PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kaiji Inoue (ranked 821 p4p, 1012 weight class) and Lynton Miller (ranked 102 p4p, 119 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Inoue might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ladies and Gentlemen (Saliva). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Inoue
vs
Miller

175 cm
24
149
10 - 3 - 0

173 cm
24
159
8 - 3 - 1

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World class MT
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kaiji Inoue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Lynton Miller!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Miller. Inoue does a little dance to reset his feet.
Inoue throws out a leg kick but Miller moves out of range and Inoue only half commits.
Inoue tries to bum rush Miller with a series of wild strikes but Miller uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Miller gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Miller closes the distance and clinches up with Inoue, looking for a takedown. Miller pushes Inoue against the cage but Inoue circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Inoue connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Miller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Inoue was well out of range. Poor timing from Miller.
Miller connects with a crisp jab.
Miller tries for a takedown but Inoue sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Inoue tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Miller was well out of range. Poor timing from Inoue.
Inoue slips under a jab.
Miller swings for the body but Inoue moves out of range.
Inoue moves out of range of the strikes.

Inoue tries to sprawl but Miller drives through with a takedown into half guard.
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!
Inoue wants to improve his position but Miller is controlling well.
Inoue keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inoue trying to control but Miller postures up.
Miller lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Inoue trying to control from the bottom.
Miller sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Inoue defending well though.
Inoue trying to control but Miller postures up.
Miller has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Miller perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Miller is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Inoue gets full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller looking to sit in guard and control but Inoue gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Miller pulls Inoue in close to prevent any damage.
Inoue trying to stand up but can't free himself from Miller's guard.
Inoue won't allow Miller to sweep him here.
Miller has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Inoue has passed into side control.

Inoue stands up and beckons Miller to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Inoue.
Miller throws a leg kick but Inoue moved away.
Inoue uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miller.
Inoue connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Miller throws a body shot but no joy.
Inoue throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Miller walks into a jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Miller.
Kaiji Inoue has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lynton Miller.
An inside leg kick lands from Inoue.

Miller changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Inoue looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller landing strikes.
Miller scores with punches from side control.
Inoue is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Inoue takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Miller lands a few punches from side control.
Miller grinds an elbow into Inoue's temple.
Miller postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Inoue is looking to reverse the position.
Miller creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Inoue is looking to reverse the position.
Miller trying to control the action but Inoue is working from the bottom.
Inoue manages to get back to half guard.
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 Kaiji Inoue will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Inoue jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Miller takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A lazy left from Miller finds it's target.
Miller blocks a jab.
Inoue ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Miller scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Inoue looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Miller missing with a left hand there. Inoue was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Inoue uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miller.

Miller fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Inoue sprawls well initially but Miller persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Inoue is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Miller scores with a couple of nice shots.
Miller working Inoue over with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Inoue has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Miller is working away from the top position though.
Inoue tries to get to full guard but Miller has control of the leg.
Miller is nestled in close to Inoue, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Miller stalling away here and it's allowed Inoue to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Miller cracks Inoue with a solid left hand.
Miller wants to control from the top but Inoue keeps moving.
Miller trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Inoue is controlling Miller's posture.
Inoue 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Miller throws a big elbow that misses.
Miller landing some decent shots from guard.
Miller trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Inoue trying to keep a closed guard but Miller is proving a slippery customer.
Miller loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Inoue bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Miller's guard.

Inoue trying to control but Miller is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Miller bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Inoue's guard.

Miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Inoue is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Miller works over Inoue with some ground and pound from guard.
Miller scoring with some ground and pound.
Miller lands a couple of digs.
Miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Inoue is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Inoue looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Miller passes into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller working the ground and pound.
Miller is chipping away with strikes.
Check out the look on Miller's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Miller cracks Inoue with a big right hand but Inoue just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Miller lands a nice forearm strike.
The strikes coming from Miller are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Inoue is looking to regain half guard here but Miller keeps moving and retains side control.
Miller throws an elbow but Inoue slips to the side and avoids it well.
Miller lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lynton Miller showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Inoue's corner calls for a 1-2. Inoue obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Miller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Miller tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Miller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Inoue throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Miller misses with a straight left.
Miller throws a right hand that misses
and Inoue counters with a nice uppercut.
Inoue moves away from the strike by Miller.
Donk. Inoue catches Miller right on the button with a cross.
Miller shoots in but no luck this time.
Inoue keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Miller misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Inoue there.
Inoue stuffs the takedown attempt from Miller. Miller gets slowly back to his feet.
Jab by Miller.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inoue scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Inoue loads up on a big right hand but Miller slips the punch.
Miller misses with a body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Miller lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Inoue has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Inoue and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Inoue buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Inoue misses with a right hand

and Miller counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Miller working over Inoue with some ground and pound. Inoue looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Miller is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Inoue keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Inoue gets back to full guard.
Miller seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Miller throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Inoue works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Miller trying to control but Inoue is working from the bottom.
Miller postures up.
Miller with a nice head shot there.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Inoue holds on and takes a little breather.
Lynton Miller has got the better of the ground game so far.
Inoue bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Miller's guard.

The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller keeping moving, preventing Inoue from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Miller wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Miller is working an open guard so Inoue takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Kaiji Inoue is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Miller misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Inoue to counter with a crisp jab.
Miller fails with a takedown attempt.
Kaiji Inoue has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lynton Miller.
Miller takes a jab right on the kisser.
Miller tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Inoue defends well and Miller ends up having to push Inoue into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A slow jab from Inoue misses its intended target.
Miller tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Miller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller misses with the combination.
A low kick lands for Inoue.
Inoue does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Inoue's jab looks to have found its range, popping Miller under the eye.
Inoue connects with a solid leg kick.
Inoue turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Inoue scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab from Miller.
Inoue throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Inoue throws a jab when Miller was well out of range.
Miller misses with a left hand
and Inoue cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Inoue slips under a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Inoue on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Inoue throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Miller shoots in and drives through. Inoue sprawls well.
It appears Inoue was looking to counter with a kick there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kaiji Inoue showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Inoue has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaiji Inoue!
Kaiji Inoue spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.