PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Miyamoto Musashi (ranked 25018 p4p, 5902 weight class) and Photon Muller (ranked 297 p4p, 296 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Musashi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to tajiri theme. Miyamoto Musashi had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 146.7lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Miyamoto Musashi has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Musashi
vs
Muller

175 cm
26
154
5 - 5 - 0

175 cm
26
150
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miyamoto Musashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Photon Muller!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Dean Styles and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muller misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Musashi enables Muller to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Musashi manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Muller stands up from Musashi's guard - Muller perhaps looking for a knockout.
Musashi moves in looking to clinch but Muller pushes him off.
Musashi moves in looking to clinch but Muller pushes him off.

Muller looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Musashi is breathing heavily.

Muller decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Musashi, up you get!

Muller shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Musashi napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Muller stands up.
Muller throws a nice looking combination but Musashi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Musashi wants to clinch up but Muller keeps it at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Muller.

Musashi forces Muller back against the cage and clinches.
Muller blocks an uppercut.
Musashi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Musashi has a couple of punches blocked by Muller.
Muller has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Musashi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Musashi prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi has a couple of punches blocked by Muller.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muller.
Musashi misses with the head strike.
Muller wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Musashi has him pressed against the cage.
Musashi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Muller tries to break free but Musashi pushes him back against the cage.
Muller blocking some punches.
Musashi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Musashi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Muller looking for a takedown.
Miyamoto Musashi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Photon Muller.
Musashi stops a takedown attempt from Muller.
Musashi lands with a light punch inside.
Musashi swings wildly with an uppercut but Muller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muller is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Musashi is defending well.
Muller has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Musashi avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Muller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Musashi fails to land.
Musashi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Musashi working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musashi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Musashi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Muller wants to break free but Musashi has control.
Musashi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Muller looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Muller tries to break free but Musashi pushes him back against the cage.
Muller is trying to break free.
Musashi misses with the head strike.
Musashi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Musashi swings wildly with an uppercut but Muller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muller is looking for a takedown.
Musashi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Muller backwards.
Muller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muller tries to circle away but Musashi has him pinned against the cage.
Musashi throws a head punch that misses.
Musashi misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musashi.
Musashi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muller wants to break free but Musashi has control.
Musashi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Muller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Musashi prevents a takedown attempt there.
Muller is looking to take this one to the mat.
Musashi working aggressively here.
Muller wants a takedown but no success here.
Musashi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Muller's efforts to push away.
Muller is trying to break free.
Muller has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Musashi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Musashi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Muller tries to break free but Musashi pushes him back against the cage.
Musashi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Muller is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Musashi pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A short right from Musashi on the inside.
Muller changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Musashi fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Musashi moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musashi.
Musashi lands with a right to the head.
Muller is trying to break the clinch but Musashi has him pressed against the cage.
Musashi lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Musashi on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musashi.
Musashi lands a shoulder strike.
Musashi prevents Muller from breaking the clinch.
Muller is looking for a takedown.
Muller working hard to break the clinch.
Musashi misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Musashi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Muller is working for takedown but Musashi is calmly controlling the position for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musashi.
Muller wants to break free but Musashi has control.
Musashi has a couple of punches blocked by Muller.
Musashi scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Musashi.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Miyamoto Musashi dominated that round.
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.

Muller looking to score a takedown here. Musashi is defending well but Muller drives through and ends up in Musashi's guard.

Muller stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Muller fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Musashi avoids it really well and circles away.

