PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Muller (ranked 4172 p4p, 21819 weight class) and Watchman Nee (ranked 481 p4p, 626 weight class). Muller comes to the cage accompanied by Samourai - by: Shurik'n. Stefan Muller could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Watchman Nee's chin.

Muller
vs
Nee

189 cm
27
220
4 - 6 - 0

177 cm
30
204
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stefan Muller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Watchman Nee!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Muller - just one landing.
Muller feints and then cracks Nee's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nee down.
Muller throws the left hand but Nee avoids the punch easily.
Nee darts in looking for a takedown but Muller gets double underhooks and turns Nee into the cage.
Muller was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nee ducks under a wild hook from Muller.
Nee shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice body punch from Muller.
Nee stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Muller.
Nee fails to land with a series of punches.
Nee gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Muller counters with a head kick.
Stefan Muller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muller scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
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 lands the left hand.

Nee is rocked!
Muller misses with a straight left.
Nee is still on wobbly legs! Can Muller finish him?
Muller tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nee seems to have recovered his senses.
Muller throws a shot from downtown. Nee moves away and avoids it.
Muller chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nee closes the distance and clinches up with Muller, looking for a takedown. Nee pushes Muller against the cage but Muller circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Stefan Muller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Watchman Nee.

Nee closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller gets back to full guard.
Muller is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Nee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nee is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
We've been hearing that Muller has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Muller working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Muller not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Muller is nestled in close to Nee, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Muller thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nee's head.
Nee moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nee is keeping the position for now.
Muller trying to control the position from guard on top but Nee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Muller postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Muller throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Muller with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nee is adopting a defensive guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Muller trying to control but Nee is working from the bottom.
Muller lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muller throws an elbow that misses. Nee uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Muller's guard. Nice move by Nee!

Muller wants to sweep here but Nee controlling him for the moment.
Nee looking to pass the guard.
Muller is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Muller looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Nee avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Muller is looking to sweep but instead, Nee has passed into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muller is positioning himself well to prevent Nee advancing to mount.
Nee is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Muller trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Nee manages to pass to mount!
Nee punching from mount but Muller doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Nee lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Muller dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Muller.
Nice uppercut lands for Muller. That snapped Nee's head back.
Muller throws a jab when Nee was well out of range.
Muller jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Muller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nee tries to clinch up but Muller circles away and keeps his distance.
Muller throws a jab but it's blocked by Nee.
Muller looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nee drops his hands momentarily and Muller takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Muller lands with an overhand left.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nee on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Muller. Muller obviously looking to wear him down.
Muller throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Muller scoring well with a low kick there.
Nee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Muller.
Nee shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Muller sprawls well. Muller wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nee gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nee slips under a jab.
Nee blocks a jab.
Muller is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nee.
Nee steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Muller.
A jab lands there for Muller.
Muller throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nee slips under a jab.
Nee wants to counter the offense by Muller and move into the clinch position.
Nee shoots in but Muller avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stefan Muller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Watchman Nee.
Nee has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Muller.
Muller lands a nice shot that snaps Nee's head back.
Muller throws the left hand but Nee avoids the punch easily.
As Muller backs off Nee throws a huge counter combo but Muller manages to avoid it all.
Muller throws the left hand but Nee avoids the punch easily.
Muller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Muller misses with a hook. Nee ducked under it nicely.
Muller is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Nee shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Muller as he jumps to the side.
Muller misses with a right hand

and Nee counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muller trying to control here.
Muller wants to get back to full guard.
Nee tries to pass the half guard into mount. Muller knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Muller gets back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nee slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Nee is fighting to break Muller's control of his arms but Muller is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Nee is stalling in the full guard.
Nee wants to pass the guard but Muller is keeping the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Muller holds on and takes a little breather.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Watchman Nee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Nee gets the takedown into side control.
Muller is looking for a sweep.
Muller regains half guard.
Muller is looking to improve his position.
Muller is controlling Nee's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Muller wants to get back to full guard.
Muller trying to hold on to Nee's head to control him but Nee postures up.
Nee perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Muller dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nee fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Muller avoids it really well and circles away.
Muller throws the left hand but Nee avoids the punch easily.
Muller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nee can do to turn this around?
Muller throws a jab but it's blocked by Nee.
Muller lands with a right hand.
Muller lands a jab to the head.
Muller misses with a hook.

Nee darts in and clinches Muller up against the cage.

Muller breaks the clinch.

Nee fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Muller, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nee gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Muller is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muller keeping hold of Nee's head, controlling as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nee trying to control the action but Muller is working from the bottom.

Nee is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Muller is looking to improve his position.
Nee is looking to advance position but Muller won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Muller is trying is best to control the position here.
Muller is trying to get back to full guard.
Muller holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Muller fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Muller throws a hook but Nee blocks it.
Nee 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.
Nee moves away from the strike by Muller.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Muller swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nee gets control of Muller's arms and successfully pulls guard. Nee will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Nee is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Nee in particular looking to stall.
Muller trying to control here.
Nee controlling the action here.
Nee wants to stand up but Muller has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muller keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Nee not doing much here.
Muller is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Muller is looking to control Nee's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Muller avoid being mounted?

And that's the end of the fight!
Watchman Nee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Muller has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stefan Muller!
After winning the bout, Stefan Muller thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.