PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Elvis Milissis (ranked 1918 p4p, 1542 weight class) and Miles O Brien (ranked 171 p4p, 133 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Milissis
vs
O Brien

172 cm
29
156
5 - 4 - 0

172 cm
29
152
15 - 11 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Dangerous Nutrition

Uncle Rufus Clothing .Co

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Elvis Milissis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miles O Brien!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milissis throws a combination that misses
and Milissis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Milissis misses the body punch
and O Brien counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Milissis tries to keep at a distance but O Brien has taken the fight into the clinch.

Milissis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Milissis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
O Brien fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Milissis swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Milissis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Miles O Brien has been cut.
O Brien scores with a jab. Milissis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

O Brien has Milissis up against the cage in a clinch.
O Brien keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Milissis's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

O Brien manages to break the clinch.
Elvis Milissis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

O Brien clinches up with Milissis and pushes him back against the cage.
Milissis is trying to break free.

Milissis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Milissis keeps the fight on the outside.
Milissis misses with a series of wild punches.
Milissis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Left hook, right uppercut from Milissis.
Milissis looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milissis throws a leg kick but O Brien checks it.
Milissis throws a front kick aimed at O Brien's knee but O Brien avoids it well.
O Brien throws out a counter right but Milissis avoids it with no problem.
Milissis avoids the head kick by O Brien.
Milissis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Milissis connects with a right hand. O Brien shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Milissis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but O Brien checks it well.
Milissis looks to land a body kick but O Brien moved away.
Milissis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Milissis is looking for a counter combo.
Nice body punch from Milissis.
Milissis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milissis thows a leg kick but O Brien checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Milissis looks to land a combination. O Brien sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

O Brien darts in and clinches Milissis up against the cage.
Milissis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Milissis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Brien prevents Milissis from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Brien.

O Brien breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Milissis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Milissis looks to land a body kick but O Brien moved away.

O Brien moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milissis is trying to break the clinch but O Brien is controlling him.
O Brien misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
O Brien fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien throws a punch but it's blocked by Milissis.
O Brien lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Brien throws a head punch that misses.
Milissis wants to break free but O Brien has control.
Milissis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
O Brien gets through Milissis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Milissis breaks the clinch.
Milissis keeps the fight on the outside.
Milissis displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Milissis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
O Brien let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Elvis Milissis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miles O Brien's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

O Brien gets a clinch.
O Brien working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Milissis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Milissis misses with a few strikes there.
O Brien throws out a counter right but Milissis avoids it with no problem.
Milissis misses with a double jab
letting O Brien counter with a right hand.
O Brien is looking to clinch but Milissis is avoiding it.
O Brien scores with a decent looking hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Milissis looks to land a combination but O Brien avoids it well.

O Brien has managed to clinch.

O Brien breaks the clinch.
Milissis takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.

O Brien moves into range and clinches up with Milissis.
Milissis blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from O Brien fails to land.
Milissis wants to get back to striking at distance but O Brien won't allow it.
Milissis is looking to break free of the clinch but O Brien has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Brien.
Milissis working hard to break the clinch.
O Brien throws a punch but it's blocked by Milissis.
O Brien scores with an uppercut up the middle.
O Brien misses with the head strike.
Milissis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Milissis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Milissis gets tackled into the cage by O Brien. O Brien maintains the clinch.
O Brien lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

O Brien breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Milissis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
O Brien thinks about the counter body kick.

O Brien fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Milissis, pushing him back against the cage.

Milissis manages to break the clinch.
O Brien tries to close the distance and clinch up but Milissis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Milissis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by Milissis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Milissis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

O Brien instigates a clinch.
O Brien misses with a punch on the inside.
Milissis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
O Brien has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Milissis after a bit of a struggle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milissis blocking some punches.
O Brien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Milissis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
O Brien steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Milissis.
Milissis looks to throw the jab but O Brien is out of range.
O Brien tries to close the distance and clinch but Milissis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Milissis tries to keep at a distance but O Brien has taken the fight into the clinch.
O Brien goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Brien has a couple of punches blocked by Milissis.

O Brien escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
O Brien is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milissis thuds a left hand into O Brien's body.
No joy there for Milissis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
O Brien tries to score a power double leg takedown but Milissis sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten O Brien somewhat.
Milissis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Brien! But no joy.
O Brien fails in his attempt to clinch.
Elvis Milissis is winning the standup battle so far.
O Brien is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Milissis fires out a quick counter leg kick but O Brien just manages to avoid it.
O Brien dodges the punch combination from Milissis.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Brien! But no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Miles O Brien showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Miles O Brien's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

O Brien steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Milissis.
O Brien doesn't manage to clinch there - Milissis circles away.
Milissis seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Milissis misses with a jab, cross combination.

O Brien has taken the fight to the clinch.
Miles O Brien seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Milissis blocks a punch to the side of the head.

O Brien breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

O Brien drives through and clinches with Milissis against the cage.
Milissis is trying to break the clinch but O Brien has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Brien throws a punch but it's blocked by Milissis.

Milissis breaks the clinch.

O Brien moves into range and clinches up with Milissis.
O Brien keeps control of Milissis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A shot in the inside from O Brien.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Milissis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
O Brien lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Milissis blocks an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Milissis is trying to push O Brien away but O Brien has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
O Brien is working for takedown but Milissis is calmly controlling the position for now.
A nice left hand lands by O Brien.
O Brien lands a hook that snaps the head of Milissis backwards.
O Brien working aggressively here.

Milissis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

O Brien gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from O Brien fails to land.
O Brien swings away with an uppercut that misses.
O Brien working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Milissis tries to circle away but O Brien has him pinned against the cage.
O Brien keeps control of Milissis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Milissis manages to break the clinch.
Milissis throws a right and a left that O Brien avoids nicely.
Elvis Milissis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Brien checks the leg kick nicely there.
O Brien doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Milissis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Brien.

O Brien gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from O Brien fails to land.
O Brien throws a head punch that misses.
O Brien misses with some punches.
O Brien scores with a nice hook to the head.
Milissis is trying to break free.
Milissis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milissis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Brien throws a head punch that misses.

O Brien breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Milissis manages to break the clinch.
Milissis ducks right into an uppercut from O Brien.
Milissis keeps the fight on the outside.
O Brien fails with an attempt to clinch.
It appears Milissis was looking to counter with a kick there.
O Brien connects with the punch.
Milissis swats away the attempt to clinch by O Brien.
Milissis is looking for a counter combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

O Brien has taken the fight to the clinch.
Milissis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Milissis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

O Brien breaks from the clinch.
O Brien clobbers Milissis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
O Brien tries to close the distance and clinch but Milissis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Milissis swinging wildly here.
O Brien throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miles O Brien comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think O Brien 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miles O Brien!
Miles O Brien decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.