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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nuno Pontes (ranked 3890 p4p, 413 weight class) and Devon Miller (ranked 4897 p4p, 498 weight class). Devon Miller has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nuno Pontes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Devon Miller!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Miller.
The fight stays on the outside here - Miller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pontes lands a jab to the head.
It looks like Devon Miller has been cut.
Miller pushes Pontes up against the cage in a clinch.
Pontes breaks from the clinch.
Miller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pontes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pontes. Miller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pontes sets himself, and Miller steps forward looking for the clinch! Pontes avoids it this time.
A big left from Pontes misses.
Pontes scores with a body shot.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pontes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pontes just misses with a punch to the body.
Pontes misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pontes. Miller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Miller slips a straight right by Pontes.
Pontes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Millers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pontes throws out a loose jab but Miller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Miller wants to counter with a clinch but Pontes pushes him away.
Pontes lands with a hook. Miller tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Miller wants to clinch up but Pontes keeps it at a distance.
Pontes is looking to counter punch.
Pontes throws a hook but Miller blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller defending well as Pontes loads up on a big left hand.
Pontes throws a lazy right hand but Miller sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pontes walks into a stiff left hand from Miller.
It looks like Nuno Pontes has been cut.
Miller lands a two punch combo.
Pontes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Miller steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Pontes.
Miller scores with a punch to the head.
Miller connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pontes momentarily.
Miller slips under a jab from Pontes.
Pontes throws an overhand right that lands on Miller's shoulder, as Miller tries to avoid the shot.
Pontes misses with a looping right.
Miller ducks under a wild hook from Pontes.
Miller takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pontes definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
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!
Miller ducks under a wild hook from Pontes.
Miller looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pontes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Miller.
The fighters circle momentarily. Miller darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Miller wants to clinch up but Pontes keeps it at a distance.
Pontes swings for the body but Miller moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pontes. Miller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pontes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pontes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Miller tries to clinch but Pontes is having none of it.
Pontes just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pontes. Miller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Miller moves out of range of the strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Pontes as he connects with a hook.
Pontes loads up on a big right hand but Miller slips the punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Miller.
Pontes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Miller darts in and clinches Pontes up against the cage.
Pontes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Miller tries to clinch up.
Pontes throws a hook to the side of Miller's head but Miller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pontes's corner calls for a 1-2. Pontes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pontes. Miller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Miller throws a right and a left that both miss.
A lazy left from Miller finds it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pontes misses with a hook. Miller ducked under it nicely.
Miller wants to counter with a clinch but Pontes pushes him away.
Miller fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pontes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pontes misses with an uppercut. Miller saw that one coming.
Miller thuds his right hand into Pontes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pontes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Miller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pontes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Miller is looking to clinch but Pontes is avoiding it.
Miller changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Miller moves out of range of the strikes.
Miller staying out of range there.
Pontes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nuno Pontes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miller has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pontes finds it's way round the side to connect with Miller's head.
Miller ducks under a wild hook from Pontes.
Miller tries to clinch up but Pontes circles away and keeps his distance.
Pontes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Miller slips under a jab from Pontes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller lands with a good body shot.
Miller blocks a jab.
Miller works Pontes's body with a nice hook.
Pontes is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pontes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Miller manages to avoid it.
Pontes swats away the attempt to clinch by Miller.
Pontes gets tackled into the cage by Miller. Miller maintains the clinch.
Pontes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pontes trying to stall but Miller improves his position.
Pontes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pontes misses with a wild body shot.
Pontes misses with a looping right.
Miller swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pontes.
Miller moves out of range of the strikes.
Miller has closed the distance and engaged Pontes in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pontes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Miller gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pontes walks into a jab.
Miller lands a head shot.
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 Nuno Pontes will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Miller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pontes.
Miller tries to clinch there but Pontes circles away.
Pontes throwing a counter right hand but Miller manages to avoid it.
Miller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pontes connects with a right hand. Miller shakes it off.
Miller tries to clinch but Pontes moves out of range.
Pontes misses with a wild body shot.
Pontes thuds his right hand into Miller's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Miller throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pontes throwing a counter right hand but Miller manages to avoid it.
Miller fails in his attempt to clinch.
Miller wants to clinch up but Pontes keeps it at a distance.
Miller has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pontes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Miller fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pontes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Miller moves out of range as Pontes strikes.
Nice uppercut lands for Pontes. That snapped Miller's head back.
Miller doesn't manage to clinch there - Pontes circles away.
