PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernest Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bourque comes to the cage accompanied by "Business Time" by Flight of the Conchords. Miller comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Greatest kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Timothy Bourque looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Bourque
vs
Miller

225 cm
23
270 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

187 cm
23
235 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Team S.W.A.T.
Team S.W.A.T.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Timothy Bourque!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ernest Miller!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bourque.
Bourque tries to land a front kick but Miller steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bourque swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bourque misses with a head kick.
Bourque punishes Miller's body with a nice straight punch.
Bourque misses with a double jab.
Miller keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bourque.
Miller avoids the body shot from Bourque.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourque misses with a low kick.
Miller throws a series of punches but Bourque avoids them all with ease.
Miller misses with a double jab
and Bourque counters with a big head kick but Miller shrugs it off.
The crowd cheers as Bourque lands an impressive looking overhand right. Miller doesn't seem phased though.
Miller swats away the attempt to clinch by Bourque.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque tries to close the distance and clinch up but Miller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Bourque.
Miller throws the left hand but Bourque avoids the punch easily.
Bourque throws a head kick that misses.
Bourque swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Miller should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bourque wants to clinch.
A slow jab from Miller misses its intended target.
Miller throws a head kick that misses
and Bourque counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourque swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bourque, right into the meat.
Bourque looks to land a right hand but Miller moved out of range.
Miller with a hook.
Bourque scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Miller is rocked!
Bourque looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timothy Bourque dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Miller gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Bourque counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Miller! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Bourque!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Timothy Bourque!
Timothy Bourque retains his heavyweight title!