PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeranimo Milner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Palmer struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 157.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Milner
vs
Palmer

173 cm
21
160 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

170 cm
20
166 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeranimo Milner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Palmer!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milner's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Milner duly obliges.
Palmer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Milner counters with a left and a right that stings Palmer.
Palmer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Milner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Palmer doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Milner counters with a nice body shot.
Milner scores with a shot to the body.
Milner defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Palmer.
Palmer fails with the takedown

and Milner counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jeranimo Milner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Palmer.

Milner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Palmer tries to keep at a distance but Milner has taken the fight into the clinch.

Milner is trying to trip Palmer. He has hold of a leg but Palmer is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Milner persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Milner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Milner landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer has momentary wrist control but Milner slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Palmer looks gassed!
Milner landing some decent shots from guard.
Milner works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Palmer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Milner looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Milner tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Palmer.
Milner is trying to control. Palmer wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Milner works his way into side control.
Palmer takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milner controlling the position from side mount.
Milner working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Palmer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Milner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Milner working the head and body with strikes.
Milner working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Milner landing strikes.
Milner 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.
Milner advances nicely into full mount.
Milner lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Palmer hang on?
Milner with shots to the head and body - Palmer looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palmer takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Milner sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Milner punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Palmer?
Milner tries to control but Palmer wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Milner cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Milner tries to control but Palmer wriggling away.
The referee warns Palmer that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Milner lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Palmer takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Milner unloading with bombs!

Palmer is rocked!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Palmer can do anything to dispel that myth.
Milner landing shots from mount.
Palmer is still in real trouble! Can Milner finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Milner! Palmer is hurt baaadly! Milner is firing away with more strikes - Palmer is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jeranimo Milner!