PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between William Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Mercurious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Rocky Mercurious enters the cage!

Williams
vs
Mercurious

180 cm
27
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

166 cm
50
157 lbs
41 - 24 - 1

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 24 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rocky Mercurious!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams misses with a combination
and Mercurious counters with a good low kick that Williams was not able to check.
Williams on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Mercurious darts in and clinches Williams up against the cage.
Mercurious pressing his opponent against the cage.
Williams tries to circle away but Mercurious has him pinned against the cage.
Mercurious softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Mercurious has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mercurious leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mercurious stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mercurious keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mercurious breaks from the clinch.
Mercurious misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mercurious lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Williams at a distance.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick.
Williams fails with a takedown attempt.
Mercurious tries to counter with a clinch but Williams shakes him off and moves away.
Mercurious throws a head kick that misses.
Mercurious lands with a good body shot.
Williams has been working on his boxing with his coaches at DaJet Conditioning, Transition, Escape School in the buildup to the fight.
Mercurious connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Williams's hands.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Mercurious moves into the clinch.
Williams has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mercurious avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Williams is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mercurious pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Williams is trying to stall.
Mercurious lands a shoulder strike.
Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mercurious lands a hook that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Mercurious breaks the clinch.
Williams shoots and misses
and Mercurious counters with a right hand to the body.
Mercurious tries a head kick but it misses.
Mercurious throws a head kick that misses.
A solid body kick from Mercurious.
Williams tries to clinch up but Mercurious circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mercurious scores with a jab to the head.
Williams changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mercurious tries to avoid it but Williams manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mercurious to the ground. Mercurious escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Mercurious drives through and clinches with Williams against the cage.

Mercurious breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mercurious misses with a double jab.
Mercurious moves out of range of the body kick from Williams.
Mercurious misses with a kick to the body.
Williams shoots in looking for a takedown but Mercurious manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Williams's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Williams tries to clinch there but Mercurious circles away.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Mercurious moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mercurious connects with a leg kick. Williams looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mercurious lands a nice hook to Williams's body. Williams takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Mercurious closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Williams looking for a takedown.
Mercurious avoids the elbow strike from Williams, against the cage.
Mercurious working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mercurious lands with a right to the head.
Mercurious lands a nice shot to the body.
Mercurious lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mercurious pushes Williams back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Mercurious dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mercurious scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mercurious.
Williams takes one to the side of the head.

Williams shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Mercurious manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Mercurious pulls Williams in close to prevent any damage.
Williams wants to control from the top but Mercurious keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams looking to sit in guard and control but Mercurious gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Mercurious showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercurious advances position into side control!
Williams is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Mercurious happy to just control the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Williams manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Mercurious passes to full mount!
Mercurious controlling from the full mount.
Let's hope that Mercurious has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Williams sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Williams regains full guard. Nicely done.
Mercurious looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Williams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Mercurious showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Williams shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mercurious as he jumps to the side.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mercurious. That's going to slow Williams down.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Mercurious - that will leave a mark!
Mercurious lands a nice looking kick to the body. Williams takes a step back to recover.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Mercurious rushes Williams and presses him up against the cage.
Williams is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mercurious pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Mercurious breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams throws a shot to the body.
Mercurious swinging wildly here.
Mercurious thumps Williams with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercurious tries to clinch up.
Mercurious displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Williams.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mercurious counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Williams thinking.
Mercurious tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mercurious swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Mercurious is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Williams with a body shot.
Mercurious cracks Williams with an open hand slap.
William Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mercurious lands a nice shot to the body.
Mercurious stuffs the takedown attempt from Williams. Williams gets slowly back to his feet.
Good leg kick by Mercurious there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mercurious.
Rocky Mercurious is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mercurious avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but Mercurious shows good takedown defense.

Mercurious closes the distance and clinches.
Rocky Mercurious seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Williams is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Mercurious is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Mercurious breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mercurious keeps Williams at a distance using the push kick.

Mercurious moves into the clinch.
Williams goes for a takedown in the clinch but Mercurious prevents it.
Nice body punch from Mercurious - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Mercurious slows down the pace here.
Good body shot from Mercurious.
Nice body punch from Mercurious.
Williams wants to take the fight to the mat but Mercurious manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Rocky Mercurious is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mercurious lands a body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mercurious as Williams tries to tie him up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercurious is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mercurious receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Mercurious has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mercurious.

Mercurious escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Mercurious moves into the clinch successfully.
William Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mercurious keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away.

Mercurious manages to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rocky Mercurious comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mercurious has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 25:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocky Mercurious!
A victorious Rocky Mercurious thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.