PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Mills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mansur Abdel Salam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mills comes to the cage accompanied by LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem. Abdel Salam has chosen PRO PAIN - SHINE as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mills
vs
Abdel Salam

194 cm
29
256 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

200 cm
22
277 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carl Mills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mansur Abdel Salam!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mills connects with a right hand. Abdel Salam shakes it off.

It looks like Mansur Abdel Salam has been cut.
Mills thows a body shot but no joy.
Abdel Salam is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mills scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Abdel Salam throws a series of punches but Mills avoids them all with ease.
Abdel Salam cracks Mills with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Abdel Salam looks to land a combination but Mills avoids it well.
Abdel Salam scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Abdel Salam misses with a double jab
and Mills counters with a body kick that stops Abdel Salam in his tracks momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mills swings widly with a right hand
and Abdel Salam counters with a straight right hand.
Mills misses with an uppercut
and Abdel Salam counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Abdel Salam. Those never looked like landing.
Mills misses with a straight left.

Mills clinches with his opponent.
Abdel Salam tries to break free but Mills pushes him back against the cage.
Mills prevents Abdel Salam from breaking the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mills takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mills prevents Abdel Salam from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdel Salam tries to circle away but Mills has him pinned against the cage.
Abdel Salam takes a shot to the head.

Abdel Salam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mills waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Abdel Salam.
Abdel Salam misses with a double jab
letting Mills counter with a right hand.
A combination from Abdel Salam does no damage.
Mills bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mills tests Abdel Salam's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That has opened up Mansur Abdel Salam's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abdel Salam throws a looping overhand right but Mills ducks down to avoid it.
Abdel Salam misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mills lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Abdel Salam misses with a straight left.
Mills stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

The cut above Mansur Abdel Salam's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Abdel Salam misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mills throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mills throws a leg kick but Abdel Salam sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mills throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Abdel Salam swats away the attempt to clinch by Mills.
Nice uppercut there from Mills.
A big right from Mills misses.
Mills throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Good shot there by Abdel Salam.
Mills scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Abdel Salam lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mills circles away quickly and effectively.
Mills will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mills throws a leg kick that misses.
Abdel Salam misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills misses the body punch
and Abdel Salam counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mills fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good work by Abdel Salam as he checks the leg kick.
A punch combination from Abdel Salam misses.
Mills looks to land a left hand but Abdel Salam moved out of range nicely.
Abdel Salam misses with a straight left.
Abdel Salam throws a right and a left that Mills avoids nicely.
Mills ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mills swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Mills does it's job there.

Mansur Abdel Salam's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Mansur Abdel Salam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abdel Salam misses with a combination
and Mills counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mills.
Abdel Salam looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mills bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Abdel Salam's head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mansur Abdel Salam's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Carl Mills!
Carl Mills managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, KAISER, into his post fight interview.