PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alan Mecier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Desper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Desper has chosen Bad Moon Rising as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mecier
vs
Desper

183 cm
22
171 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

185 cm
29
185 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Perkele!

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alan Mecier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adrian Desper!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mecier moves away from the strike by Desper.
Mecier throws a shot from downtown. Desper moves away and avoids it.
Mecier misses with an uppercut.
Desper thows a body shot but no joy.
Alan Mecier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mecier scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mecier looks to throw the jab but Desper is out of range.
Mecier swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Desper misses with a hook to the body
and Mecier counters with a series of strikes. Desper will be more careful next time no doubt.
Desper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mecier.
Desper misses with a double jab
enabling Mecier to counter with a crisp jab.
Mecier looks to score with a jab to the body but Desper is just out of range.
A big right from Mecier misses.
Desper misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mecier uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Desper.
A swing and a miss from Desper.
Mecier ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Desper slips a straight right by Mecier.
Mecier with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Mecier fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Desper looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mecier swinging wildly here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Desper.
Mecier connects with a body shot.
Mecier scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mecier misses with a wild body shot.
Mecier misses with a wild body shot.
Mecier lands a head shot.
Mecier checks a leg kick.
Desper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mecier.
Mecier checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mecier lands a jab.
Mecier lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Desper misses with a looping right.
Desper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mecier.
Mecier throws the left hand but Desper avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Mecier misses.
Mecier throws a series of punches but Desper avoids them all with ease.
Mecier throws out a loose jab but Desper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mecier takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Desper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mecier scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mecier blocks a low kick nicely.
A punch combination from Mecier misses.
Nice defenses there by Desper.
Desper misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mecier cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Desper misses with a lunging right hand
and Mecier counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desper cracks Mecier with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mecier throws a big shot that misses.
Desper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mecier.
Mecier closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mecier scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mecier scores with a shot to the body.
Desper just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice cross by Mecier.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mecier misses with the combination.
Mecier thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A momentary lapse in concentration from Mecier enables Desper to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Mecier manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Desper drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Desper jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Mecier looking for a guillotine here but Desper defends easily.

Mecier looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Desper is working Mecier over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Desper trying to control the position from guard on top but Mecier is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mecier is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Desper has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Mecier looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mecier is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mecier is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Desper working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mecier keeping full guard, as Desper tries to pass.

Mecier is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Desper cracks Mecier with a solid left hand.

Mecier is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Desper defends well.

Desper avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Desper lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mecier is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Desper throws a big right hand that misses.
Mecier controls Desper momentarily but Desper frees himself.
Desper throwing strikes from guard but Mecier blocks nicely.

Mecier looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Desper connects with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Mecier throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Desper cracks Mecier with a solid left hand.
Desper throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mecier works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mecier is controlling Desper's posture.
Desper working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desper is in close to Mecier's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Desper landing some decent shots from guard.

Mecier is rocked!
Desper lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Oh Mecier is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Desper gets to his feet and stands over Mecier, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Mecier felt that one! Desper unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Mecier from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adrian Desper!
An out of breath and clearly excited Adrian Desper thanked Perkele! for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).