PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vilson Juvenal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darko Milicic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juvenal comes to the cage accompanied by Rage Against The Machine - Killing in the Name. Darko Milicic is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Juvenal
vs
Milicic

192 cm
22
248 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

215 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vilson Juvenal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Darko Milicic!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Juvenal looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Milicic!
Juvenal controlling the pace for now.
Milicic is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Milicic is squirming around, avoiding Juvenal's attempts to control the action.
Milicic is looking to improve his position but Juvenal isn't that keen on the idea.
Milicic is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Milicic is looking to improve his position but Juvenal isn't that keen on the idea.
Juvenal content just to control the position here.
Milicic really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juvenal tries to control but Milicic wriggling away.
Milicic is desperately trying to improve his position but Juvenal has a good base and remains in mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Milicic can do anything to dispel that myth.
Milicic throwing hammer fists to the chest of Juvenal. What's that going to do exactly?
Juvenal trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Milicic is working to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Juvenal tries to control but Milicic wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Milicic is trying to escape the mount.
Milicic throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Milicic is desperately trying to improve his position but Juvenal has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Juvenal takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Milicic is squirming around, avoiding Juvenal's attempts to control the action.
Milicic is looking to improve his position but Juvenal isn't that keen on the idea.
Juvenal looking to control but Milicic is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Juvenal is breathing heavily.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Vilson Juvenal just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Juvenal closes the distance and clinches.
Juvenal can't get the takedown.

Milicic gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Juvenal regains guard.
Milicic postures up.
Milicic postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Milicic scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milicic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Juvenal keeping moving, preventing Milicic from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Milicic works over Juvenal with some ground and pound from guard.
Milicic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Milicic scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Milicic scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Milicic postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Milicic tries to free his leg and advance position but Juvenal is retaining full guard.
Milicic wants to control from the top but Juvenal keeps moving.
Milicic is in close to Juvenal's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Milicic is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Milicic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Milicic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Juvenal wants to stand and escape but Milicic is having none of it.
Milicic pushes down on Juvenal's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Milicic working Juvenal over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milicic looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Juvenal with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Juvenal on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Milicic winds up and cracks Juvenal with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Juvenal tries to get to full guard but Milicic has control of the leg.
Milicic scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Milicic seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Milicic takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Juvenal is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Milicic scores with a couple of nice shots.
Milicic takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Milicic lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Milicic passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Juvenal!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Milicic content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darko Milicic dominated that 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.

Milicic throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Juvenal's waist but Juvenal gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Milicic off to one side.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Milicic fails with the takedown.
Milicic shoots in but Juvenal avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Vilson Juvenal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darko Milicic.
Juvenal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Milicic closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Milicic lands in his opponent's guard.
Juvenal wants to sweep but no luck.
Milicic lands a couple of digs.
Milicic wants to pass the guard but Juvenal is keeping the position.
Juvenal is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Milicic with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milicic postures up and lands a big shot to Juvenal's brow.
Milicic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Juvenal is trying to control the position but Milicic postures up.
Juvenal lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Milicic!
Milicic really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Milicic is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Juvenal trying to control but Milicic is having none of it.
Milicic is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milicic working to try and regain half guard.
Milicic is squirming around, avoiding Juvenal's attempts to control the action.
Milicic wants to hold on but Juvenal pushes him away.
Juvenal wants to control the pace but Milicic is squirming around nicely.
Milicic sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Milicic missing with punches from the bottom.
Milicic manages to get to full guard.
Milicic trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Milicic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milicic wants to sweep but no luck.
Milicic trying to strike off his back.
Milicic throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Milicic will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Juvenal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Milicic fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Milicic closes the distance and clinches up with Juvenal, looking for a takedown. Milicic pushes Juvenal against the cage but Juvenal circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Milicic shoots in looking for a takedown. Juvenal tries to sprawl out of it but Milicic keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Juvenal manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Juvenal scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Milicic is looking to control Juvenal's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Milicic avoid being mounted?
Milicic tries to get to full guard but Juvenal has control of the leg.
Darko Milicic has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milicic punching from the bottom.
Juvenal trying to pass the guard but Milicic defending well.
Milicic manages to get to full guard.
Milicic keeping moving, preventing Juvenal from controlling successfully.
Juvenal might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Milicic looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Milicic looking to pass the guard.
Milicic stopping the sweep attempt from Juvenal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darko Milicic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Juvenal misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Vilson Juvenal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Milicic shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Juvenal pinned against the cage. Juvenal gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Juvenal tries to clinch there but Milicic circles away.
Milicic changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Juvenal tries to avoid it but Milicic manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Juvenal to the ground. Juvenal escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Juvenal gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Milicic is in close to Juvenal's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Milicic connects with a couple of short punches.
Milicic stands up over Juvenal, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Milicic slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
You can see the frustration on Juvenal's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Juvenal takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juvenal is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Milicic has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Milicic landing a few strikes.
Juvenal tries to improve position but can't.
Milicic cracks Juvenal with a big elbow.
Milicic in side control lands a decent elbow.
Milicic cracks Juvenal with a big right hand but Juvenal just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Milicic working the ground and pound.
Milicic working away.
Milicic is chipping away with strikes.
Milicic looks up at the clock and then as Juvenal takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Milicic smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Milicic landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Milicic landing strikes.
Milicic cracks Juvenal with a big right hand but Juvenal just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milicic in side control lands a decent elbow.
Juvenal manages to work his way to half guard, despite Milicic's best efforts.
Milicic is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Milicic throwing shots but Juvenal is blocking nicely.
Juvenal trying to control but Milicic postures up.
Juvenal tries to get to full guard but Milicic has control of the leg.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Milicic connects with a nice short shot to Juvenal's temple.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Milicic connects with a nice short shot to Juvenal's temple.
Juvenal is looking to control Milicic's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Juvenal avoid being mounted?
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Milicic connects with a nice short shot to Juvenal's temple.
Juvenal has hold of Milicic's hands but Milicic slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milicic lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Juvenal is looking to get back to full guard here but Milicic has managed to pass to side control instead.
Juvenal tries to lock up and control but Milicic gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Milicic cracks Juvenal with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Juvenal in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Milicic lands a nice shot to the head.
Milicic working the ground and pound effectively.
Milicic in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Juvenal is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Juvenal tries to reverse the position but Milicic maintains control.
Juvenal tries to hold on but Milicic postures up.
Milicic has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Juvenal's face.
Milicic avoids the attempt from Juvenal to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milicic scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Milicic postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Juvenal looks a forlorn figure.
Milicic lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Juvenal hang on?
Juvenal tries to lock up and control but Milicic gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Milicic working the ground and pound effectively.
Milicic looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Juvenal is looking to get to half guard.
Juvenal wants to try and get back to his feet.
Juvenal tries to reverse the position but Milicic maintains control.
Vilson Juvenal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Milicic cracks Juvenal with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns Juvenal that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Darko Milicic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Milicic has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Juvenal's face.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darko Milicic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Milicic winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darko Milicic!