PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bernardo Muriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitkoslav Boychitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Muriel
vs
Boychitch

187 cm
26
205 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

195 cm
26
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very flexible

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bernardo Muriel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mitkoslav Boychitch!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muriel is looking to slow Boychitch down with leg kicks.
Boychitch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Boychitch throws a low kick, looking for Muriel's leg but Muriel calmly moves out of range.
Muriel misses with a hook.
Boychitch misses with an uppercut. Muriel saw that one coming.
Boychitch punishes Muriel's body with a nice straight punch.
Boychitch drops his hands momentarily and Muriel takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Muriel looks to land a right hand but Boychitch moved out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A decent looking cross lands there for Boychitch.

Muriel closes the distance and pushes Boychitch back into the cage.
Muriel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boychitch is trying to force a seperation but Muriel has the dominant position.
Muriel presses Boychitch against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Boychitch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Muriel lands a shoulder strike.
Muriel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boychitch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Muriel throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Muriel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Muriel.
Muriel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Muriel.
Muriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Muriel throws a punch but it's blocked by Boychitch.
Muriel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Muriel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Muriel misses with a punch to the body.
Muriel lands a right hand.
Nice body punch from Muriel - that landed with a thud.
Muriel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Boychitch wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Muriel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Muriel.
Muriel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muriel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Muriel scores with a nice hook to the head.

Boychitch is rocked!

It looks like Mitkoslav Boychitch has been cut.
Muriel unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Boychitch! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Muriel is unloading with more strikes now! Boychitch drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bernardo Muriel!
Bernardo Muriel retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Bernardo Muriel thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.