PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justin Dude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Milani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Milani has chosen Silicone Curitiba as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Marco Milani struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Dude
vs
Milani

180 cm
30
179 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

190 cm
27
186 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Dude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Milani!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milani tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dude misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Milani moves to clinch but Dude breaks away
and Dude connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Milani tries to close the distance and clinch but Dude swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dude jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Milani tries to clinch up

and Dude counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Milani trying to hold on to Dude's head to control him but Dude postures up.
Dude prevents Milani from improving his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Milani keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Milani is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dude's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dude's back!
Dude breaks Milani's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Dude throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dude wants to control from the top but Milani keeps moving.
Milani manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dude manages to get himself to full guard.

Dude throws his legs up looking for a submission but Milani uses it to pass to side control.
Milani working away.
Dude is looking to regain half guard here but Milani keeps moving and retains side control.

Milani swings around for an armbar but Dude sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Milani's guard.
Dude throwing strikes from guard but Milani blocks nicely.
Dude throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dude preventing the sweep.
Dude lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dude trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dude is looking to work some ground and pound but Milani has wrist control.
Milani tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Milani keeping moving, preventing Dude from controlling successfully.
Dude lands a couple of elbows.
Dude throws a big elbow that misses.
Dude wants to pass the guard but Milani is keeping the position.
Milani lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dude!
Dude is looking to get to half guard.

Milani is working for a guillotine from mount but Dude frees his head quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dude is working to get back to half guard.
Milani lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dude hang on?
Dude tries to lock up and control but Milani gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Milani jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Dude is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Dude and Milani has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Milani is looking to take a break and control but Dude is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Milani tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Milani has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Milani tries for a kimura but Dude is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dude is pushing Milani's head away, looking to escape. Milani manages to hold on to the position though.
Dude wants to control but Milani postures up.

Milani looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dude is looking for a sweep.
Dude is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Milani is controlling him well.
Milani is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Dude will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

Milani is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dude knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dude tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Milani wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marco Milani will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Milani tries to close the distance and clinch but Dude swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Milani.
Marco Milani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Milani fails with the takedown

and Dude counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Milani's guard now.
Dude landing some decent shots from guard.
Dude trying to control the position from guard on top but Milani is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dude looking to pass the guard.
Dude trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dude with a flurry of punches that miss.
Milani is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Dude pushes Milani off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milani shoots in but Dude avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Justin Dude has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Milani.
Milani wants to clinch.
Milani moves to clinch but Dude breaks away
and Dude cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Dude decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Justin Dude overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dude is looking to take a break and control but Milani is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Milani manages to get to full guard.
Dude working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Milani not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Milani looking for a sweep. Not yet Milani, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Milani is on top in guard.
Milani throws a big right hand that misses.
Milani passes into half guard.
Dude wants to get back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dude is working hard here to advance position.
Dude taking some punishment here, with Milani in his half guard.
Milani trying to control from half guard but Dude is working away.

Milani is looking for a kimura but Dude is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Milani to get the leverage.

Milani is trying to work for a kimura but Dude is defending well.
Dude keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dude is positioning himself well to prevent Milani advancing to mount.
Dude is trying to maintain the position but Milani is very close to passing his half guard.
Milani wants to take a breather but Dude is having none of it.

Milani is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dude sees it coming and defends easily.
Dude manages to get to full guard.
Milani stops Dude from standing up.
Milani preventing the sweep.
Milani is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Milani keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dude's head.
Dude not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milani won't allow Dude to sweep him here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Dude looking for a guillotine here but Milani defends easily.

Milani drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Milani jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Milani trying to control but Dude is working from the bottom.
Dude tries to land a sweep but no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Milani postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Milani working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dude's head.
Milani is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.

Dude throws his legs up looking for a submission but Milani uses it to pass to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marco Milani will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Dude circles away from the clinch attempt.
Milani tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dude manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Milani tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Milani misses with a hook. Dude ducked under it nicely.
Milani darts in trying to clinch

and Dude counters with a nice double leg into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Milani is on top in guard.
Milani trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Milani trying to control the position from guard on top but Dude is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dude wants to sweep here but Milani controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Milani is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Dude is trying to keep Milani in close.
Milani sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dude's guard.
Dude gets full guard.
Milani slips nicely into half guard.

Milani is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Dude as he works his way to full guard.
Milani throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dude on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dude tries to get out of the position.
Milani prevents Dude from getting back to his feet.
Marco Milani is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milani is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Dude thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Milani not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Dude tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Milani controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Dude is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Milani pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dude is keeping the position for now.
Milani slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Dude working a defensive guard here.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Marco Milani hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Dude throws a hook but Milani avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dude looks to score with a jab to the body but Milani is just out of range.
Milani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dude avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Milani tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Dude gets tackled into the cage by Milani. Milani maintains the clinch.
Dude tries to score a body lock takedown but Milani shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dude is looking for a takedown.
Nice elbow from Milani.

It looks like Justin Dude has been cut.
Dude has Milani pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Milani manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Dude. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milani lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Milani controlling the action here for a moment.
Dude drops down looking for an ankle pick but Milani pulls his leg out and moves away.
Milani bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dude's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Milani wants to clinch
and Dude connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Justin Dude has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Milani with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dude counters with a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Milani comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Milani has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Milani!
An out of breath Marco Milani thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.