PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Mercurious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reno Rawlings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercurious is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Rocky Mercurious has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Mercurious
vs
Rawlings

166 cm
50
157 lbs
40 - 23 - 1

178 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 40 - 23 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rocky Mercurious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reno Rawlings!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercurious throws a hook to the side of Rawlings's head but Rawlings sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mercurious is breathing heavily.
Rawlings with a lazy takedown attempt

and Mercurious counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mercurious.
Rawlings is trying to break the clinch but Mercurious is controlling him.

Rawlings breaks the clinch.

Rawlings looking to score a takedown here. Mercurious is defending well but Rawlings drives through and ends up in Mercurious's guard.
Rawlings scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mercurious avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rawlings throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rawlings throws a big right hand that misses.
Rawlings cracks Mercurious with a solid left hand.
Rawlings stands up over Mercurious, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rawlings trying to control the position from guard on top but Mercurious is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rawlings postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mercurious working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rawlings.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawlings in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mercurious working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rawlings.
Rawlings lands a couple of digs.
Rawlings in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mercurious avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rawlings accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rawlings wants to control from the top but Mercurious keeps moving.
Rawlings lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mercurious preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rawlings postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rawlings with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rawlings with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mercurious preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rawlings distracts Mercurious with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rawlings makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rawlings landing with the ground and pound.
Mercurious knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rawlings on the ground.
Rawlings postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rawlings working some strikes from top position.
Rawlings with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mercurious avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mercurious working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rawlings.
Rawlings throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rawlings postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings wants to pass the guard but Mercurious is keeping the position.
Rawlings landing some decent shots from guard.
Rawlings distracts Mercurious with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mercurious working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rawlings.
Rawlings forces his way into half guard.
Rawlings working the head and body with strikes.
Mercurious on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mercurious tries to get out of the position.
Rawlings lands with a punch from half guard.
Rawlings not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rawlings slips a nice elbow through Mercurious's hands, connecting with Mercurious's forehead.
Mercurious keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rawlings working over Mercurious with some ground and pound. Mercurious looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rawlings missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rawlings thows a huge punch but Mercurious dodges it nicely.
Rawlings is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mercurious might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rawlings 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.
Rawlings is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rawlings seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mercurious does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rawlings is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rawlings wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mercurious keeps working.
Rawlings scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rawlings trying to control from half guard but Mercurious is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reno Rawlings dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rawlings darts in looking for a takedown but Mercurious gets double underhooks and turns Rawlings into the cage.

Rawlings closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Rawlings landing a few strikes.
Mercurious takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Rawlings misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Rawlings grinds an elbow into Mercurious's temple.
Rawlings has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rawlings working the head with strikes.
Rawlings misses with the ground and pound.
Rawlings cracks Mercurious with a big right hand but Mercurious just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Rawlings looks up at the clock and then as Mercurious takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rawlings smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rawlings cracks Mercurious with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Rawlings has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mercurious avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rawlings.
Rawlings cracks Mercurious with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawlings working the head with strikes.
Mercurious parries the strikes from Rawlings easily there. Rawlings is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Mercurious to escape.
Rawlings scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mercurious to see if he's OK.
Rawlings in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Rawlings fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Rawlings lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mercurious down.
Mercurious is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rawlings connects with a decent elbow.
Rawlings tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mercurious tries to improve position but can't.
Rawlings trying to control the position but Mercurious is working away.
Rawlings postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rawlings landing strikes.
Rawlings scores with a couple of short elbows.
Reno Rawlings has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mercurious dodges the ground and pound from Rawlings.
Mercurious is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rawlings cracks Mercurious with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Rawlings postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Rawlings lands a few punches from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rawlings lands a few punches from side control.

Mercurious is rocked!
Rawlings misses with the ground and pound.
Oh Mercurious is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mercurious managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Rawlings.
Mercurious seems to have got his legs back now.
Mercurious is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings cracks Mercurious with a big right hand but Mercurious just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ground and pound from Rawlings seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Rawlings is putting a hurting on Mercurious here, landing some big shots from side control.
Rawlings lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mercurious on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Rawlings cracks Mercurious with a big right hand but Mercurious just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Rawlings looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Mercurious is avoiding damage well.
Rawlings works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Rawlings looks up at the clock and then as Mercurious takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rawlings smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rawlings working the body and head with strikes.
Rawlings lands some shots froms side control.
Rawlings looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Mercurious is avoiding damage well.
Rawlings tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings wants to control but Mercurious is keeping him busy.
Rawlings lands some shots froms side control.
The strikes coming from Rawlings are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Rawlings working the head with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rawlings cracks Mercurious with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Rawlings immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Mercurious is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Rawlings!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reno Rawlings!
Our winner, Reno Rawlings, 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.