PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Freddie Mercury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Potatos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercury comes into the arena with Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Potatos's choice of entrance music: Just Another Victim by Helmet&House of Pain. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jack Potatos enters the cage!

Mercury
vs
Potatos

225 cm
26
263 lbs
14 - 2 - 1

197 cm
30
260 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

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 14 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Freddie Mercury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Potatos!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potatos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mercury as he jumps to the side.
Mercury dodges the punch combination from Potatos.
Potatos throws a body punch but Mercury moves out of range.
Mercury checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mercury throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Potatos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mercury misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mercury jabs Potatos right on the nose. Potatos blinks but takes it well.
Potatos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mercury was well out of range. Poor timing from Potatos.
Mercury connects with a right hand. Potatos shakes it off.
Mercury really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mercury lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mercury.
Mercury takes a swing at Potatos's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Mercury.
Mercury is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Mercury misses with a leg kick
and Potatos counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercury with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Potatos throws a low kick but Mercury moves out of range easily.
Potatos scores with a jab to the body.
Freddie Mercury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
An inside leg kick from Potatos misses.
Potatos throws a sloppy head kick
and Mercury counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Potatos throws a body punch but Mercury moves out of range.
Potatos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mercury. Mercury obviously looking to wear him down.
An inside leg kick from Mercury misses.
Freddie Mercury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mercury throws a body punch but Potatos moves out of range.
Potatos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Potatos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Potatos moves away from the strike by Mercury.
Potatos looks to score with a jab to the body but Mercury is just out of range.
Mercury moves away from the strike by Potatos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercury thuds a left hand into Potatos's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good work by Mercury as he checks the leg kick.
Potatos connects with a body shot that sends Mercury's belly button to the back.
Mercury slips under a jab.
Mercury misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mercury scores with a leg kick.
Mercury wants to land a leg kick but Potatos is out of range.
Potatos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mercury eats them both and turns towards Potatos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Freddie Mercury has been cut.
Mercury digs a good body shot into Potatos's ribs.
Potatos blocks a low kick nicely.
Good leg kick by Potatos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Potatos misses the shot to the body.
Potatos is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mercury rather than just go for the knockout.
Mercury just misses with a punch to the body.
Mercury throws a chopping leg kick but Potatos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercury swings for the body but Potatos moves out of range.
Potatos misses with a hook. Mercury ducked under it nicely.
Potatos is looking to chop away at Mercury's legs.
Mercury plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mercury fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Potatos is out of range.
Potatos misses with a body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Mercury as Potatos shoots in.
Mercury scores with a head kick. Potatos tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Potatos throws a lazy uppercut
and Mercury counters with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice cross by Potatos.
Potatos steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mercury. That one must have hurt.
Potatos looks winded!
Potatos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice defenses there by Mercury.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mercury.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potatos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mercury throws a head kick that half lands.
Potatos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mercury.
Mercury ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mercury buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mercury chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mercury getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mercury walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Potatos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mercury throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Potatos looks to throw the jab but Mercury is out of range.
Mercury attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Potatos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mercury manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddie Mercury dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Freddie Mercury's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Potatos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A bone on bone clash there as Potatos blocks the leg kick.
Potatos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mercury's calf.
Mercury just misses with a punch to the body.
Mercury thows a body kick. Potatos tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Potatos throws a sloppy body shot
and Mercury counters with an outside leg kick.
Potatos blocks a head kick by Mercury.
Mercury throws a sloppy head kick and Potatos moves out of range easily.
Mercury avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mercury is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mercury throws a low kick but it's checked well by Potatos.
That kick from Mercury tenderised Potatos's leg. Potatos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mercury with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mercury throws a front kick aimed at Potatos's knee but Potatos avoids it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Potatos. That's going to slow Mercury down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potatos throws the left hand but Mercury avoids the punch easily.
Mercury scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Potatos is breathing heavily.

Potatos closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Mercury's guard.
Mercury keeping moving, preventing Potatos from controlling successfully.
Mercury 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.
Potatos trying to control the position from guard on top but Mercury is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Potatos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mercury will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mercury is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potatos throws a strike but Mercury rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Potatos is on top in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Potatos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mercury keeping moving, preventing Potatos from controlling successfully.
Mercury working a defensive guard here.
Potatos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potatos won't allow Mercury to sweep him here.
Potatos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Potatos chips away with some ground and pound.
Potatos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mercury's head.
Mercury keeping moving, preventing Potatos from controlling successfully.
Potatos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Potatos is in close to Mercury's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Potatos being controlled here momentarily.
Potatos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Potatos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Potatos wants to control from the top but Mercury keeps moving.
Potatos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mercury can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Potatos controls the pace.
Potatos throwing strikes but missing.
Potatos scoring with some ground and pound.
Potatos with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mercury working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Potatos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Freddie Mercury's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Mercury tries a head kick but it misses.
Mercury takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mercury pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Potatos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Potatos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mercury's waist but Mercury gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Potatos off to one side.
Mercury does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Potatos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Potatos avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Freddie Mercury is winning the standup battle so far.
Potatos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Potatos is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Mercury moves out of range as Potatos strikes.
Potatos checks a leg kick.
Mercury swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Potatos counters with a straight right hand.
Nice defenses there by Mercury.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercury looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mercury fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Potatos manages to avoid it.
Mercury throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mercury does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Potatos scores with a sloppy right hand. Mercury should have avoided that one.

Freddie Mercury's cut is getting worse.
Nice jab there from Potatos.
Potatos misses with a low kick.
Mercury swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mercury throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Potatos throws a series of punches but Mercury moves out of range.
Mercury is looking to slow Potatos down with leg kicks.
Mercury checks a leg kick.
Potatos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Potatos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mercury has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mercury and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A shot to the body from Potatos misses
and Mercury counters with a right hand to the body.
Potatos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Potatos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mercury throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mercury feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Potatoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mercury throws a sloppy head kick and Potatos moves out of range easily.
Potatos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mercury.
Potatos lands a lovely overhand right.
Mercury lands a nice looking kick to the body. Potatos takes a step back to recover.
Mercury slips under a jab from Potatos.
Mercury tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Potatos is able to avoid easily.
A low kick from Potatos is predictable there
letting Mercury counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercury throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mercury blocks a jab.
Mercury feints and then cracks Potatos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Potatos down.
Mercury explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Potatos moves out of range of the body kick from Mercury.
Mercury 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.
Mercury throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mercury throws a hook but Potatos blocks it.
Mercury throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mercury throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mercury does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mercury blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercury moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Mercury finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mercury buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Potatos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mercury checks a leg kick.
Potatos scoring well with a low kick there.
Mercury throws a chopping leg kick but Potatos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mercury misses with a body kick.
Good exchange - Mercury coming out on top.
Mercury keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mercury throws a head kick that half lands.
Mercury throws a head kick that misses.
Potatos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Potatos bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

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 Freddie Mercury.
I think Mercury 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddie Mercury!