PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brian Mulroney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bittor Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xavier has chosen Mountain Song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mulroney
vs
Xavier

175 cm
21
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
167 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brian Mulroney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bittor Xavier!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mulroney misses with a lunging right hand

and Xavier counters with a shoot takedown. Mulroney fights it but they end up in guard.
Mulroney keeping moving, preventing Xavier from controlling successfully.
Xavier might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Mulroney kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Mulroney controls Xavier momentarily but Xavier frees himself.
Mulroney seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Bittor Xavier hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Mulroney tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mulroney throws a leg kick which misses Xavier's front leg but catches the back leg as Xavier tries to avoid it.
Mulroney connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Xavier misses with a series of wild punches.
Xavier scores with the left hand. Mulroney knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mulroney scores with a jab to the body.
Mulroney takes a swing at Xavier's ribcage but misses.
Mulroney swings widly with a right hand
and Xavier counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mulroney looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mulroney tries to clinch but Xavier moves out of range.
Mulroney is looking to clinch.
Xavier closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mulroney counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brian Mulroney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mulroney connects with a single shot there.
Xavier blocks a head kick by Mulroney.
Mulroney takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mulroney punishes Xavier's body with a nice straight punch.
Xavier tries to close the distance and clinch but Mulroney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xavier closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Mulroney instigates a clinch.
Mulroney lands a body punch.

Mulroney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mulroney thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Xavier finds it's way through Mulroney's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A leg kick checked by Mulroney.
Mulroney throws a leg kick but Xavier checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Mulroney dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Mulroney scores with a shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Mulroney there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Xavier checks a leg kick nicely.
Xavier misses with a combination
and Mulroney counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Xavier thinking.
A big left from Mulroney misses.
Mulroney takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mulroney swats away the attempt to clinch by Xavier.
Mulroney misses with a hook

and Xavier counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Mulroney seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Mulroney preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mulroney keeping moving, preventing Xavier from controlling successfully.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mulroney stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mulroney wants it to stay on the feet.
Xavier looks to score with a jab to the body but Mulroney is just out of range.
Mulroney misses with a right hand
and Xavier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mulroney throws a leg kick that is checked
and Xavier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Xavier.
Mulroney fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Xavier drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Xavier drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Mulroney manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Xavier has Mulroney in his guard.
Mulroney controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brian Mulroney has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Xavier fails with a takedown attempt.
Mulroney slaps away a takedown attempt from Xavier, before circling back to the center of the mat.
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 Brian Mulroney will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

Mulroney fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Xavier is out of range.
Xavier shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Xavier misses with a wild body shot.

Xavier closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Xavier lands in his opponent's guard.
Xavier trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mulroney keeping moving, preventing Xavier from controlling successfully.
Xavier is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Mulroney has Xavier pulled in close to control his posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bittor Xavier was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Mulroney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Xavier paws at him with a jab and circles away.

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.
Xavier tries to clinch but Mulroney moves out of range.
A low kick from Mulroney is predictable there
and Xavier counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Xavier ducks under a wild hook from Mulroney.
Mulroney connects with a high kick.
Mulroney misses with a looping right.
Xavier misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mulroney motions for Xavier to come forward. Mulroney throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Xavier looks to throw the jab but Mulroney is out of range.
Brian Mulroney is winning the standup battle so far.
Xavier comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Xavier misses with a leg kick
and Mulroney counters with a leg kick.

Xavier pushes Mulroney up against the cage in a clinch.

Mulroney pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brian Mulroney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mulroney throws a poor cross that misses
and Xavier makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xavier closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mulroney counters with a straight right hand.

Mulroney gets caught flat footed, as Xavier shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Mulroney is trying to control the position but Xavier postures up.
Xavier working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bittor Xavier.
I think Mulroney 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 Alec Ball scores the fight for Brian Mulroney!
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight for Brian Mulroney!
Judge William Peck scores the fight for Brian Mulroney!

Brian Mulroney wins by unanimous decision!