PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rusty Griswold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincenzo Milano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griswold's entrance music is Hooking Up The Lights. A fine choice. Milano is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by AC/DC - If You Want Blood. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Griswold
vs
Milano

180 cm
23
202 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

188 cm
22
185 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

[JMFC] 160!

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rusty Griswold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vincenzo Milano!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griswold takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Milano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Griswold uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Milano.
A big left from Milano misses.
Milano loads up on a big right hand but Griswold slips the punch.
Griswold lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Griswold changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Griswold misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Griswold. Milano does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Griswold. Milano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Milano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Griswold's sensitive parts.
Milano misses with a body kick.
Milano throws a head kick that misses.
Griswold defending well as Milano loads up on a big left hand.
Milano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Griswold is out of range and Milano settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milano slips under a jab from Griswold.
Griswold lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Milano at a distance.
Milano misses with a double jab.
Griswold goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A slow jab from Griswold misses its intended target.
Milano misses with a hook. Griswold ducked under it nicely.
Griswold stuns Milano with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Griswold ducks under a wild hook from Milano.
Griswold ducks under a wild hook from Milano.
Milano throws a big shot that misses.
Vincenzo Milano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Milano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griswold manages to avoid it.
Milano missing with a left hand there. Griswold was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice body punch from Griswold.
Griswold ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Griswold shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Milano napping and manages to drive through into side control!
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milano wants to get back to his feet but Griswold drags him back down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Milano seems a little lost for a moment, as Griswold dominates the positioning.
Griswold'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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Rusty Griswold.
Milano takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Milano throws the left hand but Griswold avoids the punch easily.
Milano misses with a jab to the body

and Griswold counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Griswold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rusty Griswold dominated that round.
That's time! Griswold's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Milano motions for Griswold to come forward. Milano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Griswold uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Milano.
Milano misses with a straight left.
Milano clobbers Griswold with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Griswold shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Milano as he jumps to the side.
Milano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Griswold defending well as Milano loads up on a big left hand.
Griswold keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Milano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Griswold's hands.
Griswold will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Griswold shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Milano defends it nicely.
Milano moves forwards but Griswold connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milano on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Griswold defending well as Milano loads up on a big left hand.
Milano misses with a looping right.
Milano throws a body punch but Griswold moves out of range.
Griswold displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Milano throws out the jab.
Griswold tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Milano was well out of range. Poor timing from Griswold.
Griswold digs a good hook to Milano's body.
Milano lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Griswold scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Milano walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Griswold checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Milano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milano throws a hook but Griswold blocks it.

Griswold drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Griswold advances nicely into full mount.
Griswold controlling the position easily from mount.
Griswold trying to control but Milano is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griswold in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Griswold throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Griswold content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Griswold throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Griswold controlling his opponent.
BOOM! Griswold connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rusty Griswold dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Griswold has a takedown stuffed.
Griswold avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Griswold scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Griswold throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Griswold is taking a breather. Milano says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Milano wants to stand back up but Griswold manages to pass into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griswold in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Milano avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Griswold.
Milano is trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Milano seems a little lost for a moment, as Griswold dominates the positioning.
Griswold lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Griswold throws a strike aimed at the side of Milano's head but Milano avoids it well.
Griswold remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Griswold trying to control the position but Milano is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griswold is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Milano will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Vincenzo Milano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Rusty Griswold.
Griswold on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Griswold pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Griswold lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Milano tries to score with a low kick but Griswold moves his leg out of the way.
Milano wants to land a leg kick but Griswold is out of range.
Griswold checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griswold misses with a takedown attempt - Milano sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Griswold scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Milano doesn't seem bothered though.
Griswold shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rusty Griswold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Milano lands a jab to the nose.
Milano looks to score with a jab to the body but Griswold is just out of range.

Griswold throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Milano was covering up waiting for the punch and Griswold finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Griswold works a leg free and moves into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rusty Griswold showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Griswold has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rusty Griswold!