PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Musashi Harakiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Mercury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercury comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Queen - Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Musashi Harakiri has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Musashi Harakiri seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Harakiri
vs
Mercury

188 cm
23
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
26
215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Musashi Harakiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eddie Mercury!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Harakiri misses.
Harakiri throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harakiri darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Harakiri pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harakiri ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A combination from Mercury does no damage.
Mercury looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Harakiri is fending him off so far but Mercury persists. Nope, Harakiri circles away and we're back to standing.
Harakiri throws a big shot that misses.
Harakiri scores with a nice head shot.

Mercury shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Mercury working Harakiri over with strikes.
Mercury scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Harakiri tries to get to full guard but Mercury has control of the leg.
Harakiri missing with punches from the bottom.
Mercury working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Harakiri throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Mercury slips a nice elbow through Harakiri's hands, connecting with Harakiri's forehead.
Harakiri tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercury passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Harakiri!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harakiri swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Mercury working Harakiri over with strikes here.
Mercury has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mercury working the ground and pound effectively.
Mercury blocks Harakiri's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Harakiri is looking to improve his position but Mercury isn't that keen on the idea.
Mercury working the ground and pound effectively.

Harakiri is rocked!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A big strike lands for Mercury! That's really hurt Harakiri and he's turned his back - Mercury keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Mercury jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Mercury!