Pat Healy vs. Jim Miller
Round 1
The southpaw Miller pops Miller with a quick jab, a left to the body a moment later and then a chopping leg kick. Healy keeps coming forward, ducking a punch to tie up and landing a short elbow as they break. Miller lands a good leg kick and tries to wrap up, gets pushed off. The next clinch has Miller throwing Healy to the ground, then setting up in Healy’s active guard to elbow the body. Healy throws his legs up for an armbar, but he’s on the wrong side and Miller slips out. Healy kneels and Miller goes for a crucifix. When he can’t roll Healy, Miller switches to an armbar on the left arm. Miller trying to go belly-down on the armbar, can’t pry the limb loose and Healy slips out. Back on the feet, Healy lands a knee to the body and takes a leg kick in return before hitting a double-leg on the fence. Miller swings his legs up, maybe thinking armbar, but it’ll be tough with the fence in the position it is. Healy shucks the legs and punches away with rights as Miller kneels. Miller works back up and is immediately slammed down by Healy, who takes Miller’s back with 20 seconds left. Miller spins around to drop an elbow on Healy, then bloodies up the Strikeforce vet with a series of heavy punches in the final seconds.
Tristen Critchfield scores the round 10-9 Miller
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Miller
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Miller
Round 2
They doctor takes a look at Healy’s swollen right eye between rounds, but “Bam Bam” is allowed to fight on. The lightweights clinch on the fence early in round two, Miller being tripped to the ground and then popping back up to push Healy against the cage. Good elbow from Healy as they split and he moves forward. Miller puts Healy on the fence and Healy scores with a couple uppercuts inside, then a knee. Miller hits an elbow, but Healy goes underneath and hits a double-leg. Healy stands over Miller for a moment, controlling the legs, then comes down with a right hand to the body. Miller is looking for a triangle or an armbar, so Healy backs out and stacks up. Healy comes down with a hard right and an elbow, then keeps the right hands coming. Some big shots are getting through for Healy as Miller is unable to escape from the foot of the cage. Still nearly two minutes left when Healy hops on Miller’s back and sinks in one hook. Healy softens him up with punches and loops his arm under Miller’s throat for an RNC attempt. Miller scrapes him off with the help of the cage, then pushes Healy out of full mount. Miller looks for a headlock in the final scramble of the round, but Healy gets to his feet and blasts Miller with a hard knee to the gut before the horn.
Tristen Critchfield scores the round 10-9 Healy
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Healy
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Healy
Round 3
Healy slips a clinch attempt and mugs Miller with uppercuts and a right hook on the way out. Miller connects with a left hand and they grapple on the fence momentarily. Miller with an uppercut to the body, and he’s pushed against the cage, where Healy lands a couple good knees to the body. Miller kicks the leg out from under Healy, but Healy is right back up with a hard left. Healy digs an underhook and slugs Miller with lefts as they clinch on the cage. Healy trips Miller to the ground and quickly starts dropping punches from half-guard. A headlock from Healy keeps Miller down, and Healy keeps busy with elbows before being put back in guard at the midway point of the final frame. Miller tries rubber guard, broken up by more elbows and punches from Healy. One hook in on the bloodied Miller, Healy throws punches until he’s able to roll Miller onto his back. There, Healy sinks in the rear-naked choke and squeezes until Miller goes unconscious. Referee Herb Dean recognizes that Miller is out cold and waves it off at 4:02 of round three.