PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Charlee Chase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Chase
vs
Miller

173 cm
25
134 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

168 cm
25
146 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charlee Chase!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Miller!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chase gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Miller tries to free his leg and advance position but Chase is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miller wanted to stand there but Chase had control of the position.
Miller won't allow Chase to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Miller decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Chase, up you get!

Miller closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Chase makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Chase.

Miller feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Miller pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Chase is keeping the position for now.

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

Chase is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chase is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Chase keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.
Miller passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Miller wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Chase, who protects the arm well.

Miller thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
A control attempt from Chase but he's now mounted!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Miller is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Chase has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Miller is looking to stand but Chase has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.

Miller is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Chase has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Chase!
Miller avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Miller can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chase is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Miller dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Miller shoots in and bounces Chase off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Miller working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Chase is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Miller thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chase trying to strike off his back.

Miller gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Miller darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Miller is looking for a kimura here.
Chase trying to control from the bottom.

Miller is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Miller is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Chase is just riding it out for now. Miller eventually gives up the hold.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Miller is looking for a kimura here.
Miller is breathing heavily.

Miller is trying to work for a kimura but Chase is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chase works his way to full guard. Good work.
Chase trying to keep a closed guard but Miller is proving a slippery customer.

Chase looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Miller passes into half guard.
Chase trying to control but Miller postures up.

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.

Miller is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Chase sees it coming and defends easily.
Miller tries to pass to full mount but Chase defends it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Chase wants to control but Miller is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Miller is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Chase is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nick Miller!
Nick Miller was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.