PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Mercurius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mercurius
vs
White

181 cm
21
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
183 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocky Mercurius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tyler White!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from White misses the target.
Mercurius keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
White misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mercurius slips a jab and a cross from White.
White tries to clinch up but Mercurius circles away and keeps his distance.
Mercurius lands a jab-cross combination.

Mercurius shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches White napping and manages to drive through into side control!
White taking a bit of punishment here - Mercurius scoring with strikes.
Mercurius is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down White's shoulder. That is not cool.
White tries to improve position but can't.
Mercurius landing a few strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
An elbow from Mercurius crashes against the mat.
Mercurius staying calm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercurius throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Mercurius lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mercurius remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Mercurius has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mercurius creates some space and throws a big elbow, but White sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's two 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.
Mercurius throwing shots but missing, from side control.
White on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
White gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Mercurius lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mercurius content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercurius landing strikes, looking to finish!
White working to try and regain half guard.
Mercurius controlling the pace for now.
Mercurius throws some wild stikes that White manages to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mercurius looking to finish with strikes here!
Mercurius is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. White can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Mercurius lands a big shot there that rocks White but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mercurius with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mercurius looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Mercurius dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

White scores with a nice right hand.
Mercurius lands a head kick!

Mercurius bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
White is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Mercurius is controlling him well.

Mercurius looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Mercurius passes to full mount! That's big trouble for White!
Mercurius controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercurius landing strikes from the mount.
White takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Mercurius lands a heavy elbow.
Rocky Mercurius overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Mercurius wants to finish this one by submission but White is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Mercurius.
Mercurius cracks White with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercurius putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Mercurius content just to control the position here.
Mercurius working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mercurius throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for White because Mercurius loaded up on that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercurius looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mercurius with the ground and pound from mount.

White is rocked!
Mercurius landing shots from mount.
White is still in real trouble! Can Mercurius finish him?
Mercurius is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that White can do to turn this around?
Mercurius has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of White's face.
Mercurius with the ground and pound from mount.
Mercurius postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. White looks a forlorn figure.
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!
Oooh a big shot lands for Mercurius! White is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rocky Mercurius!