PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Victor Stoic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Mills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryan Mills acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Stoic
vs
Mills

182 cm
28
167 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

178 cm
20
163 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

BlackStar Athletics

Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Victor Stoic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bryan Mills!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stoic dives in and grabs Mills's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mills pushes down on Stoic's head and hops out.
Stoic shoots in looking for a takedown. Mills tries to sprawl out of it but Stoic keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mills manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Stoic backing away here, and Mills unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Stoic definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Stoic tries for a takedown but Mills circles away easily
and Mills counters with a low kick, right behind Stoic 's knee.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Stoic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mills lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Victor Stoic has been cut.
Mills defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Stoic.
Mills cracks the inside of Stoic's front leg.

Stoic looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mills is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Stoic wants to get back to his feet.
Stoic wants to get back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mills slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoic trying to get back to full guard but Mills takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Mills trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Stoic tries to hold on but Mills postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stoic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mills takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Stoic looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

Mills working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

Mills looking for the choke but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stoic wants to get back to his feet.

Mills working for a choke but Stoic is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mills keeps control of the position as Stoic tries to break free.
Stoic is trying to stand back up.
Stoic trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills controlling from the back.
Mills struggling to keep hold of the position.
Stoic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mills on the ground.
Stoic is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Mills's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Mills might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Stoic haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Stoic is trying to get back to his feet but Mills has full control of the position and if anything, Stoic has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Stoic tries to break free.
Mills controlling the position well here. Stoic rolled but Mills kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mills is looking to control Stoic but Stoic is wriggling around and keeping busy.

Stoic showing good submission defense here.
Mills struggling to keep hold of the position.
Stoic is trying to stand back up.

Mills is persistently looking for the submission but Stoic is defending it well.
Stoic trying to control the hands but Mills won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Mills dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Victor Stoic's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Stoic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mills can pounce on him.
Stoic misses with a takedown
and Mills counters with a low kick, right behind Stoic 's knee.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mills. That's going to slow Stoic down.
Mills scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mills thuds a left hand into Stoic's body.
Stoic dives in and grabs Mills's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mills pushes down on Stoic's head and hops out.
Mills slaps away a takedown attempt from Stoic, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Stoic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mills stuns Stoic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Victor Stoic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mills, as that shot connected.

Stoic is rocked!
Stoic darts in looking for a takedown but Mills gets double underhooks and turns Stoic into the cage.
Oh Stoic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mills connects with a body shot that sends Stoic's belly button to the back.
Mills throws a monster overhand right that drops Stoic! Mills follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryan Mills! Bryan Mills retains his lightweight title!
Bryan Mills decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.