PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Fetisov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stu Mercer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fetisov comes into the arena with Kanye West - Amazing blaring out of the sound system. Mercer has chosen Trapt-Still Frame as his entrance music. Roman Fetisov could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Stu Mercer's chin.

Fetisov
vs
Mercer

189 cm
32
210 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

177 cm
29
177 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roman Fetisov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stu Mercer!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercer is looking to chop away at Fetisov's legs.

Mercer takes the fight into the clinch.
Fetisov tries a body shot but Mercer blocks it.
Fetisov tries to work over Mercer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fetisov misses with a punch to the body.
Fetisov tries a body shot but Mercer blocks it.
Fetisov has Mercer pressed against the cage.
Fetisov scores with a shot to the side of Mercer's head.
Fetisov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mercer's elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fetisov dodges an elbow strike from Mercer.
Mercer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fetisov lands a nice uppercut.
Fetisov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fetisov struggles to land a body shot inside as Mercer controls his hands.
Fetisov lands with a left to the head.
Fetisov avoids the elbow strike from Mercer, against the cage.
Mercer throws an elbow that misses.
A short left from Fetisov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercer taking a breather.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mercer.
Mercer taking a breather.
Mercer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fetisov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mercer lands an elbow inside.
Mercer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Mercer.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mercer throws an elbow but misses.
Fetisov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fetisov lands a nice uppercut.
Fetisov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Fetisov.
Mercer lands an elbow inside that Fetisov shrugs off.
Mercer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fetisov's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mercer blocks a body shot from Fetisov.
Fetisov presses Mercer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fetisov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mercer's elbow.
Mercer looking to stall.
Fetisov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fetisov dodges an elbow strike from Mercer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercer misses with a knee to the head.
Fetisov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mercer prevents a body shot from Fetisov.
Mercer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fetisov.
Mercer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fetisov misses with a punch to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Fetisov.
Fetisov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mercer looks gassed!
Fetisov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mercer or not.
Fetisov lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fetisov.
A bit of stalling here from Fetisov.
Nice body punch from Fetisov - that landed with a thud.
Fetisov pressing his opponent against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Fetisov.
Nice body punch from Fetisov - that landed with a thud.
Fetisov presses Mercer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fetisov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fetisov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fetisov can't find room to land a body shot as Mercer controls the action.
Fetisov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right from Fetisov on the inside.
Mercer being controlled against the cage.
Fetisov scores with a hook to the body.
Mercer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fetisov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fetisov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fetisov tries to work over Mercer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mercer letting Fetisov take a breather here.
Fetisov pushes Mercer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fetisov tries to throw a body punch but Mercer avoids it by throwing Fetisov back against the cage.
Fetisov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mercer backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fetisov misses with a body punch.
Mercer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fetisov taking a breather.
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!
Mercer misses with an elbow strike.
Fetisov avoids a wild elbow strike from Mercer.
Mercer controlling the action here for a moment.
Mercer looking to throw knees to the head but Fetisov is blocking nicely.
A short uppercut from Fetisov.
Fetisov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mercer is keeping busy.
Mercer misses with a knee to the head.
Mercer taking a breather.
Fetisov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fetisov as Mercer tries to tie him up.
Mercer seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Fetisov blocks an elbow strike.
Fetisov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mercer backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Fetisov dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Fetisov digs a good hook to Mercer's body.
Fetisov attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Mercer moves into range and clinches up with Fetisov.
Mercer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fetisov is keeping busy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fetisov.
Mercer misses with a knee to the head.
Mercer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mercer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fetisov scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mercer throws an elbow but misses.
Fetisov tries to throw a body punch but Mercer avoids it by throwing Fetisov back against the cage.
Fetisov blocks an elbow strike from Mercer.
Fetisov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fetisov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mercer prevents a body shot from Fetisov.
Roman Fetisov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fetisov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mercer is keeping busy.
Fetisov misses with a punch to the body.
Fetisov scores with a hook to the body.
Mercer is breathing heavily.
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!
Mercer is trying to maintain a safe position but Fetisov gets an underhook and turns Mercer into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fetisov.
Fetisov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mercer throws an elbow but it misses.
Fetisov pushes Mercer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fetisov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fetisov misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Fetisov as the two fighters clinch.
Mercer taking a breather.
Fetisov lands a nice uppercut.
Fetisov struggles to land a body shot inside as Mercer controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Fetisov.
Fetisov misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mercer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fetisov's defenses.
Still in the clinch, Fetisov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fetisov scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fetisov tries a body shot but Mercer blocks it.
Mercer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fetisov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mercer tries to land knees in the clinch but Fetisov avoids the damage to the body.
Mercer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fetisov struggles to land a body shot inside as Mercer controls his hands.
Mercer lands an elbow just above Fetisov 's eye.
Fetisov tries to work over Mercer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fetisov is trying to stall.
A short uppercut from Fetisov.
Fetisov tries a body shot but Mercer blocks it.