Miller wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pontes throws a hook to the side of Miller's head but Miller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pontes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Miller is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The fighters circling - Pontes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Miller slips a straight right by Pontes.
Miller ducks under a wild hook from Pontes.
The fighters circling - Pontes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Miller lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pontes throws a jab but it's blocked by Miller.
Pontes throws a jab when Miller was well out of range.
Miller is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Pontes misses with an uppercut.
Pontes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pontes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Miller slips under a jab from Pontes.
Miller takes the fight into the clinch.
Pontes can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pontes taking a breather.
Pontes taking a breather.
Pontes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Miller slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pontes needs to keep his hands up - Miller had a free shot at his head there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pontes misses with a straight left.
Pontes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good standup being displayed there by Miller as he connects with a hook.
Miller connects with a nice looking jab.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pontes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Miller takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Miller tries to clinch up but Pontes circles away and keeps his distance.
Pontes with a jab.
Pontes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Miller with a hook.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pontes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pontes throws a jab but it's blocked by Miller.
Pontes throws a shot from downtown. Miller moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Pontes misses.
Miller takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pontes misses with a looping right.
Miller scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pontes doesn't seem bothered though.
Miller slips a jab from Pontes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Miller tries to clinch but Pontes is having none of it.
Pontes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Miller dips to his left and cracks Pontes with an uppercut!
A lazy left from Miller finds it's target.
Pontes 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 darts in and clinches Pontes up against the cage.
Pontes manages to break the clinch.
Miller avoids the body shot from Pontes.
Miller wants to counter the offense by Pontes and move into the clinch position.
Pontes missing with a left hand there. Miller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
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!
Miller bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Miller has closed the distance and engaged Pontes in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller lands with a left to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Miller as Pontes tries to tie him up.
Miller lands with a light punch inside.
Miller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Miller misses with a punch to the body.
Pontes breaks from the clinch.
Pontes scores with a jab. Miller acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pontes throws a hook but Miller avoids it easily.
Pontes misses with a straight right.
Pontes takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pontes misses with a looping left.
Miller tries to counter by closing the distance.
Pontes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pontes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Miller manages to avoid it.
Miller avoids the body shot from Pontes.
Miller blocks a jab.
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 Nuno Pontes will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Pontes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pontes throws a hook but Miller avoids it easily.
Miller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pontes.
Pontes needs to keep his hands up - Miller had a free shot at his head there.
Pontes keeps the fight on the outside.
Pontes throws a hook but Miller avoids it easily.
Pontes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Miller.
Miller has managed to clinch.
Still in the clinch, Miller scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pontes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Miller misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pontes breaks from the clinch.
Pontes misses with a looping left.
Miller fails in his attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from Pontes misses its intended target.
Pontes misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pontes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pontes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Miller slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A slow jab from Pontes misses its intended target.
And Miller tries to counter it with a takedown but Pontes pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Nuno Pontes is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice straight punches there by Miller. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Miller.
Pontes is rocked!
Miller throws a series of punches but Pontes avoids them all with ease.
Oh Pontes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pontes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Miller.
Miller tries to clinch but Pontes moves out of range.
Pontes seems to have got his legs back now.
Pontes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pontes looks to score with a jab to the body but Miller is just out of range.
Miller tries to clinch up.
Pontes throws a jab when Miller was well out of range.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pontes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Miller darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Miller tries to clinch but Pontes is having none of it.
Miller tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pontes throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Pontes misses its intended target.
Devon Miller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller defending well as Pontes loads up on a big left hand.
Miller tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pontes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pontes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Miller to score with a decent uppercut.
Miller moves into the clinch successfully.
Miller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Miller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Miller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Miller.
Pontes throws a head punch that misses.
Miller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pontes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pontes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pontes throws a looping overhand right but Miller ducks down to avoid it.
Pontes misses with a hook. Miller ducked under it nicely.
Pontes throws a body punch but Miller moves out of range.
Pontes throws a jab but it's blocked by Miller.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Miller avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pontes looks to land a right hand but Miller moved out of range.
Miller slips under a jab from Pontes.
Pontes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Miller was well out of range. Poor timing from Pontes.
Nice defenses there by Miller.
Pontes loads up on a big right hand but Miller slips the punch.
Miller jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Miller wants to clinch up but Pontes keeps it at a distance.
Pontes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Miller takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Pontes walks straight into a right hand from Miller - that's dropped him! Miller jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Pontes from any more punishment! Pontes complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Devon Miller!
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