PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mercy Myers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdul Khaliq Khalid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Myers
vs
Khaliq Khalid

192 cm
26
210 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

193 cm
19
220 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mercy Myers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abdul Khaliq Khalid!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Myers tries a head kick but it misses.
Myers misses with a few strikes there.
Khaliq Khalid slips under a jab.
Khaliq Khalid connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Myers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khaliq Khalid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A lazy left from Khaliq Khalid finds it's target.
Myers throws a hook to the side of Khaliq Khalid's head but Khaliq Khalid sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Myers lands with a hook. Khaliq Khalid tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Myers throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khaliq Khalid misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Myers.
Myers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Myers feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Khaliq Khalid's calf.
Myers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khaliq Khalid.
Khaliq Khalid throws out a loose jab but Myers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Khaliq Khalid there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Khaliq Khalid misses the target.
Khaliq Khalid lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Khaliq Khalid misses the jab.
Myers is looking to counter punch.
Myers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khaliq Khalid misses with a straight right.
Myers ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Khaliq Khalid.
Khaliq Khalid looks to land a right hand but Myers moved out of range.
Myers throwing a counter right hand but Khaliq Khalid manages to avoid it.
Myers misses the jab.
Khaliq Khalid throws a jab but it's blocked by Myers.
Khaliq Khalid slips a straight right by Myers.
Myers swings for the body but Khaliq Khalid moves out of range.
Khaliq Khalid takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Myers misses with a double jab
and Khaliq Khalid connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khaliq Khalid looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Khaliq Khalid avoids the body shot from Myers.
Khaliq Khalid might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Khaliq Khalid scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khaliq Khalid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khaliq Khalid fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Myers manages to avoid it.
Khaliq Khalid slips a jab from Myers.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khaliq Khalid takes one on the button.
Khaliq Khalid throws a hook but Myers avoids it easily.
Khaliq Khalid slips under a jab.
Myers scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Myers is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Khaliq Khalid misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Khaliq Khalid misses.
Myers lands with a good body shot.
Khaliq Khalid scores with a nice strike.
Myers takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Khaliq Khalid's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Myers connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khaliq Khalid scrambles back to his feet.
Myers takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Khaliq Khalid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Myers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Myers moves out of range of the strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Myers.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khaliq Khalid. Myers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Myers throws a hook but Khaliq Khalid blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Myers misses the target.
Khaliq Khalid throws a shot from downtown. Myers moves away and avoids it.
Myers ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Myers blocks a jab.
Myers turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khaliq Khalid throws a body shot but no joy.
Khaliq Khalid checks a leg kick.
Khaliq Khalid is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Myers.
Khaliq Khalid walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Myers connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Khaliq Khalid momentarily.
Myers throws a half hearted mid kick.
A lazy body kick from Myers
and Khaliq Khalid connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khaliq Khalid is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Myers had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Myers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khaliq Khalid.
Khaliq Khalid throws out a counter right but Myers avoids it with no problem.
Khaliq Khalid scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khaliq Khalid throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Myers stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khaliq Khalid takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Khaliq Khalid digs a good hook to Myers's body.
The crowd cheers as Khaliq Khalid lands an impressive looking overhand right. Myers doesn't seem phased though.
Myers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khaliq Khalid.
Myers is looking to counter punch.
Myers closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Khaliq Khalid jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Myers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab lands there for Myers.

