PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herman Mills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Pablo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herman Mills has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Mills
vs
Pablo

213 cm
19
278 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

194 cm
25
247 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Herman Mills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Pablo!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pablo slaps away a takedown attempt from Mills, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mills avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mills looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pablo lands a jab to the nose.
Pablo misses with a double jab.
Pablo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pablo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
No luck for Pablo with that takedown attempt.
Mills closes the distance and clinches up with Pablo, looking for a takedown. Mills pushes Pablo against the cage but Pablo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Herman Mills. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pablo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mills looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mills tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pablo swivels and escapes.
Pablo shoots in for a takedown but Mills shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pablo throws a hook but Mills blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pablo misses with a double jab.

Mills shoots in and gets a takedown into Pablo's guard.
Mills throwing strikes from guard but Pablo blocks nicely.
Mills throws a big right hand that misses.
Pablo is trying to keep Mills in close.
Pablo looks winded!
Mills throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mills's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pablo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mills content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mills accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mills postures up in Pablo's guard and throws a big left but Pablo blocks it.
Mills throws a strike but Pablo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Mills wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Mills has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Mills is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mills tries to pull guard but Pablo holds him up against the cage and eventually Mills drops back down to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills is struggling to control the position.

Mills jumps into guard, dragging Pablo to the mat.
Mills pulls Pablo in close to prevent any damage.

That's four 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.
Pablo stops Mills from standing up.
Mills will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mills looking to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mills has control of Pablo's left arm, preventing Pablo from doing any damage.
Mills is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pablo throws a big shot that misses.
Pablo misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Pablo.
Rick Pablo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Mills shoots in and gets a takedown into Pablo's guard.
Mills distracts Pablo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mills with a nice head shot there.
Pablo has momentary wrist control but Mills slips an elbow through the middle.
Mills in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pablo is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mills in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mills lands a couple of digs.
Mills throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mills with a nice head shot there.
Mills distracts Pablo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mills postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pablo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mills landing with the ground and pound.
Mills is in close to Pablo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mills scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mills with a nice head shot there.
Pablo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mills scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pablo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pablo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mills.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mills lands a couple of digs.
Pablo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mills throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pablo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mills working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mills postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mills working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mills is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pablo can do to turn this around?
Pablo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mills stands up over Pablo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Pablo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mills. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mills throwing strikes from guard but Pablo blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pablo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Mills looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Mills is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Pablo has managed to free his arm - good work.

Mills is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Mills sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pablo defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mills working the head and body with strikes.
Mills not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mills lands a nice short elbow.
Mills seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mills seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Mills is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Pablo defends it well.
Mills missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Mills decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herman Mills dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mills.
Pablo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mills was well out of range. Poor timing from Pablo.
Pablo fails to land with a series of punches.
Pablo shoots in for a takedown but Mills shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pablo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pablo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pablo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mills but Mills pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Mills shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mills lands with a punch from half guard.
Pablo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mills working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Mills is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Pablo has managed to free his arm - good work.

Mills is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Pablo sees it coming and defends easily.
Mills lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Mills is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mills throwing shots but Pablo is blocking nicely.

Mills is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Pablo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Mills.

Pablo is defending against the submission attempts here by Mills.
Mills landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pablo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Mills is looking for a kimura but Pablo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Mills to get the leverage.
Mills looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mills throwing shots but Pablo is blocking nicely.
Mills lands with a punch from half guard.
Mills thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pablo taking some punishment here, with Mills in his half guard.

Mills is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Pablo sees it coming and defends easily.
Herman Mills overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mills looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mills is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Mills is working for a kimura but Pablo is defending it quite comfortably.
Mills working over Pablo with some ground and pound. Pablo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mills lands a nice short elbow.
Pablo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Herman Mills showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mills has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herman Mills!