PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Breannain Miletich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David October (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Miletich
vs
October

179 cm
35
160 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

170 cm
28
147 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Breannain Miletich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David October!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miletich circles away from the clinch attempt.
October tries to clinch but Miletich is having none of it.
Good exchange - Miletich coming out on top.
Miletich takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
October swinging wildly here.
October pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Miletich tries to close the distance and clinch up but October swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It seemed like October was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A jab from October does it's job there.
October misses with the combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Miletich misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miletich throws a good cross that connects.
David October seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
October lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Breannain Miletich has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miletich lands a jab to the head.
Miletich looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by October misses
and Miletich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
October lands with a nice body punch.
October lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Miletich circles away quickly and effectively.

October has Miletich up against the cage in a clinch.
A hook to the body from Miletich.
October doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
I was talking to Miletich's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Miletich lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Miletich is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Miletich gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Miletich misses with a short punch on the inside.
October blocks a punch to the side of the head.
October struggles to land a body shot inside as Miletich controls his hands.
October tries a knee to the head but Miletich blocks it.
Miletich digs a right hand underneath October's ribcage. October let out a lung full of air as it connected.
October throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miletich blocks it with crossed arms.
Miletich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
October misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
October blocks an elbow strike from Miletich.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miletich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Miletich lands a nice elbow.
October prevents a body shot from Miletich.
Miletich misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Miletich throws an elbow but misses.
October tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
October dodges an elbow strike from Miletich.
October scores with a knee to the head.
Miletich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
October tries a knee to the head but Miletich blocks it.
October stalling against the cage.
Miletich misses with some punches.
Miletich misses with an elbow over the top.
October prevents the takedown attempt.
October lands a hook to the side of the head.
Miletich swings wildly with an uppercut but October uses good head movement to avoid it.
October throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miletich lands a shot to the body.
Miletich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with October's elbow.
October with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Miletich lands an elbow inside that October shrugs off.

It looks like David October has been cut.
Miletich lands a nice shot to the body.
October avoiding damage.
October looks to throw an elbow but misses.
October with a knee to the head.
October dodges an elbow strike from Miletich.
Miletich has a couple of punches blocked by October.
October has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Miletich seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if October can turn it around.
Miletich struggles to land a body shot inside as October controls his hands.
October effectively controlling the action here.
October takes a shot to the head.
October tries to land a knee to the head but Miletich blocks with his arms.
October prevents a body shot from Miletich.
October stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Miletich throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
October avoids the elbow strike from Miletich, against the cage.
Miletich misses with a body punch.
October tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Miletich lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
October avoids the elbow strike from Miletich, against the cage.
Miletich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Miletich.
October is looking to control Miletich's arms but Miletich gets an underhook and turns him. Now October has his back to the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for October.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Miletich.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Miletich.
October tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
October works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
October throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miletich blocks it with crossed arms.
Miletich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Miletich misses with a hook to the ribs.
October avoids a wild elbow strike from Miletich.
Miletich throws an elbow that misses.
October trying to control the position but instead, Miletich has worked for underhooks and has pushed October into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Breannain Miletich dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

October throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A slow jab from October misses its intended target.
October fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Miletich manages to avoid it.
David October seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Miletich scores with a shot to the body.
Miletich throws a right and a left that October avoids nicely.
Miletich works the jab nicely.
A head kick from October lands but Miletich takes it in his stride.

October closes the distance and clinches.
Miletich creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A shot in the inside from Miletich.
October looking to throw knees to the head but Miletich is blocking nicely.
October trying to control the position but instead, Miletich has worked for underhooks and has pushed October into the cage.
October misses with the head strike.
October with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Breannain Miletich has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
October blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miletich takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Miletich.
Miletich lands an elbow that stopped October in his tracks for a moment.
Miletich misses with a hook to the ribs.
October landing knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Miletich.
October scores a nice knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
October takes an elbow to the forehead.
October misses with a knee strike.
October lands a body punch.
October throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miletich blocks it with crossed arms.
October has Miletich pressed against the cage.
October with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Miletich lands an elbow inside that October shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
October throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
October dodges an elbow strike from Miletich.
October can't find room to land a body shot as Miletich controls the action.
October misses with a knee strike.
October looking to throw knees to the head but Miletich is blocking nicely.
October lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Miletich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Miletich throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from October.
October is trying to maintain a safe position but Miletich gets an underhook and turns October into the cage.
October throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miletich blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice elbow from Miletich.
Miletich lands an elbow just above October 's eye.
Miletich can't find room to land a body shot as October controls the action.

