PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nico Agosto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Mercurious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Agosto
vs
Mercurious

179 cm
26
165 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

166 cm
50
157 lbs
40 - 24 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nico Agosto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 24 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rocky Mercurious!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercurious scoring well with a low kick there.
Agosto misses with a two punch combination.
Nico Agosto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mercurious avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mercurious moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mercurious uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Agosto.
A good leg kick by Mercurious.
Mercurious misses with a head kick.
Mercurious jabs at Agosto's body.
Agosto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mercurious can pounce on him.
Mercurious throws a head kick but Agosto moves out of range.

Mercurious closes the distance and clinches.
Mercurious pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mercurious throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Agosto is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercurious is stalling here.
Mercurious lands a nice shot to the body.
Mercurious is pushing Agosto up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Mercurious pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Agosto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mercurious. Mercurious obviously looking to wear him down.
Mercurious drops his hands momentarily and Agosto takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Mercurious instigates a clinch.
Mercurious cracks Agosto with a nice body shot.
Mercurious makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercurious lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mercurious manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Mercurious breaks the clinch.
Mercurious throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Agosto.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Agosto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Agosto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Agosto with a nice cross.
Agosto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Agosto swings widly with a right hand
and Mercurious makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Mercurious closes the distance and pushes Agosto back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mercurious pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Agosto thuds a left hand into Mercurious's body.
Mercurious throws a shot to the body.
Agosto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Agosto throws an off balance right hand
and Mercurious counters with a nice kick to the body.
Mercurious lands a jab.
Mercurious with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Agosto darts in trying to clinch
and Mercurious makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Agosto throws a lazy head kick

and Mercurious counters by clinching up.
Mercurious will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Agosto up against the cage.
Mercurious keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Agosto's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Agosto is trying to break the clinch but Mercurious is controlling him.
Mercurious lands a shot to the body.

Mercurious breaks the clinch.

Mercurious darts in and clinches Agosto up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mercurious breaks the clinch.

Agosto rushes Mercurious and presses him up against the cage.
Mercurious lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

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

Rocky Mercurious dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mercurious scores with a jab to the body.
Agosto throws a sloppy head kick and Mercurious moves out of range easily.
Agosto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mercurious looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Agosto on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Mercurious with a nice cross.

It looks like Nico Agosto has been cut.
Mercurious looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mercurious lands a brutal head kick. Agosto looks out on his feet and Mercurious throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Rocky Mercurious!
During a confident post fight interview, Rocky Mercurious thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.