PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aernardo Mill (ranked 5444 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yefim Yegorovich (ranked 6843 p4p, 0 weight class). Yefim Yegorovich looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Mill
vs
Yegorovich

188 cm
25
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aernardo Mill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yefim Yegorovich!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yegorovich gets tackled into the cage by Mill. Mill maintains the clinch.
Yegorovich tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mill smiles and moves away.

Mill closes the distance and clinches.
Mill using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yegorovich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yegorovich missing with knees to the body.
Mill tries a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks it.

Yegorovich manages to pull guard.
Mill controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Mill would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Mill knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yegorovich on the ground.
Mill postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yegorovich pulls Mill in to control the position.
Yegorovich looks winded!
Mill wants to stand but Yegorovich is controlling his posture from full guard.
Mill looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mill wants to pass the guard but Yegorovich is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Yegorovich has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mill can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mill not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Mill gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mill looking to throw knees to the head but Yegorovich is blocking nicely.
Mill tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Yegorovich has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks with his arms.
Mill with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mill misses with a knee strike.
Yegorovich is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mill gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mill tries a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks it.
Mill tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yegorovich blocks it with crossed arms.
Mill using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yegorovich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mill lands a knee to the head.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mill misses with a knee strike.
Yegorovich is trying to pull guard but Mill turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Aernardo Mill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yefim Yegorovich.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mill using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yegorovich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mill with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yegorovich misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yegorovich is trying to pull guard but Mill turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks with his arms.
Yegorovich jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mill walks away with a smile on his face. Yegorovich gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Mill has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mill tries a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks it.
Mill tries a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks it.
Mill using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yegorovich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mill misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yegorovich blocks it with crossed arms.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks with his arms.
Mill with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks with his arms.
Yegorovich tries to score a body lock takedown but Mill shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mill looking to throw knees to the head but Yegorovich is blocking nicely.
Mill tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mill is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Mill misses with a knee to the head.
Mill using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yegorovich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yegorovich jumps guard but Mill turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Mill with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks with his arms.
Mill with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yegorovich is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Mill is defending well.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mill misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aernardo Mill 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.

Mill clinches.
Mill tries a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks it.
Mill with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yegorovich is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mill gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mill with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mill misses with a knee to the head.
Mill looking to throw knees to the head but Yegorovich is blocking nicely.
Mill using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yegorovich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mill tries a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks it.
Yegorovich is looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mill misses with a knee to the head.
Mill misses with a knee to the head.
Mill with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks with his arms.
Mill with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mill with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Aernardo Mill has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mill lands a knee to the head.
Mill with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mill using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yegorovich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yegorovich is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mill pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Aernardo Mill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yefim Yegorovich.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks with his arms.
Mill misses with a knee to the head.
Mill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yegorovich blocks it with crossed arms.
Mill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yegorovich blocks it with crossed arms.
Mill looking to throw knees to the head but Yegorovich is blocking nicely.

Yegorovich successfully pulls guard.
Mill wanted to stand there but Yegorovich had control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mill wants to pass the guard but Yegorovich is keeping the position.

Mill stands up and waves to Yegorovich to follow him.

Mill gets a clinch.
Mill misses with a knee to the head.
Mill throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mill with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mill misses with a knee to the head.
Yegorovich is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mill to keep the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mill with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks with his arms.
Yegorovich is trying to stall.
Mill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yegorovich blocks it with crossed arms.
Mill misses with a knee to the head.
Mill using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yegorovich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mill with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mill misses with a knee to the head.
Mill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yegorovich can do to turn this around?
Yegorovich is trying to pull guard but Mill has him pressed against the cage.
Mill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yegorovich blocks it with crossed arms.
Mill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yegorovich blocks it with crossed arms.
Mill tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Yegorovich pulls Mill into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mill throwing strikes but missing.
Mill tries to free his leg and advance position but Yegorovich is retaining full guard.
Yegorovich looking to control.
Mill throwing strikes but missing.
Mill wants to stand but Yegorovich is controlling his posture from full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mill controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aernardo Mill 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. This is the final round!

Mill fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yegorovich, pushing him back against the cage.
Mill throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yegorovich is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mill pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks with his arms.
Mill misses with a knee strike.
Yegorovich tries to break free but Mill pushes him back against the cage.
Mill misses with a knee strike.
Mill with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mill with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks with his arms.
Mill tries a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks it.
Mill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yegorovich blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks with his arms.
Yegorovich tries to pull guard but Mill won't allow it.
Mill looking to throw knees to the head but Yegorovich is blocking nicely.
Mill misses with a knee strike.
Yegorovich wants a takedown.
Aernardo Mill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yefim Yegorovich.
Mill throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yegorovich changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Mill fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Mill darts in and clinches Yegorovich up against the cage.
Mill tries a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks it.
Mill lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mill tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mill misses with a knee to the head.
Yegorovich fails to pull guard.
Mill tries a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks it.
Mill connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yegorovich's face.
Mill tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mill using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yegorovich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mill tries to land a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks with his arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mill with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mill throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yegorovich blocks it with crossed arms.

Yegorovich manages to break the clinch.
Yegorovich shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mill as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mill gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mill using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yegorovich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mill tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mill tries a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks it.
Mill throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mill tries a knee to the head but Yegorovich blocks it.
Mill tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Yegorovich ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Yegorovich no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Yegorovich working a defensive guard here.
Yegorovich looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mill is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mill content to stall in guard here.
Mill missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Mill gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Mill darts in and clinches Yegorovich up against the cage.
Mill using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yegorovich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yefim Yegorovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mill with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mill tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aernardo Mill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mill, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aernardo Mill!