PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lion - Hollywood Undead. White is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Crystal Blue Persuasion. Walter White has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Oliver Miller's chin.

Miller
vs
White

195 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

181 cm
28
205 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oliver Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Walter White!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

White has Miller up against the cage in a clinch.
White misses with a knee to the head.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Miller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with White's elbow.
White scores a nice knee to the body.

Miller breaks the clinch.
We've been told by Miller's head coaches at Extreme MMA (5 Elites $250/week) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
White shoots in for a takedown but Miller shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Miller digs a good hook to White's body.
Miller misses with an uppercut.
White shoots in for a takedown but Miller shows good takedown defense.
Miller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White wants to clinch.

White shoots in and bounces Miller off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White content to stall in guard here.
White with a flurry of punches that miss.
White wants to control from the top but Miller keeps moving.
Miller looking to hit a scissor sweep but White is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Walter White.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Miller.

White looking to score a takedown here. Miller is defending well but White drives through and ends up in Miller's guard.
White tries to free his leg and advance position but Miller is retaining full guard.
White prevents Miller from getting back to his feet.
White advances position into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller is looking to regain half guard here but White keeps moving and retains side control.
White trying to control the position but Miller is working away.
White staying calm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miller wants to control but White postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller seems a little lost for a moment, as White dominates the positioning.

White stands up and we're back to a striking position.
White shoots in looking for a takedown but Miller manages to keep the fight standing, pushing White's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Oliver Miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Walter White.
Miller circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oliver Miller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miller misses with a hook
and White counters with a right hand to the body.

White drives through with a takedown into guard.
White throws an elbow that misses. Miller uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in White's guard. Nice move by Miller!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

White looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walter White dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

White fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
White blocks a head kick by Miller.
Walter White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White shoots in and drives through. Miller sprawls well.
Miller lands an overhand right.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Miller throws out the jab.
Miller throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
Good shot there by Miller.
Miller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Miller.
Miller moves into range and connects with a jab.

White scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
White is looking to stall here but Miller recovers full guard.
White trying to control but Miller is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Miller holds on and takes a little breather.
White missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
White postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
White throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Miller will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Miller is on top in guard.

White working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Miller doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Miller manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

White is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Miller is aware though and is defending well.

White scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Miller misses the shot to the body.
Miller just misses with a punch to the body.
White doesn't succeed with the takedown
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oliver Miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Walter White.
Miller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller throws an ugly left hook that misses
and White counters with a straight right hand.
White shoots for a double leg takedown but Miller sprawls well. He's pushed White's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Miller throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.
Miller throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
White moves out of range of the strikes.

White throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Miller was covering up waiting for the punch and White finishes the takedown easily into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White trying to control but Miller is working from the bottom.
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 Oliver Miller will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Miller is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Miller misses with a hook.
Miller lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Miller throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Miller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Miller misses with a hook

and White counters by moving into the clinch.
White will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Miller up against the cage.

White jumps guard and drags Miller to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Miller decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on White, up you get!

That's one minute gone in the round.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
Miller is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Miller throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Miller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Miller swivels and escapes.
Jab by Miller.

White feints and as Miller raises his hands in defense, White changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
White controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
White scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White wants to control from the top but Miller keeps moving.
White wants to pass the guard but Miller is keeping the position.
White controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Walter White has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Miller thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A jab from Miller misses.
White shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Miller defends it nicely.
White avoids a kick to the body.
Miller connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed White momentarily.
Horrible takedown by White or perhaps it was just good defense by Miller which made him look bad.
Oliver Miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Walter White.
White misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller lands a lovely overhand right.
Miller defends well against a solid takedown attempt from White.
Miller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
Miller throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Miller misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White avoids the head kick by Miller.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Miller throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oliver Miller showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Miller has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oliver Miller!
A determined Oliver Miller didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!