PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lance Mills (ranked 1612 p4p, 184 weight class) and Jose Ronaldo (ranked 2091 p4p, 222 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mills
vs
Ronaldo

168 cm
28
150 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

170 cm
28
146 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Hardcore Nutrition 160Q ($150)

Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lance Mills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jose Ronaldo!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ronaldo moves into the clinch.
Ronaldo misses with a punch to the body.
Ronaldo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mills.
A short right from Ronaldo on the inside.
Ronaldo's coach down at The Forge was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ronaldo's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Mills just leaning against Ronaldo, taking a breather.
Mills blocks a body shot from Ronaldo.
Still in the clinch, Ronaldo scores with a nice short uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ronaldo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mills backwards.
A short uppercut from Ronaldo.
Nice body punch from Ronaldo - that landed with a thud.
Ronaldo tries a body shot but Mills blocks it.
Ronaldo misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ronaldo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ronaldo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mills.
Mills tries for a takedown but Ronaldo manages to get underhooks.
Ronaldo lands a nice shot to the body.
Mills drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ronaldo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Mills. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ronaldo pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ronaldo fails in his attempt to clinch.

Ronaldo moves into the clinch successfully.
Mills tries to land knees in the clinch but Ronaldo avoids the damage to the body.
Mills goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ronaldo prevents it.
Mills has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Good body shot from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mills.

Mills gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Mills looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Mills's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mills drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Mills seems to have locked his on tight now - Ronaldo screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Mills, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Lance Mills!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Lance Mills waved his t-shirt featuring Hardcore Nutrition 160Q ($150)'s logo in front of the cameras.