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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Schmelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schmelly is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Possibility. This should be fireworks!
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170 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andrew Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Barry Schmelly!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Miller. Schmelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Miller misses with a kick to the body.
Miller gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Miller has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Schmelly clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Schmelly defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Miller's arms.
Schmelly trying to control the hands but Miller breaks the grip.
Schmelly is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Schmelly tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Miller with good strikes from the mount here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miller with the ground and pound from mount.
Schmelly tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Schmelly is in all sorts of trouble here.
Miller unloading with bombs!
Miller takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Schmelly in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schmelly tries to reverse the position but Miller maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schmelly wants to hold on but Miller pushes him away.
Miller putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Miller takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Schmelly in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schmelly sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Schmelly looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmelly makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Schmelly.
Schmelly controls Miller momentarily but Miller frees himself.
Miller trying to control but Schmelly is working from the bottom.
Miller is really struggling to control Schmelly but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Miller landing some decent shots from guard.
Schmelly had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Miller defends it easily.
Miller landing with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmelly had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Miller defends it easily.
Miller wants to control from the top but Schmelly keeps moving.
Schmelly escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Miller gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Miller passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Miller slows the pace down.
Miller is chipping away with strikes.
Miller lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller is trying to get an arm triangle but Schmelly is defending well.
Miller looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Schmelly tries to buck Miller off but Miller is having none of it.
Schmelly takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schmelly is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Schmelly is trying to control Miller's posture but Miller avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miller working the ground and pound.
Schmelly wants to control but Miller postures up.
Miller cracks Schmelly with a big right hand but Schmelly just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrew Miller dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Miller looking to score a takedown here. Schmelly is defending well but Miller drives through and ends up in Schmelly's guard.
Miller lands a couple of elbows.
Miller postures up and lands a big shot to Schmelly's brow.
Miller wants to pass the guard but Schmelly is keeping the position.
Miller has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Schmelly working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Miller doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Miller manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Schmelly pulls Miller in close to prevent any damage.
Miller trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Schmelly throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Schmelly looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
Schmelly throws his legs up looking for a submission but Miller uses it to pass to side control.
Miller is chipping away with strikes.
Miller grinds an elbow into Schmelly's temple.
Miller working the ground and pound.
Schmelly is looking to regain half guard here but Miller keeps moving and retains side control.
Miller is trying to get an arm triangle but Schmelly is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miller lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Schmelly down.
You can see the frustration on Schmelly's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Schmelly is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller is chipping away with strikes.
Miller looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Miller lands some shots froms side control.
Schmelly is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Schmelly is trying to get back to half guard.
Schmelly taking punishment in the form of punches.
Schmelly can't do much from the bottom here.
Miller is chipping away with strikes.
Schmelly can't do much from the bottom here.
Andrew Miller is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Miller controlling the position from side mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmelly taking a bit of punishment here - Miller scoring with strikes.
Miller landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Miller in side control lands a decent elbow.
You can see the frustration on Schmelly's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Schmelly is trying to escape the position but Miller is controlling the position.
Schmelly is trying to get back to half guard.
Miller takes a little break here. Schmelly wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller looks up at the clock and then as Schmelly takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Miller smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Schmelly tries to bench press Miller off him but Miller keeps the position.
Miller taking a breather here.
Miller's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miller is looking to take a break and control but Schmelly is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Schmelly wants to control but Miller postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miller happy to just control the position for now.
Barry Schmelly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Schmelly gets back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Miller showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Miller has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Andrew Miller!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Andrew Miller!
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Andrew Miller!
Andrew Miller wins by unanimous decision!
Andrew Miller gave a mention to Hilo Nutrition Laundry 95 % in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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