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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Mercurius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercurius comes to the cage accompanied by Amplifier - The Wave. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocky Mercurius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Summers!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercurius lands with a cross.
Summers misses with a double jab.
Summers takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mercurius throws the left hand but Summers avoids the punch easily.
Mercurius misses with a leg kick.
Summers shoots in looking for a takedown. Mercurius tries to sprawl out of it but Summers keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mercurius manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mercurius scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mercurius misses with a low kick.
Summers moves out of range as Mercurius strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Summers avoids a kick to the body.
Rocky Mercurius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mercurius throws a leg kick
and Summers counters with a single leg into guard. Mercurius didn't expect that.
Summers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mercurius swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mercurius seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mercurius preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mercurius avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Summers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Summers is looking to work some ground and pound but Mercurius has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercurius not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mercurius working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Summers.
Mercurius trying to control the position.
Mercurius tries to land a sweep but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Summers is fighting to break Mercurius's control of his arms but Mercurius is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Summers has gone for a leg lock! Mercurius slips out almost immediately though and dives into Summers's guard.
Summers throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mercurius preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercurius wants to control from the top but Summers keeps moving.
Mercurius with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Summers is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mercurius defends well.
Mercurius wants to control from the top but Summers keeps moving.
Mercurius slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Mercurius working the ground and pound.
Summers is looking to reverse the position.
Summers manages to get back to half guard.
Mercurius landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Summers is trying to get back to full guard.
Mercurius is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mercurius looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Summers with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mercurius landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mercurius not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Summers gets back to full guard.
Summers wants to sweep but no luck.
Summers is looking for a triangle but Mercurius pushes his legs off easily.
Summers working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mercurius doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mercurius manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Summers preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mercurius advances to half guard.
Mercurius is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Mercurius dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mercurius defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Summers.
Mercurius connects with a crisp jab.
Mercurius jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mercurius scores with a crisp jab that stopped Summers in his tracks.
Summers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mercurius throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Summers checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mercurius throws a low kick but Summers avoids it.
Mercurius looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mercurius lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Summers has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Summers and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercurius lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Summers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mercurius tries to work over Summers's front leg with a kick but Summers checks it.
Summers shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mercurius throws a chopping leg kick but Summers manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Good work by Summers as he checks the leg kick.
Summers slips under a jab.
Mercurius throws out a loose jab but Summers uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers slips a straight right by Mercurius.
Mercurius misses the jab.
A slow jab from Mercurius misses its intended target.
Mercurius pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Summers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mercurius throws out the jab.
Mercurius throws a chopping leg kick but Summers manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Summers ducks under a wild hook from Mercurius.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mercurius.
A jab from Mercurius does it's job there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercurius throws a hook but Summers blocks it.
Mercurius throws a shot from downtown. Summers moves away and avoids it.
Mercurius uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Summers has time to react.
Mercurius throws a leg kick but Summers sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Summers checks a leg kick nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Mercurius misses the target.
Mercurius cracks Summers with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Summers ducks under a wild hook from Mercurius.
Mercurius tries to work over Summers's front leg with a kick but Summers checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercurius misses with a few strikes there.
Summers fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Summers misses with a body shot.
Summers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mercurius swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Summers moves out of range as Mercurius throws a body kick.
Mercurius keeps Summers at a distance using the push kick.
Summers fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Mercurius to the ground. Summers is now in Mercurius's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mercurius has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Mercurius looking for a sweep. Not yet Mercurius, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Mercurius dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Mercurius.
Mercurius misses with a two punch combination.
Summers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Summers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mercurius.
Rocky Mercurius is winning the standup battle so far.
Mercurius throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mercurius throws a leg kick but Summers sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mercurius throws a big shot that misses.
Summers blocks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercurius walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Summers checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Summers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mercurius lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mercurius misses with a hook
and Summers counters with a nice uppercut.
Mercurius throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Summers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mercurius throws out the jab.
Mercurius scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Summers blocks the low kick.
Mercurius misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercurius throws a combination that misses
and Summers counters with a straight right hand.
Mercurius feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Summers's calf.
Mercurius shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mercurius lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Summers has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Summers and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Summers throws a combination. Mercurius tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mercurius throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Mercurius.
Summers on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Summers shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mercurius is trying to defend but Summers finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Nathan Summers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers throws a strike but Mercurius avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Summers sitting in guard here, content to control.
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.
Summers postures up in Mercurius's guard and throws a big left but Mercurius blocks it.
Summers throws and elbow that misses. Mercurius uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Summers's guard. Nice move by Mercurius!
Mercurius postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Summers trying to keep a closed guard but Mercurius is proving a slippery customer.
Mercurius lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers has an active guard here but Mercurius has managed to pass into half guard.
Summers wants to get back to full guard.
Mercurius trying to control the action but Summers is working from the bottom.
Mercurius throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rocky Mercurius is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mercurius stalling.
Mercurius wants to lay and pray for a moment but Summers keeps working.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mercurius thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mercurius controlling the action here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Summers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rocky Mercurius showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mercurius has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocky Mercurius!
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