Miletich works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Miletich drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Miletich jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

October working for a triangle but Miletich defends it easily.
Miletich wants to control from the top but October keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
October trying to keep a closed guard but Miletich is proving a slippery customer.

October looking for a guillotine here but Miletich defends easily.

Miletich drops back looking for a leg! October is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and October manages to kick Miletich off! Miletich jumps back into October's guard.

October had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Miletich defends it easily.
Miletich trying to control the position from guard on top but October is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

October throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Miletich tries to stand but October is controlling from the bottom.
Miletich trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Miletich wants to control from the top but October keeps moving.

October is looking for a triangle but Miletich pushes his legs off easily.
October keeping moving, preventing Miletich from controlling successfully.

October working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Miletich has passed into half guard!
October slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

October is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Miletich is aware though and is defending well.
October is breathing heavily.

October had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Miletich defends it easily.
Miletich advances position into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Breannain Miletich will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

October throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
October looks to land a left hand but Miletich moved out of range nicely.
October misses with a double jab
and Miletich counters with a straight right hand.
Miletich lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Miletich looks to score with a jab to the body but October is just out of range.
Miletich on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Miletich avoids the body shot from October.
A little feinted left hand from Miletich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
October scores with a jab to the jaw.
October wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
October throws an overhand right that lands on Miletich's shoulder, as Miletich tries to avoid the shot.
October staying out of range there.
Miletich looks to land a combination. October sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
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!
Miletich keeps the fight on the outside.
Miletich keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miletich looks to land a right hand but October moved out of range.
Donk. October catches Miletich right on the button with a cross.
A big left from October misses.
October scores with the left hand. Miletich knows he should have avoided that one.
October misses with an uppercut
and October takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Miletich throws a poor cross that misses
and October counters with a nice uppercut.
October connects with the punch.
October tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Miletich tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Miletich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
October throws a low kick but Miletich moves out of range easily.
A little feinted left hand from Miletich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
October tries to clinch up
and Miletich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

October moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miletich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
October dodges an elbow strike from Miletich.
A shot in the inside from October.
Miletich throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Miletich misses with a hook to the ribs.
October with a knee to the head.
October looking to throw knees to the head but Miletich is blocking nicely.
October blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
October throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miletich blocks it with crossed arms.
October looking to throw knees to the head but Miletich is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Miletich throws an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Miletich.
October dodges an elbow strike from Miletich.
Miletich lands an elbow just above October 's eye.
Good body shot from October.
October tries to land a knee to the head but Miletich blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miletich misses with an elbow strike.
October throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miletich blocks it with crossed arms.
October prevents a body shot from Miletich.
October throws a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Miletich scores with a nice short uppercut.
October takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Miletich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
October blocks an elbow strike.
October blocks an elbow strike.
October pushes off an throws an elbow but Miletich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Miletich lands an elbow inside.

October is trying to trip Miletich. He has hold of a leg but Miletich is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. October persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Miletich has his feet on October's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Miletich is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
This has been an exciting period of action!
October cracks the inside of Miletich's front leg.

Miletich drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Breannain Miletich is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
October is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Miletich's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miletich is controlling the pace.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
The fighters are battling for position here. October manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
David October has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Miletich tries to free his leg and advance position but October is retaining full guard.

Miletich thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

October looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Miletich wants to control from the top but October keeps moving.
Miletich is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Miletich looking to pass the guard.
Miletich slips nicely into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Breannain Miletich.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Miletich, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Breannain Miletich!
After winning the bout, Breannain Miletich thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.