat - Davies Miles dives into Elley's guard.
Elley bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Davies Miles's guard.
Elley wanted to stand there but Davies Miles had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elley wants to control from the top but Davies Miles keeps moving.
Davies Miles looking to control.

Skylar Davies Miles has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Davies Miles shoots for a takedown but Elley saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Stephen Elley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davies Miles misses with a low kick.
Elley doesn't manage to clinch there - Davies Miles circles away.
Elley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Davies Miles.

And that's the end of the fight!
Skylar Davies Miles showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Davies Miles 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Skylar Davies Miles!