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She looked average against a can in that TUF final. Brogan is awful. It's easier to look okay against comp like that.
What would you need to see from her in terms of grappling? Against Gillian she showed that she could stop td attempts and turn them into ones of her own, escape bad positions, defend some subs, and hit sweeps. Gillian had her mounted and she swept her. Gillian had her back and she swept her. Gillian had an arm triangle on and she swept. Each time she landed on top.
She got caught eventually, but there's no shame in getting subbed by Gillian.
And Miller is absolutely nowhere near Gillian's skill level on the ground.
You can also look at Miller grappling Tara Larosa in 2021. Tara isn't great and she dominated Miller for the whole first round. Miller only won because of the dumb SUG rules where they restart the fight in different positions.
And La Rosa is almost 20 years older than Miller lol.
Macedo doesn't look for a way out either. She's gritty as fuck. Fought the Gillian choke until the end. Against Malecki, a huge BW, she was gassed as shit for several glaring reasons and still throwing with whatever she had left until the very end. That's not someone who looks for a way out.
You probably are right that Miller rolls her though. We have no idea where Macedo is at. She hasn't been fighting. Size and strength has always been a problem for her as well.
Miller isn't anywhere near being ahead of most of the div in grappling. She's ranked like 35 and all of the top 25 or so who aren't pure strikers would outgrapple her easily. We're talking girls like Cortez, Gatto, Ribas, Murphy, Vivi, Karine, Gillian, Moroz, Montana, etc.
And that's not even including the top of the heap like Erin, Santos, and Suarez.
Gillian is a far better submission fighter obviously but she's ALWAYS looking to advance and find a sub. It leads to her losing position vs inferior grapplers at times. Miller is heavier on top, and can actually throw gnp. And is physically much stronger. Which matters a TON in WMMA.
Miller isn't ahead of a lot of the division in grappling yet, I'm assuming we'll see pretty big improvements given her relative inexperience. She has a great starting point though. Physically strong AF for the division, good top control, and the willingness and ability to damage with it.