PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicolas Muller (ranked 470 p4p, 15 weight class) and Farrokh Bulsara (ranked 2244 p4p, 70 weight class). Bulsara has chosen Bohemian Rhapsody as his entrance music. Nicolas Muller has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Muller
vs
Bulsara

219 cm
29
282 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

196 cm
32
283 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Aspire Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 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 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Farrokh Bulsara!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muller buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Muller tries to clinch up but Bulsara circles away and keeps his distance.
Bulsara throws a leg kick but Muller checks it.
Muller tried to counter with a leg kick but Bulsara avoided it.
Nice shot lands for Muller.
Muller misses with a straight right.
Bulsara throws a lazy body kick

and Muller counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Muller.

Bulsara manages to break the clinch.
Bulsara fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Muller looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Muller throws a nice looking combination but Bulsara bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Muller tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bulsara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bulsara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bulsara darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

It looks like Nicolas Muller has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Bulsara.
Bulsara scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulsara looks to land a left hand but Muller moved out of range nicely.
Muller is looking to clinch.
Muller motions for Bulsara to come forward. Muller throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bulsara tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Muller manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bulsara throws a leg kick that misses.
Bulsara throws a left and a right that both miss
and Muller makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Muller lands with a kick to the ribs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Muller.
Bulsara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Muller throws a hook to the side of Bulsara's head but Bulsara sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bulsara misses with a hook to the body
and Muller counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bulsara loads up on a big right hand but Muller slips the punch.
Bulsara moves in looking to clinch but Muller pushes him off.
Muller keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bulsara.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulsara swats away the attempt to clinch by Muller.
Muller throws a push kick but Bulsara slaps the foot to one side.
Bulsara misses with a shot to the body
and Bulsara takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bulsara throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Muller counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Muller moves into the clinch.
Muller is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bulsara takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bulsara looks winded!
Bulsara misses with a knee to the head.
Bulsara wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Muller lands a nice knee to the body.
Muller lands an elbow inside.
Muller lands an elbow just above Bulsara 's eye.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Muller lands a good knee to the midsection. Bulsara won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bulsara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Muller.
Muller holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Muller lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bulsara swings wildly with an uppercut but Muller uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Muller just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bulsara's brow.
Muller lands a nice elbow.
Bulsara lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Muller backwards.
Muller presses Bulsara against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Muller blocking some punches.
Muller landing knees to the head.

Bulsara is rocked!
Clinched against the cage, Muller lands a big elbow that drops Bulsara! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Bulsara is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicolas Muller!
After winning the bout, Nicolas Muller thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.