PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicolas Muller (ranked 110 p4p, 4 weight class) and Archie Trew (ranked 566 p4p, 14 weight class). Trew is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fuck You - Lily Allen. Nicolas Muller has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Muller
vs
Trew

219 cm
30
282 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

195 cm
29
300 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicolas Muller!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Archie Trew!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Dean Styles and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trew.
Trew tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Muller was well out of range. Poor timing from Trew.
Muller is looking to counter the offense by Trew and move into the clinch.

Trew manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Muller on his heels. He'll look to pass Muller's guard now, I'm sure.

Muller has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Trew is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Muller definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Muller lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Archie Trew has been cut.
Muller lands a nice knee to the body.
Muller throws an elbow but it misses.
Trew lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muller pushes off an throws an elbow but Trew leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Muller lands an elbow inside that Trew shrugs off.
Trew misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trew misses with a punch to the body.
Muller landing knees to the head.
Trew fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trew lands a nice shot to the body.
Muller lands a nice knee to the body.
Trew looks winded!
Trew blocks the elbow strike.
Muller tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trew is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Muller pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Muller with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trew lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Trew has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Muller seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Trew can turn it around.
Trew working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trew misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Trew wants a takedown.
Trew lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Muller landing knees to the head.

That has opened up Archie Trew's cut even more.
Muller looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Trew avoids a wild elbow strike from Muller.
A right hook to the body lands for Trew.
Trew swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Muller working Trew over with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muller.
Trew tries to work over Muller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trew.
Muller throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Muller throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Muller lands an uppercut.
Muller throws an elbow that misses.
Trew on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trew throws a punch but it's blocked by Muller.
A head punch on the inside from Muller fails to land.
Trew swings wildly with an uppercut but Muller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Muller tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trew avoids it.
A short right from Muller on the inside.
Muller is stalling here.
Trew throws a punch but it's blocked by Muller.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trew creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Trew scores with a nice hook to the head.
Muller tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trew avoids it.
Muller pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muller missing with knees to the body.
Trew dodges an elbow strike from Muller.
A right hook to the body lands for Trew.
Trew is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nicolas Muller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Archie Trew.
Muller lands a body punch.
Muller throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trew working aggressively here.
Trew avoids a wild elbow strike from Muller.
Trew dodges an elbow strike from Muller.
Muller has Trew pushed against the cage.
Muller misses with an elbow strike.
Trew blocks the elbow strike.
Trew lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Muller.
Trew avoids a wild elbow strike from Muller.
Muller creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Muller content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Trew misses with a hook from the clinch.
Muller is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Trew is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Muller.

The cut above Archie Trew's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Muller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Muller misses with an elbow over the top.
Trew working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trew creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muller stalling in the clinch but Trew improves position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Muller.
Muller tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trew avoids it.
Still in the clinch, Trew scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trew digs a right hand into Muller's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Muller's gas tank.
Muller stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Muller just misses with a elbow thrown towards Trew's brow.
Muller takes a shot to the head.

It looks like Nicolas Muller has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Muller trying to land knees to the body.
Trew lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Muller backwards.
Muller looking to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trew.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicolas Muller dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice straight punches there by Trew. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Trew.
Trew throws a body shot but no joy.
Muller tries to clinch there but Trew circles away.
Trew swats away the attempt to clinch by Muller.
A slapping body kick lands there for Muller.

Trew scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Muller explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muller throws out a powerful jab.
Muller swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trew motions for Muller to come forward. Trew throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Muller is looking to counter the offense by Trew and move into the clinch.
Trew scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Trew lands with a shot to the body.
Trew connects with a body shot.
Muller scores with a head kick.

Archie Trew's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trew. Muller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trew goes for a double leg but Muller avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Muller continues to drive forward.
It looked like Muller wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Muller plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Archie Trew's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Nicolas Muller!
Nicolas Muller retains his super heavyweight title!
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.