PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jakob Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rinta Pelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller comes to the cage accompanied by Legendary. Rinta Pelle will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Miller
vs
Pelle

212 cm
26
270 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

193 cm
26
276 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jakob Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rinta Pelle!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pelle misses with a hook to the body
and Miller counters with an inside leg kick.
Pelle throws a big shot that misses.
Pelle scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice defenses there by Miller.
Pelle throws a lazy uppercut

and Miller counters with a single leg into guard. Pelle didn't expect that.
Miller with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pelle is trying to control the position but Miller postures up.
Miller wants to control from the top but Pelle keeps moving.
Miller won't allow Pelle to get back to his feet.
Miller preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pelle throws a poor cross that misses

and Miller counters by moving into the clinch.
Pelle misses with some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Miller just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pelle's brow.
Miller throws an elbow that misses.
Pelle looking to stall.
Miller misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pelle wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Miller lands an elbow just above Pelle 's eye.

It looks like Rinta Pelle has been cut.
Miller drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pelle gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A nice left hand lands by Pelle.
Miller misses with a knee to the head.
Pelle lands a shot to the body.
Pelle is trying to maintain a safe position but Miller gets an underhook and turns Pelle into the cage.
Pelle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Miller backwards.
Miller tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelle avoids the damage to the body.
Pelle's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pelle throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Millers head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Miller trying to control the position but instead, Pelle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Miller into the cage.
Miller wants a takedown but no success here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pelle lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Miller or not.
Pelle lands a right hand.
Miller misses with a punch on the inside.
Pelle is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A right hand to the body from Pelle.
Miller is breathing heavily.
Pelle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Miller lands a damaging elbow.
Miller with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Miller unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pelle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miller pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Miller's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pelle blocks an elbow strike.
Pelle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pelle dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Miller throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pelle is trying to force a seperation but Miller has the dominant position.
Miller lands an elbow inside that Pelle shrugs off.
Pelle dodges an elbow strike from Miller.
Miller keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pelle's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller misses with an elbow over the top.
Miller tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pelle avoids it.
Pelle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Miller putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pelle in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Pelle manages to break the clinch.
A big right from Pelle misses.
Miller throws a chopping leg kick but Pelle manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pelle throws a hook to the side of Miller's head but Miller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pelle throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Miller counters with a good low kick that Pelle was not able to check.
Miller looks for a takedown but Pelle sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jakob Miller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pelle misses with a lunging right hand
and Miller counters with a leg kick.
Pelle checks a leg kick.
Rinta Pelle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pelle darts in trying to clinch
and Miller counters with a low kick, right behind Pelle 's knee.
Miller ducks under a wild hook from Pelle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelle falls off balance throwing a combination

and Miller counters by moving into the clinch.
Miller lands a good knee to the midsection. Pelle won't want to take too many of those.

Pelle breaks from the clinch.
Pelle scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Miller looks to clinch
and Miller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Miller throws a leg kick but Pelle moved away.
Miller moves out of range as Pelle strikes.
Pelle throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Miller stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice uppercut lands for Pelle. That snapped Miller's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miller slips a jab from Pelle.
Miller staying out of range there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pelle throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Miller counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pelle's knee momentarily.
Miller walks into a straight right hand from Pelle.
Pelle misses with an uppercut. Miller saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rinta Pelle will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rinta Pelle's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pelle moves to clinch but Miller breaks away

and Miller counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Miller.
Miller wants to stand and escape but instead Pelle has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Pelle preventing the sweep.
Pelle loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Miller looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pelle is one step ahead there.
Miller keeping moving, preventing Pelle from controlling successfully.
Miller looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Pelle puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller is looking for a sweep. Pelle is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miller wants to sweep but Pelle has passed to side control!
Pelle controlling from side mount.
Pelle trying to control the action but Miller is working from the bottom.
Miller tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pelle wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Miller's face as Pelle controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Miller controls the position for a moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rinta Pelle was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Pelle looks to land a left hand but Miller moved out of range nicely.
Pelle misses with the combination.
Rinta Pelle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pelle scores with a hook.
Pelle moves out of range of the leg kick from Miller.
Some wild striking there from Pelle.
Jakob Miller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Miller misses with a straight right.
Pelle throws a combination that misses

and Miller counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Miller gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Miller gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pelle avoiding damage as Miller throws knees to the body.
Pelle lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Miller.
Miller pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle avoids a wild elbow strike from Miller.
Miller tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pelle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Miller throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pelle scores with a nice hook to the head.
Miller keeps control of Pelle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pelle blocks an elbow strike.
Miller throws an elbow that misses.
Miller misses with an elbow over the top.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pelle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pelle pushes Miller back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pelle lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Pelle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Miller looks to land a body kick but Pelle moved away.
Pelle might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Pelle stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pelle swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pelle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pelle scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A clash of legs there as Pelle blocks the low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelle misses with a hook.
Pelle lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Miller is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miller avoids a punch combination nicely.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Pelle! Miller is backing up but he can't get away as Pelle lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Miller and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rinta Pelle!