PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Miller (ranked 1489 p4p, 2281 weight class) and Adrian Oyelowo (ranked 161 p4p, 225 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Miller
vs
Oyelowo

182 cm
22
155
7 - 3 - 0

184 cm
23
157
5 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joshua Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adrian Oyelowo!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller throws a jab when Oyelowo was well out of range.
A slow jab from Oyelowo misses its intended target.
Oyelowo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Miller misses with a wild combination.
Oyelowo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Miller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oyelowo.
Miller's corner calls for a 1-2. Miller obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Adrian Oyelowo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oyelowo sizes up Miller with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Oyelowo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Miller pinned against the cage. Miller gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Miller misses the jab.
Miller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oyelowo goes for a double leg but Miller avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Miller continues to drive forward.
Oyelowo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Oyelowo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oyelowo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Oyelowo misses with a straight right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oyelowo avoids the body shot from Miller.
Oyelowo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oyelowo shoots in and gets a takedown into Miller's guard.
Oyelowo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Oyelowo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Miller knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oyelowo on the ground.

Oyelowo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Oyelowo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Miller keeping moving, preventing Oyelowo from controlling successfully.
Miller is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Miller wants to sweep here but Oyelowo controlling him for the moment.
Miller working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Oyelowo.
Oyelowo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Miller is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller 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.
Miller on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Miller tries to get out of the position.
Oyelowo lands a couple of digs.

Oyelowo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Oyelowo tries to free his leg and advance position but Miller is retaining full guard.
Oyelowo throwing strikes but missing.
Oyelowo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Miller keeping moving, preventing Oyelowo from controlling successfully.
Oyelowo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Miller has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Oyelowo won't allow Miller to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller is trying to keep Oyelowo in close.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Miller wants to sweep but no luck.
Miller has his hands on Oyelowo's head, controlling the position.
Oyelowo wants to control from the top but Miller keeps moving.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
We've been told by Miller's head coaches at Black Eagle MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Good exchange - Miller coming out on top.
Miller connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Oyelowo's hands.
Miller takes one to the chin there.

Oyelowo has closed the distance and engaged Miller in a clinch.
Oyelowo lands with a light punch inside.
Oyelowo pushes Miller back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Oyelowo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Miller misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oyelowo moves away from the strike by Miller.
Oyelowo misses with a wild combination.
Oyelowo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Miller thows a left - swing and a miss!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miller misses with an uppercut.
A big right from Miller misses.
Oyelowo moves away from the strike by Miller.

Oyelowo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Oyelowo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Oyelowo trying to control the position but Miller is working away.

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

Oyelowo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Oyelowo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Adrian Oyelowo dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Miller is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oyelowo.

Oyelowo shoots in and gets a takedown into Miller's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Oyelowo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Oyelowo is looking to work some ground and pound but Miller has wrist control.
Oyelowo wants to control from the top but Miller keeps moving.
Miller wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Oyelowo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Miller is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Oyelowo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Miller holds on and takes a little breather.
Oyelowo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Oyelowo trying to control but Miller is working from the bottom.
Oyelowo is fighting to break Miller's control of his arms but Miller is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller is looking to sweep but instead, Oyelowo has passed into half guard.
Oyelowo is trying to control. Miller wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Oyelowo is working for a submission of some sort.
Oyelowo thows a huge punch but Miller dodges it nicely.
Miller is trying to get back to full guard.

Oyelowo wants to work for an arm triangle but Miller is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Oyelowo is pressing down on Miller's thigh, looking to free his foot. Miller is holding on for now.
Miller wants to control but Oyelowo is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Oyelowo seems to be looking for submissions.
Oyelowo trying to mount his opponent but Miller defends it.
Oyelowo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Oyelowo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Miller is in trouble now - Oyelowo has advanced to mount!

Oyelowo is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Miller has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Poor strikes thrown by Oyelowo there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Miller defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Oyelowo.
Miller wants to hold on but Oyelowo pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Oyelowo has control of Miller's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Miller regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Miller keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Oyelowo throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Miller keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Oyelowo lands a nice shot to the head.

Oyelowo is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Miller is surviving well by controlling Oyelowo's body position as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller is working to get back to half guard.
Oyelowo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Miller tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Miller defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Oyelowo.

Oyelowo working for a guillotine from mount but Miller is in no mood to give up.
Oyelowo thowing shots but they're missing.
Miller wants to hold on but Oyelowo pushes him away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Miller is wriggling around trying to escape.
Oyelowo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Oyelowo is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Miller has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Oyelowo avoids the attempt from Miller to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Adrian Oyelowo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Miller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oyelowo moves away.
Oyelowo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Oyelowo defending well as Miller loads up on a big left hand.
Oyelowo just misses with a punch to the body.
Oyelowo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Oyelowo slips a jab from Miller.
Oyelowo scores with a nice strike.
Joshua Miller is winning the standup battle so far.
Miller changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oyelowo just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Miller on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Oyelowo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Miller doesn't seem bothered though.
Oyelowo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Miller.
Oyelowo swings for the body but Miller moves out of range.
Miller misses with a hook. Oyelowo ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oyelowo misses with a body shot
and Miller counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Oyelowo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Oyelowo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Miller wants to control but Oyelowo is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller is looking to improve his position.
Miller blocking the ground and pound attempt from Oyelowo.
Miller wants to improve his position but Oyelowo is controlling well.
Oyelowo is thwarting Miller's attempts to control the position.

Oyelowo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Miller is just riding it out for now. Oyelowo eventually gives up the hold.

Oyelowo seems to be working for a kimura but Miller defends the submission attempt.

Oyelowo seems to be looking for submissions.
Oyelowo passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Oyelowo has hold of Miller's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Miller manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Oyelowo is working for a guillotine from mount but Miller frees his head quite easily.
Oyelowo thowing shots but they're missing.
Oyelowo looking to finish with strikes here!

Oyelowo is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Miller can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Miller defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Oyelowo.
Joshua Miller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller tries to reverse the position but Oyelowo maintains control.
Miller is working hard here to advance position.

Oyelowo is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Miller to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Miller shrugs it off.
Oyelowo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Oyelowo throwing strikes here but Miller is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Miller wants to hold on but Oyelowo pushes him away.
Oyelowo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Oyelowo punching from mount but Miller doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Miller sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Oyelowo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Miller is just riding it out for now. Oyelowo eventually gives up the hold.

Oyelowo seems to be working for a kimura but Miller defends the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller is trying to maintain the position but Oyelowo is very close to passing his half guard.
Oyelowo thows a huge punch but Miller dodges it nicely.
Adrian Oyelowo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Miller slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Miller looking to hit a scissor sweep but Oyelowo is one step ahead there.
Oyelowo sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Miller is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adrian Oyelowo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Oyelowo winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 26:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adrian Oyelowo!
Adrian Oyelowo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.