PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dmitri Salnik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bode Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Salnik
vs
Muller

176 cm
25
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

Excellent grappler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dmitri Salnik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bode Muller!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salnik shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Muller counter with a right hand.
Salnik shoots and misses
and Muller counters with a nice body kick.

Muller lands a big shot that drops Salnik! Can he finish him?

Salnik is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muller is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Oh Salnik is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Muller loads up on a big left hand. Salnik felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Muller looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Salnik can't hide his disappointment, as Muller celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bode Muller!
Bode Muller decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.