PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Prince Almighty Great No Mercy (ranked 3160 p4p, 369 weight class) and Hector Zorba (ranked 2779 p4p, 334 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Almighty Great No Mercy
vs
Zorba

194 cm
26
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
20
220 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Aspire Nutrition
Perkele!

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Prince Almighty Great No Mercy !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hector Zorba!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Bruno Hogan and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No Mercy tries to clinch but Zorba moves away
and Zorba counters with a right hand to the body.
No Mercy tries to clinch up but Zorba circles away and keeps his distance.
Zorba swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Zorba keeps the fight on the outside.
Zorba is looking for the big counter here.

No Mercy moves into the clinch.
No Mercy has Zorba pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Zorba manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
No Mercy is working for takedown but Zorba is calmly controlling the position for now.
No Mercy is trying to drag Zorba to the mat but Zorba just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Prince Almighty Great No Mercy . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zorba has had enough of the clinch but No Mercy keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No Mercy goes for a takedown in the clinch but Zorba prevents it.
No Mercy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Zorba fights it off and pushes away nicely.
No Mercy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zorba counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Prince Almighty Great No Mercy has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

No Mercy forces Zorba back against the cage and clinches.

No Mercy lands a takedown into guard.
No Mercy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
No Mercy 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.
Zorba looking to control.
No Mercy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zorba looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
No Mercy prevents Zorba from getting back to his feet.
Zorba wants to sweep but no luck.
No Mercy throwing strikes but missing.
Zorba is trying to keep No Mercy in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zorba pulls No Mercy in close to his closed guard and prevents No Mercy from doing any damage or advancing position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Zorba has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as No Mercy is landing a low percentage of strikes.

No Mercy clinches up with Zorba and pushes him back against the cage.
No Mercy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Zorba avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Zorba prevents a takedown attempt there.
Zorba wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Zorba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zorba circles away from the clinch attempt
and Zorba counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No Mercy fails in his attempt to clinch.
No Mercy tries to clinch up but Zorba circles away and keeps his distance.
Zorba looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
No Mercy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Zorba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
No Mercy wants to clinch.
No Mercy tries to clinch but Zorba is having none of it.
It seemed like Zorba was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
No Mercy wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zorba circles away from the clinch attempt.
No Mercy wants to clinch.
No Mercy tries to close the distance and clinch but Zorba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It seemed like Zorba was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
No Mercy moves to clinch but Zorba breaks away
and Zorba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
No Mercy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zorba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zorba looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
No Mercy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Zorba scores with a counter punch that sends No Mercy to the canvas! Zorba smells blood - he's punishing No Mercy with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! No Mercy has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hector Zorba!
A very excited looking Hector Zorba made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.