PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herman Mills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ze Mario Sperry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herman Mills has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Mills
vs
Mario Sperry

213 cm
19
278 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

200 cm
23
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Herman Mills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ze Mario Sperry!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sperry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mills counters with a nice body shot.
Sperry attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Sperry fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mills, pushing him back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Sperry.
Sperry can't get the takedown.

Mills decides to pull guard.
Mills looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sperry is one step ahead there.
Sperry wants to stand but Mills is controlling his posture from full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mills is pulling down on Sperry's head to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sperry sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Mills looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Mills continues to stall.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ze Mario Sperry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sperry tries to sprawl but Mills drives through with a takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sperry has hold of Mills's hands but Mills slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sperry is trying to maintain the position but Mills is very close to passing his half guard.
Mills prevents Sperry from improving his position.

Mills is working for a kimura but Sperry is defending it quite comfortably.
Sperry wants to get back to full guard.
Sperry is looking to control Mills's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sperry avoid being mounted?
Mills scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sperry is trying to stand.

Mills is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sperry keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sperry trying to control here.
Mills thows a huge punch but Sperry dodges it nicely.
Sperry is looking to get back to is feet but Mills passes into side control.
Mills working the body and head with strikes.
Sperry is trying to buck Mills off.
Mills is chipping away with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sperry is pushing Mills's head away, looking to escape. Mills manages to hold on to the position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mills looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sperry is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Mills missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sperry is trying to stand up here but Mills is controlling him well.
Mills missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Mills is working for a kimura but Sperry is defending it quite comfortably.

Mills is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Sperry has managed to free his arm - good work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mills prevents Sperry from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A punch combination from Sperry misses.
Mills moves out of range of the strikes.
Sperry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sperry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sperry looks to land a body kick but Mills moved away.
Sperry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sperry defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mills.
Sperry misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Sperry finds it's target.

It looks like Herman Mills has been cut.
Sperry just misses with a punch to the body.
Mills circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sperry misses with a wild combination.
Sperry misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sperry misses with a series of wild punches.
Sperry is breathing heavily.
Sperry tries to clinch but Mills moves out of range.

Mills darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Mills missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sperry is trying to get back to full guard.
Mills is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sperry can do to turn this around?
Mills is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mills 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Mills looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Mills thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sperry trying to control from the bottom.
Mills sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sperry defending well though.

Sperry is defending against the submission attempts here by Mills.
Mills thows a huge punch but Sperry dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sperry is trying to stand.
Mills will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mills thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sperry's head.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A punch combination from Sperry misses.
Mills dodges the punch combination from Sperry.
Sperry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Mills shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sperry manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sperry wants to stand but Mills is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mills lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mills lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mills wants to stand but Sperry has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Sperry is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mills defends well.
Mills distracts Sperry with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sperry is looking to stand up but Mills isn't so interested in that idea.
Mills throwing strikes but missing.
Sperry is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Herman Mills will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Herman Mills's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Mills shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sperry pinned against the cage. Sperry gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Sperry moves into the clinch.
Sperry tries to pull guard but Mills holds him up against the cage and eventually Sperry drops back down to his feet.

Sperry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sperry jabs Mills right on the nose. Mills blinks but takes it well.
Sperry throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mills counters with a stiff right hand.
Mills changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sperry tries to avoid it but Mills manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sperry to the ground. Sperry escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sperry misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sperry misses with the combination.
Sperry connects with a combination that backs up Mills into the cage. Sperry lands a flurry of punches that gets past Mills's guard. Mills is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Sperry bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ze Mario Sperry!