PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Mercury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urho Itaniemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercury comes to the cage accompanied by Queen - Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy. Itaniemi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Volbeat - Still Counting kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Eddie Mercury had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Mercury
vs
Itaniemi

188 cm
23
213 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
208 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Takomo

2KMMA Ultimate Nutrition 144 Quality

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eddie Mercury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Urho Itaniemi!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercury throws a series of punches but Itaniemi moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Itaniemi as Mercury shoots in.
Mercury throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick misses from Itaniemi.
Mercury showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Itaniemi.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mercury.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mercury connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mercury connects with the punch.

Mercury changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Itaniemi looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Mercury has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Mercury lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Itaniemi hang on?
Itaniemi is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Itaniemi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Itaniemi tries to lock up and control but Mercury gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mercury working Itaniemi over with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Itaniemi tries to hold on but Mercury pushes him away.
Mercury 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.
A nice elbow there by Mercury.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercury prevents Itaniemi from getting the reversal.
Itaniemi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Itaniemi somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Mercury takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Itaniemi lands a high kick!
Itaniemi throws a hook to the side of Mercury's head but Mercury sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Itaniemi throws a nice head kick!
Mercury throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi throws a hook but Mercury blocks it.
Itaniemi slips under a jab.
Mercury looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mercury throws a body punch but Itaniemi moves out of range.
Itaniemi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Good shot there by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi looks gassed!
Mercury throws a lazy right hand but Itaniemi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Itaniemi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A swing and a miss from Mercury.
Itaniemi throws a sloppy head kick and Mercury moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi ducks under a wild hook from Mercury.
Itaniemi scores with a nice head shot.
Itaniemi misses with a head kick.
Itaniemi throws a series of punches but Mercury moves out of range.
Itaniemi stuffs the takedown attempt from Mercury. Mercury gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Mercury. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slow jab from Itaniemi misses its intended target.
Mercury takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mercury dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Itaniemi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Mercury.
Mercury connects with a looping right hand.
Mercury shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Itaniemi but Itaniemi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mercury throws a jab when Itaniemi was well out of range.
Mercury fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Itaniemi manages to avoid it.
Mercury takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mercury tries to bum rush Itaniemi with a series of wild strikes but Itaniemi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Itaniemi tries to bum rush Mercury with a series of wild strikes but Mercury uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mercury swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mercury throws a looping overhand right but Itaniemi ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Mercury. Beautiful body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Itaniemi, as that shot connected.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mercury.
Itaniemi looks to score with a jab to the body but Mercury is just out of range.
Itaniemi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Itaniemi falls off balance throwing a combination

and Mercury counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Itaniemi!
Itaniemi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mercury avoids the attempt from Itaniemi to control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Itaniemi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mercury tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Mercury cracks Itaniemi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Itaniemi is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mercury looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Itaniemi is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Mercury landing strikes, looking to finish!
Mercury landing strikes from the mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Itaniemi can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mercury lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Itaniemi tries to hold on but Mercury postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mercury looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mercury scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Itaniemi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Itaniemi sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mercury lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Itaniemi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Mercury dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Itaniemi throws a right hand that Mercury ducks under and follows up with a left that Mercury also avoids with ease.
Mercury uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Itaniemi has time to react.
Itaniemi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Itaniemi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Eddie Mercury has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from Mercury misses the target.
Decent striking displayed by Mercury there.
Itaniemi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Mercury changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Itaniemi looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Itaniemi is trying to control Mercury's posture but Mercury avoids it.
Mercury cracks Itaniemi with a big right hand but Itaniemi just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Mercury lands an elbow.
Eddie Mercury overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mercury lands a nice forearm strike.

Mercury is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Itaniemi is trying to escape and Mercury transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Itaniemi is forced to tap! Nice work there by Mercury! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Eddie Mercury!