PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kristof Mueller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Brodeur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marc Brodeur is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Mueller
vs
Brodeur

170 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
173 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kristof Mueller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marc Brodeur!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brodeur shoots in for a double leg but Mueller sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Mueller has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mueller putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brodeur in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mueller utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mueller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brodeur looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mueller using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brodeur has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brodeur digs a right hand into Mueller's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mueller's gas tank.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brodeur looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mueller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mueller lands a damaging elbow.
Mueller gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mueller landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brodeur jumps guard but Mueller stands there with Brodeur around his waist. Brodeur gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Brodeur is trying to break free.

Brodeur's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mueller stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mueller wants it to stay on the feet.
Kristof Mueller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marc Brodeur.
Brodeur closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Brodeur looks gassed!
Mueller tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kristof Mueller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brodeur takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mueller fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mueller tries to clinch up but Brodeur circles away and keeps his distance.
Mueller is looking to clinch.
Mueller plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Brodeur dives in and grabs Mueller's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mueller pushes down on Brodeur's head and hops out.
Brodeur throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Mueller.

Mueller takes the fight into the clinch.
Mueller stalling the fight.
Brodeur wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brodeur wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brodeur blocks the elbow strike.
Brodeur wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mueller creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brodeur's defenses.
Mueller throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mueller misses with a knee strike.
Brodeur tries to pull guard but Mueller won't allow it.
Mueller lands an elbow inside.

Brodeur manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brodeur tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mueller swivels and escapes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brodeur looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brodeur will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Brodeur wants to clinch.
A head kick misses from Mueller.
Kristof Mueller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mueller tries to clinch but Brodeur moves out of range.
Mueller slaps away a takedown attempt from Brodeur, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mueller wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mueller wants to clinch.
Mueller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mueller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brodeur swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mueller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brodeur swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brodeur fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Brodeur pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brodeur swats away the attempt to clinch by Mueller.
Brodeur misses with a kick to the body.
Brodeur keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mueller throws a head kick but Brodeur moves out of range.
Mueller tries a head kick but it misses.
Brodeur shoots in looking for a takedown. Mueller tries to sprawl out of it but Brodeur keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mueller manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Brodeur tries to clinch but Mueller moves out of range.

Mueller rushes Brodeur and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Brodeur takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mueller gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brodeur is trying to break free.
Mueller with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brodeur can't break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brodeur takes an elbow to the temple.
Mueller lands an elbow inside.
Mueller tries to land a knee to the head but Brodeur blocks with his arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brodeur as Mueller tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kristof Mueller dominated that round.
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.

Mueller moves into the clinch.
Mueller lands a nice elbow.
Brodeur tries to pull guard but Mueller holds him up against the cage and eventually Brodeur drops back down to his feet.
Mueller creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brodeur's defenses.
Brodeur blocks an elbow strike.
Mueller scores a nice knee to the body.
Mueller connects with a knee to the head.
Brodeur blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mueller lands an elbow that stopped Brodeur in his tracks for a moment.
Mueller tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mueller tries a knee to the head but Brodeur blocks it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Brodeur tries to pull guard but Mueller holds him up against the cage and eventually Brodeur drops back down to his feet.
Brodeur blocks an elbow strike from Mueller.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A frustrated look appears on Brodeur's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brodeur is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mueller gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kristof Mueller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marc Brodeur.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brodeur is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mueller stalling the fight.

Brodeur's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brodeur shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mueller sprawls well. Mueller wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brodeur gets slowly back to his feet.
Marc Brodeur is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mueller wants to clinch.
Brodeur fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mueller avoids it really well and circles away.

