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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacopo Faithful (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stu Mercer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Faithful might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Be Faithful. Mercer has chosen Dirty deeds done dirt cheap AC/DC as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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265 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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252 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacopo Faithful!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Stu Mercer!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercer scores with a jab to the head.
Mercer closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Faithful to the mat! Faithful manages to get full guard.
Mercer lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Faithful working a defensive guard here.
Mercer stops Faithful from standing up.
Mercer scoring with punches to the head and body.
Faithful looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mercer puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Mercer landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Faithful is looking to control Mercer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Faithful avoid being mounted?
Mercer seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mercer stands up out of the half guard.
Faithful misses with a combination
and Mercer counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mercer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faithful is trying to keep Mercer in close.
Mercer preventing the sweep.
Mercer postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mercer controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Mercer working some strikes from top position.
Faithful is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Faithful can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Mercer controls the pace.
Mercer looking to pass the guard.
Faithful looking for a sweep. Not yet Faithful, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mercer sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Mercer must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Mercer gets to his feet. Faithful looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Faithful misses with a wild body shot.
Faithful swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Faithful. Mercer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mercer closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Faithful is in trouble now - Mercer has advanced to mount!
Faithful wants to get back to his feet.
Faithful definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercer takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Mercer punishing his opponent with strikes.
Faithful is looking to get to half guard.
Mercer controlling his opponent.
Mercer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
It looks like Jacopo Faithful has been cut.
Mercer raining down hammerfists from mount.
Faithful is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Faithful is working hard here to advance position.
Mercer landing strikes from the mount.
Faithful is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faithful is trying to escape the mount.
Mercer is landing with some decent strikes but Faithful is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oh Faithful is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jacopo Faithful's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Mercer controlling his opponent.
Mercer lands a big shot to the head and Faithful winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Stu Mercer!
Stu Mercer took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry) for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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