PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Mullin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gra cie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Mullin
vs
cie

186 cm
19
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Mullin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gra cie!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mullin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mullin scores with a body shot.
cie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mullin defends it nicely.
cie shoots in but Mullin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Michael Mullin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gra cie.
cie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mullin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Gra cie has been cut.
Mullin throws a right hand that cie ducks under and follows up with a left that cie also avoids with ease.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from cie.
cie shoots in looking for a takedown. Mullin tries to sprawl out of it but cie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mullin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mullin lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mullin closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cie misses with a straight right.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mullin, as that shot connected.
A left and a right from Mullin both land. Nice combination.

Mullin rushes cie and presses him up against the cage.
Mullin is pushing cie up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mullin gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
cie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mullin lands a hook that snaps the head of cie backwards.
Mullin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of cies head.
cie tries to pull guard but Mullin holds him up against the cage and eventually cie drops back down to his feet.
Mullin scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cie jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mullin walks away with a smile on his face. cie gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mullin cracks cie with a right hand to the side of the head.

Mullin instigates a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mullin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Mullin.

Mullin breaks the clinch.
cie tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mullin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten cie somewhat.
Mullin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mullin.
Mullin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mullin catches cie with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
cie is trying desperately to land a takedown but Mullin is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for cie.
cie has a takedown stuffed.
Mullin wants to clinch up but cie keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Mullin.

That has opened up Gra cie's cut even more.
cie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mullin.
cie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mullin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
cie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mullin lands with a straight right. cie didn't see that one coming.
Mullin's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Mullin duly obliges.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from cie.
Mullin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mullin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mullin scores with a body shot.
cie looks gassed!
Mullin stalks cie and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into cie's face. cie staggers backwards, shaken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mullin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Mullin drives through and clinches with cie against the cage.
Mullin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mullin displaying some good clinch control by pressing cie up against the cage.
Mullin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down cie.

Mullin breaks from the clinch.
Gra cie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
cie walks into a stiff left hand from Mullin.
Michael Mullin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
cie shoots in looking for a takedown. Mullin tries to sprawl out of it but cie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mullin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mullin!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Mullin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gra cie's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mullin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A lazy left from Mullin finds it's target.
Mullin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mullin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Michael Mullin is winning the standup battle so far.
cie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mullin as he jumps to the side.
cie shoots in for a takedown but Mullin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

cie closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Mullin is positioning himself well to prevent cie advancing to mount.
cie is trying to control the action in half guard but Mullin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mullin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Mullin pushes cie off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Mullin is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cie shoots for a double leg takedown but Mullin sprawls well. He's pushed cie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Michael Mullin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gra cie.
Mullin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mullin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but cie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from cie is defended easily by Mullin.
cie is breathing heavily.
Mullin works cie's body with a nice hook.
Mullin lands a nice looking body shot.
cie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
cie dives in and grabs Mullin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mullin pushes down on cie's head and hops out.
cie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mullin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that cie can do to turn this around?
Mullin punishes cie's body with a nice straight punch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from cie is defended easily by Mullin.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from cie is defended easily by Mullin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Mullin both land. Nice combination.
Michael Mullin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
cie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mullin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as cie backs up against the cage.

The cut above Gra cie's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Mullin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mullin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mullin lands a really nice looking cross but cie seems unphased.
Mullin throws a series of strikes that have cie backpedaling.
Mullin cracks cie with an open hand slap.
Mullin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mullin scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mullin swivels and escapes.
Mullin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
cie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
cie shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mullin as he avoids it easily.
Mullin lands the left hand.
cie closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mullin circles away.
Nice cross by Mullin.
Mullin lands with a hook. cie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mullin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Gra cie's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Mullin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping cie at a distance.
cie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mullin dips to his left and cracks cie with an uppercut!
Mullin cracks cie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mullin lunges at cie with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by cie's hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Mullin closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
cie tries to pull guard but Mullin holds him up against the cage and eventually cie drops back down to his feet.
Mullin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of cie backwards.
cie tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mullin smiles and moves away.
cie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Mullin counter with a right hand.
cie ducks right into an uppercut from Mullin.
cie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Mullin counters with a straight right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A left and a right from Mullin both land. Nice combination.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Michael Mullin!