Myers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khaliq Khalid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Myers blocks it with crossed arms.
Khaliq Khalid prevents a body shot from Myers.
Khaliq Khalid stalling in the clinch but Myers improves position.
Khaliq Khalid trying to control the position but instead, Myers has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khaliq Khalid into the cage.
Khaliq Khalid seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Myers avoiding damage as Khaliq Khalid throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Khaliq Khalid.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Abdul Khaliq Khalid will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Khaliq Khalid fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Myers manages to avoid it.
Myers throwing a counter right hand but Khaliq Khalid manages to avoid it.
Khaliq Khalid jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Myers swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Myers takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Myers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khaliq Khalid checks a leg kick.
Khaliq Khalid fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Myers avoids the body shot from Khaliq Khalid.
Myers swings widly with a right hand
enabling Khaliq Khalid to counter with a crisp jab.
Myers throws an off balance right hand
and Khaliq Khalid counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Myers thinking.
Myers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khaliq Khalid misses with an uppercut.
Khaliq Khalid lands with a shot to the body.
Khaliq Khalid misses the jab.
Khaliq Khalid misses with a hook. Myers ducked under it nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khaliq Khalid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Myers.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Myers throws a jab but it's blocked by Khaliq Khalid.
Khaliq Khalid throws a big shot that misses.
Myers misses with a low kick.
Myers misses with a looping right.
Khaliq Khalid scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Myers clinches.
Myers misses with some punches.
Myers tries to throw a body punch but Khaliq Khalid avoids it by throwing Myers back against the cage.
Myers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khaliq Khalid softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Myers lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Myers digs a right hand underneath Khaliq Khalid's ribcage. Khaliq Khalid let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Khaliq Khalid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Myers avoids it.
Khaliq Khalid working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Myers digs a right hand into Khaliq Khalid's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khaliq Khalid's gas tank.
Myers misses with a punch to the body.
Khaliq Khalid lands an elbow that stopped Myers in his tracks for a moment.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Myers lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaliq Khalid misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khaliq Khalid blocks a body shot from Myers.
Myers lands a nice uppercut.
Khaliq Khalid tries a body shot but Myers blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Khaliq Khalid throws an elbow but misses.
Myers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Myers struggles to land a body shot inside as Khaliq Khalid controls his hands.
Khaliq Khalid struggles to land a body shot inside as Myers controls his hands.
Myers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Myers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khaliq Khalid backwards.
Myers lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khaliq Khalid or not.
Khaliq Khalid with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khaliq Khalid pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khaliq Khalid misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khaliq Khalid misses with a punch on the inside.
Myers stalling the fight.
Khaliq Khalid stalling in the clinch.
Myers blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myers scores with a hook to the body.
Myers lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Myers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khaliq Khalid backwards.
Myers avoids a wild elbow strike from Khaliq Khalid.
Myers lands a right hand.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Myers takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Khaliq Khalid manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Khaliq Khalid throws an elbow but it misses.
Khaliq Khalid tries to throw a body punch but Myers avoids it by throwing Khaliq Khalid back against the cage.
Khaliq Khalid is working Myers over against the cage.
Khaliq Khalid with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Myers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Myers lands a shoulder strike.
Myers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khaliq Khalid has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Myers scores with a shot to the side of Khaliq Khalid's head.
Stalling in the clinch from Khaliq Khalid.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Myers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khaliq Khalid stalling in the clinch but Myers improves position.
Khaliq Khalid struggles to land a body shot inside as Myers controls his hands.
Khaliq Khalid scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Myers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Myers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Myers breaks from the clinch.
Myers slips a straight right by Khaliq Khalid.
Khaliq Khalid fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Abdul Khaliq Khalid seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Myers walks into a stiff left hand from Khaliq Khalid.
Myers tries to clinch but Khaliq Khalid is having none of it.
Khaliq Khalid scores with a crisp jab that stopped Myers in his tracks.
Khaliq Khalid swings for the body but Myers moves out of range.
Myers is looking to clinch but Khaliq Khalid is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Abdul Khaliq Khalid will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Myers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice elbow from Khaliq Khalid.
Khaliq Khalid throws an elbow that misses.
Myers lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Myers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Myers lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khaliq Khalid backwards.
Mercy Myers has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Myers.
Myers lands a left hand.
Myers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Myers dodges an elbow strike from Khaliq Khalid.
Myers dodges an elbow strike from Khaliq Khalid.
A short right from Myers on the inside.
Myers throws a head punch that misses.
Khaliq Khalid misses with the head strike.
Khaliq Khalid misses with an elbow strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Myers.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Myers misses with a punch to the body.
Khaliq Khalid takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Myers lands a nice shot to the body.
Myers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Myers lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Myers on the inside.
A hook to the body from Myers.
Myers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khaliq Khalid backwards.
Myers pushes Khaliq Khalid back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Myers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khaliq Khalid ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A head kick misses from Myers.
Khaliq Khalid misses with a lunging right hand
and Khaliq Khalid takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Myers clinches up against the cage.
Myers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Myers lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khaliq Khalid misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Myers.
Khaliq Khalid misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khaliq Khalid tries to land knees in the clinch but Myers avoids the damage to the body.
Myers lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mercy Myers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myers lands with a left to the head.

Khaliq Khalid is rocked!
Myers throws a big uppercut that drops Khaliq Khalid! More strikes from Myers and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Khaliq Khalid lies dazed against the cage as Myers celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mercy Myers!
Mercy Myers decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.