PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Joker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernardo Muriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joker comes to the cage accompanied by The Jester of Genocide - Travis Scott. Bernardo Muriel is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Joker
vs
Muriel

194 cm
22
219 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

187 cm
29
220 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Determined

Spartan Nutrition

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mr Joker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bernardo Muriel!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joker paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Muriel moves into the clinch.
Joker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Muriel walks away with a smile on his face. Joker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Joker tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Muriel defends well and Joker ends up having to push Muriel into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muriel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Joker throws a hook to the side of Muriel's head but Muriel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Muriel.
Joker shoots in and drives through. Muriel sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mr Joker. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Joker throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Muriel was covering up waiting for the punch and Joker finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Joker trying to control the position from guard on top but Muriel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Joker being controlled here momentarily.
Muriel's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Joker throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joker landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joker slips nicely into half guard.
Muriel keeping control of the position.
Muriel is refusing to be controlled, as Joker sits in half guard.
Joker tries to pass to full mount but Muriel defends it.
Joker has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Muriel looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Joker lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Joker wants to pass the guard but Muriel is defending well.
Joker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joker scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Muriel wants to control but Joker is keeping busy.
Muriel preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Muriel wants to get back to full guard.
Muriel taking some punishment here, with Joker in his half guard.
Joker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Muriel is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Muriel is in trouble now - Joker has advanced to mount!
Muriel is in a horrible position here. Joker smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Muriel is in a horrible position here. Joker smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joker with good strikes from the mount here!

Muriel is rocked!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Joker! Muriel is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mr Joker!
A very excited looking Mr Joker made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.