PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Masaru Hideki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Mercurius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hideki's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I've Just Seen a Face. Mercurius has chosen Amplifier - The Wave as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hideki
vs
Mercurius

172 cm
32
178 lbs
24 - 10 - 2

181 cm
31
180 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hardcore Nutrition
Perkele!

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 24 - 10 - 2, fighting out of London, Masaru Hideki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocky Mercurius!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Mercurius.
Hideki looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hideki slips under a jab.
Hideki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mercurius manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hideki misses with a low kick.
Hideki staying out of range there.
Hideki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hideki throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mercurius on the side of the head.
Mercurius shoots in but Hideki avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mercurius lands with a straight right. Hideki didn't see that one coming.
Hideki misses with a combination
and Mercurius counters with a straight right hand.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hideki.
Mercurius looks to land a left hand but Hideki moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercurius swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mercurius throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mercurius thuds his shin into the meat of Hideki's side.
Mercurius keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Donk. Hideki catches Mercurius right on the button with a cross.
Hideki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mercurius fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hideki is out of range.
Hideki thows a body kick. Mercurius tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mercurius uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hideki has time to react.
Hideki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mercurius.
Mercurius thows a leg kick but Hideki checks it

and Hideki counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hideki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mercurius preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercurius on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mercurius gets full guard.
Mercurius is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Hideki stopping the sweep attempt from Mercurius.
Hideki throwing strikes from guard but Mercurius blocks nicely.
Hideki throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hideki stands up over Mercurius, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mercurius wants to sweep here but Hideki controlling him for the moment.
Hideki postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hideki wants to control from the top but Mercurius keeps moving.
Hideki wants to pass the guard but Mercurius is keeping the position.
Hideki throws a big right hand that misses.
Mercurius wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Hideki trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercurius is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hideki working some strikes from top position.
Hideki preventing the sweep.
Hideki working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hideki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hideki keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mercurius's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mercurius is pulling down on Hideki's head. It's preventing any offense from Hideki, at least for the moment.
Mercurius controls Hideki momentarily but Hideki frees himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hideki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mercurius swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaru Hideki dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mercurius swings for the body but Hideki moves out of range.
Hideki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mercurius moves away from the strike by Hideki.
Hideki punishes Mercurius's body with a nice straight punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Mercurius.
Hideki misses with a low kick as Mercurius jumps back.
Mercurius is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hideki.
Mercurius dives in and grabs Hideki's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hideki pushes down on Mercurius's head and hops out.
Mercurius chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hideki can pounce on him.
Hideki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mercurius looks to score with a jab to the body but Hideki is just out of range.
Mercurius throws a low kick but Hideki avoids it.
Mercurius feints and then cracks Hideki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hideki down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercurius misses with a leg kick

and Hideki counters with a nice double leg into side control. Mercurius won't be happy with that.
Hideki lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hideki misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Mercurius is trying to get back to half guard.
Mercurius is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hideki working the head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mercurius is looking to reverse the position.
Hideki scoring with punches and elbows.

Hideki tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hideki working the head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hideki trying to control the position but Mercurius is working away.
Hideki throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Mercurius takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Mercurius is trying to improve his position.
Hideki working the ground and pound but Mercurius is defending the strikes.
The strikes coming from Hideki are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Hideki grinds an elbow into Mercurius's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercurius tries to bench press Hideki off him but Hideki keeps the position.
Hideki working the body and head with strikes.

Mercurius is rocked!
Mercurius manages to get back to half guard.
Mercurius is still in real trouble! Can Hideki finish him?
Mercurius is looking to control Hideki's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mercurius avoid being mounted?
Hideki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hideki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hideki tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mercurius knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Mercurius wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mercurius seems to have recovered his senses.
Hideki passes the guard and advances to mount!
Hideki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mercurius is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hideki tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hideki is landing with some decent strikes but Mercurius is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Mercurius sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Hideki throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hideki trying to control from half guard but Mercurius is working away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mercurius is holding on to half guard well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaru Hideki dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Hideki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mercurius finds it's way round the side to connect with Hideki's head.
Hideki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mercurius throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hideki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mercurius. That did some damage!
Mercurius shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hideki defends it nicely.
Mercurius throws a leg kick

so Hideki counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hideki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mercurius is keeping the position for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mercurius looking to control.
Hideki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hideki is looking to work some ground and pound but Mercurius has wrist control.
Masaru Hideki overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mercurius wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki throws a big right hand that misses.
Hideki throws a big right hand that misses.
Mercurius controlling the position.
Hideki trying to control but Mercurius is working from the bottom.
Mercurius not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hideki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mercurius controlling the position.
Hideki throws a big elbow that misses.
Hideki is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hideki landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hideki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hideki throwing strikes from guard but Mercurius blocks nicely.
Hideki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mercurius looking to control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hideki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mercurius swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mercurius working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hideki.
Mercurius trying to keep a closed guard but Hideki is proving a slippery customer.
Mercurius working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hideki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercurius is trying to control the position but Hideki postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hideki's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hideki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mercurius is looking to stand back up but Hideki counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Mercurius.
Mercurius is trying to get back to full guard.
Hideki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mercurius can do to turn this around?
Hideki trying to mount his opponent but Mercurius defends it.
Hideki is working hard here to advance position.
Masaru Hideki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hideki performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Mercurius trying to control from the bottom.
Rocky Mercurius has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hideki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hideki looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hideki passes to full mount!
Mercurius is trying to escape the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mercurius chipping away with body shots but they're not going to hurt Hideki.

And that's the end of the fight!
Masaru Hideki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hideki, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masaru Hideki!
Masaru Hideki decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.