PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alotta Fagina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guy Mezger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Fagina
vs
Mezger

189 cm
19
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
208 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alotta Fagina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Guy Mezger!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fagina thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Mezger if he has to take too many more of those.
Mezger throws a half hearted mid kick.

Fagina has Mezger up against the cage in a clinch.
Mezger takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fagina is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fagina lands a damaging elbow.

Fagina breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alotta Fagina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fagina lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Guy Mezger has been cut.
Fagina wants to clinch.
No joy there for Mezger, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fagina misses with a body kick.
Fagina throws a leg kick but Mezger sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fagina needs to keep his hands up - Mezger had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Alotta Fagina has been cut.
Fagina jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fagina fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fagina misses with a low kick.
Mezger will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Alotta Fagina is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Fagina pushes Mezger up against the cage in a clinch.
Mezger avoiding damage as Fagina throws knees to the body.
Fagina lands an elbow just above Mezger 's eye.
Fagina is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mezger misses with a punch on the inside.
Mezger is trying to break free.
Fagina taking a breather.
Mezger stalling in the clinch but Fagina improves position.

Fagina breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mezger tries to bum rush Fagina with a series of wild strikes but Fagina uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mezger shoots in but Fagina avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fighters circling - Fagina throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mezger drives through and clinches with Fagina against the cage.
Fagina with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fagina with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mezger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mezger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fagina unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mezger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Fagina's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fagina is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Alotta Fagina has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guy Mezger.
Mezger looking for a takedown.
Mezger tries to score a body lock takedown but Fagina shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Fagina with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fagina tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fagina lands a good knee to the midsection. Mezger won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mezger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Faginas head.
Fagina leaning against his opponent.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fagina.
A frustrated look appears on Mezger's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fagina blocking some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fagina.
Mezger has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Fagina after a bit of a struggle.
Mezger takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fagina is stalling here.
Mezger stalling in the clinch but Fagina improves position.
Fagina is looking to control Mezger's arms but Mezger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fagina has his back to the cage.
Mezger avoiding damage as Fagina throws knees to the body.
Mezger is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fagina gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mezger looking for a takedown.
Fagina trying to land knees to the body.
Fagina is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mezger is defending well for now.
Knees to the body from Fagina.
Fagina taking a breather.
Fagina working Mezger over with knees to the body.
Mezger looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fagina creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mezger's defenses.
Knees to the body from Fagina.
Mezger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mezger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fagina.
Mezger misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mezger avoiding damage as Fagina throws knees to the body.
Fagina has Mezger pressed against the cage, preventing Mezger from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Fagina breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alotta Fagina dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Fagina's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Fagina avoids the body shot from Mezger.
Fagina fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mezger.
Fagina fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mezger lands a jab-cross combination.
Fagina moves in looking to clinch but Mezger pushes him off.
Mezger takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Mezger pushes Fagina up against the cage in a clinch.

Fagina pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fagina thuds his shin into the meat of Mezger's side.
Fagina throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fagina. That's going to slow Mezger down.
Fagina misses with a few strikes there.
Mezger shoots in and drives through. Fagina sprawls well.
Mezger is breathing heavily.
Fagina throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Mezger.
A right-left combo lands from Mezger.
Fagina tries to score with a low kick but Mezger moves his leg out of the way.
Fagina wants to clinch up but Mezger keeps it at a distance.
Fagina tries a head kick but it misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Fagina.

Mezger clinches up with Fagina and pushes him back against the cage.
Mezger drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Fagina gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A head punch on the inside from Mezger fails to land.
Fagina unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mezger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mezger has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Fagina avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Alotta Fagina has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guy Mezger.
Fagina landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mezger tries to score a body lock takedown but Fagina shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mezger is trying to force a seperation but Fagina has the dominant position.
Mezger drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fagina comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Fagina scores a nice knee to the body.
Fagina with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mezger has Fagina pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Fagina manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Fagina lands a knee to the body.
Fagina lands a damaging elbow.
Fagina connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mezger wants to get back to striking at distance but Fagina won't allow it.
Fagina landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fagina keeps control of Mezger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fagina with a knee to the head.
Fagina lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Alotta Fagina has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fagina utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Fagina escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fagina lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fagina moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mezger checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mezger tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fagina throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fagina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fagina lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fagina is looking to clinch but Mezger is avoiding it.
Fagina connects with a leg kick. Mezger looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mezger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fagina.
Fagina rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mezger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Mezger, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good leg kick by Fagina there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Alotta Fagina is winning the standup battle so far.
Sloppy strikes from Fagina. Those never looked like landing.
Fagina is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fagina lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mezger's sensitive parts.
Fagina misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alotta Fagina dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Fagina throws a wild body kick that Mezger sees coming a mile off.
Fagina blocks a head kick by Mezger.
Fagina looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fagina is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mezger can do to turn this around?
Mezger avoids a kick to the body.
Mezger misses with a series of wild punches.
Fagina shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mezger's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A punch combination from Fagina misses.

Mezger feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Mezger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mezger looking to pass the guard.
Mezger showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mezger's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Guy Mezger has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Fagina tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mezger was well out of range. Poor timing from Fagina.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mezger looks for the body kick but Fagina saw that one coming.
Fagina leaves Mezger with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A combination from Fagina does no damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fagina looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fagina throws a head kick that half lands.
Donk. Mezger catches Fagina right on the button with a cross.
Fagina misses with the combination.
Mezger is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Fagina slips a jab and a cross from Mezger.
Mezger slips a jab and a cross from Fagina.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fagina lands with a kick to the temple. Mezger shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mezger shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fagina as he avoids it easily.
Fagina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mezger shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fagina defends it nicely.
Alotta Fagina has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guy Mezger.
Mezger blocks a low kick nicely.
Fagina tries to land a leg kick but Mezger saw it coming and moves away.
Fagina rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mezger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fagina keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mezger throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alotta Fagina is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fagina throws a low kick, looking for Mezger's leg but Mezger calmly moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mezger throws a right hand that Fagina ducks under and follows up with a left that Fagina also avoids with ease.
Fagina throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mezger.
Mezger shoots in for a takedown but Fagina shows good takedown defense.

Fagina closes the distance and clinches.
Mezger misses with a short punch on the inside.

Fagina breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Guy Mezger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fight stays on the outside here - Fagina looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fagina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fagina is looking to clinch but Mezger is avoiding it.
Fagina tries to clinch there but Mezger circles away.
Mezger checks a leg kick nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alotta Fagina showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fagina, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Alotta Fagina!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Alotta Fagina!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Alotta Fagina!

Alotta Fagina wins by unanimous decision!