PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marwin Mueller (ranked 1066 p4p, 2620 weight class) and Billy Williams (ranked 127 p4p, 285 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Mueller
vs
Williams

188 cm
25
234
11 - 7 - 0

200 cm
31
270
22 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marwin Mueller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Billy Williams!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Williams coming out on top.

It looks like Marwin Mueller has been cut.
Williams scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Williams throws a front kick aimed at Mueller's knee but Mueller avoids it well.
A slow jab from Mueller misses its intended target.
Mueller's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Williams connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mueller scrambles back to his feet.

Mueller throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Williams tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Mueller is in Williams's guard.
Mueller loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Williams wants to stand but Mueller is controlling the position.
Williams is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Mueller might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Williams avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mueller content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mueller loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mueller postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mueller working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mueller throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mueller throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Williams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mueller trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mueller 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.
Williams is looking to stand up but Mueller isn't so interested in that idea.
Mueller trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mueller with a flurry of punches that miss.
Williams wants to get back to his feet but Mueller passes into half guard.
Mueller thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mueller sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Williams defending well though.
Mueller missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mueller throwing shots but Williams is blocking nicely.
Williams is looking to escape.
Mueller is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Williams avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mueller.
Williams is looking to escape.
Mueller scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mueller looks to land a strike but Williams avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Mueller lands a couple of digs.
Mueller throws an elbow that misses. Williams uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mueller's guard. Nice move by Williams!

Williams must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mueller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Williams loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mueller seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Mueller has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Williams won't allow Mueller to sweep him here.
Mueller wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Williams is now in half guard.
Mueller tries to get to full guard but Williams has control of the leg.
Williams missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mueller is trying to get back to full guard.
Mueller is looking to control Williams's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mueller avoid being mounted?
Mueller moves into full guard.

Williams decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Mueller, up you get!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mueller throws a shot from downtown. Williams moves away and avoids it.
Mueller lands a jab to Williams's midsection.
Mueller misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
Williams is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Mueller shoots in and drives through. Williams sprawls well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marwin Mueller dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marwin Mueller's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Mueller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Mueller swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
Williams is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Mueller with a body shot.
Mueller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Mueller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Mueller.
And Williams tries to counter it with a takedown but Mueller pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Williams is looking to slow Mueller down with leg kicks.
Williams lands a jab to Mueller's midsection.
Williams lands a leg kick that knocks Mueller off balance momentarily.
Williams swings for the body but Mueller moves out of range.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Mueller moves out of range easily.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Williams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Mueller closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Williams did well to prevent Mueller getting side control.
Williams avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mueller.
Marwin Mueller overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mueller lands a nice short elbow.
Mueller scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mueller thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Williams's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mueller thows a huge punch but Williams dodges it nicely.
Williams on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mueller thows a huge punch but Williams dodges it nicely.
Mueller sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Williams defending well though.
Mueller thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Williams's head.
Williams has hold of Mueller's hands but Mueller slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mueller not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mueller winds up and cracks Williams with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mueller thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Williams wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mueller 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.
Mueller thows a huge punch but Williams dodges it nicely.
Mueller prevents Williams from standing back up.
We've been hearing that Mueller has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Williams can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mueller throwing shots but Williams is blocking nicely.
Mueller moves nicely into side control.
Mueller works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mueller lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Williams down.
Mueller connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Williams some visible discomfort.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mueller tries to advance to mount but Williams instead regains half guard.
Mueller throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mueller working Williams over with strikes.
Williams is looking to escape.
Mueller missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mueller lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mueller not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mueller throwing shots but Williams is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from Mueller.
Mueller throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mueller throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mueller looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Williams is trying to stand up here but Mueller is controlling him well.
Mueller thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mueller not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mueller lands a nice short elbow.
Williams is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mueller scores with a couple of nice shots.
Williams blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mueller.
Williams wants to get back to his feet.
Williams blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mueller.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marwin Mueller dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marwin Mueller's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mueller looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Williams lands with a hook. Mueller tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mueller scores with a jab. Williams acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mueller is looking to wear down Williams with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Williams misses with a right hand

and Mueller counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Mueller working Williams over with strikes.
Mueller missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mueller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Williams wants to get back to his feet.
Mueller 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.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Mueller here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Mueller 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mueller is looking to advance position but Williams won't allow it.
Williams wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mueller slips a nice elbow through Williams's hands, connecting with Williams's forehead.
Mueller drops an elbow to the side of Williams's head.
Mueller looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Williams with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Williams is rocked!
Mueller scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Williams is still in real trouble! Can Mueller finish him?
Williams is trying to stand up here but Mueller is controlling him well.
Mueller scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mueller scores with a big shot! Williams's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Williams! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marwin Mueller!
Marwin Mueller seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.