PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mamadou Sakho (ranked 6811 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cam Miller (ranked 8670 p4p, 0 weight class). Mamadou Sakho has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sakho
vs
Miller

190 cm
21
216 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

185 cm
18
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mamadou Sakho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cam Miller!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Columbo Gatti and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sakho closes the distance and pushes Miller back into the cage.
Sakho lands a shot to the body.
Sakho lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Miller has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Sakho after a bit of a struggle.
Nice elbow from Sakho.

It looks like Cam Miller has been cut.
Sakho is leaning against Miller and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Miller looks winded!
Sakho lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Sakho turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Sakho manages to end up in side control.
Sakho scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sakho tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Sakho is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Miller knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Miller is being controlled here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakho's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Sakho tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sakho has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Sakho in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Miller is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mamadou Sakho!
Mamadou Sakho took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, IniTech Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.