PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lock Bresnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bresnar comes to the cage accompanied by ABOVE THE LAW - murder rap. Nicolas Muller will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Bresnar
vs
Muller

199 cm
34
268 lbs
15 - 10 - 1

219 cm
25
282 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Lock Bresnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nicolas Muller!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bresnar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bresnar has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Bresnar throws a hook but Muller avoids it easily.
Muller ducks under a wild hook from Bresnar.
Muller scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Muller tries to clinch but Bresnar moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Bresnar tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Muller misses with a series of wild punches.
Bresnar cracks Muller with a good jab.

It looks like Nicolas Muller has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Muller gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Muller lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Lock Bresnar has been cut.
Muller lands an elbow just above Bresnar 's eye.
Muller lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bresnar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bresnar's efforts to push away.
Bresnar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Muller blocks a body shot from Bresnar.
Muller lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bresnar backwards.
Muller landing knees to the body.
Bresnar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Muller crunches a lovely knee into Bresnar's ribcage.
Bresnar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bresnar takes an elbow to the temple.
Muller keeps control of Bresnar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Muller lands with a light punch inside.
Muller managing to block the knees to the body from Bresnar.
Muller trying to land knees to the body.
Muller connects with a knee to the head.
Muller throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bresnar is breathing heavily.
Muller lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muller lands an elbow inside that Bresnar shrugs off.
Bresnar is trying to break the clinch but Muller is controlling him.
Bresnar takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Muller.

Lock Bresnar's cut is getting worse.
Muller managing to block the knees to the body from Bresnar.
Muller lands a body shot.
Muller landing knees to the head.
Muller lands an elbow that stopped Bresnar in his tracks for a moment.
Nice body punch from Muller.
Muller lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Muller.
Nice elbow from Muller.

Lock Bresnar's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bresnar is trying to break the clinch but Muller has him pressed against the cage.
Bresnar takes an elbow to the temple.
Muller landing knees to the body.
Muller lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Bresnar is rocked!
Still in the clinch, Muller scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oh Bresnar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bresnar misses with a body punch.
Muller is looking to land a big knee to finish this one. He's got control of the head and as Bresnar tries to break Muller's hands from around his neck, Muller unloads with that fight ending knee, right up the middle! Oh man, that was nasty! Bresnar will need to get back to the training room and learn how to defend against the thai clinch! Oooh, his nose is a mess. Hopefully it's not broken.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Nicolas Muller!
An out of breath Nicolas Muller thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.