PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wolfgang Von Richtofen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stu Mercer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Von Richtofen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rammstein. The key to victory for Wolfgang Von Richtofen has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Von Richtofen
vs
Mercer

178 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
252 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

DJs Locker
KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wolfgang Von Richtofen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stu Mercer!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Richtofen misses with a left hand
and Mercer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mercer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Von Richtofen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mercer.
Von Richtofen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Von Richtofen looks to land a left hand but Mercer moved out of range nicely.
Von Richtofen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Von Richtofen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Von Richtofen thows a body shot but no joy.
Mercer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wolfgang Von Richtofen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Von Richtofen looks to land a right hand but Mercer moved out of range.
Jab by Von Richtofen.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Von Richtofen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mercer has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mercer and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mercer fails with the takedown.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Von Richtofen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mercer.
Mercer fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wolfgang Von Richtofen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stu Mercer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Richtofen checks a leg kick nicely.
Mercer moves out of range as Von Richtofen throws a body kick.
Mercer checks a leg kick nicely.
Mercer avoids a kick to the body.
Von Richtofen misses with a looping right.
Von Richtofen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Von Richtofen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Von Richtofen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by Mercer.
Von Richtofen throws a jab when Mercer was well out of range.
Von Richtofen throws a lazy right hand but Mercer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Von Richtofen - that will leave a mark!
Von Richtofen loads up on a big right hand but Mercer slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mercer 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.
Von Richtofen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mercer is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mercer stands up over Von Richtofen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mercer passes Von Richtofen's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mercer controlling the pace.
Mercer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mercer lands with a punch from half guard.

Von Richtofen is rocked!
Mercer passes to side control.
Oh Von Richtofen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Von Richtofen is trying to improve his position.
Von Richtofen seems to have got his legs back now.
Von Richtofen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Von Richtofen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercer lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mercer working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The crowd goes nuts as Mercer knocks Von Richtofen out cold with a massive hammerfist! Mercer Jumps to his feet and climbs on top of the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Stu Mercer!
A very excited looking Stu Mercer rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.