PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Campion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Campion
vs
Muller

190 cm
28
225 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

219 cm
21
282 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gregory Campion!
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, Nicolas Muller!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campion throws a body punch but Muller moves out of range.
Campion swings for the body but Muller moves out of range.
Muller throws a nice looking combination but Campion bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Muller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Campion.
Campion tests Muller's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Muller ducks under a wild hook from Campion.
Muller is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Campion avoids the body shot from Muller.
Campion swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Campion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Campion throws a hook to the side of Muller's head but Muller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muller dodges the punch combination from Campion.
Muller wants to counter the offense by Campion and move into the clinch position.
Campion throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Muller.
Muller steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Campion.
Muller avoids a punch combination nicely.
Muller tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campion throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Muller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Muller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Campion was well out of range. Poor timing from Muller.
Muller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Muller doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
We've been informed that Muller has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Muller ducks under a wild hook from Campion.
Muller steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Campion.
Campion throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Campion paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Campion. Muller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Campion throws a body punch but Muller moves out of range.
Campion lands a nice hook to Muller's body. Muller takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Muller avoids a punch combination nicely.
Muller wants to counter the offense by Campion and move into the clinch position.
Muller misses with a double jab.
Campion takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller takes one to the chin there.
Campion misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Muller steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Campion.
No joy there for Campion, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muller takes a swing at Campion's ribcage but misses.
Campion looks to score with a jab to the body but Muller is just out of range.
Campion takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Muller takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Campion dodges the punch combination from Muller.
Campion scores with a hook.
Campion misses with a double jab.
Muller tries to bum rush Campion with a series of wild strikes but Campion uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Campion wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Muller gets a clinch.
Campion has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Muller misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Campion.
Muller throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Muller prevents Campion from breaking the clinch.
Muller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Campion's elbow.
Campion has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Muller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Muller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Campion's elbow.
Muller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Campion's elbow.
Nice elbow from Muller.

It looks like Gregory Campion has been cut.
Muller throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Muller pushes off an throws an elbow but Campion leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Campion avoiding damage as Muller throws knees to the body.
Campion wants to get back to striking at distance but Muller won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Muller fails to land.
Muller lands a nice elbow.
Campion wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Muller creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Campion's defenses.
Campion takes an elbow to the temple.

Gregory Campion's cut is getting worse.
Campion is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Muller is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Campion is defending well for now.
Muller creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Campion's defenses.

Gregory Campion's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
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 lands a damaging elbow.

Jeez, Gregory Campion's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Campion looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Campion avoiding damage as Muller throws knees to the body.
Muller looking to throw knees to the head but Campion is blocking nicely.
Muller misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Campion.
Muller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Muller just misses with a elbow thrown towards Campion's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nicolas Muller will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gregory Campion's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Campion misses with a wild combination.
Muller is looking for the big counter here.
Muller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Campion.
Muller doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Campion throws a hook but Muller avoids it easily.
Muller throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Campion.

Campion takes the fight into the clinch.
Muller lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gregory Campion's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Nicolas Muller!
Nicolas Muller bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Gregory Campion spoke after the fight, saying 'Congratulations to my opponent. He was the better man today. Now I go back to training to make sure that I'm the better man tomorrow. Thanks to the fans for all of their support.'.