PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohamed Mullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie ODonnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ODonnell is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: InnerPartySystem "dont stop". Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mullen
vs
ODonnell

212 cm
23
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

220 cm
23
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mohamed Mullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jamie ODonnell!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mullen misses with a takedown attempt - ODonnell sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

ODonnell moves into the clinch successfully.
ODonnell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mullen backwards.

ODonnell pulls Mullen into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
ODonnell looking to control but Mullen passes into half guard.
ODonnell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mullen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
ODonnell is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mullen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mullen is controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ODonnell is looking to control Mullen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can ODonnell avoid being mounted?
Mullen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mullen connects with a nice short shot to ODonnell's temple.
ODonnell is looking to control Mullen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can ODonnell avoid being mounted?
Mullen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mullen winds up and cracks ODonnell with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
ODonnell is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mullen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mullen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mullen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mullen thows a huge punch but ODonnell dodges it nicely.

Mullen is trying to work for a kimura but ODonnell is defending well.
Mullen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
ODonnell has hold of Mullen's hands but Mullen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mullen misses with a head shot. ODonnell uses the momentum to regain guard.
Mullen throwing strikes but missing.
Mullen throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of ODonnell's head.
Mullen is in close to ODonnell's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mullen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
ODonnell has momentary wrist control but Mullen slips an elbow through the middle.

ODonnell working for a triangle but Mullen defends it easily.
Mullen landing with the ground and pound.
ODonnell keeping moving, preventing Mullen from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mullen lands a couple of digs.
Mullen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mullen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as ODonnell works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mullen lands a couple of elbows.
Mullen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mullen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mullen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mullen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mullen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mullen throws a big elbow that misses.
Mullen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohamed Mullen 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.

ODonnell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mullen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
ODonnell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mullen throwing a counter right hand but ODonnell manages to avoid it.
ODonnell throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Mullen counters with a single leg into guard. ODonnell didn't expect that.
ODonnell wants to get back to his feet but Mullen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mullen landing with the ground and pound.
Mullen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mullen lands a couple of digs.
Mohamed Mullen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mullen working some strikes from top position.
ODonnell looking to control.
Mullen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

ODonnell is rocked!
Mullen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
ODonnell is still in real trouble! Can Mullen finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullen arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! ODonnell's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mohamed Mullen!