PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nicolas Muller has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vakarchuk
vs
Muller

190 cm
31
250 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

219 cm
27
282 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicolas Muller!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Bruno Lombardi and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vakarchuk slips under a jab.
Muller lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Svyatoslav Vakarchuk has been cut.

Muller drives through and clinches with Vakarchuk against the cage.
Muller throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vakarchuk blocks it with crossed arms.
Muller creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Muller lands a nice elbow.
Muller tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vakarchuk avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vakarchuk jumps guard but Muller stands there with Vakarchuk around his waist. Vakarchuk gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Muller.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vakarchuk backwards.
Vakarchuk is trying to pull guard but Muller turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Vakarchuk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vakarchuk fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vakarchuk avoiding damage as Muller throws knees to the body.
Vakarchuk avoiding damage as Muller throws knees to the body.
Muller misses with an elbow strike.
Vakarchuk tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Vakarchuk looking to slow down the pace here.
A knee to the head by Muller.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vakarchuk in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Muller unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vakarchuk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short uppercut from Muller.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk's cut is getting worse.
Vakarchuk takes an elbow to the temple.

Vakarchuk is rocked!
Vakarchuk fails to pull guard.
Oh Vakarchuk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Muller working the clinch nicely. Vakarchuk is working for position but Muller cracks him with a big knee to the head! Vakarchuk crumples up against the cage and Muller lands two more shots before the ref can save Vakarchuk! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Nicolas Muller!
A determined Nicolas Muller didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!