PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between mr black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohammed Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). black comes into the arena with yes blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

black
vs
Muller

185 cm
20
160 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

172 cm
19
154 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, mr black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mohammed Muller!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from black does no damage.
Muller moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Muller is looking to clinch.
black takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Muller avoids the head kick by black.
Muller fails with an attempt to clinch.

Muller rushes black and presses him up against the cage.
black has had enough of the clinch but Muller keeps him there for the moment.
black managing to block the knees to the body from Muller.
black wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Muller trying to land knees to the body.
Muller pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Muller throws an elbow but misses.
Muller tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
black can't get the takedown.
Muller lands a nice knee to the body.
Muller missing with knees to the body.
black blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
black tries a knee to the head but Muller blocks it.
Muller looking to throw knees to the head but black is blocking nicely.
black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

black breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Muller tries to close the distance and clinch but black swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Muller is looking to clinch but black is avoiding it.
black fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Muller manages to avoid it.
black throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
black misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
black shoots in but Muller avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muller pushes black away with a front kick.
Muller ducks under a wild hook from black.
Muller fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice jab there from black.

Muller takes the fight into the clinch.

black lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Muller wants to improve his position but black is controlling well.
black sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Muller defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
black has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller is bucking up trying to escape but black cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
black throwing strikes here but Muller is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
black avoids the attempt from Muller to control.
Muller tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Muller in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
black is landing with some decent strikes but Muller is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
black scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Muller?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
black with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
black landing strikes from the mount.
black throwing strikes here but Muller is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
black punishing his opponent with strikes.
Muller takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
black looking to control but Muller is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
black lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
black throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
black cracks Muller with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
black misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
black raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muller in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
BOOM! black connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Muller taking shots to the head.
black throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Muller taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
black looking to finish Muller with some ground and pound. This is bad for Muller!
black lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
black looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
black scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Muller?

black is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Muller is surviving well by controlling black's body position as best he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mr black dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Muller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muller is looking to clinch but black is avoiding it.
Muller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but black paws at him with a jab and circles away.
black fails to land the takedown.
Muller is looking to clinch but black is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
black waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Muller.
Muller tries to clinch up but black circles away and keeps his distance.

Muller gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
black has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Muller avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Muller lands a knee to the body.
Muller landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
black jumps guard but Muller stands there with black around his waist. black gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for mr black. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Muller misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from black.
Muller lands an elbow inside that black shrugs off.
Muller tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
black blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Muller landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A knee to the head by Muller.
Muller misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Muller.
black drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Muller gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Muller trying to land knees to the body.
Muller scores with a knee to the head.
Muller trying to land knees to the body.
Muller misses with a knee to the head.
black tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Muller smiles and moves away.
A punch combination from black misses.
black lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
black throws a series of punches but Muller avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
black with a hook.
black is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Muller fails with an attempt to clinch.
Muller wants to clinch up but black keeps it at a distance.

Muller darts in and clinches black up against the cage.
Muller with an attempt at a knee that misses.

black breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
black swats away the attempt to clinch by Muller.
black lands with a straight right. Muller didn't see that one coming.
Muller slips under a jab.
Muller is looking to clinch but black is avoiding it.
A jab from black does it's job there.
black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Muller.
black throws a low kick but Muller avoids it.
Muller is looking to clinch.
black thows a leg kick but Muller checks it
and Muller counters with a big head kick but black shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Muller closes the distance and clinches.
Muller looking to throw knees to the head but black is blocking nicely.
black lands with a short shot to the head.
black avoiding damage as Muller throws knees to the body.
Muller with an attempt at a knee that misses.
black drops down looking for an ankle pick but Muller pulls his leg out and moves away.
black throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
black misses with a two punch combination.
black tries for a takedown but Muller sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Muller checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
black lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Muller circles away quickly and effectively.
black takes a swing at Muller's ribcage but misses.
black looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Muller is fending him off so far but black persists. Nope, Muller circles away and we're back to standing.
Muller is looking to clinch but black is avoiding it.
Muller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Muller.
mr black is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
black shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
black throws a body punch but Muller moves out of range.
Muller tries to close the distance and clinch up but black swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muller fails with an attempt to clinch.
Muller doesn't manage to clinch there - black circles away.
black keeps the fight on the outside.
black keeps the fight on the outside.

Muller fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with black, pushing him back against the cage.
black wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
black is looking to break free of the clinch but Muller has double underhooks.
Muller connects with a nasty looking knee right to black's face.

black's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Muller darts in and clinches black up against the cage.
Muller crunches a lovely knee into black's ribcage.
Muller prevents the takedown attempt.
Muller with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
black has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Muller avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammed Muller showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! black's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Muller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
black taking a breather.
Nice elbow from Muller.
Muller landing some nice looking knees to the body.

black turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and black manages to end up in side control.
Muller gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
black will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Muller wants to get back to full guard.
black is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Muller avoiding damage under a succession of punches from black.
black is looking to advance position but Muller won't allow it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Muller has hold of black's hands but black slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Muller really doesn't want to stay on the ground with black. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
black is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Muller looks like he's trying to stand up.
black thows a huge punch but Muller dodges it nicely.
mr black overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. black lands a nice short elbow.
black working over Muller with some ground and pound. Muller looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
black throwing shots but Muller is blocking nicely.
Muller trying to control here.
Muller is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but black is staying active.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
black not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Muller blocking the ground and pound attempt from black.
black has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Muller keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
black throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Muller checks a leg kick nicely.
Muller takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Muller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Muller defending well as black loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
black tries to clinch up but Muller circles away and keeps his distance.
black gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Muller counters by clinching up.
Muller looking to throw knees to the head but black is blocking nicely.
black tries for a takedown but Muller manages to get underhooks.
black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
black is trying to break the clinch but Muller has him pressed against the cage.
black wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
black goes for a takedown attempt but Muller pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
black misses with an attempted mid kick.
black throws a lazy right hand but Muller sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
black throws a jab but it's blocked by Muller.
Muller wants to clinch.
black looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for mr black. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

black looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as black accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Muller working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from black.
black trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
black loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Muller looking for a sweep. Not yet Muller, not yet.
black throwing strikes from guard but Muller blocks nicely.

black has gone for a leg lock! Muller slips out almost immediately though and dives into black's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
mr black showed his dominance in that final round.
I think black has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... mr black!