PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Better Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silva might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dirty Hous'. Better Muller is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Silva
vs
Muller

178 cm
24
182 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

185 cm
28
184 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mauricio Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Better Muller!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Muller takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Muller moved out of range nicely.

Silva drives through and clinches with Muller against the cage.
Muller misses with some punches.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Muller avoids the damage to the body.
Muller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Muller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Muller has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Muller lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Muller gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Muller trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Muller.
Muller stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Muller throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Muller thows a big elbow that misses.
Muller missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Muller throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Muller trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Muller accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Muller with a flurry of punches that miss.
Muller throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Muller loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Muller throws a big right hand that misses.
Muller in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Muller loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Muller.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Muller pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Muller.
Muller is in close to Silva's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Silva pulls Muller in close to prevent any damage.
Muller tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muller postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Muller tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Muller throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Muller in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Muller stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Muller is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Better Muller dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Muller checks a leg kick.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Muller keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Muller throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at Muller's knee but Muller avoids it well.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Muller counter with a right hand.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Muller connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Muller takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva blocks a body shot from Muller.
Silva prevents a body shot from Muller.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Muller shrugs off.
Muller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Muller takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Muller tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Muller back against the cage.
Muller misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Muller has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Muller.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Muller counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva tries to clinch but Muller is having none of it.
Muller blocks the body kick.
Muller tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Muller somewhat.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Muller.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva with a nice cross.
Muller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mauricio Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva misses with a leg kick
and Muller counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Muller's head but Muller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Muller clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Muller takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Muller shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mauricio Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Better Muller.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Muller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Muller avoids a kick to the body.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva with a nice cross.
Muller takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Muller in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Muller.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva is trying to stall.
Muller struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Muller.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Muller is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Muller tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Muller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Muller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Muller controls his hands.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Muller avoids the damage to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Muller avoids it.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Muller's ribcage.
Silva working Muller over with knees to the body.
Muller avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Muller can't get the takedown.
Muller on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Muller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Muller managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Muller swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Muller tries for a takedown. No joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauricio Silva dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Muller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silva throws a low kick but Muller moves out of range easily.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Silva gets caught napping as Muller dives in and scores a takedown. Silva manages to retain guard.
Muller throwing strikes but missing.
Muller trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Silva manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Silva looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Muller has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Silva has passed into side control.
Muller tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Muller manages to work his way to half guard, despite Silva's best efforts.
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Muller is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Muller is trying to get back to full guard.
Silva controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muller is looking to improve his position.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Mauricio Silva just wasn't active enough.
Muller slips a jab from Silva.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muller blocks a head kick by Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva is looking to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Muller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Muller misses with a looping right.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Muller avoids it.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Muller avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva throws a head kick but Muller moves out of range.
Silva avoids the body shot from Muller.
Muller lands with a cross.

Muller looking to score a takedown here. Silva is defending well but Muller drives through and ends up in Silva's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Better Muller just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Silva.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Muller manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva wants to clinch.
Muller lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Mauricio Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab by Muller.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Muller circles away.
Muller changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Muller blocks a low kick nicely.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller lands a two punch combo.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A shot to the liver by Muller. Beautiful body shot.
Muller lands an overhand right.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.

Muller throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Silva tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Muller is in Silva's guard.
Silva lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Muller!
Muller is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva controlling from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muller bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muller is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Muller postures up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Muller's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Muller missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Muller accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Muller postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muller throwing strikes but missing.
Muller works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.
Muller throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Muller with a flurry of punches that miss.
Muller throws a big right hand that misses.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Better Muller has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Better Muller dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Silva throws a hook to the side of Muller's head but Muller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Muller misses the target.
Muller waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Muller misses the shot to the body.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Left hook, right uppercut from Muller.
Silva lands with an overhand left.
Silva walks into a left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muller. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Muller's head but Muller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Muller moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva misses with a hook. Muller ducked under it nicely.
Muller shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
A jab lands there for Silva.
Silva throws a combination. Muller tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Muller.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muller wants a takedown but no success here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Muller fails to land.
Silva lands a nice elbow.

Muller gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Muller is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Silva keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Muller wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.
Silva is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Muller not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Muller looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Silva is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

Mauricio Silva has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Muller momentarily.
Better Muller is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Muller moved away.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mauricio Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muller blocks the body kick.
Muller misses with a body shot.
Mauricio Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Muller cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mauricio Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Better Muller.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mauricio Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Muller has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 48:48
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:48
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:48

The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Mauricio Silva retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!