PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Mills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vrej Nazaryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nazaryan has chosen DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami as his entrance music. Bryan Mills has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Mills
vs
Nazaryan

178 cm
21
163 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

167 cm
22
165 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

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DC Unrivaled

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bryan Mills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vrej Nazaryan!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Dean Styles and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazaryan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mills thumps Nazaryan with a low kick.
Mills looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nazaryan connects with a high kick.
Mills throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nazaryan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mills works the jab nicely.
Nazaryan lands with a shot to the body.
Nazaryan punishes Mills's body with a nice straight punch.
Nazaryan throws a looping overhand right but Mills ducks down to avoid it.
Mills cracks the inside of Nazaryan's front leg.
Mills buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nazaryan throws the kick towards the body but Mills avoids it.
Mills is looking to clinch but Nazaryan is avoiding it.
Nazaryan wants to slow Mills down by chopping away at his legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mills throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mills walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nazaryan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mills throws a front kick aimed at Nazaryan's knee but Nazaryan avoids it well.
Nazaryan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mills connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nazaryan scrambles back to his feet.
Nazaryan throws a leg kick that misses.
Mills uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nazaryan.
Mills cracks Nazaryan with an open hand slap.
Nazaryan misses with a hook. Mills ducked under it nicely.
Vrej Nazaryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nazaryan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nazaryan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nazaryan lands a jab to the head.
Nazaryan moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice cross by Mills.
Nazaryan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Mills if he has to take too many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mills swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nazaryan avoids the head kick by Mills.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan walks into a left hand.
Nazaryan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mills under the eye.
Nazaryan wants to slow Mills down by chopping away at his legs.
Nazaryan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mills takes a step back to recover.
Vrej Nazaryan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Nazaryan.
Mills throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nazaryan is looking to land body kicks.
Mills appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nazaryan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mills manages to avoid it.
Mills fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mills takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nazaryan throws a chopping leg kick but Mills manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nazaryan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nazaryan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mills throws a sloppy body shot
and Nazaryan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nazaryan blocks a leg kick.
Mills is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan thuds his right hand into Mills's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nazaryan throws a wild body kick that Mills sees coming a mile off.
Mills on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mills.
Mills ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nazaryan moves away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nazaryan.
Nazaryan misses with a body kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nazaryan - that will leave a mark!
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.
Nazaryan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nazaryan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nazaryan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mills attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mills throws a low kick but Nazaryan moves out of range easily.
Nazaryan misses with a head kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Mills misses its target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mills is looking to score with low kicks.
Nazaryan throws a leg kick which misses Mills's front leg but catches the back leg as Mills tries to avoid it.
Mills misses with a wild body shot.
Mills lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nazaryan throws a front kick that sends Mills stumbling back into the cage.
Nazaryan thows a body kick. Mills tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mills slips under a jab.
Mills looks to land a body kick but Nazaryan moved away.
Mills swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nazaryan counters with a good low kick that Mills was not able to check.
Mills scores with a nice right hand.
Mills is looking to clinch but Nazaryan is avoiding it.
Nazaryan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mills throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nazaryan.
Mills will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nazaryan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vrej Nazaryan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mills takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mills dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nazaryan. That did some damage!
Mills misses with a hook. Nazaryan ducked under it nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nazaryan, right into the meat.
Nazaryan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nazaryan moves out of range of the body kick.
Nazaryan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mills throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nazaryan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mills.
Nazaryan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mills takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazaryan connects with a body shot.
Nazaryan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mills swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nazaryan throws a big counter head kick but Mills avoids it with no problem.
Mills takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazaryan misses with a lunging right hand
and Mills counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nazaryan. That's going to slow Mills down.
Mills fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nazaryan manages to avoid it.
Nice cross by Nazaryan.
Nazaryan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nazaryan looks to throw a body kick
and Mills counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nazaryan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nazaryan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mills looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nazaryan scores with a head kick.
Nazaryan avoids a kick to the body.
Nazaryan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mills is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Mills pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mills throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vrej Nazaryan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nazaryan throws a front kick aimed at Mills's knee but Mills avoids it well.

