PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Allan Durham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Durham has chosen Headstrong as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Durham has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Allan Durham struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Miller
vs
Durham

184 cm
21
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
23
180 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anthony Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Allan Durham!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller throws a head kick that Durham semi-blocks.
Durham looks gassed!

Miller closes the distance and clinches.
Miller misses with a hook to the ribs.
Miller controlling the action here for a moment.
Durham blocks a body shot from Miller.
Durham jumps guard but Miller stands there with Durham around his waist. Durham gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Miller keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Durham's efforts to push away.

Miller manages to break the clinch.
Durham doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Durham has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Miller scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Durham takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Allan Durham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller digs a good hook to Durham's body.
Miller ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Miller lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Durham circles away quickly and effectively.
Miller throws a right and a left that Durham avoids nicely.
Miller scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A combination from Miller does no damage.
Miller connects with a leg kick. Durham looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Miller feints a jab promting Durham to slip. Miller then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Durham slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Durham on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Miller takes the fight into the clinch.

Miller breaks the clinch.
Miller punishes Durham's body with a nice straight punch.
Durham takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Miller has closed the distance and engaged Durham in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miller stalling.
Miller gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

Miller manages to break the clinch.
Miller throws a combination. Durham tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Miller lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Miller.

Durham tries to keep at a distance but Miller has taken the fight into the clinch.
Miller lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Durham.
Durham fails to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.

Miller breaks the clinch.
Miller looks to land a combination. Durham sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Miller scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Miller pushes Durham away with a front kick.
Miller moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Miller lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Miller goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Durham throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Miller throws out a powerful jab.
Miller feints a jab promting Durham to slip. Miller then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Durham slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Miller tries to clinch but Durham is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durham tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Miller manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Miller.
Miller jabs at Durham's body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Miller's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Miller fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Miller scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Miller throws a series of punches but Durham moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miller misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Durham throws a right and a left that both miss.
Miller connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice body punch from Miller.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Miller dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Miller throws a right and a left that both miss.
Miller digs a good body shot into Durham's ribs.
A head kick by Durham misses
and Miller counters with a two punch combo.
Durham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Miller is working the combinations to good effect here.
Miller throws a series of punches but Durham avoids them all with ease.
Miller scores with a nice head shot.
Miller listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Miller lands a nice shot that snaps Durham's head back.
Miller changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Miller has Durham up against the ropes in a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Durham wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Miller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Miller connects with an inside leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Miller!
Some wild striking there from Miller.
Miller with a nice cross.
Miller bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Durham paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anthony Miller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Miller dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Miller lands a nice leg kick that just misses Durham's sensitive parts.
Miller goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Anthony Miller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Miller scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Durham misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Durham misses
and Miller counters with a nice body shot.
Durham on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Miller scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nice takedown defense from Miller. No joy for Durham on that attempt.
Anthony Miller is winning the standup battle so far.
Durham takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Miller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Durham clinches with his opponent.
Durham is trying to push Miller away but Miller has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Miller.

Miller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Durham takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Miller is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Miller scores with a three punch combo!
A head kick misses from Miller.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Miller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Durham loads up on a big right hand but Miller slips the punch.
Durham has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Miller feints a jab promting Durham to slip. Miller then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Durham slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Miller moves into the clinch.
Durham wants to break free but Miller has control.
Durham tries to break the clinch but Miller is controlling the position.

Miller breaks the clinch.
Miller ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Miller clinches.
Durham looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Miller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller is working Durham over against the ropes.
Miller trying to stall but Durham improves his position.
Durham has had enough of the clinch but Miller keeps him there for the moment.
Durham goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Miller breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Miller swinging wildly here.
Miller lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Durham connects with a body shot that sends Miller's belly button to the back.
Miller digs a good body shot into Durham's ribs.
Durham takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Durham misses with an uppercut
and Miller counters with a three punch combo that has Durham backing up. Durham nods at Miller to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Miller dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

No joy there for Miller, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Miller swinging wildly here.
Miller scores with a crisp jab that stopped Durham in his tracks.
Durham misses with a series of wild punches.
Durham moves to clinch but Miller breaks away
and Miller counters with a nice leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Durham.
Miller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Durham can do to turn this around?
Miller cracks a nice hook into Durham's ribs.
Durham looks to throw the jab but Miller is out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Miller lands a two punch combo.
Miller scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A nice combination there by Miller.
Miller turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durham wants to clinch up but Miller keeps it at a distance.
Miller will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Miller throws a series of strikes that have Durham backpedaling.
Miller ducks under a wild hook from Durham.
Miller lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Durham tries to clinch but Miller is having none of it.
Durham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Miller looks to land a combination. Durham sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Durham tries to close the distance and clinch up but Miller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Miller dips to his left and cracks Durham with an uppercut!
Miller circles away from the clinch attempt.
A right-left combo lands from Miller.
The fight stays on the outside here - Durham looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Miller gets a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Durham's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Miller breaks from the clinch.
No joy there for Miller, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Miller throws a series of punches but Durham avoids them all with ease.
Durham avoids a punch combination nicely.
Durham takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That kick from Miller tenderised Durham's leg. Durham is trying to keep his angry face on.
Miller throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Durham misses with a left hand
and Miller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Durham misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Durhams jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Miller. Beautiful body shot.
Durham wants to clinch.
Durham throws a body punch but Miller moves out of range.
Miller thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Durham if he has to take too many more of those.
Miller throws a leg kick which misses Durham's front leg but catches the back leg as Durham tries to avoid it.
Miller misses with a double jab.
Durham fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Durham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Miller.
Miller looks to land a combination. Durham sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Miller slips a straight right by Durham.
Durham misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller lands a nice hook to Durham's body. Durham takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Durham dodges the punch combination from Miller.
A punch combination from Miller misses.
Miller throws a combination. Durham tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Durham ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Miller moves away.
Miller pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Durham back to the ropes. Miller follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Durham looks to score with a jab to the body but Miller is just out of range.
Miller stalks Durham and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Durham's face. Durham staggers backwards, shaken.
Durham wants to clinch up but Miller keeps it at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Miller uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Miller lands a slapping body shot.
Miller misses with a double jab.
Allan Durham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anthony Miller is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Durham has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Miller.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:26

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