PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Barbosa (ranked 5503 p4p, 502 weight class) and Lance Mills (ranked 2130 p4p, 252 weight class). Tiago Barbosa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Barbosa
vs
Mills

170 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
26
162 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tiago Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lance Mills!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa lands a glancing blow to the side of Mills's head.
Barbosa lands a jab to the nose.
Barbosa connects with a single shot there.
Barbosa stuns Mills with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Barbosa digs a good body shot into Mills's ribs.
Mills takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Barbosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mills manages to avoid it.
Barbosa scores with the left hand. Mills knows he should have avoided that one.

Mills scores with a takedown into Barbosa's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mills stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Barbosa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Mills drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Mills seems to have locked his on tight now - Barbosa screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Mills, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Lance Mills!
Our winner, Lance Mills, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.