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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keith Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Stephenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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284 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
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230 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Keith Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Carlos Stephenson!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller drives through and clinches with Stephenson against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Stephenson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stephenson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stephenson is trying to break the clinch but Miller has him pressed against the ropes.
Stephenson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Miller has him pressed against the ropes.
Stephenson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Miller can't find room to land a body shot as Stephenson controls the action.
Stephenson breaks the clinch.
Miller dodges the punch combination from Stephenson.
Stephenson is looking to clinch but Miller is avoiding it.
Stephenson tries to keep at a distance but Miller has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stephenson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stephenson moves into the clinch successfully.
A frustrated look appears on Stephenson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Miller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stephenson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Miller stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Miller clinches with his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stephenson is looking to control Miller's arms but Miller gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stephenson has his back to the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Stephenson after a bit of a struggle.
Stephenson tries to break free but Miller pushes him back against the ropes.
Stephenson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Miller has him pressed against the ropes.
Stephenson wants to get back to striking at distance but Miller won't allow it.
Stephenson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Miller has him pressed against the ropes.
Miller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Miller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Stephenson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Miller manages to break the clinch.
Stephenson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Miller moves into range and clinches up with Stephenson.
Stephenson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stephenson misses with a body shot.
Carlos Stephenson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Miller scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Miller tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Miller has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Stephenson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Miller. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller staying calm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stephenson is looking to regain half guard here but Miller keeps moving and retains side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Miller wants to control but Stephenson is keeping him busy.
Stephenson wants to get back to his feet.
Stephenson looks to move to half guard but instead Miller has passed into mount! Damn!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Miller controlling from mount.
Stephenson is trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stephenson tries to hold on but Miller postures up.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Miller sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
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.
Stephenson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Miller unloading with bombs!
Miller scoring with strikes but Stephenson is staying in there.
Miller blocks Stephenson's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Miller prevents Stephenson from getting the reversal.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miller sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Miller landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller controlling from the full mount.
Stephenson is in a horrible position here. Miller smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Miller connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Miller fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Miller connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Miller scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stephenson?
Stephenson is rocked!
Miller postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Stephenson out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Miller goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Keith Miller!
Keith Miller made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Well...that was easy'.
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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