PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Mills Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ashur Syrian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mills Jr
vs
Syrian

180 cm
22
230 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
275 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Mills Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ashur Syrian!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mills Jr throws out a loose jab but Syrian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sam Mills Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mills Jr throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mills Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mills Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mills Jr. Syrian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mills Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Syrian is just out of range.
Mills Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Syrian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mills Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mills Jr throws a series of punches but Syrian moves out of range.
Mills Jr throws a hook but Syrian avoids it easily.
Mills Jr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mills Jr swings for the body but Syrian moves out of range.
Mills Jr misses with the combination.
Mills Jr misses with a double jab.
Mills Jr misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mills Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Mills Jr scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mills Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Syrian tries to close the distance and clinch but Mills Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mills Jr misses the shot to the body.
Mills Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Syrian was well out of range. Poor timing from Mills Jr.
Mills Jr misses the shot to the body.
Mills Jr missing with a left hand there. Syrian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mills Jr throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mills Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Syrian moves away.
Syrian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mills Jr takes a swing at Syrian's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mills Jr slips a jab from Syrian.
Mills Jr misses the jab.
Mills Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mills Jr wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mills Jr throws a right hand that Syrian ducks under and follows up with a left that Syrian also avoids with ease.
Mills Jr throws a series of punches but Syrian moves out of range.
Mills Jr throws a nice looking combination but Syrian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mills Jr is breathing heavily.
Syrian throws out a loose jab but Mills Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Syrian misses with a looping right.
Mills Jr misses with a two punch combination.
Mills Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mills Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mills Jr. Syrian does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills Jr throws a series of punches but Syrian avoids them all with ease.
Mills Jr is looking to wear down Syrian with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mills Jr just misses with a punch to the body.

Syrian gets the takedown into side control.
Syrian working the ground and pound but Mills Jr is defending the strikes.
Syrian lands a nice forearm strike.
Syrian is putting a hurting on Mills Jr here, landing some big shots from side control.

Syrian working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Syrian working the body and head with strikes.
Syrian working the body and head with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Syrian is looking to take a break and control but Mills Jr is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Syrian lands an elbow.
Mills Jr takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Syrian grinds an elbow into Mills Jr's temple.
Syrian in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Mills Jr on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mills Jr tries to get out of the position.

Syrian tries for a kimura but Mills Jr is defending well.
Syrian wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mills Jr keeps working.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Syrian cracks Mills Jr with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Syrian lands some shots froms side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ashur Syrian dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Syrian throws the left hand but Mills Jr avoids the punch easily.
Mills Jr takes a swing at Syrian's ribcage but misses.
Mills Jr thows a body shot but no joy.
Syrian throws a body punch but Mills Jr moves out of range.
Syrian dodges the punch combination from Mills Jr.

Mills Jr tries to sprawl but Syrian drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Syrian is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mills Jr is just riding it out for now. Syrian eventually gives up the hold.
Syrian thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ashur Syrian has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Syrian throwing shots but Mills Jr is blocking nicely.
Syrian thows a huge punch but Mills Jr dodges it nicely.
Syrian is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Syrian dominating with strikes here.
Syrian lands with some strikes.
Syrian looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Syrian with the ground and pound from mount.
The referee warns Mills Jr that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Syrian scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mills Jr?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice elbow there by Syrian.
A nice elbow there by Syrian.
Syrian in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mills Jr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Syrian on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Syrian is landing with some decent strikes but Mills Jr is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Syrian putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Syrian lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Syrian landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Syrian.
Syrian with good strikes from the mount here!

Syrian is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Mills Jr can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Syrian working Mills Jr over with strikes here.
Syrian cracks Mills Jr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Syrian is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Syrian working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Syrian looking to finish Mills Jr with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mills Jr!

Syrian throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Mills Jr has his hands clasped together but Syrian breaks the hold and Mills Jr is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Syrian!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ashur Syrian!