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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Paco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Mueller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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193 lbs
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186 cm
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193 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paulo Paco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Peter Mueller!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paco takes the fight into the clinch.
Mueller keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Paco's efforts to push away.
Mueller tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Paco just stands there and leans against the cage.
Paco can't get the takedown.
Mueller is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mueller drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mueller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mueller wants a takedown.
Paulo Paco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Mueller.
Mueller wants a takedown but no success here.
Paco blocks an uppercut.
Paco with a knee to the head.
It looks like Peter Mueller has been cut.
Mueller fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Paco throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paco trying to stall but Mueller improves his position.
Maybe Paco would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Mueller prevents Paco from breaking the clinch.
Mueller has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Paco avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mueller drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Paco gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mueller wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paco utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mueller looks gassed!
Paco is looking to control Mueller's arms but Mueller gets an underhook and turns him. Now Paco has his back to the cage.
Paco wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mueller has him pressed against the cage.
Paco is trying to force a seperation but Mueller has the dominant position.
Mueller jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Paco walks away with a smile on his face. Mueller gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Paco is defended easily by Mueller.
Mueller leaves Paco with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Paco is looking to clinch.
Paco is looking to clinch but Mueller is avoiding it.
Paco shoots in for a double leg but Mueller sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Paco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paco is looking to clinch.
Mueller tries to clinch but Paco moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mueller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Paco moves in looking to clinch but Mueller pushes him off.
Paco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Paco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mueller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mueller is defended easily by Paco.
Paco is looking to clinch.
Mueller circles away from the clinch attempt.
Paco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Paco tries to clinch but Mueller moves out of range.
Mueller dodges the punch combination from Paco.
Paco closes the distance and clinches up with Mueller, looking for a takedown. Paco pushes Mueller against the cage but Mueller circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paco misses with a wild body shot.
Paco changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mueller tries to avoid it but Paco manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mueller to the ground. Mueller escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Paco is defended easily by Mueller.
Paco leaves Mueller with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Paco doesn't manage to clinch there - Mueller circles away.
Paco leaves Mueller with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Paco is looking to clinch.
Paco tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mueller leaves Paco with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Paco tries to clinch up but Mueller circles away and keeps his distance.
Paco throws a nice looking combination but Mueller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice straight punches there by Mueller. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mueller.
Nice sprawl there from Paco as Mueller shoots in.
Paco tries to clinch there but Mueller circles away.
Mueller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paco scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Paco looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Paco tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paco will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Paulo Paco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mueller checks a leg kick nicely.
Mueller defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Paco.
Mueller blocks a head kick by Paco.
Paco clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Paco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peter Mueller's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nice takedown defense from Mueller. No joy for Paco on that attempt.
Mueller swats away the attempt to clinch by Paco.
Paco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mueller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paco throws a shot from downtown. Mueller moves away and avoids it.
Mueller shoots for a takedown but Paco saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mueller throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Paco's waist but Paco gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mueller off to one side.
Paco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mueller moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mueller takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mueller is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Paco.
Paco misses with a double jab.
Paco tries to clinch but Mueller moves away
and Mueller counters with a nice uppercut.
Mueller is breathing heavily.
Paco wants to clinch up but Mueller keeps it at a distance.
Paco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mueller circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mueller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paco rushes Mueller and presses him up against the cage.
Mueller prevents a takedown attempt there.
Paco looking to slow down the pace here.
Paco connects with a knee to the head.
Paco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Paco fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mueller avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Paco throws a series of punches but Mueller avoids them all with ease.
Paco tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mueller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mueller fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Paulo Paco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Mueller.
Mueller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Paco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mueller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paco tries to close the distance and clinch but Mueller swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paco moves in looking to clinch but Mueller pushes him off.
Paulo Paco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Paco wants to clinch up but Mueller keeps it at a distance.
Mueller shoots in for a takedown but Paco shows good takedown defense.
Paco shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Paco tries to clinch but Mueller moves out of range.
Paco is looking to clinch.
Paco goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Paco has Mueller up against the cage in a clinch.
Paco looking to slow down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paco tries to break free but Mueller pushes him back against the cage.
Paco looking to throw knees to the head but Mueller is blocking nicely.
Paco jumps into guard, dragging Mueller to the mat.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Mueller wants to control from the top but Paco keeps moving.
Paco bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mueller's guard.
Paco wants to stand but Mueller is controlling his posture from full guard.
Paco passes Mueller's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Paco works his way into full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paco wants to control the pace but Mueller is squirming around nicely.
Mueller is wriggling around trying to escape.
Mueller is squirming around, avoiding Paco's attempts to control the action.
Paco unloads with some shots from mount but Mueller bucks and avoids them well.
Mueller really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Paco looking to control but Mueller is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Paco dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Peter Mueller's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Paco looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Paco stuffs the takedown.
Mueller circles away from the clinch attempt.
Paco moves in looking to clinch but Mueller pushes him off.
Mueller avoids a punch combination nicely.
Horrible takedown by Paco or perhaps it was just good defense by Mueller which made him look bad.
Paco is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mueller sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Mueller takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paco fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mueller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Paco defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mueller.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paco fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo Paco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mueller shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Paco defends it nicely.
Paco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mueller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paco closes the distance and clinches up with Mueller, looking for a takedown. Paco pushes Mueller against the cage but Mueller circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Paco wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paco looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mueller tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mueller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
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.
Paco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mueller throws a big shot that misses.
Paco tries to clinch but Mueller is having none of it.
Paco tries to clinch there but Mueller circles away.
Mueller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mueller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paco thuds his right hand into Mueller's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Paco clinches.
Paco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mueller scores with a nice strike.
Mueller circles away from the clinch attempt.
Paco tries to close the distance and clinch but Mueller swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paco is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mueller looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A jab from Paco does it's job there.
Paco is looking to clinch.
Paco tries to clinch there but Mueller circles away.
Mueller fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Paco is looking to clinch.
Paco tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paco tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mueller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Paco tries to close the distance and clinch but Mueller swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paco connects with a body shot.
Paco doesn't manage to clinch there - Mueller circles away.
Paco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mueller moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mueller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paco tries to close the distance and clinch but Mueller swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paco throws a sloppy head kick and Mueller moves out of range easily.
Mueller leaves Paco with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mueller throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Paco's waist but Paco gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mueller off to one side.
Paco is looking to clinch.
Mueller shoots in looking for a takedown. Paco tries to sprawl out of it but Mueller keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Paco manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mueller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paco fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Paco doesn't manage to clinch there - Mueller circles away.
Paco tries to clinch up.
Mueller shoots in for a takedown but Paco shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Peter Mueller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paulo Paco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paco wants to clinch up but Mueller keeps it at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paulo Paco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Paco has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulo Paco!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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