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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hoyce Greycie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Mercury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greycie comes to the cage accompanied by Parang Tanga Lang. Mercury has chosen Shawn Michaels -Sexy Boy as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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216 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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215 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hoyce Greycie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eddie Mercury!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greycie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mercury shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Greycie looking for submissions off his back.
Mercury looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Greycie tries to get to full guard but Mercury has control of the leg.
Greycie has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mercury is working away from the top position though.
Ground and pound from Mercury.
Mercury is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Greycie wants to improve his position but Mercury is controlling well.
Greycie looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mercury thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Greycie's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mercury missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Mercury there.
Greycie moves into full guard.
Mercury stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Greycie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Greycie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Mercury gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Mercury trying to control the position from guard on top but Greycie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Greycie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Greycie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mercury.
Mercury must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Greycie working for a triangle but Mercury defends it easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Greycie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mercury tries to free his leg and advance position but Greycie is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercury stopping the sweep attempt from Greycie.
Mercury is in close to Greycie's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mercury lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mercury works over Greycie with some ground and pound from guard.
Mercury stands up and waves to Greycie to follow him.
Mercury jabs at Greycie's body.
Greycie is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greycie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
so Mercury counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mercury is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mercury cracks Greycie with a solid left hand.
Mercury working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Greycie's head.
Greycie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mercury defends well.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mercury's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greycie working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mercury doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mercury manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mercury scoring with some ground and pound.
Mercury scoring with punches to the head and body.
Greycie is trying to control the position but Mercury postures up.
Mercury lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mercury is in close to Greycie's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mercury landing with the ground and pound.
Mercury postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Greycie can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Mercury controls the pace.
Mercury wants to get up but he can't break Greycie's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Mercury cracks Greycie with a solid left hand.
Mercury works over Greycie with some ground and pound from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercury stands up over Greycie, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Greycie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mercury lands a couple of elbows.
Mercury is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Greycie keeping moving, preventing Mercury from controlling successfully.
Mercury landing with the ground and pound.
Greycie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mercury slips nicely into half guard.
Greycie is trying to control but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ground and pound from Mercury.
Mercury works his way into full mount!
Mercury landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Mercury dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mercury fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Greycie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mercury bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Greycie tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mercury wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mercury working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Mercury works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Greycie on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mercury scoring with punches from side control.
Mercury working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Mercury is chipping away with strikes.
Mercury cracks Greycie with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Greycie manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Mercury looks like he's trying to stand up.
Greycie wants to take a breather but Mercury is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mercury has one foot on Greycie's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greycie shoots and misses
and Mercury counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Mercury is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mercury is nestled in close to Greycie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Mercury looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Greycie with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mercury lands a nice short elbow.
Greycie has hold of Mercury's hands but Mercury slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mercury performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Greycie looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Greycie is trying to get back to full guard.
Mercury looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Greycie with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Greycie taking some punishment here, with Mercury in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mercury scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Greycie trying to control but Mercury postures up.
Mercury lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mercury lands a nice short elbow.
Mercury looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Mercury looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Greycie wants to improve his position but Mercury is controlling well.
Mercury seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Greycie wants to improve his position but Mercury is controlling well.
Mercury looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercury looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mercury is pressing down on Greycie's thigh, looking to free his foot. Greycie is holding on for now.
Mercury is nestled in close to Greycie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Mercury in particular looking to stall.
Mercury is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mercury connects with a nice short shot to Greycie's temple.
Mercury lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mercury drops an elbow to the side of Greycie's head.
Mercury drops an elbow to the side of Greycie's head.
Mercury wants to control but Greycie is keeping him busy.
Greycie tries to roll over but Mercury keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greycie on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mercury is looking to advance position but Greycie won't allow it.
Greycie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Mercury scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mercury lands a nice short elbow.
Mercury lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mercury scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mercury drops an elbow to the side of Greycie's head.
Mercury takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mercury winds up and cracks Greycie with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Mercury showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Mercury lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Eddie Mercury is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Greycie misses with a takedown attempt
and Mercury counters with a nice double leg into side control. Greycie won't be happy with that.
Mercury trying to control the action but Greycie is working from the bottom.
Mercury cracks Greycie with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Mercury connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Greycie some visible discomfort.
Mercury scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Greycie to see if he's OK.
Mercury landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Greycie is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Greycie is not content to let Mercury control the position.
Greycie is looking for a sweep.
Mercury working the head with strikes.
Eddie Mercury has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercury works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Greycie is trying to control Mercury's posture but Mercury avoids it.
Mercury scores with a couple of short elbows.
Greycie is looking to regain half guard here but Mercury keeps moving and retains side control.
Mercury in side control lands a decent elbow.
Mercury lands a few punches from side control.
Greycie takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Mercury is putting a hurting on Greycie here, landing some big shots from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mercury creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Greycie struggling a bit here.
Mercury landing a few strikes.
Mercury lands an elbow.
Mercury working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Greycie is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercury lands a nice forearm strike.
Oh Greycie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mercury wants to control but Greycie is keeping him busy.
Mercury creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Greycie seems to have got his legs back now.
Check out the look on Mercury's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Greycie pushes Mercury away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mercury gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Greycie is not content to let Mercury control the position.
Mercury landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Mercury working the ground and pound.
Mercury controlling the position.
Mercury is chipping away with strikes.
Mercury working the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greycie takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Mercury wants to lay and pray for a moment but Greycie keeps working.
Greycie is trying to improve his position.
Mercury working away.
Greycie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mercury lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Greycie down.
Greycie taking punishment in the form of punches.
Greycie takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Greycie on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mercury landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Greycie is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Mercury's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Mercury wants to take a breather but Greycie is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercury passes to side control.
Greycie tries to improve position but can't.
Mercury cracks Greycie with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Mercury scores with a couple of short elbows.
Mercury has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Greycie regains half guard.
Nice strikes from Mercury there.
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 takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mercury seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Greycie looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Greycie wants to improve his position but Mercury is controlling well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mercury looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hoyce Greycie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eddie Mercury is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mercury is nestled in close to Greycie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Mercury comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mercury 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 24:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 24:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Mercury!
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energy
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hype
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