PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Misak Grigorian (ranked 2782 p4p, 3895 weight class) and Edward Mills (ranked 357 p4p, 472 weight class). Mills has chosen Rock the Dragon. Dragonball Z as his entrance music. Edward Mills is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Grigorian
vs
Mills

193 cm
25
216
4 - 2 - 0

182 cm
24
213
8 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Misak Grigorian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Mills!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grigorian 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.
Grigorian throws a jab when Mills was well out of range.
Mills feints a counter leg kick.
Grigorian lands with a hook. Mills tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Grigorian is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Grigorian wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Edward Mills seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Grigorian misses.
Mills throws a shot from downtown. Grigorian moves away and avoids it.
Grigorian misses with a looping left.
Grigorian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mills moves away.
Grigorian misses with a body punch
and Mills counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mills lands with a good body shot.
Mills throws a series of punches but Grigorian avoids them all with ease.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mills moves out of range of the strikes.
Grigorian blocks a low kick nicely.
Mills misses the body punch
and Grigorian counters with a nice body kick.
Mills throws a hook to the side of Grigorian's head but Grigorian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grigorian looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mills fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mills has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mills there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mills takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mills walks into a stiff left hand from Grigorian.
Grigorian is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Grigorian throws a jab when Mills was well out of range.
Mills throws out a loose jab but Grigorian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grigorian is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Mills throws the left hand but Grigorian avoids the punch easily.
Grigorian tried to counter with a leg kick but Mills avoided it.
Grigorian throws a nice looking combination but Mills bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mills throws a jab when Grigorian was well out of range.
Mills throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mills with a hook.

It looks like Misak Grigorian has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mills misses with a right hand
and Grigorian counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Mills throws a chopping leg kick but Grigorian manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian checks a leg kick nicely.
Grigorian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mills manages to avoid it.
Mills tries to clinch up.
Grigorian appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Mills just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mills looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grigorian blocks a head kick by Mills.
Mills slips a jab and a cross from Grigorian.
Grigorian gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Grigorian checks a leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Mills 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A big left from Mills misses.
Grigorian missing with a left hand there. Mills was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grigorian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills lands a jab to Grigorian's midsection.
Grigorian scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mills doesn't seem bothered though.
Grigorian throws a shot from downtown. Mills moves away and avoids it.
Grigorian moves out of range as Mills throws a body kick.
Mills tries to clinch there but Grigorian circles away.
Grigorian misses with a straight right.

Mills drives through and clinches with Grigorian against the cage.
Mills scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mills blocks an uppercut.
Come on Mills - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Grigorian struggles to land a body shot inside as Mills controls his hands.
Grigorian lands with a left to the head.
Mills blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mills is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Grigorian tries to work over Mills's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grigorian scores with a shot to the side of Mills's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grigorian.
Mills is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Grigorian is keeping busy.
Grigorian lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mills backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grigorian gets through Mills's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Grigorian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Grigorian letting Mills take a breather here.
Grigorian tries to throw a body punch but Mills avoids it by throwing Grigorian back against the cage.
Mills misses with a punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Grigorian working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Grigorian lands a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Misak Grigorian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Misak Grigorian's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mills cracks Grigorian with an open hand slap.
Mills scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mills throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grigorian.
Mills defending well as Grigorian loads up on a big left hand.
Mills clobbers Grigorian with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mills ducks right into an uppercut from Grigorian.
Mills pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mills misses with an uppercut. Grigorian saw that one coming.
Mills swinging wildly here.
Mills throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Grigorian counters with a straight right hand.
Grigorian scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grigorian connects with a body shot that sends Mills's belly button to the back.

Grigorian lands a big head kick that sends Mills tumbling to the mat! Grigorian takes a step backwards and waves Mills back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Mills is rocked!

It looks like Edward Mills has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mills is still on wobbly legs! Can Grigorian finish him?
Grigorian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mills throws a left and a right that both miss
and Grigorian counters with a crisp right that sends Mills to the canvas! Grigorian follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Misak Grigorian!
A victorious Misak Grigorian thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.