PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Buchanan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Mills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buchanan comes to the cage accompanied by New Year's Eve. On his way into the cage it seems that Paul Buchanan has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Paul Buchanan seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Buchanan
vs
Mills

183 cm
20
201 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
198 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Blood Bank ($10)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Buchanan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricky Mills!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Lou da Vinci and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buchanan throws a hook but Mills avoids it easily.
Mills lands with a nice body punch.
Buchanan tries to work over Mills's front leg with a kick but Mills checks it.
Mills misses with a wild body shot.
Mills blocks the body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mills.
Buchanan swings for the body but Mills moves out of range.
Mills tries to land a leg kick but Buchanan saw it coming and moves away.
Buchanan moves out of range of the body kick from Mills.
Mills paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mills is looking to slow Buchanan down with leg kicks.
Buchanan throws a lazy right hand but Mills sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mills is looking to chop away at Buchanan's legs.
Mills misses with a low kick.

Buchanan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mills did well to prevent Buchanan getting side control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Mills keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Buchanan seems to be working for a kimura but Mills defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Buchanan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mills does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mills tries to get to full guard but Buchanan has control of the leg.

Buchanan seems to be working for a kimura but Mills defends the submission attempt.

Buchanan is trying to work for a kimura but Mills is defending well.
Mills looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mills makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Buchanan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mills.
Mills fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Buchanan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Buchanan throws a body punch but Mills moves out of range.

Mills rushes Buchanan and presses him up against the cage.
Mills tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buchanan avoids it.
Buchanan avoids a wild elbow strike from Mills.
Buchanan is working for takedown but Mills is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mills lands an elbow inside that Buchanan shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mills throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan managing to block the knees to the body from Mills.
Buchanan takes an elbow to the temple.
Mills looking to throw knees to the head but Buchanan is blocking nicely.
Mills is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Buchanan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mills throws an elbow that misses.
Mills missing with knees to the body.
Mills looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mills lands a nice elbow.
Mills is pressed up against the cage. Buchanan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mills down to the mat. Mills avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Buchanan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mills throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mills misses with a low kick as Buchanan jumps back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mills misses with a low kick.
Mills throws a body punch but Buchanan moves out of range.
Mills keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Buchanan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Buchanan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Buchanan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Mills tries to buck Buchanan off but Buchanan is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mills is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Buchanan working the ground and pound.
Buchanan in side control, throwing shots but Mills defends.

Buchanan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mills, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ricky Mills will probably get the nod.
That's time! Buchanan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mills dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Buchanan. That did some damage!
Buchanan checks the leg kick nicely there.
A swing and a miss from Mills.
Mills is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mills with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Buchanan is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mills sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mills.
Paul Buchanan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buchanan wants to slow Mills down by chopping away at his legs.
Mills walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Buchanan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Buchanan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mills circles away quickly and effectively.
Buchanan throws a body punch but Mills moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mills lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Buchanan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Buchanan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills throws a right hand that misses

and Buchanan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mills's guard.
Mills keeping moving, preventing Buchanan from controlling successfully.
Buchanan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Buchanan trying to control the position from guard on top but Mills is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Paul Buchanan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Buchanan throwing strikes from guard but Mills blocks nicely.
Mills really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Buchanan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Buchanan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mills swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mills is trying to control the position but Buchanan postures up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Buchanan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Ricky Mills hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Mills throws a solid leg kick but Buchanan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mills.
Buchanan just misses with a punch to the body.
Buchanan shoots in for a takedown but Mills shows good takedown defense.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Buchanan misses the target.
Mills tries to work over Buchanan's front leg with a kick but Buchanan checks it.
Mills throws a front kick aimed at Buchanan's knee but Buchanan avoids it well.
Mills throws a front kick aimed at Buchanan's knee but Buchanan avoids it well.
Mills thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mills misses the shot to the body.
Mills lands the left hand.
Mills throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills cracks Buchanan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mills scoring well with a low kick there.
Buchanan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mills lands with a straight right. Buchanan didn't see that one coming.
Buchanan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Buchanan is defended easily by Mills.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Buchanan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mills avoids the body shot from Buchanan.

Buchanan shoots in and bounces Mills off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Buchanan wants to control from the top but Mills keeps moving.
Buchanan postures up in Mills's guard and throws a big left but Mills blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan trying to control but Mills is working from the bottom.

Buchanan drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Mills manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Buchanan has Mills in his guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mills would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Buchanan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mills slips nicely into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Buchanan regains full guard. Nicely done.

