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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saul Goodman (ranked 2195 p4p, 2910 weight class) and Marwin Mueller (ranked 249 p4p, 331 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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 32 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saul Goodman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marwin Mueller!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mueller scores with a hook to the body. Goodman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Goodman doesn't manage to clinch there - Mueller circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Goodman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mueller thuds a left hand into Goodman's body.
Marwin Mueller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mueller shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mueller lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mueller controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Goodman doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Mueller throws an elbow that misses. Goodman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mueller's guard. Nice move by Goodman!
Mueller has a closed guard, preventing Goodman from standing up.
Mueller wants to sweep here but Goodman controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goodman is fighting to break Mueller's control of his arms but Mueller is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Goodman trying to stand up but can't free himself from Mueller's guard.
Goodman sitting in guard here, content to control.
Mueller looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Goodman trying to control the position from guard on top but Mueller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Goodman won't allow Mueller to sweep him here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Mueller controlling the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Mueller dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Goodman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mueller clinches with his opponent.
Goodman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Goodman throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Mueller.
Goodman lands a nice uppercut.
Goodman breaks the clinch.
Mueller connects with a nice looking jab.
Goodman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Goodman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mueller manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mueller cracks a nice hook into Goodman's ribs.
Mueller moves into the clinch.
Mueller content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Goodman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goodman pushes Mueller back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mueller holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Goodman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mueller pushes Goodman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Goodman throws a punch but it's blocked by Mueller.
Goodman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mueller struggles to land a body shot inside as Goodman controls his hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mueller digs a right hand into Goodman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Goodman's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mueller stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Goodman tries a body shot but Mueller blocks it.
Goodman scores with a shot to the side of Mueller's head.
A short uppercut from Mueller.
Goodman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mueller wants a takedown but no success here.
Mueller's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Mueller stalling against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Goodman has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Mueller lands with a right to the head.
Mueller has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Goodman clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Goodman looking very determined here, making life difficult for Mueller.
Mueller lands punches and elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marwin Mueller 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.
Mueller gets a clinch.
Mueller avoids a wild elbow strike from Goodman.
Goodman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mueller lands with a short shot to the head.
Mueller has a couple of punches blocked by Goodman.
Goodman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Goodman lands with a right to the head.
Goodman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mueller has him pressed against the cage.
Mueller is looking to take this one to the mat.
Goodman lands with a left to the head.
Mueller lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Goodman or not.
Mueller stalling against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mueller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mueller.
Mueller has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Goodman wants to get back to striking at distance but Mueller won't allow it.
Goodman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Goodman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Mueller.
Mueller takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Marwin Mueller has been cut.
Mueller lands a right hand.
Mueller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Mueller on the inside.
Mueller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mueller drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mueller has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Goodman seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Mueller can turn it around.
Goodman is trying to push Mueller away but Mueller has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mueller lands a nice uppercut.
Mueller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mueller scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Goodman stalling in the clinch but Mueller improves position.
Mueller blocking some punches.
Mueller lands an uppercut.
Goodman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mueller as Goodman tries to tie him up.
Mueller can't find room to land a body shot as Goodman controls the action.
Mueller lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mueller lands a hook that snaps the head of Goodman backwards.
A shot in the inside from Mueller.
Goodman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mueller lands a left hand.
Goodman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Mueller.
Mueller stalling.
A short right from Mueller on the inside.
Goodman manages to break the clinch.
Goodman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Goodman tries to clinch up.
Mueller lands a nice looking body shot.
Goodman throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Goodman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mueller works Goodman's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mueller swats away the attempt to clinch by Goodman.
Mueller scores with a shot to the body.
Saul Goodman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mueller scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mueller cracks Goodman with a big elbow.
Goodman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mueller working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Goodman is rocked!
Goodman takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Oh Goodman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Goodman prevents Mueller from moving into mount.
Mueller working the head with strikes.
Mueller scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Goodman to see if he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big shot lands for Mueller! That's hurt Goodman! Will he recover? Mueller fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marwin Mueller!
Marwin Mueller decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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