PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ken Miller (ranked 17031 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reginald Brooks (ranked 17131 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller comes to the cage accompanied by 2pac - Im A Souljah. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Miller
vs
Brooks

162 cm
33
139 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

168 cm
33
142 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ken Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reginald Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks scores with a nice right hand.
Brooks slips under a jab from Miller.
Miller tries to move into range but Brooks moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Miller bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brooks's head.
Brooks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Miller. Those never looked like landing.
Brooks swinging wildly here.
Brooks blocks a low kick nicely.
Miller misses the shot to the body.
Brooks connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Miller looks to land a body kick but Brooks moved away.
Brooks throws a lazy uppercut
and Miller counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brooks thinking.
Miller fails to land the takedown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miller takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Miller tries to clinch there but Brooks circles away.
Miller steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Brooks. That one must have hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brooks wants to counter with a clinch but Miller pushes him away.
Miller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brooks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brooks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Miller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Miller dips to his left and cracks Brooks with an uppercut!
Miller throws a leg kick but Brooks sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brooks tries to counter with a clinch but Miller shakes him off and moves away.
Brooks moves away from the strike by Miller.
Miller connects with a crisp jab.
Brooks takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A head kick misses from Miller.
Brooks looks to throw the jab but Miller is out of range.
Miller avoids the body shot from Brooks.
Miller is looking to counter punch.
Brooks pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Miller keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brooks.
Miller was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Miller does it's job there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Brooks just misses with a punch to the body.
Miller throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reginald Brooks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brooks throws a nice outside leg kick.
Miller misses with a body kick.
Brooks throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Brooks connects with a leg kick. Miller looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brooks scores with a head kick.

It looks like Ken Miller has been cut.
Brooks moves out of range as Miller strikes.
A left lands for Miller.
Brooks throws a jab but it's blocked by Miller.
Miller fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Miller takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice body kick from Brooks.
Miller waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brooks.
Brooks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks stuns Miller with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brooks swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Miller decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Miller winds up and cracks Brooks with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Miller lands with a punch from half guard.
Brooks controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Brooks has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Miller is working away from the top position though.
Miller is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Brooks is looking for a sweep. Miller is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brooks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Miller.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller working over Brooks with some ground and pound. Brooks looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Miller wants to control but Brooks is keeping him busy.
Miller drops an elbow to the side of Brooks's head.
Miller trying to control from half guard but Brooks is working away.
Miller working the head and body with strikes.
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!
Brooks is looking to improve his position.
Miller not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Miller is pressing down on Brooks's thigh, looking to free his foot. Brooks is holding on for now.
Brooks gets back to full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Brooks holds on and takes a little breather.
Brooks is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
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 Ken Miller will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ken Miller's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Brooks misses with a wild body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Miller.
Brooks will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Miller closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Miller lands in his opponent's guard.
Miller sitting in guard here, content to control.
Miller stopping the sweep attempt from Brooks.
Miller throws a big right hand that misses.
Ken Miller overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brooks controls Miller momentarily but Miller frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miller lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Brooks is looking for a triangle but Miller pushes his legs off easily.
Miller stands and throws Brooks's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks is trying to control Miller's posture but Miller avoids it.
Miller is looking to take a break and control but Brooks is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Miller cracks Brooks with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Brooks is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Miller's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Brooks has his hands clasped together around Miller's back. He's all about the action.
Let's hope that Brooks has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brooks tries to roll over but Miller keeps him under control.

Brooks actively working from the bottom here.
Brooks is looking to control Miller's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Brooks avoid being mounted?
Miller wants to take a breather but Brooks is having none of it.
Brooks gets full guard.
Miller showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Miller lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Brooks looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Miller is in close to Brooks's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Brooks is looking for a triangle but Miller pushes his legs off easily.
Miller is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Miller tries to free his leg and advance position but Brooks is retaining full guard.
Miller trying to control but Brooks is working from the bottom.
Miller stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brooks swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Miller wants to control from the top but Brooks keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks pulls Miller in close to prevent any damage.
Miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Brooks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Miller in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Brooks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Miller wants to pass the guard but Brooks is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brooks has Miller pulled in close to control his posture.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Miller slips a jab from Brooks.
Miller is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brooks.
Brooks misses with a left hand
and Miller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've been informed that Brooks has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Miller tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Miller dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ken Miller's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Miller is looking to clinch.
Brooks fails to land with a series of punches.
Miller keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brooks throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brooks misses the jab.
Brooks lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Brooks throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Miller.
Brooks misses with a hook.
Brooks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brooks throws a left and a right that both miss
and Miller counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Miller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Miller lands with an uppercut that bounces Brooks off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miller throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch combination from Miller misses.
Brooks misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks misses with a looping left.
Brooks ducks under a wild hook from Miller.
Brooks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Miller.
Miller with a nice cross.
Miller with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Brooks thows a body kick. Miller tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Miller.
A swing and a miss from Brooks.
Brooks throws a leg kick but Miller checks it.
Miller throws a solid leg kick but Brooks takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Miller.
Miller blocks a leg kick.
Miller feinted there with a counter leg kick.

Miller closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Miller is trying to get an arm triangle but Brooks is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller lands an elbow.
Miller staying calm.
Reginald Brooks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Miller has hold of Brooks's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Brooks seems comfortable defending it but Miller has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Brooks is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Brooks is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Miller couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ken Miller!
Ken Miller bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.