PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cesys Kazlauskas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Milnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kazlauskas
vs
Milnes

170 cm
24
163 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

180 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cesys Kazlauskas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Travis Milnes!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Kazlauskas. No joy for Milnes on that attempt.
Milnes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Milnes lands with a nice combination. Kazlauskas backs away looking to recover.
Kazlauskas tries to score a power double leg takedown but Milnes sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Kazlauskas somewhat.
Milnes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kazlauskas's waist but Kazlauskas gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Milnes off to one side.
Kazlauskas on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Milnes gets a takedown into half guard.
Kazlauskas is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Kazlauskas tries to roll over but Milnes keeps him under control.
Milnes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kazlauskas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Milnes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kazlauskas's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazlauskas slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Milnes working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Kazlauskas is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Milnes has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Kazlauskas to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Milnes is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Kazlauskas pulls down on the head and he's put Milnes to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Cesys Kazlauskas!