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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Bula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benny Bula is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benny Bula!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller throws a nice looking combination but Bula bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Miller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Miller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bula manages to avoid it.
Miller looks to land a combination but Bula avoids it well.
Bula fails to land the takedown.
Bula shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Miller defends it nicely.
Miller misses with a series of wild punches.
Bula tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Miller swivels and escapes.
Jay Miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benny Bula.
Bula misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bula dives in and grabs Miller's left leg, looking for a takedown. Miller pushes down on Bula's head and hops out.
Miller wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bula shoots in but Miller avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bula moves in looking to clinch but Miller pushes him off.
Bula shoots in for a double leg but Miller sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Miller rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bula moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller misses with a jab, cross combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Miller misses the target.
Bula shoots in for a takedown but Miller shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bula looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Miller is fending him off so far but Bula persists. Nope, Miller circles away and we're back to standing.
Bula looks gassed!
Miller lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Miller drives through and clinches with Bula against the cage.
Miller working Bula over with knees to the body.
Miller could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Miller landing knees to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Miller.
Miller breaks the clinch.
No luck for Bula with that takedown attempt.
Miller just misses with a punch to the body.
Miller fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bula on the side of the head.
Miller misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Miller misses.
Miller throws a series of punches but Bula avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bula circles away quickly and effectively.
Bula tries to clinch up but Miller circles away and keeps his distance.
Miller finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Miller swings for the body but Bula moves out of range.
Miller defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bula.
Miller misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bula darts in and clinches Miller up against the cage.
Miller lands a knee to the body.
Bula takes a shot to the head.
Miller lands a good knee to the midsection. Bula won't want to take too many of those.
Miller stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Miller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bula avoiding damage as Miller throws knees to the body.
Miller scores with a hook to the body.
Miller misses with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bula drags the fight down to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bula avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Miller tries to free his leg and advance position but Bula is retaining full guard.
Miller wanted to stand there but Bula had control of the position.
Bula looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Miller looking to pass the guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Miller misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bula with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Miller to score with a decent uppercut.
Bula tries to clinch up but Miller circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Miller rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bula moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Miller throws a body kick that misses.
Some wild striking there from Miller.
A telegraphed right hand from Miller misses the target.
Miller misses with a double jab.
Miller throws a hook but Bula avoids it easily.
Miller throws a right and a left that Bula avoids nicely.
Miller shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bula is trying to defend but Miller finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Miller wants to stand but Bula has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Bula won't allow Miller to pass to mount.
Miller trying to control the action but Bula is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Miller dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Miller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Miller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jay Miller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A clash of legs there as Bula blocks the low kick.
Miller slaps away a takedown attempt from Bula, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Miller throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No luck for Bula with that takedown attempt.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bula swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jay Miller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Miller lunges at Bula with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bula's hand.
Miller slaps away a takedown attempt from Bula, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jay Miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benny Bula.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miller darts in and clinches Bula up against the cage.
Miller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bula shoots for a double leg takedown but Miller sprawls well. He's pushed Bula's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bula shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Miller as he avoids it easily.
A combination from Miller does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller swings for the body but Bula moves out of range.
Miller fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bula moves away.
Miller tries to bum rush Bula with a series of wild strikes but Bula uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Miller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bula looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Miller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Miller avoids a punch combination nicely.
A nice combination there by Miller.
Bula throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Miller's waist but Miller gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bula off to one side.
Miller will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Miller moves in looking to clinch but Bula pushes him off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Miller.
Miller is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bula closes the distance and clinches up with Miller, looking for a takedown. Bula pushes Miller against the cage but Miller circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Miller moves into the clinch.
Bula avoids a wild elbow strike from Miller.
Miller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Miller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Miller throws a nice looking combination but Bula bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bula avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Miller thows a body shot but no joy.
Miller throws a right and a left that Bula avoids nicely.
Miller misses with a head kick.
Miller displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bula shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Miller sprawls well. Miller wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bula gets slowly back to his feet.
Miller misses with a wild combination.
Bula dives in and grabs Miller's left leg, looking for a takedown. Miller pushes down on Bula's head and hops out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Miller lands an elbow that stopped Bula in his tracks for a moment.
Miller prevents Bula from breaking the clinch.
Miller using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Miller lands a good knee to the midsection. Bula won't want to take too many of those.
Miller crunches a lovely knee into Bula's ribcage.
Bula managing to block the knees to the body from Miller.
Bula is trying to break the clinch but Miller is controlling him.
Bula looking to slow down the pace here.
Miller slowing the pace effectively.
Miller presses Bula against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Miller unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bula lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Miller's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bula shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Miller as he avoids it easily.
Miller throws a right and a left that Bula avoids nicely.
Bula shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Miller defends it nicely.
Bula slips a jab and a cross from Miller.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bula shoots for a takedown but Miller saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
No joy there for Miller, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bula fails with a takedown attempt.
Miller misses the shot to the body.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch but Bula swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bula misses with a takedown attempt - Miller sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Miller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bula.
Miller throws a series of punches but Bula avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Miller, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Miller dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Bula shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice sprawl there from Miller as Bula shoots in.
Miller looks to land a combination. Bula sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bula dodges the punch combination from Miller.
Miller fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bula keeps the fight on the outside.
Bula throws a series of punches but Miller avoids them all with ease.
Bula displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Miller throws out the jab.
Bula avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bula checks a leg kick.
Miller closes the distance but Bula moves to the side
and Bula counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bula throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bula pushing down on Miller's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bula is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Miller sees it coming and defends easily.
Miller pushes Bula off looking to stand but Bula dives back in and keeps control.
Bula is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Miller is defending against the submission attempts here by Bula.
Bula wants to stand up but Miller is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bula not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Miller blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bula.
Bula not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bula missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Miller throws a body punch but Bula moves out of range.
Miller swinging wilding here.
Bula tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Miller swivels and escapes.
Jay Miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benny Bula.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller misses with a series of wild punches.
Miller throws a nice looking combination but Bula bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Miller tries a low kick but Bula avoids it.
Miller fails to land with a series of punches.
Bula with a poor takedown
and Miller counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Miller.
Miller misses with a two punch combination.
Miller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Miller. Bula does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bula changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Miller tries to avoid it but Bula manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Miller to the ground. Miller escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bula swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Miller stuns Bula with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bula is looking to clinch but Miller is avoiding it.
Bula with a poor takedown
and Miller counters with a left to the body.
Miller throws a body punch but Bula moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bula looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Miller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bula was well out of range. Poor timing from Miller.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bula is defended easily by Miller.
Miller fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miller pushes Bula up against the cage in a clinch.
Benny Bula has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Miller is leaning against Bula and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Miller lands with a short shot to the head.
Miller lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bula backwards.
Miller tries to throw a body punch but Bula avoids it by throwing Miller back against the cage.
Miller tries to work over Bula's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Miller breaks the clinch.
Miller misses with the combination.
Bula is trying hard to land a takedown here. Miller sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jay Miller is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A slapping body kick lands there for Miller.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Benny Bula.
I think Miller 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Miller!
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