PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Max Tauer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neddy Merrill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tauer
vs
Merrill

182 cm
26
156 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

165 cm
25
140 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Tauer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Neddy Merrill!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Merrill tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tauer smiles and moves away.
Merrill moves forwards but Tauer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Merrill keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tauer misses with a wild combination.

Tauer has managed to clinch.
Merrill fails to pull guard.
Merrill is trying to break the clinch but Tauer is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tauer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Merrill backwards.
Tauer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tauer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tauer being controlled against the cage.
Tauer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Merrill has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Merrill's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tauer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Merrill backwards.
Tauer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tauer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tauer has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Tauer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tauer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Merrill backwards.
Merrill is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tauer is keeping busy.
Tauer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tauer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Tauer as the two fighters clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tauer.
Merrill is trying to break the clinch but Tauer is controlling him.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tauer.
Merrill tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Max Tauer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neddy Merrill.
Tauer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tauer scores with a shot to the side of Merrill's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tauer.
A right hand to the body from Tauer.
Merrill looks winded!
Tauer works on Merrill's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tauer will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Merrill up against the cage.
Tauer cracks Merrill with a nice body shot.
Tauer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tauer lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Tauer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Merrill takes a shot to the head.
Tauer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Merrill backwards.
Tauer is leaning against Merrill and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tauer lands with a left to the head.
Tauer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tauer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Merrill backwards.
Tauer avoiding damage.
Tauer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Tauer.
Tauer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Merrill backwards.
Tauer stalls.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tauer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Merrill backwards.
Tauer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, Tauer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Tauer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tauer lands a nice uppercut.
Tauer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tauer digs a right hand underneath Merrill's ribcage. Merrill let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tauer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tauer gets through Merrill's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Tauer - that landed with a thud.
A short uppercut from Tauer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tauer lands a body punch.
Tauer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tauer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tauer lands a shot to the body.
Tauer lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tauer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tauer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tauer lands a nice uppercut.
Tauer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tauer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Merrill backwards.
Tauer lands a right hand.

Merrill is rocked!
Tauer lands a body shot.
Tauer lands an uppercut.
Merrill is still on wobbly legs! Can Tauer finish him?
Tauer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tauer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Merrill seems to have recovered his senses.
Tauer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Merrill or not.
Tauer scores with a shot to the side of Merrill's head.
A hook to the body from Tauer.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tauer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tauer cracks Merrill with a nice body shot.
Tauer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Merrill backwards.
Tauer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tauer lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Tauer dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tauer has closed the distance and engaged Merrill in a clinch.
Tauer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tauer lands a left hand.
Merrill wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Merrill wants to break free but Tauer has control.
A shot in the inside from Tauer.
Merrill tries to break the clinch but Tauer is controlling the position.
Tauer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Merrills head.
Merrill jumps guard but Tauer turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Merrill tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tauer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Merrills head.
Still in the clinch, Tauer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tauer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Merrill's efforts to push away.
Merrill is breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tauer.
Tauer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Tauer.
Tauer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tauer lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tauer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tauer works on Merrill's body with a couple of short punches.
Tauer lands with a short shot to the head.
Tauer is leaning against Merrill and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tauer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Tauer as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Tauer.
Tauer lands with a light punch inside.
Tauer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Merrill can do to turn this around?
Tauer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Tauer.
Tauer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Merrill.
Tauer pushes Merrill against the cage. Tauer is working some dirty boxing. Tauer pushes off with a quick right hook! Merrill goes down! Merrill tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Tauer moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Tauer!
A very excited looking Max Tauer made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.