|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Velcrow Mercades (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kamil Walus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercades comes to the cage accompanied by The Baddest- Krispy Kreme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
 |
|
 |
| 183 cm
25
153 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
|
170 cm
23
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart |
|
BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Velcrow Mercades!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kamil Walus!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercades throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Walus displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mercades.
Mercades fails with a takedown attempt.
Walus walks into a jab.
No joy there for Walus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Walus misses with a few strikes there.
Walus moves into the clinch.
Walus breaks the clinch.
Mercades throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walus.
Walus rushes Mercades and presses him up against the cage.
Mercades wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Velcrow Mercades. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walus manages to break the clinch.
Mercades tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mercades looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Mercades wants to control from the top but Walus keeps moving.
Walus wants to stand up but Mercades is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercades is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mercades has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Walus is proving hard to escape from.
Walus wants to stand and escape but Mercades is having none of it.
Walus is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Mercades wants to pass the guard but Walus is keeping the position.
Mercades throwing strikes from guard but Walus blocks nicely.
Walus wants to stand up but Mercades is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercades wants to get up but he can't break Walus's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Walus is looking to stand up but Mercades isn't so interested in that idea.
Walus looks gassed!
Mercades wants to get up but he can't break Walus's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Walus checks a leg kick nicely.
Mercades shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
so Walus counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mercades keeping moving, preventing Walus from controlling successfully.
Walus seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Walus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercades manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Walus is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Mercades with the ground and pound from mount.
Mercades controlling the pace for now.
Mercades working Walus over with strikes here.
Walus is in a horrible position here. Mercades smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Mercades can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Walus is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mercades cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Mercades 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.
Mercades tries to control but Walus wriggling away.
Walus is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Mercades is landing with some decent strikes but Walus is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mercades postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Walus looks a forlorn figure.
Walus really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mercades. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mercades putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mercades lands a big elbow.
Mercades punishing his opponent with strikes.
Mercades trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Velcrow Mercades dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Walus swinging wildly here.
Mercades closes this distance looking for a takedown but Walus circles away.
Mercades closes this distance looking for a takedown but Walus circles away.
Mercades really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mercades fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Velcrow Mercades. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mercades swats away the attempt to clinch by Walus.
Mercades avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mercades looking to score a takedown here. Walus is defending well but Mercades drives through and ends up in Walus's guard.
Mercades controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Walus is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Mercades is pushing down on Walus's leg trying to pass to half guard. Walus is fighting to maintain full guard but Mercades has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walus pushes Mercades off but Mercades dives into side control.
Mercades tries for a kimura but Walus is defending well.
Walus tries to escape but Mercades is in control.
Walus is breathing heavily.
Mercades lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mercades creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Walus sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Walus bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Walus takes one to the chin there.
Mercades misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Walus checks a leg kick.
Mercades misses with an uppercut.
Walus is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walus stuffs the takedown.
Velcrow Mercades is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walus connects with a nice looking jab.
Mercades dives in and grabs Walus's left leg, looking for a takedown. Walus pushes down on Mercades's head and hops out.
Walus slaps away a takedown attempt from Mercades, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Velcrow Mercades seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walus displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mercades.
Walus gets a clinch.
Walus content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Walus drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mercades gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Walus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walus tries to clinch but Mercades moves out of range.
Walus shoots in but Mercades avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mercades doesn't manage to clinch there - Walus circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercades lands a leg kick that knocks Walus off balance momentarily.
Mercades moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Walus shoots in for a takedown but Mercades shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sloppy strikes from Walus. Those never looked like landing.
Mercades cracks the inside of Walus's front leg.
Mercades shoots in for a takedown but Walus shows good takedown defense.
No joy there for Walus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Walus avoids the body shot from Mercades.
Walus avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Walus is looking to clinch.
Mercades fails with a takedown attempt.
Walus checks a low kick from Mercades.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walus shoots in for a takedown but Mercades shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mercades is looking to score with low kicks.
Walus has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mercades manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Walus on his heels. He'll look to pass Walus's guard now, I'm sure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mercades gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Walus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Horrible takedown by Mercades or perhaps it was just good defense by Walus which made him look bad.
Walus clinches up against the cage.
Mercades is trying to drag Walus to the mat but Walus just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Walus scores with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mercades.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Velcrow Mercades dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Walus stuffs the takedown attempt from Mercades. Mercades gets slowly back to his feet.
Walus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mercades fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mercades fails with a takedown attempt.
Mercades shoots in for a takedown but Walus shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Velcrow Mercades. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walus shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mercades sprawls well. Mercades wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Walus gets slowly back to his feet.
Mercades throws a good cross that connects.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walus wants to clinch.
Mercades looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walus lands a really nice looking cross but Mercades seems unphased.
Walus shoots for a double leg takedown but Mercades sprawls well. He's pushed Walus's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mercades falls off balance throwing a combination
and Walus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Walus.
Walus scores with a shot to the side of Mercades's head.
Walus breaks the clinch.
Walus tries to clinch up but Mercades circles away and keeps his distance.
Walus tries to clinch but Mercades moves out of range.
Mercades works over Walus's head and body with a nice combination.
Mercades throws a series of punches but Walus avoids them all with ease.
Walus scores with a one two! Mercades had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Walus closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mercades to the mat! Mercades manages to get full guard.
Walus trying to control but Mercades is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercades working a defensive guard here.
Walus working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Walus wants to control from the top but Mercades keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walus might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Mercades kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Kamil Walus hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
No joy there for Mercades, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mercades shoots in and gets a takedown into Walus's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walus wants to stand and escape but Mercades is having none of it.
Mercades with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mercades stands and steps away. Walus gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Walus is looking to clinch.
Mercades closes this distance looking for a takedown but Walus circles away.
Walus looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Walus shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mercades misses with a two punch combination.
Walus lands the left hand.
Mercades throws out a leg kick but Walus moves out of range and Mercades only half commits.
Walus checks a leg kick nicely.
Mercades throws a hook but Walus blocks it.
Walus has a takedown stuffed.
Mercades shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walus is trying to stand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mercades is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Walus has managed to free his arm - good work.
Walus pushes Mercades off and gets back to his feet.
Mercades avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mercades manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kamil Walus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mercades fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mercades avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Velcrow Mercades is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mercades paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Mercades. Those never looked like landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Velcrow Mercades.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mercades, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Velcrow Mercades!
Velcrow Mercades thanked the fans post fight for their support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
81% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
