PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Bonnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frederik Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muller has chosen Johnny Cash - Hurt as his entrance music. Frederik Muller will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bonnar
vs
Muller

190 cm
23
205 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

188 cm
19
215 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stephan Bonnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frederik Muller!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Muller has taken the fight to the clinch.
Muller lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bonnar backwards.
Muller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Muller connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bonnar's face.

It looks like Stephan Bonnar has been cut.
Muller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Muller lands a nice elbow.
Muller is pressed up against the cage. Bonnar 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.

Bonnar shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bonnar showed some decent athleticism there.
Muller trying to hold on to Bonnar's head to control him but Bonnar postures up.
Muller keeping control of the position.
Bonnar has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bonnar landing strikes from the mount and Muller is in trouble!
Muller tries to hold on but Bonnar pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Muller is looking to get to half guard.
Muller takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bonnar trying to control but Muller is having none of it.
Muller wants to control but Bonnar is having none of it.
Bonnar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Muller looks a forlorn figure.
Muller is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonnar landing strikes, looking to finish!
Muller tries to lock up and control but Bonnar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bonnar landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bonnar controlling from the full mount.
Muller regains half guard.
Bonnar trying to control from half guard but Muller is working away.
Bonnar has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bonnar lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muller wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Muller tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Muller is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bonnar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bonnar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bonnar is breathing heavily.
Muller is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bonnar 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.
Bonnar unloading with bombs!
Bonnar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bonnar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Muller is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muller wants to hold on but Bonnar pushes him away.
Bonnar controlling his opponent.
Muller wants to hold on but Bonnar pushes him away.
Bonnar looking to control and managing it successfully.
Muller working to try and regain half guard.
Muller prevents any damage by holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephan Bonnar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stephan Bonnar's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bonnar walks forward, straight into a front kick from Muller.
Muller swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bonnar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No luck for Bonnar with that takedown attempt.
Muller swinging wilding here.
Nice sprawl there from Muller as Bonnar shoots in.
Horrible takedown by Bonnar or perhaps it was just good defense by Muller which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephan Bonnar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Horrible takedown by Bonnar or perhaps it was just good defense by Muller which made him look bad.
Muller fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Muller.

Bonnar gets caught flat footed, as Muller shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Bonnar is working an open guard so Muller takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Muller swinging wilding here.
Muller moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Muller misses with a series of wild punches.
Muller throws a sloppy head kick and Bonnar moves out of range easily.
Muller tries to bum rush Bonnar with a series of wild strikes but Bonnar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Muller stuffs the takedown attempt from Bonnar. Bonnar gets slowly back to his feet.

Bonnar gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonnar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Muller throwing strikes from guard but Bonnar blocks nicely.
Muller not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Muller wants to control from the top but Bonnar keeps moving.
Muller is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonnar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bonnar frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Muller is trying to stand.
Muller is trying to escape the mount.
Bonnar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bonnar working Muller over with strikes here.
Bonnar avoids the attempt from Muller to control.
Muller is looking to improve his position but Bonnar isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Muller tries to hold on but Bonnar pushes him away.
Muller taking shots to the head.
Muller takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Muller is looking to get to half guard.
Muller is trying to stand up.
Bonnar looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frederik Muller showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stephan Bonnar's cut.
That's time! Bonnar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Muller shoots in and drives through. Bonnar sprawls well.
Muller throws a nice looking combination but Bonnar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bonnar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Muller counters with a stiff right hand.
Bonnar tries for a takedown but Muller sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Muller misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonnar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Muller will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bonnar gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Muller counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephan Bonnar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonnar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bonnar drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Muller gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Muller breaks from the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Bonnar checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Stephan Bonnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Muller looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bonnar!
Bonnar is looking to get to half guard.
Bonnar is working hard here to advance position.
Muller wants to control the pace but Bonnar is squirming around nicely.
Muller sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller trying to control but Bonnar is having none of it.
Bonnar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Muller wants to control the pace but Bonnar is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Frederik Muller just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bonnar shoots and misses
and Muller counters with a three punch combo that has Bonnar backing up. Bonnar nods at Muller to acknowledge the strikes.
Muller throws a nice looking combination but Bonnar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Muller throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bonnar.
Muller swings for the body but Bonnar moves out of range.
Bonnar tries for a takedown but Muller circles away easily

and Muller counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Muller.
Muller stops a takedown attempt from Bonnar.

Muller is trying to trip Bonnar. He has hold of a leg but Bonnar is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Muller persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Muller wants to get up but he can't break Bonnar's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonnar working a defensive guard here.
Bonnar is really struggling to control Muller but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Bonnar is looking to sweep but instead, Muller has passed into half guard.
Muller takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Bonnar trying to control from the bottom.
Muller seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Muller is thwarting Bonnar's attempts to control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Bonnar scores a takedown into full mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Frederik Muller comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Muller has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frederik Muller!