PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Campion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Campion
vs
Muller

190 cm
20
235 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

219 cm
20
282 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luke Campion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicolas Muller!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Anthony Taglia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muller dodges the punch combination from Campion.

Campion closes the distance and pushes Muller back into the cage.
Campion throws an elbow but it misses.
Muller pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Muller looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Campion dodges an elbow strike from Muller.
Muller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Campion misses with a punch to the body.
Muller lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Luke Campion has been cut.
Muller told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Campion taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Campion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Muller.
Campion working hard to break the clinch.
Campion trying to land knees to the body.
Campion tries to break free but Muller pushes him back against the cage.
Muller tries to work over Campion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campion tries to throw a body punch but Muller avoids it by throwing Campion back against the cage.
Campion blocking some punches.
Muller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Muller creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Muller lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Campion avoiding damage as Muller throws knees to the body.
Muller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Muller misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Campion.
Muller lands a shot to the body.
Campion is breathing heavily.
Campion takes an elbow to the forehead.

Luke Campion's cut is getting worse.
Muller misses with a punch to the body.
Campion avoiding damage as Muller throws knees to the body.
Muller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muller.
Campion tries a body shot but Muller blocks it.
Come on Campion - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Campion avoids a wild elbow strike from Muller.
Muller struggles to land a body shot inside as Campion controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campion tries to land knees in the clinch but Muller avoids the damage to the body.
Muller presses Campion against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Muller misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Muller gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Muller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Muller misses with a body punch.
Campion tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Muller avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muller missing with knees to the body.
Muller pushes Campion back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Muller gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Muller lands an elbow just above Campion 's eye.

Luke Campion's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Muller.

Jeez, Luke Campion's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Muller lands an elbow inside.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Luke Campion's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Nicolas Muller!
In his post fight interview, Nicolas Muller started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Luke Campion stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congratulations to my opponent. He was the better man today. Now I go back to training to make sure that I'm the better man tomorrow. Thanks to the fans for all of their support.'.