PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kiefer Milner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Trang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Milner
vs
Trang

193 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

168 cm
20
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kiefer Milner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Trang!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Trang clinches.
Trang should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Milner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trang blocks an elbow strike.
Trang goes for a takedown attempt but Milner pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Milner closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Milner lands in his opponent's guard.
Milner postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Milner is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Trang is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Milner defends well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Milner is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Milner postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Trang is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Milner defends well.
Milner scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Milner will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trang lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Milner!
Milner bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Milner slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Trang has an active guard here but Milner has managed to pass into half guard.
Trang tries to get to full guard but Milner has control of the leg.
Milner lands with a punch from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Milner connects with a nice short shot to Trang's temple.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Milner wants to pass to mount but Trang is defending the position.

Milner seems to be working for a kimura but Trang defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Milner there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Milner lands strikes from half guard.
Trang tries to roll over but Milner keeps him under control.
Milner winds up and cracks Trang with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Trang regains full guard. Nicely done.
Trang looking to control.
Milner scoring with punches to the head and body.

Trang is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Milner is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Milner is in close to Trang's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Milner lands a couple of digs.

Trang had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Milner defends it easily.
Trang being controlled here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milner scoring with punches to the head and body.
Milner lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Trang is looking to sinch up a triangle. Milner throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Trang's body to avoid the submission. Trang has instead reached around Milner's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Trang arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Matt Trang!