PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Mulhern (ranked 6278 p4p, 574 weight class) and Nico Amadeus (ranked 6143 p4p, 569 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mulhern
vs
Amadeus

173 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Mulhern!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nico Amadeus!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mulhern gets tackled into the cage by Amadeus. Amadeus maintains the clinch.

Mulhern has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Amadeus clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Mulhern lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Amadeus.
Mulhern has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Amadeus.
Mulhern scores with punches from the back.
Mulhern trying to control.
Mulhern throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Amadeus!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mulhern is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Mulhern softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Mulhern lands strikes to the head.
Mulhern scores with punches to the body.
Mulhern lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Amadeus tries to roll but Mulhern sticks to his back.
Amadeus tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amadeus tries to hold on but Mulhern pushes him away.
Amadeus regains half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Mulhern has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mulhern drops an elbow to the side of Amadeus's head.
Mulhern slips a nice elbow through Amadeus's hands, connecting with Amadeus's forehead.
Mulhern winds up and cracks Amadeus with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mulhern seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mulhern with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Amadeus wants to get back to his feet.
Mulhern takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mulhern lands strikes from half guard.
Mulhern trying to control the action but Amadeus is working from the bottom.
Mulhern controlling the action here.
Mulhern slips a nice elbow through Amadeus's hands, connecting with Amadeus's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mulhern looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Amadeus is trying to stand.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mulhern connects with a nice short shot to Amadeus's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mulhern lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mulhern lands strikes from half guard.
Amadeus has hold of Mulhern's hands but Mulhern slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Amadeus trying to control from the bottom.
Mulhern looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Amadeus with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Amadeus is controlling Mulhern's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Mulhern is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mulhern takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mulhern lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Amadeus wants to improve his position but Mulhern is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mulhern is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mulhern slips a nice elbow through Amadeus's hands, connecting with Amadeus's forehead.
Mulhern working Amadeus over with strikes.
Mulhern looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Amadeus with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mulhern is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Amadeus is rocked!
Mulhern winds up and cracks Amadeus with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mulhern is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Amadeus reverses the position - he's now on top in Mulhern's guard.
Mulhern managing to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mulhern continues to stall.
Mulhern has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Mulhern's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Mulhern looking for a sweep. Not yet Mulhern, not yet.
Mulhern wants to get back to his feet but Amadeus is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mulhern keeping moving, preventing Amadeus from controlling successfully.
Mulhern is adopting a defensive guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Mulhern dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Amadeus clinches up with Mulhern and pushes him back against the cage.
Mulhern is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Amadeus unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mulhern lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mulhern drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mulhern is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Amadeus is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Mulhern. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Amadeus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mulhern.
Mulhern is trying to drag Amadeus to the mat but Amadeus just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Mulhern drops down looking for an ankle pick but Amadeus pulls his leg out and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mulhern throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Amadeus was covering up waiting for the punch and Mulhern finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Amadeus tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mulhern trying to control the position from guard on top but Amadeus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mulhern postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mulhern works over Amadeus with some ground and pound from guard.
Amadeus has Mulhern pulled in close to control his posture.
Amadeus keeping moving, preventing Mulhern from controlling successfully.
Amadeus looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mulhern is one step ahead there.
Mulhern is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Amadeus keeping moving, preventing Mulhern from controlling successfully.
Amadeus really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mulhern. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mulhern postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mulhern not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Mulhern landing some decent shots from guard.
Amadeus tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mulhern distracts Amadeus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mulhern postures up and lands a big shot to Amadeus's brow.
Mulhern slips nicely into half guard.
Mulhern is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mulhern wants to control but Amadeus is keeping him busy.
Mulhern slips a nice elbow through Amadeus's hands, connecting with Amadeus's forehead.
Amadeus has hold of Mulhern's hands but Mulhern slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Amadeus is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amadeus taking some punishment here, with Mulhern in his half guard.
Mulhern drops an elbow to the side of Amadeus's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mulhern lands a nice short elbow.
John Mulhern overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mulhern connects with a nice short shot to Amadeus's temple.
Amadeus is still in real trouble! Can Mulhern finish him?
Mulhern throwing shots but Amadeus is blocking nicely.
Amadeus seems to have recovered his senses.
Mulhern is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Amadeus can do to turn this around?
Amadeus is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mulhern scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from Mulhern.
Ground and pound from Mulhern.
Mulhern takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Amadeus trying to control here.
Mulhern drops an elbow to the side of Amadeus's head.
Mulhern drops an elbow to the side of Amadeus's head.
Mulhern winds up and cracks Amadeus with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Amadeus taking some punishment here, with Mulhern in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mulhern slips a nice elbow through Amadeus's hands, connecting with Amadeus's forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Amadeus is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mulhern scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mulhern unloads with some huge strikes here! Amadeus is out! Mulhern wins by brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). John Mulhern!
John Mulhern 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.