PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerman Christ (ranked 1494 p4p, 1736 weight class) and Joel Miller (ranked 220 p4p, 259 weight class). Joel Miller has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jerman Christ's chin.

Christ
vs
Miller

195 cm
23
205
7 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
214
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jerman Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Joel Miller!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christ connects with a single shot there.
Christ scores with a nice strike.
Christ looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jerman Christ seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christ tests Miller's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sloppy strikes from Miller. Those never looked like landing.
Miller jabs at Christ's body.
Christ throws a combination that misses
enabling Miller to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Miller misses.
Christ attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Miller throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Christ counters with a straight right hand.
Christ misses the body punch
and Miller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miller staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ scores with a leg kick.
Christ throws a jab but it's blocked by Miller.
Christ misses with a left hand
and Miller counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Jerman Christ has been cut.
Christ with a nice cross.
Christ swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Miller cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Miller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Christ wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Christ throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Miller to counter with a crisp jab.

Christ is rocked!
Christ throws a lazy uppercut
and Miller counters with a big left hand that crumples Christ! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joel Miller!
During a confident post fight interview, Joel Miller thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.