PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Cross Furia (ranked 134 p4p, 8 weight class) and Nicolas Muller (ranked 353 p4p, 16 weight class). Cross Furia's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Vivaldi's Winter. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cross Furia
vs
Muller

209 cm
37
264 lbs
34 - 17 - 1

219 cm
33
282 lbs
23 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars
Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

Urban Fighter

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 34 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dante Cross Furia!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicolas Muller!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Alyssa Summers and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia backing away here, and Muller unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

Cross Furia instigates a clinch.
Muller lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Dante Cross Furia has been cut.
Cross Furia tries to throw a body punch but Muller avoids it by throwing Cross Furia back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Muller creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cross Furia's defenses.
Cross Furia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cross Furia working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Cross Furia.
Cross Furia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Muller's elbow.
Cross Furia misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Muller throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muller throws an elbow that misses.
Muller's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cross Furia lands with a left to the head.
Muller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muller pushes off an throws an elbow but Cross Furia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cross Furia working aggressively here.
I was talking to Cross Furia's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cross Furia misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross Furia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Muller throws a knee to the head but misses.
Muller pushes off an throws an elbow but Cross Furia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Muller - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Cross Furia avoids a wild elbow strike from Muller.
Cross Furia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Muller is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Muller throws an elbow but it misses.
Cross Furia tries a body shot but Muller blocks it.
Cross Furia misses with some punches.
A short left from Cross Furia.
A shot in the inside from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia misses with a body punch.
Muller told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Cross Furia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cross Furia scores with a shot to the side of Muller's head.
Muller lands an elbow that stopped Cross Furia in his tracks for a moment.
Cross Furia blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Cross Furia.
Cross Furia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Muller backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muller takes a shot to the head.
Cross Furia throws a head punch that misses.
Muller with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cross Furia blocks the elbow strike.
Muller is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cross Furia.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Muller just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cross Furia's brow.
Cross Furia lands a right hand that snaps the head of Muller backwards.
Muller misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Cross Furia.
Good body shot from Cross Furia.
Muller looks winded!
Cross Furia throws a head punch that misses.
Cross Furia working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Muller pushes off an throws an elbow but Cross Furia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A body shot lands from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia can't find room to land a body shot as Muller controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross Furia can't find room to land a body shot as Muller controls the action.
Cross Furia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Muller backwards.
Muller misses with an elbow strike.
Cross Furia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Muller backwards.
Muller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Muller backwards.
Cross Furia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Muller takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cross Furia working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Muller creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cross Furia lands with a right to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Cross Furia.

Muller is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Muller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Muller is still on wobbly legs! Can Cross Furia finish him?
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cross Furia misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Cross Furia fails to land.
Cross Furia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Muller blocking some punches.
Cross Furia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muller.
Cross Furia swings wildly with an uppercut but Muller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muller seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cross Furia pushes Muller against the cage. Cross Furia is working some dirty boxing. Cross Furia pushes off with a quick right hook! Muller goes down! Muller tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Cross Furia moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dante Cross Furia!
Dante Cross Furia retains his super heavyweight title!
Dante Cross Furia seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.