PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zack Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Genovese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Genovese has chosen Kick-Ass: Music Soundtrack as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Miller
vs
Genovese

178 cm
33
153 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

173 cm
23
157 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zack Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Genovese!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller looks to land a combination but Genovese avoids it well.
Genovese misses with a few strikes there.
Genovese has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Miller.
Miller misses with a takedown attempt - Genovese sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Genovese gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Miller throws a right hand that Genovese ducks under and follows up with a left that Genovese also avoids with ease.
Miller takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Genovese misses with an attempted mid kick.
Genovese ducks under a wild hook from Miller.
Genovese slaps away a takedown attempt from Miller, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Genovese feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Miller's calf.
Genovese moves in looking to clinch but Miller pushes him off.
Genovese misses with a kick to the body.
Miller closes this distance looking for a takedown but Genovese circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zack Miller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Some bone on bone action there as Genovese checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Miller throws a leg kick but Genovese sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller takes a swing at Genovese's ribcage but misses.
Genovese goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Chris Genovese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miller misses with a series of wild punches.
Genovese throws the kick towards the body but Miller avoids it.
Genovese throws a sloppy head kick and Miller moves out of range easily.
Genovese on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Miller blocks a head kick by Genovese.
A nice inside leg kick there by Genovese. That's going to slow Miller down.
Miller misses with a looping right.
Genovese connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Miller's hands.
Miller throws a right hand that Genovese ducks under and follows up with a left that Genovese also avoids with ease.
Miller stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Genovese.
Genovese tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Genovese misses with a body kick.
Genovese slips a jab and a cross from Miller.
Genovese connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Genovese dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Miller. That did some damage!
Miller misses with a wild body shot.
Genovese tries to land a front kick but Miller steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Miller swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Genovese lands a nice looking kick to the body. Miller takes a step back to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Genovese. That's going to slow Miller down.
Miller misses the shot to the body.
Genovese bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Miller steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Genovese. That one must have hurt.
Genovese thuds his right hand into Miller's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A nice inside leg kick there by Genovese. That's going to slow Miller down.
Miller throws a low kick but it's checked well by Genovese.
Genovese throws a combination. Miller tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nice defenses there by Genovese.
Miller swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller throws a looping overhand right but Genovese ducks down to avoid it.
Genovese lands with an overhand left.
Miller fails to land with a series of punches.
Genovese tests Miller's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Genovese lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Miller thuds his right hand into Genovese's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Genovese scores with a jab to the head.
Miller takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chris Genovese is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Genovese closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Miller breaks the clinch.
Miller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Genovese connects with a looping right hand.
Genovese throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Genovese throws a wild body kick that Miller sees coming a mile off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Genovese gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Genovese lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Miller breaks the clinch.
Genovese tries to clinch but Miller moves out of range.
Genovese looks to land a body kick but Miller moved away.
Miller looks to score with a jab to the body but Genovese is just out of range.
Miller misses with a double jab.
Miller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Genovese throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Genovese lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Miller stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Genovese.
Genovese misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Miller drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Genovese keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.
Genovese wants to stand up but Miller is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Miller keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Genovese.
Miller goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Genovese is rocked!
Genovese showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Miller.
Genovese is still on wobbly legs! Can Miller finish him?
Miller fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miller throws a series of punches but Genovese avoids them all with ease.
Miller tries to bum rush Genovese with a series of wild strikes but Genovese uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Miller throws a right and a left that Genovese avoids nicely.

Miller closes the distance looking for a takedown. Miller picks Genovese up and slams him brutally to the floor. Genovese is out! He's out cold! Wow, you don't see a finish like that every day!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Zack Miller!