Musashi clinches up against the cage.
Musashi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Musashi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Muller can do to turn this around?
Musashi throws a head punch that misses.
Musashi swings wildly with an uppercut but Muller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muller blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Musashi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Musashi throws a punch but it's blocked by Muller.
Musashi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Musashi.
Muller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Miyamoto Musashi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Muller is trying to break free.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Musashi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Muller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Muller wants a takedown.
Muller drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Miyamoto Musashi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Photon Muller.
Muller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Musashi misses with some punches.
Musashi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Musashi.
Musashi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Muller is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musashi.
Muller can't break the clinch.
Musashi has a couple of punches blocked by Muller.
Muller is looking to break free of the clinch but Musashi has double underhooks.
Muller drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Musashi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Musashi gets underhooks to prevent Muller's takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Muller wants to get back to striking at distance but Musashi won't allow it.
Musashi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Muller backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muller.
Musashi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Muller has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Musashi after a bit of a struggle.
Muller has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Muller is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Musashi pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Muller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Musashi misses with the head strike.
Muller is trying to break the clinch but Musashi is controlling him.
Muller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musashi.
Muller wants a takedown.
Musashi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Musashi is defending well against a takedown attempt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musashi.
Musashi lands a shoulder strike.
Musashi misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi gets underhooks to prevent Muller's takedown attempt.
A nice left hand lands by Musashi.
Musashi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Musashi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Musashi lands a left hand.
Muller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Musashi fails to land.
Musashi throws a head punch that misses.
Musashi misses with some punches.
Musashi misses with some punches.
Musashi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Musashi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Musashi prevents Muller from breaking the clinch.
Musashi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Muller.
Muller is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Muller tries to break free but Musashi pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musashi lands a left hand.
Musashi throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Musashi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Musashi throws a head punch that misses.
Musashi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Muller.
Muller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Musashi has a couple of punches blocked by Muller.
Musashi misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Musashi lands a shoulder strike.
Musashi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Muller tries to break free but Musashi pushes him back against the cage.
Musashi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Muller wants a takedown but no success here.
Musashi has Muller pressed against the cage, preventing Muller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Musashi on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muller.
Musashi has Muller pressed against the cage, preventing Muller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Miyamoto Musashi dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Musashi darts in and clinches Muller up against the cage.
Muller is trying to push Musashi away but Musashi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Musashi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Musashi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Musashi keeps control of Muller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Musashi misses with a punch on the inside.
Musashi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Musashi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Musashi misses with the head strike.
Muller wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Muller's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Muller is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musashi.
Muller has Musashi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Musashi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muller is working for takedown but Musashi is calmly controlling the position for now.
Musashi swings wildly with an uppercut but Muller uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musashi.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Musashi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Muller drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Miyamoto Musashi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Photon Muller.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Muller is trying to break the clinch but Musashi has him pressed against the cage.
Musashi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Musashi pushes Muller back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Muller tries to score a body lock takedown but Musashi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Muller wants to get back to striking at distance but Musashi won't allow it.
Muller blocking some punches.
Muller goes for a takedown in the clinch but Musashi prevents it.
Musashi stops a takedown attempt from Muller.
Musashi lands with a right to the head.
Muller looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Musashi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mullers head.
Musashi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Muller backwards.
A short left from Musashi.
Musashi lands with a short shot to the head.
Musashi lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Musashi on the inside.
Muller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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 drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Musashi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short right from Musashi.
Muller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Musashi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Muller backwards.
A short right from Musashi.
Muller working hard to break the clinch.
Muller wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Musashi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Muller is trying to break the clinch but Musashi is controlling him.
Muller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Muller is trying to push Musashi away but Musashi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Musashi throws a punch but it's blocked by Muller.
Musashi lands with a left to the head.
Musashi lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Musashi pushes Muller back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Musashi throws a head punch that misses.
Muller is trying to break the clinch but Musashi is controlling him.
Musashi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Musashi lands an uppercut.
Musashi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Muller is trying to drag Musashi to the mat but Musashi just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Muller wants to take the fight to the mat but Musashi manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Musashi lands with a right to the head.
Musashi throws a punch but it's blocked by Muller.
Muller looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Musashi misses with a punch on the inside.
Muller changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Musashi fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Musashi gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musashi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mullers head.
Muller working hard to break the clinch.
Musashi misses with a punch on the inside.
Muller is looking to take this one to the mat.
Musashi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muller wants to break the clinch but can't.
Musashi working aggressively here.
Musashi swings wildly with an uppercut but Muller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Musashi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musashi.
Muller is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Musashi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Musashi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Muller wants to break the clinch but can't.
Musashi lands with a right to the head.
Muller tries to score a body lock takedown but Musashi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Musashi scores with a shot to the side of Muller's head.
Photon Muller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Musashi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Muller backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miyamoto Musashi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Musashi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:25
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:26
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miyamoto Musashi!
During a confident post fight interview, Miyamoto Musashi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.