PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolf Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivera comes to the cage accompanied by Run Away. Ernesto Rivera has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Rivera
vs
Muller

188 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ernesto Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wolf Muller!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera misses with a wild combination.
Rivera looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rivera, as that shot connected.
A jab from Rivera does it's job there.
Rivera lands a body shot.

Muller closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rivera to the mat! Rivera manages to get full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivera throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Rivera wants to get back to his feet but Muller passes into half guard.
Muller works his way into full mount!
Rivera wants to hold on but Muller pushes him away.
Rivera really wants to buck Muller off and get back to his feet.
Muller tries to control but Rivera wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Muller pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Rivera defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Muller.
Muller looks gassed!
Rivera is trying desperately to improve position.
Rivera is working hard here to advance position.
Muller wants to control the pace but Rivera is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rivera tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rivera wants to hold on but Muller pushes him away.
Muller with shots to the head and body - Rivera looks very uncomfortable down there.
Muller throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Muller can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rivera is looking to escape.
Rivera is working to get back to half guard.
Muller content just to control the position here.
Rivera wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Muller.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Muller connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rivera is working to get back to half guard.
Rivera taking shots to the head.
Rivera is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Rivera tries to hold on but Muller pushes him away.
Muller trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rivera really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rivera wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Rivera taking shots to the head.
Muller looking to control and managing it successfully.
Muller trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rivera tries to reverse the position but Muller maintains control.
Muller trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Muller is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesto Rivera dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Muller takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rivera displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Muller.
Rivera takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Muller throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rivera was covering up waiting for the punch and Muller finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Muller stands up from Rivera's guard - Muller perhaps looking for a knockout.
Rivera fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muller checks a low kick from Rivera.
Muller is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller throws a head kick that misses.
Rivera misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Muller takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rivera pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rivera wants to land a leg kick but Muller is out of range.
Rivera looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Muller throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rivera counters with a straight right hand.
Rivera scores with a crisp jab that stopped Muller in his tracks.
Rivera scores with a hook to the body. Muller takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rivera wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ernesto Rivera is winning the standup battle so far.
Rivera throws a nice looking combination but Muller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rivera cracks Muller with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rivera avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rivera scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivera lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rivera.
Rivera finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rivera cracks a nice hook into Muller's ribs.
Rivera connects with a body shot.
Rivera is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Rivera looks to land a combination. Muller sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rivera throws a head kick but Muller moves out of range.
Rivera throws a body kick that misses.
Rivera is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Muller is looking to land body kicks.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rivera!
Rivera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rivera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Muller.

Muller looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Rivera!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera srikes from the bottom but he's lost position and has given up his back.
Rivera trying to control the action but Muller just sinks the hooks in.

Muller working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Rivera is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Muller has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Rivera taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Wolf Muller!