Mueller moves into the clinch successfully.
Brodeur tries to pull guard but Mueller holds him up against the cage and eventually Brodeur drops back down to his feet.
Mueller misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mueller crunches a lovely knee into Brodeur's ribcage.
Brodeur wants to get back to striking at distance but Mueller won't allow it.
Brodeur takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brodeur drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mueller pulls his leg out and moves away.
Mueller is looking to clinch.
Brodeur tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mueller sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Brodeur somewhat.
Mueller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brodeur swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kristof Mueller is winning the standup battle so far.
Mueller throws a sloppy head kick and Brodeur moves out of range easily.
Mueller tries to clinch but Brodeur is having none of it.
Mueller throws a sloppy head kick and Brodeur moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mueller pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mueller tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brodeur fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Brodeur avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brodeur misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mueller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brodeur swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brodeur shoots in for a double leg but Mueller sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mueller closes the distance looking to clinch
and Brodeur counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brodeur avoids the head kick by Mueller.
Mueller stuffs the takedown.
Mueller moves in looking to clinch but Brodeur pushes him off.
Brodeur circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mueller tries to clinch up.
Mueller tries to clinch up but Brodeur circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brodeur gets the takedown into side control.
Brodeur tries to get to his feet but Mueller is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Brodeur in his guard.
Mueller manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Mueller takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mueller throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brodeur is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kristof Mueller dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Mueller wants to clinch.

Mueller forces Brodeur back against the cage and clinches.
Brodeur fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mueller stalling in the clinch.
Brodeur is looking to break free of the clinch but Mueller has double underhooks.
Mueller prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mueller lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Mueller.
Mueller gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mueller lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mueller lands an elbow just above Brodeur 's eye.
Brodeur tries to pull guard but Mueller holds him up against the cage and eventually Brodeur drops back down to his feet.
Kristof Mueller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marc Brodeur.
Brodeur blocks an elbow strike from Mueller.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mueller lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mueller keeps control of Brodeur as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Brodeur's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mueller lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brodeur working hard to break the clinch.
Brodeur is looking to control Mueller's arms but Mueller gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brodeur has his back to the cage.
Brodeur blocks an elbow strike.
Brodeur misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brodeur being controlled against the cage.
Brodeur has had enough of the clinch but Mueller keeps him there for the moment.
Mueller tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mueller just leaning against Brodeur, taking a breather.
Mueller using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brodeur has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brodeur takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brodeur tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mueller just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mueller pushes off an throws an elbow but Brodeur leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mueller creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brodeur's defenses.
Mueller prevents Brodeur from breaking the clinch.
Brodeur wants to get back to striking at distance but Mueller won't allow it.
Brodeur tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mueller smiles and moves away.

Mueller pushes Brodeur up against the cage in a clinch.

Brodeur breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mueller stuffs the takedown.
Mueller fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brodeur looks to score with a jab to the body but Mueller is just out of range.
Mueller tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mueller moves in looking to clinch but Brodeur pushes him off.
Brodeur tries to clinch but Mueller moves out of range.
Brodeur circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brodeur throws a right hand that Mueller ducks under and follows up with a left that Mueller also avoids with ease.
Brodeur shoots in looking for a takedown. Mueller tries to sprawl out of it but Brodeur keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mueller manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Brodeur circles away from the clinch attempt.

Mueller drives through and clinches with Brodeur against the cage.
Brodeur tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mueller.
Kristof Mueller has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mueller lands an elbow inside that Brodeur shrugs off.
Brodeur working hard to break the clinch.
Mueller lands a knee to the head.
Brodeur tries to break free but Mueller pushes him back against the cage.
Mueller landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brodeur is trying to push Mueller away but Mueller has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mueller.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mueller misses with a knee to the head.
Mueller pushes off an throws an elbow but Brodeur leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Brodeur's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mueller tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brodeur softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mueller has Brodeur pressed against the cage, preventing Brodeur from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mueller with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mueller prevents Brodeur from breaking the clinch.
Mueller tries to land a knee to the head but Brodeur blocks with his arms.

Brodeur manages to break the clinch.
Brodeur looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mueller is fending him off so far but Brodeur persists. Nope, Mueller circles away and we're back to standing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Mueller has taken the fight to the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brodeur fails to pull guard.
Mueller lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brodeur fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marc Brodeur has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mueller using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kristof Mueller showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mueller, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kristof Mueller!