PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erik Josten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denny Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Josten comes to the cage accompanied by Never To Late. Miller comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Enter Sandman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Erik Josten has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Josten
vs
Miller

182 cm
19
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
26
212 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Real Fighters Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Erik Josten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Denny Miller!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Josten pivots, looking for a leg kick but Miller is out of range and Josten settles back down.
Josten tries to score with a low kick but Miller moves his leg out of the way.
Josten circles away from the clinch attempt.

Josten tries to keep at a distance but Miller has taken the fight into the clinch.

Josten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Josten throws a head kick that misses.
Josten throws a head kick but Miller moves out of range.

Josten moves into the clinch successfully.

Josten manages to break the clinch.
Miller scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

It looks like Erik Josten has been cut.

Josten clinches with his opponent.
Miller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Miller lands a nice shot to the body.
Miller lands a hook to the side of the head.
Miller scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miller struggles to land a body shot inside as Josten controls his hands.
Josten lands with a light punch inside.
Josten connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Miller.
With the fighters up against the cage, Josten throws an elbow but misses.
Miller misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice elbow from Josten.
Miller working aggressively here.
Miller scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Miller misses with a punch to the body.
Josten's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Miller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Miller managing to block the knees to the body from Josten.
Josten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Josten tries to break free but Miller pushes him back against the cage.
Josten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Miller lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Miller.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Miller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Miller presses Josten against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Miller lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Josten backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Miller lands a body shot in the clinch.
Miller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Josten's elbow.
Miller gets through Josten's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Miller tries to break free but Josten pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Miller - that landed with a thud.
Josten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miller blocks it with crossed arms.
Miller avoiding damage as Josten throws knees to the body.
Miller tries to work over Josten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Miller lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Josten just misses with a elbow thrown towards Miller's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Josten.

Miller's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Josten connects with a solid leg kick.
Miller throws a body punch but Josten moves out of range.

Miller moves into range and clinches up with Josten.
Miller blocks a body shot from Josten.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Josten lands with a short shot to the head.
Josten misses with a short punch on the inside.
Josten missing with knees to the body.
Josten misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Miller fails to land.
A short uppercut from Miller.
Miller digs a right hand underneath Josten's ribcage. Josten let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Miller lands an uppercut.
Miller lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Josten backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Miller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Miller.
Miller lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Josten breaks the clinch.

Miller gets tackled into the cage by Josten. Josten maintains the clinch.

Josten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Miller looks to score with a jab to the body but Josten is just out of range.
Erik Josten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Miller pushes Josten up against the cage in a clinch.
Miller lands a hook that snaps the head of Josten backwards.
Miller's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Josten wants to stall.
Miller is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Miller softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Miller.
Josten lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Josten lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Josten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Miller avoids it.
Josten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Miller throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Denny Miller dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Erik Josten's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Miller listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Miller fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Josten, pushing him back against the cage.
Josten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miller blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Josten.

Miller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Erik Josten is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Josten clinches up with Miller and pushes him back against the cage.
Josten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Miller has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Josten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Miller slows down the pace here.
Miller scores with a nice hook to the head.
Miller misses with some punches.
Josten letting Miller take a breather here.

Josten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Miller drives through and clinches with Josten against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Josten swings wildly with an uppercut but Miller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Miller has a couple of punches blocked by Josten.

Josten manages to break the clinch.
Josten fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Miller has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice defenses there by Miller.
Josten scores with a nice body kick.
Miller avoids the head kick by Josten.

Miller tries to keep at a distance but Josten has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Josten fails to land.
Denny Miller seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Josten lands with a short shot to the head.

Josten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Josten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Josten throws a hook but Miller avoids it easily.
Miller looks to score with a jab to the body but Josten is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Josten walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Denny Miller seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Josten clinches.
Miller stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Miller presses Josten against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Miller pushes Josten back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Miller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Josten's elbow.
Miller scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Josten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Josten misses with a knee to the head.
Miller working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Miller scores with a nice hook to the head.

Miller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Miller lands a left and a right that send Josten crashing to the mat, dazed. Miller thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Josten is rocked!
Miller moves out of range as Josten throws a body kick.
Oh Josten is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Josten tries to work over Miller's front leg with a kick but Miller checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Josten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Josten seems to have got his legs back now.
A combination from Josten does no damage.
Miller ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Josten looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Erik Josten's cut is getting worse.
Some bone on bone action there as Miller checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Miller rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Josten moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Josten takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Josten gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Josten pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Miller.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Miller.
Miller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Miller lands a shoulder strike.
Miller softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Josten prevents Miller from breaking the clinch.
Miller lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Josten.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Miller.
Josten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Miller has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Miller presses Josten against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Miller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Miller throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Miller works on Josten's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Miller on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Miller.
Miller cracks Josten with a nice body shot.
Miller lands a right hand that snaps the head of Josten backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miller lands a body punch.
Miller dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Josten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Denny Miller showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Erik Josten's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Josten misses with a hook.
Miller tries to clinch up.
Josten takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Josten throws a head kick that misses.

Miller forces Josten back against the cage and clinches.
Miller avoiding damage.

Josten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Josten lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Miller has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Miller and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The fight stays on the outside here - Miller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Miller clobbers Josten with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Miller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Josten was well out of range. Poor timing from Miller.
Josten swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Miller lands a right hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Miller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Josten's elbow.
Miller holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Miller misses with a body punch.
Josten misses with a knee to the head.
Josten tries to break free but Miller pushes him back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Miller.
Miller lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Miller scores with a shoulder strike.
Josten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miller blocks it with crossed arms.
Miller has a couple of punches blocked by Josten.
Josten tries to throw a body punch but Miller avoids it by throwing Josten back against the cage.
Miller lands a hook that snaps the head of Josten backwards.
Josten is trying to break the clinch but Miller has him pressed against the cage.
Miller working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller scores with a nice hook to the head.
Josten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Miller has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Miller lands a nice uppercut.

Erik Josten's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Josten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Miller has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Miller digs a right hand underneath Josten's ribcage. Josten let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Miller gets through Josten's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Miller working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Josten misses with the head strike.
Miller lands a body shot.
Miller working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Miller creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Josten's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Josten drops to his knees and Miller pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Denny Miller!
In his post fight interview, Denny Miller started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.