PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Medieval Mercenary (ranked 1552 p4p, 1505 weight class) and Skjoldr Leifsson (ranked 218 p4p, 210 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mercenary
vs
Leifsson

185 cm
28
165
4 - 1 - 0

179 cm
30
183
12 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Conquer

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Medieval Mercenary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Skjoldr Leifsson!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercenary swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Leifsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mercenary throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Leifsson.
Mercenary takes one on the button.
Mercenary throws a nice looking combination but Leifsson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Leifsson's corner calls for a 1-2. Leifsson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mercenary is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leifsson.
Mercenary misses with a wild combination.
Leifsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mercenary paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mercenary throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mercenary swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leifsson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Leifsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mercenary swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Leifsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mercenary throws a series of punches but Leifsson avoids them all with ease.
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!
Mercenary lands with a kick to the temple. Leifsson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mercenary misses the shot to the body.
Mercenary connects with a high kick.

It looks like Skjoldr Leifsson has been cut.
A slow jab from Mercenary misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leifsson misses with an uppercut.
Leifsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mercenary throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Leifsson counters with a one-two to the body.
Mercenary thuds a left hand into Leifsson's body.
Mercenary lands a right hook to the body.
Leifsson connects with a body shot.
Leifsson throws a jab when Mercenary was well out of range.
Medieval Mercenary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leifsson throws a sloppy head kick and Mercenary moves out of range easily.
Leifsson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mercenary throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Mercenary lands an impressive looking overhand right. Leifsson doesn't seem phased though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mercenary lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Leifsson is looking to clinch.
Mercenary loads up on a big right hand but Leifsson slips the punch.
Mercenary fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mercenary misses with a leg kick
and Leifsson counters with a good low kick that Mercenary was not able to check.
Mercenary lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mercenary darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mercenary misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leifsson.
Leifsson lands with an uppercut that bounces Mercenary off the cage and back into range.
Leifsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mercenary sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mercenary is looking to wear down Leifsson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice defenses there by Leifsson.
Leifsson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mercenary on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A jab from Leifsson misses.
Leifsson lands a leg kick that knocks Mercenary off balance momentarily.

Leifsson moves into the clinch.
Mercenary blocking some punches.
Mercenary swings wildly with an uppercut but Leifsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mercenary tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercenary misses with some punches.
Leifsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mercenary's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leifsson.
Mercenary pushes off an throws an elbow but Leifsson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Leifsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Mercenary.
Mercenary misses with some punches.
Leifsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mercenarys head.
Leifsson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mercenary misses with some punches.
Leifsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mercenary gets through Leifsson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mercenary lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Leifsson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Leifsson misses with the head strike.
Mercenary trying to land knees to the body.
Mercenary tries a knee to the head but Leifsson blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leifsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mercenary misses with a body punch.
Leifsson lands a left hand.
Mercenary lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Leifsson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson fails to pull guard.
Mercenary struggles to land a body shot inside as Leifsson controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mercenary.
Leifsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Leifsson misses with some punches.
Leifsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Leifsson can't find room to land a body shot as Mercenary controls the action.
Mercenary working aggressively here.
Leifsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mercenary's elbow.
Mercenary lands a right hand that snaps the head of Leifsson backwards.
Leifsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mercenary's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Leifsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mercenary blocks an uppercut.
Leifsson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mercenary to keep the fight standing.
A left hand lands to the body for Mercenary.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Mercenary.
Mercenary blocks an uppercut.
Mercenary comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mercenary.
Mercenary fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Leifsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Medieval Mercenary dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Skjoldr Leifsson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Leifsson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mercenary takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mercenary goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mercenary throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Leifsson avoids a kick to the body.
Leifsson unleashes a big counter combination but Mercenary bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A jab lands there for Leifsson.
Sloppy strikes from Mercenary. Those never looked like landing.
Leifsson looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
A combination from Mercenary does no damage.
Mercenary cracks a nice hook into Leifsson's ribs.
Leifsson lands a front kick.
Leifsson misses with a right hand
and Mercenary counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mercenary circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mercenary throws a quick counter head kick but Leifsson was just out of range.
Mercenary ducks under a wild hook from Leifsson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mercenary. Leifsson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mercenary throws a body punch but Leifsson moves out of range.
Mercenary misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercenary blocks a head kick by Leifsson.
Mercenary misses the shot to the body.
Leifsson tries to bum rush Mercenary with a series of wild strikes but Mercenary uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mercenary scores with a sloppy right hand. Leifsson should have avoided that one.
Mercenary throws a head kick that misses.
Leifsson looks to land a left hand but Mercenary moved out of range nicely.
Mercenary is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Leifsson can do to turn this around?
Leifsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Leifsson throws a body punch but Mercenary moves out of range.
Mercenary avoids a kick to the body.
Leifsson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mercenary throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Leifsson.
Mercenary throws a leg kick but Leifsson checks it.
Leifsson misses with a two punch combination.
Leifsson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Mercenary lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercenary will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mercenary misses with a two punch combination.
Mercenary swings away with a body shot that misses
and Leifsson counters with a straight right hand.
Mercenary just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Leifsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Leifsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Mercenary swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Leifsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mercenary connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Leifsson's hands.
Mercenary lands a jab to the nose.
Leifsson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mercenary keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Medieval Mercenary is winning the standup battle so far.
Mercenary tries a head kick but it misses.
Leifsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Mercenary wants to land a leg kick but Leifsson is out of range.
Leifsson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mercenary is able to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson tries to bum rush Mercenary with a series of wild strikes but Mercenary uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mercenary swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mercenary throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mercenary throws an overhand right that lands on Leifsson's shoulder, as Leifsson tries to avoid the shot.

