PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jamey Mills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paco Nykanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nykanen has chosen Jeff Mills - The Bells as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Mills
vs
Nykanen

170 cm
30
170 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

170 cm
31
166 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ANABOLIC **160**

Down Under! - Supplements (AXES)

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 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jamey Mills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paco Nykanen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nykanen tries a low kick but Mills avoids it.
Nykanen feints a jab promting Mills to slip. Nykanen then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mills slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The fighters circling - Nykanen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nykanen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mills.
Nykanen throws a lazy right hand but Mills sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nykanen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mills.
Mills throws a hook to the side of Nykanen's head but Nykanen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mills fails with the takedown
and Nykanen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mills's knee momentarily.
No joy there for Nykanen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nykanen misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills throws a hook but Nykanen blocks it.
Nykanen tries to land a front kick but Mills steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mills ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mills with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nykanen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nykanen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nykanen motions for Mills to come forward. Nykanen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mills slips under a jab from Nykanen.
Mills avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mills fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nykanen manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Mills.
Nykanen lands with an uppercut that bounces Mills off the cage and back into range.
Nykanen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mills takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nykanen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mills circles away quickly and effectively.
Nykanen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mills was well out of range. Poor timing from Nykanen.
Nykanen lands with a shot to the body.
Nykanen scores with a decent looking hook.
Mills throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nykanen sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen looks to score with a jab to the body but Mills is just out of range.
Mills avoids the body shot from Nykanen.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nykanen.
Mills tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nykanen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nykanen moves out of range of the strikes.
Nykanen throws an overhand right that lands on Mills's shoulder, as Mills tries to avoid the shot.
Nykanen ducks right into an uppercut from Mills.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Mills as Nykanen shoots in.
Nykanen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nykanen misses with a looping left.
Mills throws a jab but it's blocked by Nykanen.
Nykanen throws a leg kick which misses Mills's front leg but catches the back leg as Mills tries to avoid it.
Nykanen takes a swing at Mills's ribcage but misses.
A low kick from Nykanen is predictable there
and Mills counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nykanen shoots in and drives through. Mills sprawls well.
Jamey Mills has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paco Nykanen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Nykanen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mills takes a swing at Nykanen's ribcage but misses.
Nykanen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mills scores with a jab to the jaw.
Paco Nykanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mills moves out of range as Nykanen strikes.
Nykanen throws a looping overhand right but Mills ducks down to avoid it.
Nykanen blocks a jab.
Mills on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nykanen just misses with a punch to the body.
Mills jabs at Nykanen's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mills throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nykanen lands with a nice body kick.
Nykanen misses with a takedown attempt - Mills sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nykanen missing with a left hand there. Mills was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A good leg kick by Nykanen.
Mills keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nykanen misses with a body shot
and Mills counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nykanen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Paco Nykanen seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen misses with an uppercut.
Nykanen throws a nice looking combination but Mills bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nykanen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mills counters with a straight right hand.
Nykanen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Mills.
Nykanen fails to land with a series of punches.
Nykanen misses the body punch
and Nykanen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mills works the jab nicely.
Nykanen is looking to score with low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen thumps Mills with a low kick.
Mills throws an overhand right that lands on Nykanen's shoulder, as Nykanen tries to avoid the shot.
Mills misses with a lunging right hand
and Nykanen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mills's knee momentarily.
Mills connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nykanen throws a looping overhand right but Mills ducks down to avoid it.
Mills moves out of range of the strikes.
Nykanen has his takedown stuffed
and Mills connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nykanen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mills counters with a right hand to the body.
Mills throws the left hand but Nykanen avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mills missing with a left hand there. Nykanen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nykanen wants to slow Mills down by chopping away at his legs.
Mills fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mills throws a hook but Nykanen blocks it.
Mills misses the jab.
Nykanen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mills.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nykanen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nykanen throws a jab when Mills was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamey Mills dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nykanen looks to score with a jab to the body but Mills is just out of range.
Nykanen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nykanen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nykanen misses the body punch
letting Mills counter with a right hand.
Nykanen lands with an uppercut that bounces Mills off the cage and back into range.
The fighters circling - Nykanen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mills misses with a hook
and Nykanen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nykanen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nykanen scores with a body shot.
A punch combination from Nykanen misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nykanen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nykanen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nykanen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mills throws out a loose jab but Nykanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nykanen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nykanen throws a leg kick but Mills sees it coming and moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mills.
Nykanen lands with a straight right. Mills didn't see that one coming.
Mills is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nykanen misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mills misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nykanen.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nykanen.
Nykanen throws a sloppy body shot
and Mills cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nykanen misses with a takedown attempt
and Mills counters with a series of strikes. Nykanen will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good work by Mills as he checks the leg kick.
Mills is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nykanen.
Nykanen throws a wild body kick that Mills sees coming a mile off.
Mills scores with a nice right hand.
Mills lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mills connects with the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nykanen motions for Mills to come forward. Nykanen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nykanen loads up on a big right hand but Mills slips the punch.
Mills misses with a hook.
Mills throws a big shot that misses.
Nykanen misses with a body kick.
Nykanen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nykanen throws a leg kick but Mills moved away.
Mills misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mills's sensitive parts.
Mills slips a straight right by Nykanen.
Mills slips under a jab from Nykanen.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nykanen.
Nykanen misses with a double jab.
Nykanen misses with a series of wild punches.
Mills checks the leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An inside leg kick lands from Nykanen.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jamey Mills.
I think Mills has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamey Mills!