PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Draper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Mercury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercury has chosen Queen - Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Draper
vs
Mercury

187 cm
21
217 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
215 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Draper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eddie Mercury!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercury tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mercury throws a shot from downtown. Draper moves away and avoids it.
Mercury misses with a straight left.
Draper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mercury moves away.

Mercury scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Mercury throws a strike but Draper avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Mercury throws a strike but Draper rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mercury tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draper prevents Mercury from getting back to his feet.
Mercury pulls Draper in close to prevent any damage.
Draper slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Mercury wants to control but Draper passes easily into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mercury desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Mercury wants to improve his position but Draper is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draper performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mercury trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mercury moves into full guard.
Mercury tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Mercury dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Mercury throws a hook but Draper blocks it.
Draper throws a hook but Mercury avoids it easily.
Draper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mercury sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mercury throws a jab when Draper was well out of range.
Draper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mercury.
Mercury is looking to clinch.
Eddie Mercury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mercury misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draper misses the jab.

Draper has taken the fight to the clinch.
Draper is trying to break the clinch but Mercury has him pressed against the cage.
Mercury working hard to break the clinch.

Mercury gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Draper regains guard.
Draper is trying to control the position but Mercury postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draper keeping moving, preventing Mercury from controlling successfully.
Mercury stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Draper swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mercury throwing strikes from guard but Draper blocks nicely.
Mercury won't allow Draper to sweep him here.
Mercury postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Draper preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mercury working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Draper lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mercury misses with a wild body shot.
Mercury misses the body punch
and Draper counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Don Draper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mercury is breathing heavily.
Draper tests Mercury's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Eddie Mercury has been cut.
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!
Draper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mercury sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mercury thows a left - swing and a miss!
Draper connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mercury's hands.
Draper misses with a hook.
Mercury fails in his attempt to clinch.
Draper scores with a punch to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Draper.
Draper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Draper tries to clinch up.
Draper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mercury wants to clinch but Draper slips to the side
and Draper counters with a nice uppercut.
Mercury throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draper.
Mercury throws a hook but Draper avoids it easily.
Mercury steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Draper.
Mercury uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Draper.
Draper uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mercury.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Draper does it's job there.
Draper circles away from the clinch attempt
and Draper counters with a straight right hand.
Draper throws a lazy right hand but Mercury sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mercury jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Don Draper is winning the standup battle so far.
Mercury throws a hook to the side of Draper's head but Draper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Draper takes a swing at Mercury's ribcage but misses.
Mercury might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mercury slips under a jab from Draper.
Mercury closes the distance looking to clinch
and Draper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Draper dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Mercury's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Mercury throws a hook to the side of Draper's head but Draper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mercury throws a hook to the side of Draper's head but Draper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Draper connects with a crisp jab.
Mercury avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mercury drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Mercury closes the distance and pushes Draper back into the cage.
Draper lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draper.
Mercury lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Draper or not.
A body shot lands from Draper.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draper.
Mercury stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mercury has Draper pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Draper manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Draper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Draper tries to clinch up.
Mercury takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mercury tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Draper counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercury gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mercury keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Draper misses.
Draper moves out of range as Mercury strikes.
Draper tests Mercury's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big left from Draper misses.
Draper just misses with a punch to the body.
Mercury throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draper.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draper misses with a wild body shot.
Mercury misses with a wild body shot.
Draper lands a nice hook to Mercury's body. Mercury takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Draper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mercury can do to turn this around?
Draper tries to clinch but Mercury moves out of range.
Draper jabs Mercury right on the nose. Mercury blinks but takes it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Draper lands a left and a right that send Mercury crashing to the mat, dazed. Draper thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Mercury is rocked!
Mercury throws a jab but it's blocked by Draper.
Draper is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mercury.
Draper with a poor takedown
and Mercury cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Draper waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mercury.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draper throws a shot from downtown. Mercury moves away and avoids it.
Draper misses with a hook. Mercury ducked under it nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mercury, as that shot connected.
Mercury keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Draper.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mercury. Draper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mercury throws a left and a right that both miss
and Draper counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mercury slips under a jab.
Mercury doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mercury takes one to the chin there.
Mercury wants to clinch
and Draper counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mercury on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mercury takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mercury scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mercury wants to clinch.
Draper circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Draper to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mercury throws a lazy right hand but Draper sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Don Draper showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Draper has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Draper!