PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cicero Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Millen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dos Santos
vs
Millen

180 cm
24
175 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

180 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Cicero Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Millen!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Alyssa Summers and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Millen wants to clinch but Dos Santos slips to the side

so Dos Santos counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Millen looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Dos Santos passes into side control.
Millen sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Millen on the ground.
Dos Santos is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Millen wants to get back to full guard.
Millen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Millen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Millen trying to keep a closed guard but Dos Santos is proving a slippery customer.

Millen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dos Santos defends well.
Millen wants to sweep here but Dos Santos controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Millen trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Millen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Millen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dos Santos controls the pace.
Millen wants to hit a switch here but Dos Santos passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Millen there!
Millen looks winded!
Millen slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Millen wants to get back to full guard but Dos Santos has passed into side control.
Dos Santos cracks Millen with a big elbow.
Dos Santos cracks Millen with a big elbow.
Dos Santos slows the pace down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Millen is trying to improve his position.
Dos Santos working the head with strikes.
Dos Santos slows the pace down.
Dos Santos cracks Millen with a big elbow.
Dos Santos remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Dos Santos scores with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos landing a few strikes.
Millen manages to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Dos Santos working the head and body with strikes.

Millen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dos Santos slips a nice elbow through Millen's hands, connecting with Millen's forehead.
Dos Santos controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Millen trying to control here.
Dos Santos content to control rather than advance.
Ground and pound from Dos Santos.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Millen wants to get back to full guard but Dos Santos has mounted him!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cicero Dos Santos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Millen gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Millen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dos Santos is one step ahead there.

Millen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dos Santos defends well.

Millen isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Dos Santos stacks Millen on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Dos Santos!
Dos Santos controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos working the head and body with strikes.
Dos Santos has control of an arm but Millen manages to advance to Dos Santos's back!
Dos Santos really must keep his cool here. He's controlling one of Millen's hands and whilst he does that, he's got a chance of escaping the position.
Millen is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos manages to reverse the position and now he's in Millen's guard. Nice work there by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Millen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dos Santos distracts Millen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dos Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Millen is looking to sweep but instead, Dos Santos has passed into half guard.
Millen wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping busy.
Millen wants to get back to full guard but Dos Santos has mounted him!
Dos Santos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos prevents Millen from getting the reversal.
Dos Santos scoring with strikes but Millen is staying in there.
Dos Santos lands a big elbow.
Millen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dos Santos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Millen is trying desperately to improve position.
Dos Santos dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos controlling the pace for now.
Dos Santos lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Millen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Millen in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Millen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos looking to control and managing it successfully.
Millen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dos Santos is landing with some decent strikes but Millen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dos Santos controlling from the full mount.
Cicero Dos Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Millen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos controlling the position easily from mount.
Dos Santos landing shots from mount.
The referee warns Millen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dos Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Millen can do to turn this around?
Dos Santos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Millen sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Millen wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping busy.
Well, if Dos Santos is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cicero Dos Santos dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Dos Santos closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Millen to the mat! Millen manages to get full guard.
Millen is trying to control the position but Dos Santos postures up.
Dos Santos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Millen wants to sweep but no luck.
Millen has momentary wrist control but Dos Santos slips an elbow through the middle.
Dos Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dos Santos slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dos Santos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Millen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dos Santos stays in close to Millen's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos landing with the ground and pound.
Millen is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Millen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dos Santos gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Millen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Millen looking to control.
Dos Santos is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Millen wants to hit a switch here but Dos Santos passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Millen there!
Dos Santos controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Millen for as long as he can get away with.
Dos Santos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Millen regains half guard.
Dos Santos slips a nice elbow through Millen's hands, connecting with Millen's forehead.
Millen wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Millen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Millen taking some punishment here, with Dos Santos in his half guard.
Well, if Dos Santos is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Millen has hold of Dos Santos's hands but Dos Santos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dos Santos controlling the pace.

Millen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dos Santos looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Dos Santos working Millen over with strikes.
Dos Santos drops an elbow to the side of Millen's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos not doing much here.

Millen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dos Santos pulls his head out easily.
Dos Santos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dos Santos working the head and body with strikes.
Dos Santos is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Dos Santos working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Millen wants to get back to full guard but Dos Santos has mounted him!
Ray Millen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cicero Dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dos Santos content just to control the position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cicero Dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dos Santos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cicero Dos Santos!