PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Stark (ranked 2263 p4p, 6158 weight class) and Dolph Mercury (ranked 298 p4p, 622 weight class). Mercury has chosen Asap ferg - Plain Jane as his entrance music. Tony Stark has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Stark
vs
Mercury

195 cm
27
215
3 - 2 - 0

181 cm
27
220
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Dolph Mercury!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercury missing with a left hand there. Stark was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mercury. Stark does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stark tries to clinch up.
Mercury appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Stark takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mercury lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stark at a distance.
Stark uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mercury.
A little feinted left hand from Stark on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Stark is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stark moves in looking to clinch but Mercury pushes him off.

Stark closes the distance and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mercury just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stark's brow.
Mercury wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Stark scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mercury trying to stall but Stark improves his position.
Stark softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Mercury breaks from the clinch.
Tony Stark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mercury throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Stark counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Mercury tries to keep at a distance but Stark has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stark blocks the elbow strike.
Stark lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mercury backwards.
Stark avoids a wild elbow strike from Mercury.
A shot in the inside from Stark.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mercury just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stark's brow.
Stark pushes Mercury back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mercury just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stark's brow.
Stark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stark lands an uppercut.
Mercury throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercury pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Stark lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mercury throws an elbow but misses.
Stark lands an uppercut.
Stark throws a head punch that misses.
Mercury tries to circle away but Stark has him pinned against the cage.
Mercury creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mercury pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mercury blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stark working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stark lands an uppercut.
Mercury is trying to break free.
Stark avoids the elbow strike from Mercury, against the cage.
A short left from Stark.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mercury just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stark's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mercury.
Stark is leaning against Mercury and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercury throws an elbow but it misses.
Mercury tries to throw a body punch but Stark avoids it by throwing Mercury back against the cage.
Mercury tries to circle away but Stark has him pinned against the cage.
Stark blocks the elbow strike.
Stark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stark can't find room to land a body shot as Mercury controls the action.
Stark lands a nice shot to the body.
Mercury lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stark lands with a left to the head.
Stark swings wildly with an uppercut but Mercury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stark misses with a punch on the inside.
Stark lands a left hand.
Mercury is trying to break the clinch but Stark is controlling him.
Stark blocks the elbow strike.
Stark working aggressively here.
Mercury creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark has a couple of punches blocked by Mercury.
Stark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mercury stalling the fight.
Stark avoids the elbow strike from Mercury, against the cage.
Mercury throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mercury can't break the clinch.
Stark softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot in the inside from Stark.
Mercury throws an elbow but it misses.
Mercury controlling the action here for a moment.
Mercury misses with an elbow over the top.

Mercury pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mercury misses with a jab to the body

and Stark counters with a crisp right hand that drops Mercury! Stark lets Mercury back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Mercury is rocked!

Stark clinches with his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Stark dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Stark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stark closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mercury counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Stark drives through and clinches with Mercury against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mercury throws an elbow but misses.
Stark misses with the head strike.
Stark tries to throw a body punch but Mercury avoids it by throwing Stark back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stark misses with a punch on the inside.
Stark lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mercury backwards.
Stark lands with a left to the head.
Mercury looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mercury.
Stark lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mercury throws an elbow but misses.
Stark throws a head punch that misses.
Stark misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mercury throws an elbow that misses.
Tony Stark has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mercury is looking to break free of the clinch but Stark has double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stark lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stark avoids the elbow strike from Mercury, against the cage.
Stark throws a head punch that misses.
Stark swings wildly with an uppercut but Mercury uses good head movement to avoid it.

Mercury breaks the clinch.
Stark wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Stark forces Mercury back against the cage and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mercury.
Stark gets through Mercury's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stark avoids a wild elbow strike from Mercury.
Stark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stark working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mercury misses with an elbow strike.
Stark is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mercury can do to turn this around?
Stark lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mercury wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stark has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercury wants to break free but Stark has control.
Mercury misses with an elbow over the top.
A bit of stalling here from Stark.
Stark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mercury misses with an elbow strike.
A body shot lands from Stark.
Mercury misses with the head strike.
Mercury is trying to break the clinch but Stark has him pressed against the cage.
Mercury's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mercury throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mercury throws an elbow but misses.
Stark lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mercury is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Stark fails to land.
Stark blocks an elbow strike from Mercury.
Mercury looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mercury's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stark wants to clinch up but Mercury keeps it at a distance.
Stark tries to clinch up but Mercury circles away and keeps his distance.
A little jabbing left from Mercury on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mercury circles away from the clinch attempt.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Mercury in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Mercury swats away the attempt to clinch by Stark.
Mercury misses with a lunging right hand
and Stark counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch but Mercury swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mercury loads up on a big right hand but Stark slips the punch.
Mercury misses with a left hand
letting Stark counter with a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Stark dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Stark tries to close the distance and clinch but Mercury swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stark fails in his attempt to clinch.

Stark takes the fight into the clinch.
Stark scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stark misses with some punches.
Stark has a couple of punches blocked by Mercury.
A head punch on the inside from Stark fails to land.
Mercury pushes off an throws an elbow but Stark leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mercury's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mercury is still on wobbly legs! Can Stark finish him?
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mercury just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stark's brow.
Stark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mercury seems to have recovered his senses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mercury breaks from the clinch.
Stark wants to clinch up but Mercury keeps it at a distance.
Mercury tries to counter with a clinch but Stark shakes him off and moves away.

Stark pushes Mercury up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercury blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Stark.
Mercury throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stark has Mercury pressed against the cage, preventing Mercury from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stark lands a right hand.
Mercury is trying to stall.
Stark lands with a light punch inside.
Mercury blocks an uppercut.
Mercury blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Stark fails to land.
Stark avoids the elbow strike from Mercury, against the cage.
Stark lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stark avoids the elbow strike from Mercury, against the cage.
Stark dodges an elbow strike from Mercury.
Stark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stark unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Mercury! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Stark is unloading with more strikes now! Mercury drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Stark!
Tony Stark decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.