Fetisov lands a big left hand right to the temple and Mercer goes down!

Mercer is rocked!
Fetisov takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Mercer is still in real trouble! Can Fetisov finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Roman Fetisov wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Mercer feints and then cracks Fetisov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fetisov down.
Mercer seems to have recovered his senses.
A jab from Fetisov does it's job there.
Mercer tries to clinch
and Fetisov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fetisov checks a leg kick nicely.
Fetisov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mercer can do to turn this around?
Mercer swats away the attempt to clinch by Fetisov.
Fetisov blocks the body kick.
Mercer moves in looking to clinch but Fetisov pushes him off.
Mercer doesn't manage to clinch there - Fetisov circles away.
Fetisov cracks Mercer with a good jab.
Fetisov lands a nice looking body shot.
Fetisov lands with a nice body punch.
Fetisov misses with the combination.
Mercer doesn't manage to clinch there - Fetisov circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercer tries to clinch there but Fetisov circles away.
Fetisov moves out of range of the body kick from Mercer.
Fetisov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mercer throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Fetisov counters with a leg kick.
Fetisov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mercer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fetisov.
Fetisov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mercer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fetisov attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Stu Mercer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fetisov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fetisov is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Fetisov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fetisov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Fetisov moves into range and clinches up with Mercer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mercer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mercer connects with a knee to the head.
Mercer tries a knee to the head but Fetisov blocks it.
Fetisov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Fetisov dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Mercer moves in looking to clinch but Fetisov pushes him off.
Roman Fetisov is winning the standup battle so far.
Mercer looks to clinch

and Fetisov counters by clinching up.
Fetisov works on Mercer's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mercer tries to land a knee to the head but Fetisov blocks with his arms.
Fetisov misses with a punch to the body.
Fetisov can't find room to land a body shot as Mercer controls the action.
Fetisov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fetisov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fetisov lands a nice shot to the body.
Fetisov scores with a shot to the side of Mercer's head.
Fetisov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
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!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fetisov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Fetisov is trying to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fetisov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mercer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fetisov lands a body punch.
Fetisov lands a hook that snaps the head of Mercer backwards.
Fetisov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fetisov scores with a shoulder strike.
Fetisov controlling the action here for a moment.
Fetisov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fetisov lands a nice shot to the body.
Mercer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fetisov avoiding damage as Mercer throws knees to the body.
Mercer prevents a body shot from Fetisov.
Fetisov gets through Mercer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fetisov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fetisov misses with a body punch.
Fetisov dodges an elbow strike from Mercer.
Fetisov avoiding damage.
Fetisov digs a right hand into Mercer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mercer's gas tank.
A left hand lands to the body for Fetisov.
Mercer prevents a body shot from Fetisov.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fetisov.
Stu Mercer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roman Fetisov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fetisov avoids the elbow strike from Mercer, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fetisov lands a nice shot to the body.
Mercer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fetisov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fetisov tries to throw a body punch but Mercer avoids it by throwing Fetisov back against the cage.
Mercer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mercer throws an elbow that misses.
Mercer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fetisov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mercer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fetisov presses Mercer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fetisov blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercer throws an elbow but it misses.
Fetisov avoiding damage as Mercer throws knees to the body.
Fetisov digs a right hand into Mercer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mercer's gas tank.
Mercer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mercer looking to stall.
Mercer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fetisov avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mercer throws an elbow but misses.
Fetisov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fetisov tries to work over Mercer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fetisov blocks an elbow strike from Mercer.
Fetisov dodges an elbow strike from Mercer.
Mercer tries to land a knee to the head but Fetisov blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fetisov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mercer landing knees to the head.
Mercer content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mercer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A body shot lands from Fetisov.
Fetisov blocks the elbow strike.
Mercer stalling in the clinch but Fetisov improves position.
Mercer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fetisov blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mercer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fetisov's brow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mercer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Good body shot from Fetisov.
Mercer lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Mercer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Fetisov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fetisov 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roman Fetisov!