Buchanan is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mills defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Buchanan dominated that second round.
That's time! Buchanan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mills tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mills throws a leg kick which misses Buchanan's front leg but catches the back leg as Buchanan tries to avoid it.
Mills doesn't manage to clinch there - Buchanan circles away.
Mills doesn't manage to clinch there - Buchanan circles away.
Buchanan checks a leg kick.
Buchanan looks to score with a jab to the body but Mills is just out of range.
Buchanan is looking to wear down Mills with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mills looks to score with a jab to the body but Buchanan is just out of range.
Buchanan tries for a takedown but Mills sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Buchanan is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Mills's half guard.
Buchanan not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Buchanan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Buchanan is trying to work for a kimura but Mills is defending well.
Mills regains full guard. Nicely done.
Mills is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Buchanan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Buchanan postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan advances to half guard.

Buchanan is looking for a kimura but Mills is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Buchanan to get the leverage.
Mills trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Buchanan lands a heavy elbow.
Buchanan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buchanan tries to control but Mills wriggling away.
Buchanan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Buchanan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Buchanan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mills tries to hold on but Buchanan pushes him away.

Buchanan jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Mills is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Mills and Buchanan has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills is trying to get back to his feet.
Buchanan scores with a couple of short elbows.
Buchanan wants to control but Mills is keeping him busy.
Buchanan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Mills some visible discomfort.
Buchanan throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Buchanan working away.

Buchanan tries for a kimura but Mills is defending well.
Mills tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Buchanan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mills taking a bit of punishment here - Buchanan scoring with strikes.
Buchanan scoring with punches from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Buchanan is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mills knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Buchanan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Buchanan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Buchanan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Buchanan clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Buchanan checks a leg kick.
Buchanan throws the left hand but Mills avoids the punch easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Buchanan blocks the leg kick.
Mills throws a leg kick but Buchanan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Buchanan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mills at a distance.
Mills ducks under a wild hook from Buchanan.
Buchanan checks a leg kick.
Buchanan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Buchanan looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mills looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills working a defensive guard here.
Buchanan stands up over Mills, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mills keeping moving, preventing Buchanan from controlling successfully.
Mills is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mills is controlling Buchanan's posture.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Ricky Mills hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Mills throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A low kick from Buchanan misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mills takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mills avoids it really well and circles away.
Buchanan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mills slaps away a takedown attempt from Buchanan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Buchanan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Buchanan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ricky Mills seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mills looks to score with a jab to the body but Buchanan is just out of range.
Mills stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mills lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mills throws a lazy right hand but Buchanan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mills misses with a low kick.
Mills throws a chopping leg kick but Buchanan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Buchanan looks to land a left hand but Mills moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Buchanan.
Buchanan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mills avoids the body shot from Buchanan.
Mills lands a leg kick that knocks Buchanan off balance momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mills.
Buchanan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mills shoots in and drives through. Buchanan sprawls well.
Mills tries to close the distance and clinch but Buchanan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Buchanan with a nice cross.
Mills ducks under a wild hook from Buchanan.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Buchanan.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Buchanan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mills.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mills counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Mills moves into the clinch successfully.

Buchanan turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mills defending against the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mills is looking for a sweep.
Buchanan cracks Mills with a big elbow.
Buchanan in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Buchanan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mills, who protects the arm well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mills takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Paul Buchanan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Mills ducks under a wild hook from Buchanan.
Mills scores with a nice head shot.
Buchanan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Buchanan moves out of range of the body kick from Mills.
Buchanan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mills is out of range and Buchanan settles back down.
Mills does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mills throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mills lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Buchanan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mills as he avoids it easily.
Buchanan misses with a shot to the body
and Mills counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mills leaves Buchanan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Buchanan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Buchanan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Buchanan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mills rushes Buchanan and presses him up against the cage.
Buchanan blocks an elbow strike.
Mills lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mills gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mills.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mills.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mills throws an elbow but misses.
Buchanan is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Mills is defending well.
Mills missing with knees to the body.
Buchanan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mills gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mills.
Ricky Mills has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mills lands an elbow inside that Buchanan shrugs off.
Buchanan dodges an elbow strike from Mills.
Mills tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mills looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mills tries to land knees in the clinch but Buchanan avoids the damage to the body.
Mills lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mills lands an elbow just above Buchanan 's eye.
Mills comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Buchanan.
Buchanan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mills lands an elbow inside.
Mills gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Buchanan.
Mills creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mills throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buchanan avoids a wild elbow strike from Mills.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mills throws an elbow but misses.
Mills lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Paul Buchanan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan dodges an elbow strike from Mills.
Buchanan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Buchanan takes an elbow to the temple.
Mills effectively controlling the action here.
Mills lands an elbow inside that Buchanan shrugs off.
Buchanan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Mills is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Buchanan is defending well for now.
Buchanan dodges an elbow strike from Mills.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mills pushes off an throws an elbow but Buchanan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mills misses with an elbow strike.

Buchanan has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mills uses from the top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Mills comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Buchanan 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 48:48
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 48:47
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Paul Buchanan!
Paul Buchanan retains his middleweight title!
Paul Buchanan managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Blood Bank ($10), into his post fight interview.