PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sweaty Mullins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carmen Villamora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Villamora has chosen Fugees - Ready Or Not as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mullins
vs
Villamora

180 cm
25
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sweaty Mullins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carmen Villamora!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mullins rushes Villamora and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Villamora tries to break free but Mullins pushes him back against the cage.

Mullins is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Villamora can't fight it off and eventually Mullins manages to take the fight to the floor. Villamora looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Mullins controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Mullins's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Villamora looking for a guillotine here but Mullins defends easily.
Mullins's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Sweaty Mullins wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Villamora moves into range and clinches up with Mullins.

Mullins lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Mullins wants to pass to mount but Villamora is defending the position.
Mullins stalling.

Villamora is defending against the submission attempts here by Mullins.
Mullins takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Villamora trying to control but Mullins postures up.
Mullins is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Mullins passes to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mullins goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Villamora is on top in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Villamora tries to stand but Mullins is controlling from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mullins not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Mullins is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Villamora defends well.
Mullins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mullins looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Villamora drops back, looking for a kneebar! Mullins looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Mullins looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Mullins!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullins just content to control the position.
Villamora is trying to control Mullins's posture but Mullins avoids it.
Villamora is not content to let Mullins control the position.
Villamora struggling a bit here.
Mullins remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Villamora throws a series of punches but Mullins moves out of range.
Villamora misses with a head kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Villamora. Mullins shrugs it off though.

Villamora closes the distance and clinches.
Villamora lands a good knee to the midsection. Mullins won't want to take too many of those.
Villamora tries to break free but Mullins pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Villamora is trying to break the clinch but Mullins has him pressed against the cage.
Villamora is trying to break free.
Mullins is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sweaty Mullins dominated that round.
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.

Mullins takes the fight into the clinch.
Mullins tries to pull guard but Villamora won't allow it.
Mullins wants a takedown but no success here.
Villamora trying to control the position but instead, Mullins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Villamora into the cage.
Villamora prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sweaty Mullins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mullins looking for a takedown.
Villamora looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mullins has Villamora pressed against the cage, preventing Villamora from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villamora goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mullins as Villamora tries to tie him up.
Mullins fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Villamora wants to stall.
Villamora seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Villamora tries to break free but Mullins pushes him back against the cage.
Villamora is trying to stall.
Mullins has Villamora pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Villamora.
Mullins is trying to break the clinch but Villamora has him pressed against the cage.
Villamora tries to land a knee to the head but Mullins blocks with his arms.
Villamora is looking to break free of the clinch but Mullins has double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mullins tries for a takedown but Villamora manages to get underhooks.
Mullins is pushing Villamora up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mullins tries to score a body lock takedown but Villamora shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Villamora's efforts to push away.
Villamora is looking to control Mullins's arms but Mullins gets an underhook and turns him. Now Villamora has his back to the cage.
Villamora has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Villamora escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Villamora thuds his shin into the meat of Mullins's side.
Sweaty Mullins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Villamora clinches up with Mullins and pushes him back against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Mullins takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Sweaty Mullins has been cut.

Villamora pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villamora feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mullins's calf.

Villamora gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Villamora looking to slow down the pace here.
Villamora tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Villamora manages to break the clinch.

Mullins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Villamora, pushing him back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Villamora just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mullins's brow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Villamora.
Mullins has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Villamora avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Villamora is trying to push Mullins away but Mullins has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carmen Villamora showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sweaty Mullins's cut.
That's time! Mullins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Villamora throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Mullins has managed to clinch.
Villamora tries to break the clinch but Mullins is controlling the position.
Mullins has Villamora pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Villamora manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Villamora wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mullins has him pressed against the cage.
Mullins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Villamora stalling in the clinch.
Villamora is trying to break the clinch but Mullins is controlling him.

Mullins has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Villamora is trying to keep an underhook but Mullins manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Villamora tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Mullins has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Villamora tries to hold on but Mullins postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullins sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mullins avoids the attempt from Villamora to control.
Mullins sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mullins blocks Villamora's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Mullins controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villamora is squirming around, avoiding Mullins's attempts to control the action.
Villamora tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mullins cracks Villamora with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Villamora looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
What can Villamora do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Villamora rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villamora trying to control but Mullins postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villamora manages to get to full guard.
Mullins trying to control the position from guard on top but Villamora is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Villamora looking to control.
Villamora is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Mullins is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mullins shoots in looking for a takedown. Villamora tries to sprawl out of it but Mullins keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Villamora manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Mullins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Villamora, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villamora stops a takedown attempt from Mullins.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sweaty Mullins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Villamora prevents a takedown attempt there.

Mullins lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Mullins is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Villamora sees it coming and defends easily.
Villamora wants to control but Mullins is keeping busy.
Mullins wants to lay and pray for a moment but Villamora keeps working.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Mullins is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Villamora has managed to free his arm - good work.
Villamora wants to improve his position but Mullins is controlling well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sweaty Mullins showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mullins 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sweaty Mullins!