PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruarc Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bode Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harris
vs
Muller

194 cm
29
218 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

190 cm
32
211 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

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 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ruarc Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bode Muller!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harris clinches with his opponent.
Still in the clinch, Muller scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've been hearing reports that Harris has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Muller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Harris stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The referee calls for Harris to work.
Muller is pressed up against the cage. Harris has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Muller down to the mat. Muller avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Harris tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Muller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Muller is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Harris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris moves out of range of the strikes.
Muller throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.
Muller looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harris misses with a double jab
and Muller counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Muller.

Harris clinches with his opponent.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Muller avoids it by throwing Harris back against the cage.
Muller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Muller working aggressively here.
Muller scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Harris breaks from the clinch.
Harris motions for Muller to come forward. Harris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bode Muller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Muller goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Harris drops down looking for a counter takedown but Muller sprawls and moves away.
Harris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Muller throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from Muller.
Muller connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harris momentarily.
Harris stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Muller.

Muller tries to keep at a distance but Harris has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris wants a takedown but no success here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Muller smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruarc Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Muller moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harris takes a jab right on the kisser.
Harris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Muller manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Muller lands a body shot.
Muller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Harris avoids the body shot from Muller.
Muller buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Harris looking for a takedown.
Harris looking to stall.
Harris stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Muller's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to clinch but Muller is having none of it.
Harris shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Muller uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harris has time to react.

Muller sends Harris crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Muller is motioning to the referee to let Harris up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Harris is rocked!

It looks like Ruarc Harris has been cut.
Muller feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harris's calf.
Oh Harris is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harris seems to have got his legs back now.
Muller has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
A jab lands there for Muller.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Muller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Muller throws an overhand right that drops Harris like a sack of potatoes! Muller dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bode Muller!
After the fight, Bode Muller was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Ruarc Harris was interviewed post fight and said 'I lost this match because i had a injured heart you see someone ran over my dog earlier today. If it where not for that i would have kicked this guys ass.'.