PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicolas Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cactus Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack has chosen Symphony Of Destruction by Megadeth as his entrance music. Nicolas Muller has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Muller
vs
Jack

219 cm
22
282 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
24
277 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Revolution Clothing

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicolas Muller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cactus Jack!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Bruno Lombardi and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Muller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Muller's defenses.

It looks like Nicolas Muller has been cut.
Jack takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jack prevents a body shot from Muller.
Nice elbow from Muller.
Muller misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Muller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jack throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Muller creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jack's defenses.

It looks like Cactus Jack has been cut.
Jack throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jack pushes off an throws an elbow but Muller leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jack stalling in the clinch.
Muller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Muller pushes off an throws an elbow but Jack leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Muller misses with an elbow strike.
Muller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Muller is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jack is defending well for now.
Muller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muller misses with an elbow strike.
Muller pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jack is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Muller blocks an elbow strike from Jack.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller misses with an elbow over the top.
Jack tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Muller's elbow.
Muller tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jack avoids it.
Jack avoids a wild elbow strike from Muller.
Muller comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Muller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jack's elbow.
Muller lands an elbow inside that Jack shrugs off.
Jack avoids the elbow strike from Muller, against the cage.
Jack takes an elbow to the forehead.
Muller throws a punch but it's blocked by Jack.
Jack avoids the elbow strike from Muller, against the cage.
Muller creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Muller tries to land knees in the clinch but Jack avoids the damage to the body.
Jack can't find room to land a body shot as Muller controls the action.
Muller lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Cactus Jack's cut even more.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jack takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jack throws an elbow but it misses.
Jack blocks a body shot from Muller.
Jack misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller blocks an elbow strike from Jack.
Jack's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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!
Jack stalling against the cage.
Jack tries to work over Muller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Muller pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jack avoids a wild elbow strike from Muller.
I was talking to Muller's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jack wants to stall.
Muller misses with a knee to the head.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Jack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Muller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jack lands an elbow inside that Muller shrugs off.

Nicolas Muller's cut is getting worse.
Muller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jack looking to slow down the pace here.
Jack misses with an elbow strike.
Jack lands a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Muller as the two fighters clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Muller's elbow.
Muller throws a punch but it's blocked by Jack.
Muller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Muller lands a nice elbow.
Muller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jack blocks an elbow strike from Muller.
Muller trying to land knees to the body.
Jack scores with a hook to the body.
Muller is breathing heavily.
Jack throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Muller blocks an elbow strike from Jack.
Jack creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jack missing with knees to the body.
Jack misses with an elbow strike.
Muller pushes off an throws an elbow but Jack leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Muller missing with knees to the body.
Muller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Muller lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jack scores with a hook to the body.
Muller misses with an elbow strike.
Muller letting Jack take a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack taking a breather.
Muller creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jack's defenses.
Jack takes an elbow to the forehead.
Muller misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left hand lands to the body for Muller.
Jack pushes off an throws an elbow but Muller leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jack misses with an elbow strike.
Muller avoiding damage as Jack throws knees to the body.
Jack looking to slow down the pace here.
Muller scores with a shot to the side of Jack's head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Muller as Jack tries to tie him up.
Jack creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jack blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Muller as Jack tries to tie him up.
Muller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Muller misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicolas Muller dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Muller closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Muller throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Muller.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Muller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jack can do to turn this around?
Jack lands a damaging elbow.

Nicolas Muller's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Jack managing to block the knees to the body from Muller.
Jack managing to block the knees to the body from Muller.
Jack misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Muller throws an elbow but misses.
Muller working aggressively here.
Jack throws an elbow but it misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jack dodges an elbow strike from Muller.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jack taking a breather.
Muller is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jack is defending well for now.
Muller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Muller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Muller tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jack avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller tries to work over Jack's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jack is trying to maintain a safe position but Muller gets an underhook and turns Jack into the cage.
Muller blocks an elbow strike.
Jack creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Muller misses with a punch to the body.
Muller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jack avoiding damage as Muller throws knees to the body.
Muller tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jack avoids it.
Jack misses with an elbow over the top.
Muller blocks an elbow strike.
Jack working Muller over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jack throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Muller just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jack's brow.
Jack is pushing Muller up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Jack looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jack tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Muller's elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jack.

Jeez, Nicolas Muller's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Cactus Jack!
An out of breath and clearly excited Cactus Jack thanked Revolution Clothing for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).