PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Mercado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinny Shango (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mercado might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to CRACK. The crowd seem to be enjoying Shango's choice of entrance music: Johnny Cash - Ain't Gonna Hobo No More. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mercado
vs
Shango

180 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
20
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Mercado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vinny Shango!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shango closes the distance and clinches up with Mercado, looking for a takedown. Shango pushes Mercado against the cage but Mercado circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mercado!
Vinny Shango seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shango takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shango tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mercado avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shango lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Chris Mercado has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mercado lands a front kick.
Mercado scores with a push kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shango keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mercado's efforts to push away.
Shango is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Shango working aggressively here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Shango gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Shango throwing shots but Mercado is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shango not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Shango wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mercado keeps working.
Mercado on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mercado tries to get out of the position.
Mercado is looking to improve his position.
Shango not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Shango throwing shots but Mercado is blocking nicely.
Mercado is trying to get back to full guard.
Shango thows a huge punch but Mercado dodges it nicely.
Mercado is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mercado is trying to stand back up but Shango is controlling him
Mercado might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercado keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mercado avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shango.
Shango has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mercado on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mercado wants to improve his position but Shango is controlling well.
Shango is looking to take a break and control but Mercado is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Shango throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Shango thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mercado's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shango missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Shango thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shango missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Shango takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Shango not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Shango missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mercado avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shango.
Mercado wants to get back to full guard.
Shango slips a nice elbow through Mercado's hands, connecting with Mercado's forehead.

Chris Mercado's cut is getting worse.
Shango thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mercado is looking to control Shango's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mercado avoid being mounted?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mercado gets full guard.
Shango throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shango sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mercado's guard.
Shango looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Shango 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.

Chris Mercado's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Shango working over Mercado with some ground and pound. Mercado looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mercado blocking the ground and pound attempt from Shango.
Mercado controlling the position for now.
Mercado is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mercado keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Shango is nestled in close to Mercado, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinny Shango dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Mercado's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Shango throws a series of punches but Mercado avoids them all with ease.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Chris Mercado's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Vinny Shango!
Our winner, Vinny Shango, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.