PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Trowning (ranked 1704 p4p, 192 weight class) and Nicolas Muller (ranked 1815 p4p, 201 weight class). Trowning comes to the ring accompanied by Shotgun - backyard brawl. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Trowning
vs
Muller

206 cm
28
263 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

219 cm
36
282 lbs
27 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Freebok (85% Laundry)

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 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henry Trowning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicolas Muller!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muller fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Trowning throws a hook but Muller blocks it.
Muller swings widly with a right hand
enabling Trowning to counter with a crisp jab.
Muller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trowning was well out of range. Poor timing from Muller.
Trowning throws a body shot but no joy.
Muller changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Muller connects with a single shot there.
Trowning has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Muller.
Trowning misses the shot to the body.

Muller instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Muller fails to land.
Trowning scores with a shot to the side of Muller's head.
Our sources have told us that Trowning has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Muller tries to work over Trowning's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trowning avoids the elbow strike from Muller, against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trowning misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trowning swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Muller throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trowning managing to block the knees to the body from Muller.

Trowning's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Trowning misses with a looping left.
Muller steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Trowning.
Muller throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Trowning displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Muller throws out the jab.
Trowning misses with an uppercut.
Trowning pivots, looking for a leg kick but Muller is out of range and Trowning settles back down.
Muller is looking to slow Trowning down with leg kicks.
Trowning on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Muller. Muller obviously looking to wear him down.
A decent looking cross lands there for Trowning.
Trowning swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Muller to counter with a crisp jab.
Muller throws a hook but Trowning avoids it easily.
Muller takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trowning lands a jab to the nose.
Muller takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Trowning manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Muller gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Trowning.
Trowning lands a jab to the nose.
Trowning sizes up Muller with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Trowning takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Trowning lands a slapping body shot.
Muller moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Trowning misses with an uppercut. Muller saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from Muller on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Left hook, right uppercut from Muller.
Muller looks to land a combination but Trowning avoids it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trowning ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Muller moves away.
Trowning takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Muller doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Trowning displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Muller throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nicolas Muller will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Trowning misses with a shot to the body

and Muller counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Muller lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Trowning struggles to land a body shot inside as Muller controls his hands.

Trowning escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Muller lands with a thumping leg kick.
Muller misses with a right hand
and Trowning counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Nicolas Muller has been cut.
Trowning checks the leg kick nicely there.
Muller misses with a jab to the body
and Muller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trowning misses with a body shot.
Muller swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Muller as he connects with a hook.
Trowning throws an overhand right that lands on Muller's shoulder, as Muller tries to avoid the shot.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Muller in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Muller avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Trowning throws a right hand that misses
and Muller cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muller slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller thows a body kick. Trowning tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Muller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trowning.
Muller rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Trowning moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Muller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trowning.
Henry Trowning seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trowning lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Muller at a distance.
Muller moves away from the strike by Trowning.
Trowning misses with a hook
and Muller counters with a straight right hand.
Muller lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Muller throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Trowning counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Trowning lands a slapping body shot.
Muller throws a leg kick that is checked
and Trowning counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Muller thinking.
Muller has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Trowning slips under a jab.
A big right from Trowning misses.
Trowning throws an overhand right that lands on Muller's shoulder, as Muller tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trowning misses with a body punch
and Muller counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Muller's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Trowning connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Muller scrambles back to his feet.
Muller tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Muller wants to land a leg kick but Trowning is out of range.
Trowning was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Trowning is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Muller.
Muller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trowning.
Muller keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trowning.
Muller wants to counter the offense by Trowning and move into the clinch position.
Trowning throws a body shot but no joy.
Trowning ducks under a wild hook from Muller.
Muller doesn't manage to clinch there - Trowning circles away.
Muller avoids the body shot from Trowning.
Muller throws out a counter right but Trowning avoids it with no problem.
Trowning fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Muller manages to avoid it.
Muller avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Henry Trowning will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nicolas Muller's cut.
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!

Muller fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Trowning looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Trowning throws a hook but Muller blocks it.
Trowning's corner calls for a 1-2. Trowning obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Muller looks to land a left hand but Trowning moved out of range nicely.
Muller digs a good hook to Trowning's body.
Trowning dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Trowning connects with a right hand. Muller shakes it off.
Muller bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Trowning throws a hook but Muller avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trowning just misses with a punch to the body.
Trowning blocks a leg kick.
Trowning misses with a wild body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Trowning checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Muller doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller ducks right into an uppercut from Trowning.
Muller defending well as Trowning loads up on a big left hand.
Muller dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Trowning. That did some damage!
Muller blocks a jab.
Trowning swings for the body but Muller moves out of range.
Trowning stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Trowning scores with a decent looking hook.
Trowning throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nicolas Muller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Muller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Muller fails to land with a series of punches.
Trowning looks to score with a jab to the body but Muller is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trowning. Muller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trowning sets himself, and Muller steps forward looking for the clinch! Trowning avoids it this time.
Trowning scores with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller looks to land a left hand but Trowning moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Trowning wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Trowning tried to score with a low kick but Muller checks it.
Muller's jab looks to have found its range, popping Trowning under the eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muller avoids the body shot from Trowning.
Trowning on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Muller. Muller obviously looking to wear him down.
Trowning tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Muller was well out of range. Poor timing from Trowning.
Muller misses with a low kick.
Trowning swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Trowning connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Trowning misses with a wild body shot.
Muller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Trowning throws a body punch but Muller moves out of range.
Muller swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Muller throws a hook but Trowning avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Trowning showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Trowning 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Henry Trowning!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight as a draw!

The fight ends as a draw!