PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matt Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sly Randolph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash - Hurt. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Miller
vs
Randolph

173 cm
24
159 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

170 cm
26
147 lbs
18 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Sly Randolph!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Randolph ducks under a wild hook from Miller.
Miller takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Randolph scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Randolph throws a hook to the side of Miller's head but Miller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Randolph avoids the head kick by Miller.
Randolph checks a leg kick.
Randolph ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Miller moves away.
Miller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Miller closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Randolph quickly recovers to half guard.
Miller wants to take a breather but Randolph is having none of it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Randolph manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Miller pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Randolph is keeping the position for now.
Randolph tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miller trying to control but Randolph is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Randolph trying to control the position.
Randolph is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Miller trying to control but Randolph is working from the bottom.
Miller postures up in Randolph's guard and throws a big left but Randolph blocks it.

Randolph is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Miller defends well.
Randolph controlling Miller's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Miller sizes up Randolph with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Randolph lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Randolph takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Randolph bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Miller moves into the clinch.
Randolph blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Randolph taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Randolph.
Randolph lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Miller or not.
Miller changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Randolph fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Miller.
Miller throws a jab but it's blocked by Randolph.
Miller tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Miller on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Randolph moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Miller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Randolph.
Randolph keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Randolph keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Miller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miller throws a hook but Randolph avoids it easily.

Randolph gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Miller to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Miller throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller lands a couple of elbows.
Randolph not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Randolph is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Randolph keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.
Randolph preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miller wants to control from the top but Randolph keeps moving.
Miller tries to free his leg and advance position but Randolph is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Matt Miller will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Miller tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Randolph manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Miller is defended easily by Randolph.
Randolph looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A big left from Randolph misses.
Miller will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Randolph moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Randolph uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Miller.
Randolph blocks a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Randolph.
Miller lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Randolph circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice defenses there by Randolph.
That kick from Randolph tenderised Miller's leg. Miller is trying to keep his angry face on.
Miller throws out a leg kick but Randolph moves out of range and Miller only half commits.
Randolph throws a hook but Miller blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Randolph throws a shot from downtown. Miller moves away and avoids it.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Randolph paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Miller shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Miller working some strikes from top position.
Miller throwing strikes but missing.
Miller passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Randolph wants to control but Miller postures up.
Randolph is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Miller's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Randolph moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Randolph is on top in guard.
Miller managing to control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Randolph preventing the sweep.
Miller seems keen to control Randolph's posture.
Matt Miller overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Randolph trying to control but Miller is working from the bottom.
Miller is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Randolph actively working from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randolph is trying to maintain the position but Miller is very close to passing his half guard.
Miller passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Randolph!
Randolph is squirming around, avoiding Miller's attempts to control the action.
Randolph regains half guard.
Miller is trying to control the action in half guard but Randolph is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Randolph trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Miller connects with a nice short shot to Randolph's temple.
Miller thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Randolph's head.
Miller trying to pass the guard but Randolph defending well.
Miller thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Randolph wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miller trying to control the pace.
Randolph trying to hold on to Miller's head to control him but Miller postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Matt Miller will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Randolph keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Randolph swings for the body but Miller moves out of range.
Miller throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Randolph sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Miller.
Miller bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Randolph's head backwards.
Randolph misses with a double jab.
Sly Randolph seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Randolph lands with a straight right. Miller didn't see that one coming.
Miller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Randolph lunges at Miller with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Miller's hand.
Randolph lands the left hand.
Randolph goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A big right from Randolph misses.
Miller throws a leg kick but Randolph moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Miller coming out on top.
Randolph fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miller misses with a low kick.
Miller connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Randolph's hands.
Miller blocks the body kick.
Miller throws out a loose jab but Randolph uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab by Randolph.
Randolph lands a jab.
Randolph feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Miller's calf.
Randolph fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Miller checks it well.
Matt Miller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Miller looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Miller lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sly Randolph has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller passes to side control.
Miller scoring with punches and elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Randolph avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Miller.
Randolph struggling a bit here.
Randolph dodges the ground and pound from Miller.
Miller throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Randolph tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Miller wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Miller landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller working the head with strikes.
Miller is putting a hurting on Randolph here, landing some big shots from side control.
Randolph is working to avoid the ground and pound but Miller connects with a decent elbow.
Miller lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Miller wants to control but Randolph is keeping him busy.
Randolph defending against the ground and pound.
Randolph is looking to reverse the position.
Miller landing a few strikes.
Randolph on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Miller throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Randolph works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Randolph trying to hold on to Miller's head to control him but Miller postures up.
Matt Miller is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Randolph is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Miller jumps into side control!
Randolph tries to bench press Miller off him but Miller keeps the position.
Randolph trying to remain calm as Miller controls from the top position.
Randolph tries to bench press Miller off him but Miller keeps the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miller works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Randolph manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Miller showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Miller, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Miller!
Matt Miller really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under! logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.