PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Santucho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller comes to the cage accompanied by Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA. The key to victory for John Miller has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Miller
vs
Santucho

196 cm
25
276 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

195 cm
25
253 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Santucho!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santucho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Miller tries to clinch but Santucho moves out of range.
Miller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santucho.
Santucho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Miller.
Santucho slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Miller tries to clinch up.
Miller tries to grapple but his opponent circles

so Santucho counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Santucho stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Miller swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Santucho looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Santucho trying to control the position from guard on top but Miller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santucho controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Santucho trying to control the position from guard on top but Miller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Pablo Santucho hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Miller tries to clinch there but Santucho circles away.

Miller gets tackled into the cage by Santucho. Santucho maintains the clinch.
Santucho has Miller pressed against the cage, preventing Miller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Miller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Miller is looking to break free of the clinch but Santucho has double underhooks.
Miller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Miller is trying to break the clinch but Santucho has him pressed against the cage.
Santucho blocks an elbow strike from Miller.
Miller lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Miller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santucho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Santucho misses.
Miller buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Santucho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Miller manages to avoid it.
Santucho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Miller doesn't seem bothered though.
Miller with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Santucho to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santucho throws a shot from downtown. Miller moves away and avoids it.

Miller gets tackled into the cage by Santucho. Santucho maintains the clinch.
Miller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santucho will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Miller up against the cage.
Santucho misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santucho taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Santucho blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Miller.
Miller pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Miller is looking to break free of the clinch but Santucho has double underhooks.
Santucho blocks an elbow strike from Miller.
Santucho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Miller's elbow.

Miller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Miller moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Miller.
Santucho will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Miller up against the cage.
Miller scores with a shot to the side of Santucho's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller letting Santucho take a breather here.
Miller swings wildly with an uppercut but Santucho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Miller throws an elbow that misses.
Miller has a couple of punches blocked by Santucho.
Santucho tries to throw a body punch but Miller avoids it by throwing Santucho back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Santucho.
Miller is looking to control Santucho's arms but Santucho gets an underhook and turns him. Now Miller has his back to the cage.
Miller scores with a nice hook to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miller has a couple of punches blocked by Santucho.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Miller.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Santucho swats away the attempt to clinch by Miller.
Santucho 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.

Santucho closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Miller did well to prevent Santucho getting side control.
Santucho not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Santucho working over Miller with some ground and pound. Miller looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Miller tries to get to full guard but Santucho has control of the leg.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Santucho seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Miller is looking to control Santucho's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Miller avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santucho trying to control from half guard but Miller is working away.
Santucho looks to land a strike but Miller avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Santucho trying to control the position from guard on top but Miller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santucho is looking to work some ground and pound but Miller has wrist control.
Santucho is working Miller over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Santucho wants to control from the top but Miller keeps moving.
Miller knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santucho on the ground.
Santucho in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santucho with a flurry of punches that miss.
Santucho missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Santucho sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Miller on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Miller tries to get out of the position.
Santucho content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Miller working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Santucho.
Santucho working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Santucho throws a big elbow that misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Santucho trying to control but Miller is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller has momentary wrist control but Santucho slips an elbow through the middle.
Santucho postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Miller keeping moving, preventing Santucho from controlling successfully.
Santucho controlling from the top position.
Santucho landing with the ground and pound.
Pablo Santucho has got the better of the ground game so far.
Santucho wants to control from the top but Miller keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santucho slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Santucho postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Santucho stands up over Miller, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Santucho working some strikes from top position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santucho chips away with some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santucho is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Santucho is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Santucho works over Miller with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Santucho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Miller blocks a leg kick.
Santucho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Miller.
Miller moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Pablo Santucho has been cut.
A bone on bone clash there as Miller blocks the leg kick.
Miller tries to clinch but Santucho is having none of it.
Miller moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Miller avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A big left from Santucho misses.
A clash of legs there as Miller blocks the low kick.
John Miller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santucho throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A clash of legs there as Miller blocks the low kick.
Santucho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Miller.
Miller tries to clinch
and Santucho counters with a nice leg kick.
Miller tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santucho shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Miller pinned against the cage. Miller gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Santucho circles away from the clinch attempt.
John Miller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santucho loads up on a big right hand but Miller slips the punch.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch but Santucho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Miller wants to clinch but Santucho slips to the side
and Santucho makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Miller slips a straight right by Santucho.
Miller throws a right hand that Santucho ducks under and follows up with a left that Santucho also avoids with ease.
Miller jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Miller stuffs the takedown.
Miller throws a right and a left that Santucho avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Miller closes the distance looking to clinch

and Santucho decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Miller's guard.
Miller looking for a sweep. Not yet Miller, not yet.
Santucho working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santucho postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Santucho stays in close to Miller's body and controls the position.
Santucho trying to control the position from guard on top but Miller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santucho showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Santucho is looking to work some ground and pound but Miller has wrist control.
Pablo Santucho is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Santucho wants to pass the guard but Miller is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santucho working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Santucho trying to control the position from guard on top but Miller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santucho stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Miller swivels though and keeps the full guard.
John Miller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santucho has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Pablo Santucho was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Santucho misses with a body shot.
Santucho throws a low kick but Miller avoids it.
Santucho swats away the attempt to clinch by Miller.
Miller gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Santucho.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Miller misses its intended target.
Santucho misses with a body kick.
Miller tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santucho counters with a nice low kick that buckles Miller's knee momentarily.
A slow jab from Santucho misses its intended target.

Santucho gets the takedown into side control.
Santucho cracks Miller with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Santucho has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Santucho lands a few punches from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santucho scoring with punches from side control.
Santucho lands a nice forearm strike.
Santucho in side control lands a decent elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Santucho comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Santucho winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 26:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Santucho!