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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matt Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Huynh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash - Hurt. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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159 lbs
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156 lbs
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Miller!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Huynh!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Huynh is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Miller is defending well.
Huynh is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Miller pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Huynh is trying to break the clinch but Miller is controlling him.
Huynh's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Miller throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Huynh is trying to break the clinch but Miller is controlling him.
Miller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Miller can't find room to land a body shot as Huynh controls the action.
Huynh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Huynh is trying to trip Miller. He has hold of a leg but Miller is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Huynh persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Miller preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Huynhis looking to pass into half guard but Miller pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Miller is in guard.
Huynh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Huynh has momentary wrist control but Miller slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Huynh is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Huynh is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Huynh is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Huynh looking to control.
Huynh keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.
Miller throws a big elbow that misses.
Miller trying to control but Huynh is working from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Miller goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Huynh scores with a takedown into Miller's guard.
Huynh throws a big elbow that misses.
Huynh throws an elbow that misses. Miller uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Huynh's guard. Nice move by Miller!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Miller's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Huynh throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Huynh has his foot on Miller's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Miller works his way back into a safe position though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miller stopping the sweep attempt from Huynh.
Miller tries to free his leg and advance position but Huynh is retaining full guard.
Miller trying to control but Huynh is working from the bottom.
Miller avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Miller engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Huynh looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Miller wants to control from the top but Huynh keeps moving.
Miller lands a couple of elbows.
Miller is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Miller avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Miller scoring with some ground and pound.
Huynh has his foot on Miller's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Miller works his way back into a safe position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller trying to control but Huynh is working from the bottom.
Miller stopping the sweep attempt from Huynh.
Miller trying to control but Huynh is working from the bottom.
Miller working some strikes from top position.
Huynh looking for a sweep. Not yet Huynh, not yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huynh trying to keep a closed guard but Miller is proving a slippery customer.
Miller has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Huynh looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Huynh keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.
Huynh controlling Miller's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Henry Huynh will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Huynh moves out of range of the strikes.
Miller is trying hard to land a takedown here. Huynh sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Miller drives through with a takedown into guard.
Huynh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Miller.
Huynh is looking for a triangle but Miller pushes his legs off easily.
Huynh is trying to keep Miller in close.
Henry Huynh has got the better of the ground game so far.
Miller throwing strikes from guard but Huynh blocks nicely.
Miller wants to control from the top but Huynh keeps moving.
Miller trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Huynh is looking for a triangle but Miller pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Huynh had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Miller defends it easily.
Miller with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Miller avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Huynh keeping moving, preventing Miller from controlling successfully.
Miller with a nice head shot there.
Miller trying to control but Huynh is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller lands a couple of elbows.
Miller looking to pass the guard.
Huynh looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Miller passes into side control.
Miller wants to control but Huynh is keeping him busy.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Huynh trying to remain calm as Miller controls from the top position.
Huynh is looking to reverse the position.
Huynh is trying to control Miller's posture but Miller avoids it.
Miller landing strikes.
Miller working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller is looking to take a break and control but Huynh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Huynh takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Huynh can't do much from the bottom here.
Miller fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Huynh tries to improve position but can't.
Miller is looking to take a break and control but Huynh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Huynh can't do much from the bottom here.
Miller lands some shots froms side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huynh takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The ground and pound from Miller seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Huynh wants to control but Miller postures up.
The referee asks Miller politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Miller prefers to stall for the moment though.
Miller scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Huynh to see if he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miller in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Miller trying to control the action but Huynh is working from the bottom.
Miller content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Huynh is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Miller dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Good work by Miller as he checks the leg kick.
Huynh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Miller manages to avoid it.
Miller avoids the head kick by Huynh.
Huynh defending well as Miller loads up on a big left hand.
Huynh will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Huynh takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Huynh leaves Miller with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Huynh gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Huynh missing with a left hand there. Miller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Miller scores a takedown into full mount!
Miller with good strikes from the mount here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huynh is looking to improve his position but Miller isn't that keen on the idea.
Miller controlling from mount.
Miller avoids the attempt from Huynh to control.
Miller pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Huynh working to try and regain half guard.
Miller looking to finish Huynh with some ground and pound. This is bad for Huynh!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Miller cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Miller with good strikes from the mount here!
The referee warns Huynh that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Huynh tries to hold on but Miller pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huynh is trying to escape the mount.
Huynh wants to control but Miller is having none of it.
Huynh taking shots to the head.
Miller scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Huynh?
Huynh is rocked!
Miller loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Huynh scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Miller land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Miller stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Miller!
Matt Miller retains his featherweight title!
Matt Miller gave a mention to Syndicate Nutrition (DUS) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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energy
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hype
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