PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Vasconcelos (ranked 3691 p4p, 4571 weight class) and Dolph Mercury (ranked 446 p4p, 525 weight class). Mercury has chosen Asap ferg - Plain Jane as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Vasconcelos
vs
Mercury

190 cm
22
215
1 - 1 - 0

181 cm
26
220
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rafael Vasconcelos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Dolph Mercury!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercury throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vasconcelos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vasconcelos throws a head kick that Mercury semi-blocks.

Mercury moves into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mercury throws an elbow but misses.
Vasconcelos is trying to break the clinch but Mercury is controlling him.
Vasconcelos wants to break free but Mercury has control.
Vasconcelos dodges an elbow strike from Mercury.
Mercury pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mercury has Vasconcelos pushed against the cage.
Vasconcelos slows down the pace here.
Mercury keeps control of Vasconcelos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasconcelos working hard to break the clinch.
Vasconcelos wants to get back to striking at distance but Mercury won't allow it.
Mercury stalling the fight.
Vasconcelos avoids the elbow strike from Mercury, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercury leaning against his opponent.
Mercury throws an elbow but it misses.
Vasconcelos is looking to break free of the clinch but Mercury has double underhooks.

Vasconcelos breaks the clinch.
Mercury cracks Vasconcelos with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vasconcelos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mercury counters with a nice uppercut.
Mercury misses with a straight right.
Vasconcelos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Vasconcelos slips under a jab from Mercury.
Vasconcelos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Vasconcelos slips under a jab from Mercury.
Vasconcelos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Mercury closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
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!
Mercury comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Rafael Vasconcelos has been cut.
Vasconcelos blocks an elbow strike from Mercury.
Mercury throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercury pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mercury dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mercury stalling.
A frustrated look appears on Vasconcelos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vasconcelos wants to get back to striking at distance but Mercury won't allow it.
Mercury misses with an elbow over the top.
Vasconcelos is trying to force a seperation but Mercury has the dominant position.

Vasconcelos manages to break the clinch.
Mercury misses with an uppercut.
Mercury takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vasconcelos tries to close the distance and clinch but Mercury swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mercury throws a big shot that misses.
Vasconcelos slips a straight right by Mercury.
Mercury misses with a looping right.
Mercury lunges at Vasconcelos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Vasconcelos's hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vasconcelos. Mercury does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercury takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mercury throws a jab when Vasconcelos was well out of range.
Mercury misses with a lunging right hand
and Vasconcelos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mercury misses with a lunging right hand
and Vasconcelos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mercury has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vasconcelos.
Vasconcelos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vasconcelos feints and then cracks Mercury's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mercury down.
Vasconcelos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mercury.
Mercury takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mercury cracks Vasconcelos with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mercury connects with a right hand. Vasconcelos shakes it off.
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!
Vasconcelos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Mercury gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mercury throws an elbow but misses.
Mercury scores with a shot to the side of Vasconcelos's head.
Mercury slowing the pace effectively.
Stalling in the clinch from Mercury.
Mercury continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercury keeps control of Vasconcelos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vasconcelos blocks an elbow strike from Mercury.

Vasconcelos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mercury throws a hook but Vasconcelos blocks it.
Vasconcelos misses with a few strikes there.
Vasconcelos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mercury showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vasconcelos.
Vasconcelos throws a combination that misses

and Mercury counters with a left hand that sends Vasconcelos to the canvas!

Vasconcelos is rocked!

Mercury decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Oh Vasconcelos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vasconcelos throws a combination that misses
and Mercury counters with a huge right that knocks Vasconcelos out cold! Mercury is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dolph Mercury!
Dolph Mercury decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.