PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Larry Miller (ranked 22537 p4p, 746 weight class) and Gene Tunney (ranked 9168 p4p, 676 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Miller
vs
Tunney

185 cm
21
198 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
199 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Larry Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gene Tunney !
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tunney waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Miller.
Tunney misses with a looping right.
Tunney connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Miller momentarily.
Miller misses with a few strikes there.
Miller shoots in but no luck this time.
Tunney looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Miller has Tunney up against the cage in a clinch.

Tunney breaks the clinch.

Miller darts in and clinches Tunney up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tunney slows down the pace here.
Tunney can't break the clinch.
Tunney stops a takedown attempt from Miller.
Miller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tunney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Miller lands a hook that snaps the head of Tunney backwards.
Tunney wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tunney .
Miller controlling the action here for a moment.
Miller is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tunney pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Larry Miller. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Miller breaks the clinch.
Miller shoots for a double leg takedown but Tunney sprawls well. He's pushed Miller's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tunney lands with an uppercut that bounces Miller off the cage and back into range.
Miller misses with a lunging right hand
and Tunney counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Larry Miller has been cut.

Tunney drops Miller with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Miller looks back up at him and smiles so Tunney waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Miller is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Miller has his takedown stuffed
and Tunney counters with a huge right that knocks Miller out cold! Tunney is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gene Tunney !