PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Anadrade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gil Mills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gil Mills acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Anadrade
vs
Mills

190 cm
28
201 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

170 cm
27
190 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcos Anadrade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gil Mills!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Anadrade, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mills slips a jab and a cross from Anadrade.
Mills checks a leg kick.
Mills misses with a double jab.
Good leg kick by Mills there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Anadrade fails with a takedown attempt.
Anadrade throws a leg kick but Mills checks it.
Gil Mills seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mills pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anadrade tries to counter with a takedown but Mills is quick to defend against it.
Mills fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anadrade wants to clinch up but Mills keeps it at a distance.

Mills gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Anadrade to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Mills looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills keeping moving, preventing Anadrade from controlling successfully.
Anadrade is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Mills wants to sweep but no luck.
Anadrade advances position into side control!
Mills has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Anadrade trying to control the action but Mills is working from the bottom.
Mills can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Anadrade wants to control but Mills is keeping him busy.
Anadrade happy to just control the position for now.
Mills is trying to control Anadrade's posture but Anadrade avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mills takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Anadrade cracks Mills with a big elbow.
Anadrade trying to control the position but Mills is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anadrade will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mills is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Anadrade stalls from top position.
Anadrade lands an elbow.
Anadrade creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Anadrade controls the position from side control.
Mills is trying to control Anadrade's posture but Anadrade avoids it.
Anadrade wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mills keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Anadrade is chipping away with strikes.
Anadrade scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mills to see if he's OK.
Mills seems a little lost for a moment, as Anadrade dominates the positioning.
Anadrade works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mills seems a little lost for a moment, as Anadrade dominates the positioning.
Anadrade trying to control the action but Mills is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anadrade postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Anadrade dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mills listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mills throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anadrade tries to land a leg kick but Mills saw it coming and moves away.
Mills displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Anadrade.
Mills cracks Anadrade with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mills keeps Anadrade at a distance using the push kick.

Mills gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Mills looking to hit a scissor sweep but Anadrade is one step ahead there.
Mills controls Anadrade momentarily but Anadrade frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anadrade working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mills bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Anadrade's guard.

Mills stopping the sweep attempt from Anadrade.
Mills wants to control from the top but Anadrade keeps moving.
Mills pushes down on Anadrade's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Anadrade is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mills can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anadrade trying to control but Mills postures up.

Mills is looking for a kimura but Anadrade is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Mills to get the leverage.
Anadrade is staying active underneath Mills, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Anadrade is looking for a sweep. Mills is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mills wants to lay and pray for a moment but Anadrade keeps working.
Anadrade moves into full guard.
Anadrade trying to control the position.
Anadrade looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mills is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mills throws a big right hand that misses.
Anadrade looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Marcos Anadrade overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mills throwing strikes but missing.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Anadrade tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mills manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Mills misses.
Mills explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mills takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mills scores with a crisp jab that stopped Anadrade in his tracks.
Anadrade shoots for a takedown but Mills saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Anadrade shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mills pinned against the cage. Mills gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Anadrade looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcos Anadrade. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mills swats away the attempt to clinch by Anadrade.
Anadrade fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mills jabs at Anadrade's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gil Mills showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Mills misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anadrade.
Anadrade keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mills.
Mills tries a head kick but it misses.
Anadrade feinted with a counter takedown.
Mills throws a jab when Anadrade was well out of range.
Mills throws a series of punches but Anadrade avoids them all with ease.
Anadrade tries for a takedown but Mills sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mills.
Anadrade wants to clinch up but Mills keeps it at a distance.
Anadrade falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mills counters with a three punch combo that has Anadrade backing up. Anadrade nods at Mills to acknowledge the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mills scores with a leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mills.
Anadrade's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Anadrade duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anadrade appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Mills misses with the combination.

Mills gets caught napping as Anadrade dives in and scores a takedown. Mills manages to retain guard.
Anadrade pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mills is keeping the position for now.
Anadrade postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mills seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Anadrade passes into half guard.

Anadrade is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anadrade winds up and cracks Mills with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Anadrade is trying to control the action in half guard but Mills is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mills won't allow Anadrade to pass to mount.
Mills is looking for a sweep. Anadrade is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Anadrade trying to control from half guard but Mills is working away.
Mills wants to get back to full guard.
Anadrade is looking to take a break and control but Mills is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Mills wants to get back to full guard.
Mills is trying to control but can't.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Anadrade has a takedown stuffed.
Anadrade is looking to clinch.
Anadrade blocks a head kick by Mills.
Gil Mills is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mills thuds a left hand into Anadrade's body.
Anadrade fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Anadrade.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcos Anadrade. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mills lands a glancing blow to the side of Anadrade's head.

Anadrade drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Anadrade trying to control the action but Mills is working from the bottom.
Mills tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Anadrade wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Anadrade working the ground and pound.
Mills gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gil Mills comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mills 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gil Mills!
Gil Mills thanked the fans post fight for their support.