PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Mercer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolfram Stelzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stelzer has chosen Business Time as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mercer
vs
Stelzer

184 cm
36
182 lbs
30 - 21 - 0

192 cm
36
173 lbs
23 - 17 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Mercer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfram Stelzer!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Stelzer.
Stelzer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mercer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've been informed that Stelzer has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Mercer throws a solid leg kick but Stelzer takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mercer.
Mercer fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stelzer checks it well.
Mercer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stelzer.
Mercer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stelzer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mercer scores with a kick to the body.
Stelzer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stelzer there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mercer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mercer works Stelzer's body with a nice hook.
Mercer misses with the body kick
and Stelzer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab by Stelzer.
Mercer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stelzer misses with a straight right.
Mercer quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Mercer misses with a hook. Stelzer ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercer throws an off balance right hand
and Stelzer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
No joy there for Stelzer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice defenses there by Mercer.
A clash of legs there as Stelzer blocks the low kick.
Mercer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stelzer manages to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stelzer.
Mercer scores with a nice right hand.
Stelzer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Stelzer checks the leg kick.
Stelzer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stelzer lands a jab to the nose.
Mercer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Stelzer takes a swing at Mercer's ribcage but misses.
Stelzer scores with a hook to the body. Mercer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mercer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Stelzer avoids the body shot from Mercer.
Mercer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stelzer misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stelzer throws a lazy right hand but Mercer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mercer tried to counter with a leg kick but Stelzer avoided it.
Stelzer misses the shot to the body.
Stelzer has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mercer.
Mercer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stelzer.
Stelzer shoots in for a takedown but Mercer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Stelzer throws a lazy right hand but Mercer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stelzer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mercer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mercer.
Alex Mercer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mercer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mercer throws the kick towards the body but Stelzer avoids it.
Mercer misses with a body kick.
Stelzer moves out of range of the body kick.
Stelzer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stelzer throws a body punch but Mercer moves out of range.
Mercer throws an overhand right that lands on Stelzer's shoulder, as Stelzer tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercer connects with a nice looking jab.
The fighters circling - Stelzer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stelzer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stelzer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mercer manages to avoid it.
Stelzer tries for a takedown but Mercer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mercer misses with a looping left.
Mercer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Stelzer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Stelzer scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Stelzer cracks Mercer with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mercer throws a jab when Stelzer was well out of range.
Stelzer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mercer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Stelzer misses with a wild body shot.
Mercer wants to land a leg kick but Stelzer is out of range.
Stelzer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stelzer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stelzer throws a body punch but Mercer moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mercer misses with a hook.
Mercer takes one to the side of the head.
Mercer is looking to slow Stelzer down with leg kicks.
Mercer is looking to slow Stelzer down with leg kicks.
Stelzer lands a two punch combo.

Mercer is rocked!

It looks like Alex Mercer has been cut.
Mercer throws a hook to the side of Stelzer's head but Stelzer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oh Mercer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mercer ducks under a wild hook from Stelzer.
Mercer slips under a jab from Stelzer.
Stelzer is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mercer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A clash of legs there as Stelzer blocks the low kick.
Mercer misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mercer.
Mercer misses with a kick to the body.
Mercer seems to have got his legs back now.
Stelzer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mercer.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stelzer connects with a crisp jab.
Stelzer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mercer throws a big shot that misses.
Stelzer appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Alex Mercer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stelzer moves out of range of the body kick from Mercer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Wolfram Stelzer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alex Mercer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mercer throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Stelzer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stelzer needs to keep his hands up - Mercer had a free shot at his head there.
A head kick misses from Mercer.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Stelzer! Mercer is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wolfram Stelzer!
After winning the bout, Wolfram Stelzer thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.