PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ants Milnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Vanhood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robin Vanhood told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Milnes
vs
Vanhood

195 cm
24
275 lbs
12 - 4 - 1

195 cm
32
270 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ants Milnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robin Vanhood!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Milnes lands a nice looking kick to the body. Vanhood takes a step back to recover.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Milnes.
Milnes tries a head kick but it misses.
Vanhood misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vanhood shoots in for a takedown but Milnes shows good takedown defense.
Milnes lands with a kick to the ribs.
Milnes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vanhood looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Milnes lands with a nice body kick.
Robin Vanhood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Milnes moves into range and clinches up with Vanhood.
Milnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vanhood blocks it with crossed arms.
Milnes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Robin Vanhood has been cut.
Milnes tries to land a knee to the head but Vanhood blocks with his arms.
Milnes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Milnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Milnes.
Milnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vanhood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Milnes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milnes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Milnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Milnes avoids a wild elbow strike from Vanhood.
Milnes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vanhood's face.
Milnes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Milnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Vanhood avoids the damage to the body.
Milnes misses with a knee to the head.
Milnes working Vanhood over with knees to the body.
Milnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Milnes looking to throw knees to the head but Vanhood is blocking nicely.
Vanhood wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vanhood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Milnes prevents a body shot from Vanhood.
Vanhood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vanhood wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vanhood is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Milnes is keeping busy.
Milnes unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Milnes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vanhood is trying to force a seperation but Milnes has the dominant position.
Nice body punch from Vanhood.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Milnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vanhood blocks it with crossed arms.
Milnes tries a knee to the head but Vanhood blocks it.
Vanhood tries to break free but Milnes pushes him back against the ropes.
Vanhood is trying to maintain a safe position but Milnes gets an underhook and turns Vanhood into the ropes.
Milnes missing with knees to the body.

Vanhood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Milnes misses with a head kick.
Vanhood connects with the punch.
Milnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vanhood wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Vanhood keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanhood looks to land a combination but Milnes avoids it well.
Milnes scores with a leg kick.
Milnes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Vanhood looks to land a combination but Milnes avoids it well.
Milnes lands a leg kick that knocks Vanhood off balance momentarily.
Vanhood misses with a lunging right hand
and Milnes counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vanhood's knee momentarily.
Vanhood fails with the takedown
and Milnes counters with a good, hard body kick but Vanhood shrugs it off.
Good leg kick by Milnes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Milnes moves into the clinch.
Milnes misses with a knee to the head.
Milnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vanhood is defending well for now.
Vanhood is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Milnes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milnes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Milnes with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Robin Vanhood's cut even more.
Milnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Vanhood avoids the damage to the body.
Milnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vanhood avoids it.
Vanhood managing to block the knees to the body from Milnes.
Milnes working Vanhood over with knees to the body.
Milnes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vanhood in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Milnes connects with a knee to the head.
Milnes tries a knee to the head but Vanhood blocks it.
Milnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vanhood managing to block the knees to the body from Milnes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Milnes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vanhood avoiding damage as Milnes throws knees to the body.
Milnes misses with a knee to the head.
Milnes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vanhood's efforts to push away.
Vanhood throws a punch but it's blocked by Milnes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ants Milnes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robin Vanhood's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Milnes slips under a jab from Vanhood.

Milnes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vanhood, pushing him back against the ropes.
Vanhood is trying to break free.
Milnes tries a knee to the head but Vanhood blocks it.
Vanhood misses with a body punch.
Vanhood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vanhood avoiding damage as Milnes throws knees to the body.
We've been informed that Vanhood has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Vanhood wants to get back to striking at distance but Milnes won't allow it.
Vanhood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Milnes looking to throw knees to the head but Vanhood is blocking nicely.
Milnes landing knees to the body.
Milnes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Milnes connects with a knee to the head.
Milnes looking to throw knees to the head but Vanhood is blocking nicely.
Milnes missing with knees to the body.
Vanhood is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Milnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Milnes.
Vanhood avoiding damage as Milnes throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milnes blocks a body shot from Vanhood.
Milnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vanhood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vanhood takes a knee to the side of the body.
Milnes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Milnes trying to land knees to the body.
Milnes landing knees to the body.
Milnes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
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!
Milnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Milnes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Milnes blocks a body shot from Vanhood.
Milnes misses with a knee to the head.
Milnes missing with knees to the body.

Vanhood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vanhood lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Milnes at a distance.
Vanhood misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanhood misses with a double jab
and Milnes counters with a head kick. That will keep Vanhood thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Vanhood throws out a loose jab but Milnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Milnes 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Vanhood dives in and scores a takedown into Milnes's guard.
Vanhood won't allow Milnes to get back to his feet.

Milnes has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the ropes to get back to his feet. Vanhood has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Milnes.
Milnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vanhood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Vanhood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Milnes throws a head kick that misses
and Vanhood counters with a nice low kick that buckles Milnes's knee momentarily.
Milnes slips a jab from Vanhood.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanhood misses with a looping left.

Milnes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ants Milnes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Milnes crunches a lovely knee into Vanhood's ribcage.
Milnes missing with knees to the body.
Vanhood takes a knee right on the jaw!
Milnes lands a good knee to the midsection. Vanhood won't want to take too many of those.
Milnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Milnes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Milnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vanhood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vanhood missing with knees to the body.
Milnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vanhood misses with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Milnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Vanhood avoids the damage to the body.
Vanhood is trying to push Milnes away but Milnes has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Vanhood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Milnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanhood is looking to break free of the clinch but Milnes has double underhooks.
Vanhood is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Vanhood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Milnes is defending well for now.
Vanhood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vanhood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Milnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vanhood.
Vanhood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Milnes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vanhood throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Milness head.
Milnes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vanhood can do to turn this around?
Vanhood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Milnes lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Milnes misses with a knee strike.
Vanhood managing to block the knees to the body from Milnes.
Vanhood is leaning against Milnes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Vanhood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ants Milnes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Robin Vanhood's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Vanhood smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Milnes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Milnes slips a jab and a cross from Vanhood.
Milnes throws a sloppy head kick and Vanhood moves out of range easily.
Milnes leaves Vanhood with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Vanhood looks to land a right hand but Milnes moved out of range.
Milnes has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Milnes clinches.
Milnes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Milnes scores with a knee to the head.
Milnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vanhood avoids it.
Milnes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Milnes scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vanhood working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milnes looking to throw knees to the head but Vanhood is blocking nicely.
Milnes trying to land knees to the body.
Vanhood is trying to break the clinch but Milnes is controlling him.
Vanhood wants to break the clinch but can't.
Milnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vanhood is defending well for now.
Milnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vanhood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vanhood tries to circle away but Milnes has him pinned against the ropes.
Vanhood throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vanhood softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Milnes misses with a knee strike.
Milnes blocks a body shot from Vanhood.
Vanhood lands a hook to the side of the head.
Milnes prevents Vanhood from breaking the clinch.
Milnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Vanhood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Milnes is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Milnes. No joy for Vanhood on that attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Vanhood! Milnes is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robin Vanhood!