Leifsson forces Mercenary back against the cage and clinches.
Mercenary misses with a punch on the inside.
Medieval Mercenary has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mercenary doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Leifsson can't find room to land a body shot as Mercenary controls the action.
Leifsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Leifsson on the inside.
A short right from Mercenary on the inside.
Mercenary lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mercenary working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mercenary throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Leifsson takes an elbow to the temple.
Mercenary misses with an elbow over the top.
Mercenary misses with the head strike.
Mercenary creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Leifsson's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leifsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Leifsson lands a hook that snaps the head of Mercenary backwards.
Mercenary misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Leifsson.
Mercenary makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Leifsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mercenarys head.
Mercenary looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mercenary misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mercenary lands a left hand.
Leifsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mercenary or not.
A nice right hand lands inside from Leifsson.
Leifsson is leaning against Mercenary and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Leifsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mercenary's elbow.
Mercenary blocking some punches.
Leifsson pushes Mercenary back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mercenary misses with a body punch.
Leifsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leifsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mercenary pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Leifsson blocks the elbow strike.
Leifsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Leifsson lands with a left to the head.
Leifsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Leifsson managing to block the knees to the body from Mercenary.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Medieval Mercenary will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Skjoldr Leifsson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Leifsson throws a body punch but Mercenary moves out of range.
Leifsson throws a right hand that misses
and Mercenary connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Leifsson throws a leg kick which misses Mercenary's front leg but catches the back leg as Mercenary tries to avoid it.
Mercenary rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Leifsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mercenary showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leifsson.
Mercenary throws a big counter combination but Leifsson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Mercenary throws a leg kick
and Leifsson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Leifsson clinches up with Mercenary and pushes him back against the cage.
Mercenary lands an uppercut.
A short right from Leifsson.
Mercenary connects with a knee to the head.

Leifsson manages to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Leifsson has his foot on Mercenary's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mercenary works his way back into a safe position though.
Leifsson has control of Mercenary's left arm, preventing Mercenary from doing any damage.

Mercenary gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercenary scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mercenary fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mercenary swats away the attempt to clinch by Leifsson.
Mercenary lands with a nice body punch.
Leifsson misses with a leg kick.
Leifsson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Good exchange - Leifsson coming out on top.
Leifsson delivers a nice body kick.
Mercenary tries to land a front kick but Leifsson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mercenary looks to score with a jab to the body but Leifsson is just out of range.
Leifsson connects with a solid leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Mercenary
and Leifsson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Leifsson tries to clinch up.
Skjoldr Leifsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Leifsson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mercenary 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.

Leifsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Mercenary has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Leifsson throws a head punch that misses.
Leifsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Mercenary uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for Leifsson.
A body shot lands from Mercenary.
A left hand lands to the body for Leifsson.
Mercenary tries to land knees in the clinch but Leifsson avoids the damage to the body.
Leifsson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mercenary walks away with a smile on his face. Leifsson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Leifsson throws a lazy right hand but Mercenary sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mercenary misses with a straight left.
Leifsson shapes to counter with a head kick.
Mercenary circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mercenary throws a series of punches but Leifsson moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Leifsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Mercenary misses the target.
Mercenary throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercenary feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Leifssons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mercenary getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mercenary misses with a series of wild punches.
Mercenary jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mercenary tries a head kick but it misses.
Mercenary thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Leifsson if he has to take too many more of those.
Mercenary misses the jab.
Mercenary misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Medieval Mercenary is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Leifsson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Leifsson throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Mercenary counter with a right hand.
Leifsson defending well as Mercenary loads up on a big left hand.
Leifsson throws a counter combo.
Leifsson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Leifsson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Leifsson missing with a left hand there. Mercenary was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Mercenary is just out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leifsson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Leifsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mercenary is looking to counter with a body kick.
Mercenary scores with a nice strike.
Leifsson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mercenary throws a combination that misses
and Leifsson counters with a straight right hand.
Leifsson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Leifsson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Donk. Leifsson catches Mercenary right on the button with a cross.
Mercenary moves out of range as Leifsson strikes.
Mercenary was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mercenary tries a head kick but it misses.
Leifsson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Mercenary is rocked!
Leifsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mercenary sees it coming and avoids it easily.

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 Medieval Mercenary.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mercenary, 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Medieval Mercenary!
After the big win, Medieval Mercenary made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors KOMBAT KLOTHING and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.