PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chris Mullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sufjan Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mullen comes to the cage accompanied by Country Boy Can Survive. Stevens is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: They Are Zombies. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mullen
vs
Stevens

167 cm
22
146 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

176 cm
25
143 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Nightmare Clothes

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Mullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sufjan Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mullen misses with a straight right.
Mullen throws a leg kick but Stevens moved away.
Mullen cracks Stevens with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stevens misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mullen throws a jab when Stevens was well out of range.
Stevens tries a head kick but it misses.
Stevens misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mullen loads up on a big right hand but Stevens slips the punch.
Mullen lands a nice looking body shot.
Mullen leaves Stevens with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mullen defends it nicely.
Chris Mullen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sufjan Stevens.
Stevens gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mullen throws a hook but Stevens avoids it easily.
Mullen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mullen.
Mullen tests Stevens's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mullen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mullen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chris Mullen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mullen throws a big shot that misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Stevens.
Mullen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stevens tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mullen swivels and escapes.
Mullen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stevens.
Mullen scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mullen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Stevens thows a leg kick but Mullen checks it
and Mullen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Mullen throws a front kick aimed at Stevens's knee but Stevens avoids it well.
Stevens pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stevens takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Stevens misses with a takedown
and Mullen counters with a thumping low kick.
Stevens looks gassed!
Mullen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mullen.
A swing and a miss from Mullen.
Mullen cracks the inside of Stevens's front leg.
Mullen thows a left - swing and a miss!

Mullen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
You can see the frustration on Stevens's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Mullen working the ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mullen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevens is working to avoid the ground and pound but Mullen connects with a decent elbow.
Mullen throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Mullen is chipping away with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Mullen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mullen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mullen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mullen cracks Stevens with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mullen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stevens. That did some damage!
A good leg kick by Mullen.
Stevens throws a head kick but Mullen moves out of range.
Mullen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stevens. That did some damage!
Stevens misses with a takedown attempt
and Mullen counters with a nice uppercut.
Chris Mullen is winning the standup battle so far.
Mullen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens slips a jab from Mullen.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mullen.
Mullen throws a series of punches but Stevens avoids them all with ease.

Mullen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Stevens keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mullen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mullen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stevens with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mullen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stevens tries to get to full guard but Mullen has control of the leg.
Stevens moves into full guard.
Stevens can't keep his opponent in guard - Mullen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Mullen is working Stevens over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Stevens has his feet on Mullen's thighs here. He's pushed Mullen off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Mullen screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sufjan Stevens!