PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tane Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Better Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Henderson
vs
Muller

182 cm
34
201 lbs
20 - 4 - 0

185 cm
34
184 lbs
18 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tane Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Better Muller!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Muller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Muller misses with a series of wild punches.

Henderson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Muller's half guard.
Henderson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Muller defending well though.
Muller has hold of Henderson's hands but Henderson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Henderson prevents Muller from improving his position.
Henderson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Muller knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Muller gets back to full guard.
Henderson preventing the sweep.
Henderson works over Muller with some ground and pound from guard.
Henderson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Henderson throwing strikes from guard but Muller blocks nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muller bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Henderson's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson trying to control the position.
Henderson controlling Muller's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Muller stopping the sweep attempt from Henderson.
Henderson is trying to control the position but Muller postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tane Henderson.
Muller shoots in for a takedown but Henderson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Henderson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Henderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muller.
Good shot there by Muller.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Muller sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Henderson somewhat.
Muller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Muller misses.
Muller misses with a looping left.
Muller lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Henderson circles away quickly and effectively.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tane Henderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Muller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Muller misses with a wild combination.
Muller falls off balance throwing a combination

and Henderson counters by moving into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muller gets through Henderson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Henderson wants to take the fight to the mat but Muller manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Muller scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Muller fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Muller leaves Henderson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Henderson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A swing and a miss from Muller.
Muller looks to score with a jab to the body but Henderson is just out of range.
Muller shoots in looking for a takedown but Henderson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Muller's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Muller dives in and grabs Henderson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Henderson pushes down on Muller's head and hops out.
Henderson stuffs the takedown attempt from Muller. Muller gets slowly back to his feet.
Muller misses the shot to the body.

Henderson shoots in and bounces Muller off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is looking to work some ground and pound but Muller has wrist control.
Henderson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Henderson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Henderson throwing strikes from guard but Muller blocks nicely.
Henderson is looking to work some ground and pound but Muller has wrist control.
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!
Muller keeping full guard, as Henderson tries to pass.

Muller uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Muller throws a nice looking combination but Henderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A combination from Muller does no damage.
No joy there for Muller, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tane Henderson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fight stays on the outside here - Henderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice takedown defense from Henderson. No joy for Muller on that attempt.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muller takes a swing at Henderson's ribcage but misses.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Muller misses with the combination.
Henderson wants to clinch up but Muller keeps it at a distance.
Henderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Muller.
Muller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Muller misses with a hook.

Muller gets caught flat footed, as Henderson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Henderson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Henderson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson won't allow Muller to sweep him here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Muller working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henderson.
Henderson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Muller works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Henderson scoring with some ground and pound.
Henderson postures up in Muller's guard and throws a big left but Muller blocks it.
Muller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Muller preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Henderson works over Muller with some ground and pound from guard.
Muller throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tane Henderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Henderson throws a big elbow that misses.
Henderson is in close to Muller's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Muller pushes Henderson off and scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lazy left from Muller finds it's target.
Henderson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Muller sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Henderson somewhat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Henderson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tane Henderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Muller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Henderson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Henderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muller.
Muller connects with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muller lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Muller sizes up Henderson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Muller throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Henderson.
Muller throws a lazy right hand but Henderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Muller throws a series of punches but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Muller but Muller pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Henderson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Henderson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
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!
Henderson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Muller has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Henderson is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muller moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Muller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Henderson is looking to work some ground and pound but Muller has wrist control.
Henderson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henderson landing some decent shots from guard.
Henderson working some strikes from top position.
Henderson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Henderson advances to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Muller works his way to full guard. Good work.
Muller wants to stand up but Henderson is controlling him.
Muller is breathing heavily.
Henderson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tane Henderson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Henderson looking to score a takedown here. Muller is defending well but Henderson drives through and ends up in Muller's guard.
Muller lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Henderson!
Henderson gets back to half guard.
Henderson keeping control of the position.
Henderson is looking to control Muller's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Henderson avoid being mounted?
Muller missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Henderson controlling the position for now.
Muller winds up and cracks Henderson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Henderson is refusing to be controlled, as Muller sits in half guard.
Henderson taking some punishment here, with Muller in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Henderson trying to control but Muller postures up.
Henderson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Henderson gets back to full guard.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing Muller from controlling successfully.
Muller stopping the sweep attempt from Henderson.
Henderson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Henderson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Muller keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson working Muller over with strikes.
Henderson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Muller tries to roll over but Henderson keeps him under control.
Henderson thows a huge punch but Muller dodges it nicely.
Henderson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Muller defending well though.
Muller pushes Henderson off looking to stand but Henderson dives back in and keeps control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Henderson lands a nice short elbow.
Muller regains full guard. Nicely done.
Muller takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Muller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Muller not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Henderson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Henderson lands a couple of elbows.
Henderson won't allow Muller to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Henderson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Henderson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Henderson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Henderson works over Muller with some ground and pound from guard.
Henderson is working Muller over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Henderson works over Muller with some ground and pound from guard.
Muller looking to hit a scissor sweep but Henderson is one step ahead there.
Muller preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Henderson chips away with some ground and pound.
Henderson throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muller looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Muller is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Henderson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
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!
Henderson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Muller's head.
Better Muller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Muller utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Henderson connects with a couple of short punches.
Muller working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henderson.
Henderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Muller not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henderson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Henderson lands a couple of elbows.
Henderson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Muller preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tane Henderson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Muller working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henderson.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tane Henderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Henderson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tane Henderson!