Mills clinches with his opponent.
Mills tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Nazaryan manages to break the clinch.
Mills misses with an uppercut.
Nazaryan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nazaryan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mills. That did some damage!
Mills defending well as Nazaryan loads up on a big left hand.
A big left from Mills misses.
Mills tries to clinch up but Nazaryan circles away and keeps his distance.
Nazaryan with a hook.
Nazaryan throws a sloppy head kick and Mills moves out of range easily.
Mills checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
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.
Nazaryan tries a low kick but Mills avoids it.
Nazaryan lands with a good body shot.
Nazaryan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mills will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan cracks the inside of Mills's front leg.
Nazaryan throws a low kick but Mills moves out of range easily.
A little feinted left hand from Mills on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nazaryan scores with a jab to the body.
Nazaryan catches Mills with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mills lands a right hook to the body.
Mills takes a swing at Nazaryan's ribcage but misses.
Mills looks for the body kick but Nazaryan saw that one coming.
Mills keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nazaryan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mills.
Nazaryan throws a series of punches but Mills moves out of range.
Mills uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan checks a leg kick.
Nazaryan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mills.
Mills throws a leg kick which misses Nazaryan's front leg but catches the back leg as Nazaryan tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan loads up on a big right hand but Mills slips the punch.
Mills scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A bone on bone clash there as Nazaryan blocks the leg kick.
Mills fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nazaryan checks it well.
Nazaryan clobbers Mills with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nazaryan with a jab.
Nazaryan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And Mills counters with a quick kick to the body but Nazaryan blocks it.

Mills has closed the distance and engaged Nazaryan in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mills.
Mills misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nazaryan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mills lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mills working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mills lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mills digs a right hand underneath Nazaryan's ribcage. Nazaryan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vrej Nazaryan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Mills's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Nazaryan misses the shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan ducks right into an uppercut from Mills.
Mills fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nazaryan throws a low kick but Mills avoids it.
Mills walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nazaryan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nazaryan only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nazaryan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mills tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nazaryan is able to avoid easily.
Nazaryan slips under a jab from Mills.
A head kick misses from Nazaryan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazaryan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mills misses with a low kick.
Nazaryan is trying to counter with his kicks.
Mills bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Mills throws a front kick aimed at Nazaryan's knee but Nazaryan avoids it well.
Nazaryan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Mills as he connects with a hook.
Nazaryan tries to bum rush Mills with a series of wild strikes but Mills uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mills lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mills on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nazaryan moves away from the strike by Mills.
Mills stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nazaryan is looking to slow Mills down with leg kicks.
Nazaryan throws a front kick aimed at Mills's knee but Mills avoids it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Nazaryan misses the target.
Mills throws a lazy right hand but Nazaryan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mills stuns Nazaryan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mills looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mills tries to clinch but Nazaryan moves out of range.
Nazaryan flicks out a counter leg kick but Mills steps away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan throws a leg kick but Mills sees it coming and checks it nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Mills misses the target.
Mills throws a push kick but Nazaryan slaps the foot to one side.
Nazaryan lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A left lands for Mills.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nazaryan throws a good cross that connects.
Good leg kick by Mills there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nazaryan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bryan Mills has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nazaryan walks into a left hand.
Nazaryan misses with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nazaryan. That's going to slow Mills down.
Mills tries to land a front kick but Nazaryan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nazaryan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Mills. Nazaryan shrugs it off though.
Nazaryan throws out a powerful jab.

Mills instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mills misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mills tries to throw a body punch but Nazaryan avoids it by throwing Mills back against the cage.
Mills lands an elbow inside.
Nazaryan taking a breather.
Mills working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mills tries to pull guard but Nazaryan won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nazaryan effectively controlling the action here.
Nazaryan continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Mills misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mills misses with an elbow over the top.
Mills tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mills lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mills misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Mills.
Nazaryan lands a nice uppercut.
Mills lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Mills fails to land.
Bryan Mills has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mills being controlled against the cage.
Nazaryan lands with a right to the head.
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 blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Mills.

Nazaryan manages to break the clinch.
Mills takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Mills swings for the body but Nazaryan moves out of range.
Nazaryan raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Mills throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mills backing away here, and Nazaryan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nazaryan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bryan Mills showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nazaryan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vrej Nazaryan!
Vrej Nazaryan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.