PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Mills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvatore Assante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mills kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Jimmy gets hiiigh TANIGHT. Assante has chosen Lose Yourself as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

Mills
vs
Assante

182 cm
27
221 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
217 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jimmy Mills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Salvatore Assante!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assante misses with a head kick.
Assante swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Assante. Mills does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick by Assante misses
and Mills counters with a one-two to the body.
Mills works Assante's body with a nice hook.
Mills throws a series of punches but Assante moves out of range.
Mills pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Assante looks to land a left hand but Mills moved out of range nicely.
Mills circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mills counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assante tries to clinch but Mills moves out of range.
Assante throws a sloppy head kick and Mills moves out of range easily.
Assante moves out of range of the strikes.
Mills scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Salvatore Assante has been cut.
Mills throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mills uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Assante.
Assante checks the leg kick.
Mills throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assante takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Assante throws a head kick that misses
and Mills counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mills ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Assante swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mills counters with a straight right hand.
Assante throws a sloppy head kick
and Mills counters with a straight right hand.
Assante misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Assante fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Assante looks to land a combination but Mills avoids it well.
Assante tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assante throws a lazy head kick
and Mills counters with a left and a right that stings Assante.
Mills swings widly with a right hand
and Assante counters with a head kick.
Assante gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Assante tries to clinch there but Mills circles away.
Mills swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Assante makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mills dips to his left and cracks Assante with an uppercut!
Mills doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assante throws a head kick that misses.
Assante pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Assante bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mills's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mills uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Assante.
Assante throws a half hearted mid kick.
Assante tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mills manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Assante throws a sloppy head kick
and Mills cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Salvatore Assante seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Assante bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Mills dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Salvatore Assante's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mills steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Assante. That one must have hurt.
Assante tries to close the distance and clinch but Mills swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Assante swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Assante slips under a jab.
Assante looks to land a combination but Mills avoids it well.
Assante looks to land a combination. Mills sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Jimmy Mills has been cut.
Assante throws a head kick but Mills moves out of range.
Mills tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Assante was well out of range. Poor timing from Mills.
Assante throws a head kick but Mills moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills avoids the head kick by Assante.
Assante catches Mills with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Assante feints a jab promting Mills to slip. Assante then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mills slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mills avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Assante waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mills.
Assante throws a looping overhand right but Mills ducks down to avoid it.
Mills throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Assante sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assante checks a low kick from Mills.
Assante throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Assante throws a sloppy head kick and Mills moves out of range easily.
Assante shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Assante wants to clinch.
Mills throws a jab when Assante was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assante tries to close the distance and clinch but Mills swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Assante misses with a head kick.
Mills misses with a right hand
enabling Assante to counter with a crisp jab.
Assante misses the shot to the body.
Mills keeps the fight on the outside.
Assante lands a body shot.
Assante pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Assante tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assante swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A slow jab from Assante misses its intended target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Assante.
Assante swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Assante misses with a left hand
enabling Mills to counter with a crisp jab.
Mills throws a poor cross that misses
and Assante counters with a solid body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Assante misses the target.
Assante misses with a shot to the body
and Assante takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mills rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Assante counters with a good low kick that Mills was not able to check.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Salvatore Assante showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

Assante misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mills.
Mills slips under a jab.
Assante tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mills paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mills throws a big shot that misses.
Assante throws a shot to the body.
Assante fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mills stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Assante.
Assante throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mills counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A head kick misses from Assante.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills misses with a hook.
Mills slips a jab and a cross from Assante.
Assante swings for the body but Mills moves out of range.
Assante lands a head kick. Mills smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Assante wants to clinch.
Assante tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assante doesn't manage to clinch there - Mills circles away.
Assante throws an off balance right hand
and Mills counters with a straight right hand.
Mills misses with an uppercut.
Assante fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mills misses with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Mills. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mills.
Assante misses with a hook
and Mills counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Assante connects with a high kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills throws out a loose jab but Assante uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mills lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Assante lands a two punch combo.
Assante moves in looking to clinch but Mills pushes him off.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Assante.
Assante just misses with a punch to the body.
Mills blocks a head kick by Assante.
Assante throws a hook to the side of Mills's head but Mills sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assante throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Assante keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mills.
Mills throws a poor cross that misses
and Assante counters with a thumping low kick.
Assante is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mills misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mills connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Assante defending well as Mills loads up on a big left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Salvatore Assante comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Assante has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Salvatore Assante!