PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Random Collective (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collective kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Barricade. Jimmy Miller is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Collective
vs
Miller

175 cm
29
175 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

185 cm
34
184 lbs
15 - 22 - 2

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Random Collective!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Miller!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collective misses the jab.
Collective misses the jab.
Collective tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Collective throws a hook to the side of Miller's head but Miller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Miller lands a head kick!
Miller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Collective.
Collective throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Miller feints and as Collective raises his hands in defense, Miller changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Miller stands up and waves to Collective to follow him.
Collective closes the distance looking to clinch
and Miller counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Collective thows a body shot but no joy.
Miller lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Collective tries to clinch but Miller moves away
and Miller counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Miller.

Miller gets a clinch.

Miller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Miller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Random Collective is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Collective throws a body punch but Miller moves out of range.
Miller misses with the combination.
Miller throws the left hand but Collective avoids the punch easily.
Collective wants to clinch.
Miller looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Collective moves into the clinch.
Miller can't break the clinch.
Collective keeps control of Miller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Collective jumps guard but Miller turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller is looking to take this one to the mat.
With the fighters up against the cage, Collective throws an elbow but misses.
Miller is trying to force a seperation but Collective has the dominant position.
Collective prevents Miller from breaking the clinch.

Collective breaks from the clinch.
Miller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Collective.
Collective swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Collective tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Miller counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miller moves out of range of the body kick.
Miller pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Collective misses with a looping right.
Collective takes a swing at Miller's ribcage but misses.
Collective is looking to clinch.
Collective tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick lands from Miller.
Collective keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Collective, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Collective moves to clinch but Miller breaks away
and Miller counters with a nice leg kick.
Collective looks to score with a jab to the body but Miller is just out of range.

Miller closes the distance and clinches.
A body shot lands from Collective.

Miller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Collective is looking to wear down Miller with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Collective showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Miller.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch but Miller swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Collective tries to clinch up
and Miller counters with a one-two to the body.
A shot to the body from Collective misses
and Miller makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Collective checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Collective swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Collective tries to clinch there but Miller circles away.
Collective is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Miller.
Miller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Miller throws a series of punches but Collective avoids them all with ease.
Collective dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Collective ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Miller moves away.
Collective missing with a left hand there. Miller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Collective lands with a right hand.
Collective misses the body punch
and Miller counters with a one-two to the body.
Collective throws a predictable looking body shot
and Miller counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Collective misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Miller counters with a two punch combo.
Collective misses with a looping left.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Miller throws a body punch but Collective moves out of range.
A combination from Miller does no damage.
Collective lands a leg kick that knocks Miller off balance momentarily.
Miller looks to land a combination. Collective sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Collective is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Miller's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Miller fails to land with a series of punches.
Miller circles away from the clinch attempt.
Miller avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Collective misses with a wild body shot.
Collective missing with a left hand there. Miller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Random Collective seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miller moves out of range as Collective strikes.
Collective closes the distance looking to clinch
and Miller counters with a series of strikes. Collective will be more careful next time no doubt.

Collective clinches up with Miller and pushes him back against the cage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Miller avoiding damage as Collective throws knees to the body.
Miller is looking to break free of the clinch but Collective has double underhooks.
Miller is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Collective is keeping busy.
Collective throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Millers head.

Collective breaks from the clinch.
Collective closes the distance looking to clinch
and Miller counters with a series of strikes. Collective will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice sprawl there from Collective as Miller shoots in.
Collective fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Collective showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Miller.

Collective has managed to clinch.
Collective doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Miller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Miller throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Collective.
Miller misses with a leg kick.
Miller is working the combinations to good effect here.
Collective throws a body punch but Miller moves out of range.
Collective moves in looking to clinch but Miller pushes him off.
Collective swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Collective looks to clinch

and Miller moves into the clinch.

