PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ian Mueller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenny Shultz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Mueller
vs
Shultz

209 cm
24
194 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
194 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ian Mueller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lenny Shultz!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shultz lands with a shot to the body.
Mueller shoots in for a takedown but Shultz shows good takedown defense.

Mueller gets tackled into the cage by Shultz. Shultz maintains the clinch.

Mueller ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Mueller no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Shultz is fighting to break Mueller's control of his arms but Mueller is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Shultz trying to control but Mueller is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mueller is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Mueller will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shultz wants to control the action here but instead Mueller manages to pass to full mount!
Mueller scoring with strikes but Shultz is staying in there.
Shultz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mueller throwing strikes here but Shultz is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Mueller postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Shultz looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shultz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shultz is looking to improve his position but Mueller isn't that keen on the idea.
Shultz taking shots to the head.
Mueller lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shultz hang on?
Mueller sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mueller fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mueller looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
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.
Mueller lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shultz hang on?
Mueller has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mueller with a couple of short strikes.
Mueller tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mueller punishing his opponent with strikes.
Mueller controlling the position easily from mount.
Mueller working the ground and pound effectively.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Shultz can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mueller avoids the attempt from Shultz to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ian Mueller dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mueller tries to clinch up.
Mueller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shultz.
Mueller feinted with a counter takedown.
Shultz lands a jab to the head.
Shultz misses with a hook

and Mueller counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Shultz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Shultz wants to control but Mueller is keeping busy.
Mueller throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mueller stands up out of the half guard.
Shultz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Mueller or perhaps it was just good defense by Shultz, which made it look bad.
Shultz misses with a right hand

and Mueller counters with a nice double leg into side control. Shultz won't be happy with that.
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.
Shultz struggling a bit here.
Mueller throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Mueller lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mueller is trying to get an arm triangle but Shultz is defending well.
Shultz is letting Mueller control him for a moment.
Mueller looks up at the clock and then as Shultz takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mueller smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Mueller cracks Shultz with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Mueller is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Shultz has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mueller decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Shultz misses with a few strikes there.
Mueller quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Mueller shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Shultz sprawls well. Shultz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mueller gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ian Mueller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mueller keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shultz.
Mueller appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mueller really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Shultz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mueller's face.

Mueller manages to pull guard.
Shultz being controlled here momentarily.
Mueller lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Shultz is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mueller content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ian Mueller dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Shultz digs a good body shot into Mueller's ribs.
Shultz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mueller.
Mueller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shultz can do to turn this around?
Shultz throws a hook to the side of Mueller's head but Mueller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shultz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shultz lands a really nice looking cross but Mueller seems unphased.
Mueller slips a jab and a cross from Shultz.
And Mueller counters with a quick kick to the body but Shultz blocks it.
Shultz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Shultz misses the shot to the body.
Mueller appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Mueller will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mueller bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shultz throws a right and a left that Mueller avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shultz moves into the clinch.
Shultz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mueller is trying to pull guard but Shultz has him pressed against the cage.
Mueller is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Shultz to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ian Mueller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mueller takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shultz lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Ian Mueller has been cut.
Shultz lands a damaging elbow.

Mueller is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Shultz.
Oh Mueller is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shultz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shultz lands a big knee! That's hurt Mueller! Oh, he's all over the place! Shultz lands another knee that sends Mueller to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lenny Shultz!