PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lars Kristoffer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernardo Muriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kristoffer comes to the cage accompanied by Who's Your Daddy. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Kristoffer
vs
Muriel

197 cm
25
270 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

187 cm
32
220 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Arcticus University: London

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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Lars Kristoffer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Bernardo Muriel!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kristoffer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Muriel scores with a punch to the head.

Kristoffer forces Muriel back against the cage and clinches.
Muriel blocking some punches.
Muriel swings wildly with an uppercut but Kristoffer uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kristoffer.
Muriel misses with a punch to the body.
Kristoffer misses with a punch on the inside.
Muriel misses with a knee strike.
Muriel lands a knee to the body.
Kristoffer taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Muriel working aggressively here.
Muriel lands a right hand.
Muriel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Muriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kristoffer lands with a light punch inside.

It looks like Bernardo Muriel has been cut.
Muriel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kristoffer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muriel letting Kristoffer take a breather here.
Muriel landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muriel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Muriel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Muriel has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kristoffer seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Muriel can turn it around.
Kristoffer gets through Muriel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kristoffer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Muriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kristoffer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Muriel misses with the head strike.
Kristoffer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Muriel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A bit of stalling here from Kristoffer.
A bit of stalling here from Kristoffer.
Kristoffer blocks an uppercut.
Kristoffer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Muriel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Muriel looking to throw knees to the head but Kristoffer is blocking nicely.
Kristoffer blocks an uppercut.
Kristoffer tries to work over Muriel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Muriel.
Muriel tries to work over Kristoffer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Muriel misses with a punch on the inside.
Kristoffer managing to block the knees to the body from Muriel.
Kristoffer scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Muriel fails to land.
Kristoffer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muriel lands a shot to the body.
Muriel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kristoffer backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kristoffer.
Muriel is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kristoffer.
Muriel trying to land knees to the body.
Kristoffer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Muriel letting Kristoffer take a breather here.
Muriel lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muriel tries a body shot but Kristoffer blocks it.
Kristoffer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Muriel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kristoffer lands with a short shot to the head.
Muriel blocks a body shot from Kristoffer.
Kristoffer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kristoffer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kristoffer lands with a left to the head.
Muriel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kristoffer is defending well for now.
A nice left hand lands by Kristoffer.
Kristoffer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Muriel as the two fighters clinch.
Kristoffer prevents a body shot from Muriel.
Muriel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kristoffer lands a left hand.
Kristoffer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muriel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Muriel blocks a body shot from Kristoffer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muriel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kristoffer blocks it with crossed arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kristoffer.
Kristoffer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kristoffer gets through Muriel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kristoffer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Muriel is rocked!
Muriel throws a head punch that misses.
Kristoffer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Muriel is still on wobbly legs! Can Kristoffer finish him?
Muriel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Muriel seems to have recovered his senses.
Muriel looking to throw knees to the head but Kristoffer is blocking nicely.
Muriel tries to throw a body punch but Kristoffer avoids it by throwing Muriel back against the cage.
Muriel misses with some punches.
Muriel trying to land knees to the body.
Kristoffer tries a body shot but Muriel blocks it.
Muriel tries a body shot but Kristoffer blocks it.
Kristoffer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Kristoffer drops Muriel onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Muriel is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Kristoffer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bernardo Muriel's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Muriel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kristoffer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Muriel.
Kristoffer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Kristoffer drops Muriel onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Muriel is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Muriel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kristoffer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kristoffer lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kristoffer lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Muriel to his knees! Kristoffer keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lars Kristoffer!
Lars Kristoffer was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.