Miller breaks the clinch.
Collective ducks right into an uppercut from Miller.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Miller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Miller tries to clinch up.
Collective feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Millers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Miller paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Collective gets a clinch.
Collective is trying to pull guard but Miller turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Collective lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off.
A short left from Collective.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Collective blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Miller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Collective changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Collective misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Miller.
Collective throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Miller on the side of the head.
Collective scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Collective fails with an attempt to clinch.
Miller throws a right and a left that both miss.
Collective misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Miller counters with a low kick, right behind Collective 's knee.
Collective cracks Miller with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Miller moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Collective throws a lazy uppercut
and Miller counters with a left and a right that stings Collective.
Miller lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Collective throws a hook to the side of Miller's head but Miller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Collective takes the fight into the clinch.
Collective tries to circle away but Miller has him pinned against the cage.
Miller tries to break the clinch but Collective is controlling the position.
Collective is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Collective breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Collective fails in his attempt to clinch.
Collective tries to clinch but Miller is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miller pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Collective slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Collective wants to clinch
and Miller counters with a series of strikes. Collective will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Random Collective will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Collective throws a body punch but Miller moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Collective.
Collective tries to clinch but Miller is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Miller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Miller misses with a two punch combination.
Miller motions for Collective to come forward. Miller throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Collective misses with a looping right.
Miller is looking to clinch but Collective is avoiding it.
Collective fails in his attempt to clinch.
Collective tries to clinch but Miller is having none of it.
Collective misses with a body shot.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Miller paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Miller shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Collective tries to kick Miller off but Miller keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller is pressing down on Collective's thigh, looking to free his foot. Collective is holding on for now.
Collective scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Miller manages to mount him!
Collective really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Miller controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Collective is looking to escape.
Miller looking to control and managing it successfully.
Miller trying to control but Collective is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jimmy Miller.
A looping hook to the body misses from Collective. Miller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Miller swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Miller is looking to clinch.
Collective tries to clinch up but Miller circles away and keeps his distance.
Collective looks to score with a jab to the body but Miller is just out of range.
Collective misses the shot to the body.
Collective swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Miller. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collective misses with a body shot
and Miller counters with a left and a right that stings Collective.

Collective closes the distance and clinches.
Collective misses with an elbow strike.
Miller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Collective lands a nice elbow.
Collective keeps control of Miller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Miller prevents a body shot from Collective.
Miller is trying to break free.
Miller tries to circle away but Collective has him pinned against the cage.
Collective is trying to force a seperation but Miller has the dominant position.

Miller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the body from Collective misses
enabling Miller to counter with a crisp jab.
Miller misses with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Collective avoids a punch combination nicely.
Miller throws a head kick but Collective moves out of range.
Random Collective is winning the standup battle so far.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Collective moves into the clinch successfully.

Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Miller moves out of range of the strikes.
Miller misses with the combination.
Miller lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Collective circles away quickly and effectively.
Miller has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Collective tries to clinch but Miller moves out of range.
Collective avoids a punch combination nicely.
Miller throws a right and a left that both miss.
Miller is breathing heavily.
Collective closes the distance looking to clinch
and Miller counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Miller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Collective fails in his attempt to clinch.
Collective tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Miller manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Collective lands an overhand right.
Collective cracks a nice hook into Miller's ribs.
Collective wants to clinch up but Miller keeps it at a distance.
Miller circles away from the clinch attempt.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up but Miller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A shot to the body from Collective misses
and Miller counters with a low kick, right behind Collective 's knee.
Collective takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Miller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Miller stalks Collective and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Collective's face. Collective staggers backwards, shaken.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Collective swings away with a body shot that misses

and Miller counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Miller wants to take the fight to the mat but Collective manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Collective tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Miller manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Collective looks to throw the jab but Miller is out of range.

Collective moves into the clinch.

Collective breaks from the clinch.
Miller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Miller shoots in looking for a takedown. Collective tries to sprawl out of it but Miller keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Collective manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Collective throws a looping overhand right but Miller ducks down to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Collective. Beautiful body shot.
Collective takes a swing at Miller's ribcage but misses.

Collective has closed the distance and engaged Miller in a clinch.
Miller takes a shot to the head.
Collective keeps control of Miller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Collective connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Miller momentarily.

Miller is rocked!
Collective lands a nice shot to the body.
Miller is still on wobbly legs! Can Collective finish him?
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!

Collective moves into the clinch.
Collective unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Miller! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Collective is unloading with more strikes now! Miller drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Random Collective!
An out of breath Random Collective thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.