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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jerome Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jan Pope!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pope lands a nice looking kick to the body. Miller takes a step back to recover.
A nice combination there by Miller.
Miller misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters circling - Pope throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pope fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Miller tries to clinch up but Pope circles away and keeps his distance.
Sloppy strikes from Pope. Those never looked like landing.
Some wild striking there from Miller.
A good leg kick by Pope.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Miller throws a half hearted mid kick.
Miller has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Diamond In The Rough Training Facility in the buildup to the fight.
Miller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pope will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Both fighters circling a little - Miller finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Pope has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Pope cracks Miller with a right hand to the side of the head.
Miller lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pope circles away quickly and effectively.
Pope throws a hook but Miller avoids it easily.
Pope scores with the left hand. Miller knows he should have avoided that one.
Pope moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pope throws a looping overhand right but Miller ducks down to avoid it.
Pope misses with a straight left.
Pope misses with a jab, cross combination.
Miller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Miller throws a series of punches but Pope avoids them all with ease.
Pope pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pope checks a leg kick nicely.
Pope looks to score with a jab to the body but Miller is just out of range.
Pope keeps the fight on the outside.
Miller avoids a kick to the body.
Miller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pope throws a hook to the side of Miller's head but Miller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Miller tries to score a power double leg takedown but Pope sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Miller somewhat.
Pope pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Miller ducks under a wild hook from Pope.
A leg kick checked by Pope.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller tries to clinch up but Pope circles away and keeps his distance.
Miller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pope.
Jan Pope seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miller closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Miller moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Pope ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Miller moves away.
Pope tests Miller's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Miller walks into a left hand.
Miller takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donk. Pope catches Miller right on the button with a cross.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pope paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Miller tries for a takedown but Pope sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pope misses with a looping left.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pope paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Miller gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Miller prevents a body shot from Pope.
Miller is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Miller is trying to maintain a safe position but Pope gets an underhook and turns Miller into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller blocks a body shot from Pope.
Pope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miller is defending well for now.
Pope landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pope gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Miller.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerome Miller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pope breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Miller looks to land a left hand but Pope moved out of range nicely.
Miller swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pope counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Miller moves forwards but Pope connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Miller on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Miller slaps away a takedown attempt from Pope, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pope misses with a hook to the body
and Miller counters with a two punch combo.
Pope fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Miller looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Miller takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Miller slips a jab from Pope.
Pope slips a jab and a cross from Miller.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Pope does no damage.
Miller goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Miller throws a sloppy head kick and Pope moves out of range easily.
Miller is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pope paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Miller fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pope shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pope showed some decent athleticism there.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Miller wants to get back to full guard.
Pope is controlling the pace.
Pope sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Miller defending well though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pope seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Pope is looking for a kimura but Miller is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Pope to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Pope dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Pope lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pope fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Miller.
Pope darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Miller throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pope misses the jab.
Miller uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pope.
Pope swings for the body but Miller moves out of range.
Jerome Miller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pope shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Miller eats them both and turns towards Pope to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pope throws the left hand but Miller avoids the punch easily.
A head kick misses from Pope.
Pope has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pope dives in and grabs Miller's left leg, looking for a takedown. Miller pushes down on Pope's head and hops out.
Pope misses with a low kick.
A combination from Miller does no damage.
Pope throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pope missing with a left hand there. Miller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pope.
Pope swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Miller has a takedown stuffed.
Pope scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pope throws an overhand right that lands on Miller's shoulder, as Miller tries to avoid the shot.
Miller tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pope manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Miller is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pope.
A punch combination from Miller misses.
A head kick misses from Miller.
Miller keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jerome Miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jan Pope.
Miller tries a head kick but it misses.
Miller fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Miller throws a series of strikes that have Pope backpedaling.
Pope uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Miller has time to react.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Miller slips a jab and a cross from Pope.
Pope connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pope darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pope feints and then cracks Miller's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Miller down.
Miller has a takedown stuffed.
Pope lands with a cross.
A left and a right from Miller both land. Nice combination.
Miller shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Miller swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pope moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Miller on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pope tests Miller's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Miller closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Miller. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Pope pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Miller back to the cage. Pope follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Miller on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pope just misses with a punch to the body.
Pope misses with a hook. Miller ducked under it nicely.
Miller misses with a series of wild punches.
Miller keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pope.
Jab, jab by Pope - just one landing.
Pope throws a hook but Miller avoids it easily.
Miller avoids the body shot from Pope.
Pope misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pope swats away the attempt to clinch by Miller.
Miller misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pope attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Miller drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pope manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Pope scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miller misses with a wild combination.
Miller looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Miller tries to clinch but Pope is having none of it.
A jab lands there for Pope.
Pope moves out of range of the body kick.
Pope lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Miller fails to land the takedown.
Pope connects with a jab.
Jan Pope seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pope misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miller misses with a body kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Miller is trying to pull guard but Pope has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Pope showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Miller's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Miller takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pope misses with a looping left.
Miller tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pope slips a jab and a cross from Miller.
Miller avoids the body shot from Pope.
Pope avoids the head kick by Miller.
Miller lands with a nice combination. Pope backs away looking to recover.
Miller takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Miller closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pope circles away.
Pope throws a lazy right hand but Miller sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pope has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pope jabs Miller right on the nose. Miller blinks but takes it well.
Miller takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pope bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Miller's head.
A good leg kick by Pope.
Pope throws a series of punches but Miller avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Miller looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pope lands a body shot.
Pope shoots in looking for a takedown but Miller manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pope's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Miller takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Miller throws a right hand that Pope ducks under and follows up with a left that Pope also avoids with ease.
Pope connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Miller scores with a leg kick.
Pope throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pope with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pope turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Pope as he connects with a hook.
Pope throws a hook but Miller blocks it.
Pope scores with a nice head shot.
Pope connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pope fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pope throws a jab but it's blocked by Miller.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope closes the distance and pushes Miller back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller looking to slow down the pace here.
Miller drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pope pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerome Miller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pope keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pope throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Miller takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pope lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Miller wants to clinch.
Miller looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A clash of legs there as Miller blocks the low kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Pope. That snapped Miller's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pope circles away quickly and effectively.
Miller tries to score a power double leg takedown but Pope sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Miller somewhat.
Pope misses with a double jab.
Pope connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pope thuds a left hand into Miller's body.
Miller thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pope if he has to take too many more of those.
Pope moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pope closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Miller did well to prevent Pope getting side control.
Miller is looking for a sweep. Pope is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pope uses his free foot to push down on Miller's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Miller.
Pope lands with some strikes.
Pope looking to finish Miller with some ground and pound. This is bad for Miller!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miller wants to control but Pope is having none of it.
Miller is bucking up trying to escape but Pope cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pope is landing with some decent strikes but Miller is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jan Pope is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Pope controlling from mount.
Pope with shots to the head and body - Miller looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pope tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jan Pope has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Pope comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pope has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Pope!
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