PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Virgil Mays (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Milat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mays might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wretches & Kings. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mays
vs
Milat

174 cm
29
167 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

172 cm
22
165 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition Q160 Recovery

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 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Virgil Mays!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivan Milat!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mays misses the shot to the body.
Milat takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mays lands a lovely overhand right.
Milat throws a hook to the side of Mays's head but Mays sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mays on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mays rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Milat moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mays's corner calls for a 1-2. Mays obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mays lands with a nice combination. Milat backs away looking to recover.
Mays moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A head kick by Milat misses
and Mays connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mays goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Milat misses with an uppercut. Mays saw that one coming.
Mays slips a straight right by Milat.
Mays avoids the head kick by Milat.
Milat fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mays has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milat misses with a low kick.
Mays tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Milat was well out of range. Poor timing from Mays.
Mays takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mays misses with a hook.
Milat misses with a wild body shot.
Mays defending well as Milat loads up on a big left hand.
Milat just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Milat.
Mays swings for the body but Milat moves out of range.
Milat takes one to the chin there.
Milat throws a poor cross that misses
and Mays counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mays takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mays scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Milat doesn't seem bothered though.
Mays digs a good hook to Milat's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mays ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Milat takes one to the chin there.
Mays throws a right and a left that Milat avoids nicely.
Milat tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Milat takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Milat scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mays in his tracks.
Milat misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mays.
Mays fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Milat on the side of the head.
Mays dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Milat takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Milat is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mays cracks Milat with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Milat is still on wobbly legs! Can Mays finish him?
Milat throws a wild hook but Mays just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Milat gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Mays raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Virgil Mays!
During a confident post fight interview, Virgil Mays thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.