PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Stark (ranked 4489 p4p, 3003 weight class) and Dolph Mercury (ranked 506 p4p, 375 weight class). Mercury has chosen Asap ferg - Plain Jane as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Stark
vs
Mercury

195 cm
26
215
1 - 1 - 0

181 cm
26
220
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Dolph Mercury!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercury moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mercury misses with a lunging right hand
and Stark connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mercury falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stark counters with a nice uppercut.
Mercury is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stark.
We've been told by Stark's head coaches at Intergalactic Guerrilla Boxing that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mercury misses with an uppercut
and Stark counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dolph Mercury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stark misses with a hook. Mercury ducked under it nicely.
Mercury staying out of range there.
Mercury tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mercury takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Mercury is rocked!

Mercury clinches up with Stark and pushes him back against the cage.
Stark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mercury.
Stark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
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!
Stark throws a head punch that misses.
Stark avoids the elbow strike from Mercury, against the cage.
Stark blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mercury just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stark's brow.
Stark lands a body punch.
Stark lands with a left to the head.
Stark throws a punch but it's blocked by Mercury.
Mercury blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stark is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Stark misses with a punch on the inside.
Mercury is trying to maintain a safe position but Stark gets an underhook and turns Mercury into the cage.
Stark misses with a body punch.
Mercury has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Stark seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Mercury can turn it around.
Stark misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stark misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stark will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mercury up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Stark as the two fighters clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercury lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Tony Stark has been cut.
Stark blocks an elbow strike from Mercury.
A short body shot lands from Stark as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stark.
Stark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stark.
A shot in the inside from Stark.
A short left from Stark.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stark lands a nice shot to the body.
Mercury throws an elbow that misses.
Stark avoids a wild elbow strike from Mercury.
Stark working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mercury goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mercury misses with the head strike.
Stark lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Mercury - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mercury can't find room to land a body shot as Stark controls the action.
Stark has a couple of punches blocked by Mercury.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stark.
Stark lands with a short shot to the head.
Stark working aggressively here.
A short right from Stark on the inside.
Mercury stalling in the clinch but Stark improves position.
Stark misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stark lands with a left to the head.
Stark throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mercurys head.
Stark lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mercury backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Stark fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercury blocks an uppercut.
Stark gets through Mercury's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mercury blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stark.
Mercury is still on wobbly legs! Can Stark finish him?
Stark lands with a light punch inside.
Mercury throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stark stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stark.
Stark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stark avoids a wild elbow strike from Mercury.
Mercury seems to have recovered his senses.
Stark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mercury blocking some punches.
Stark lands a left hand.
Stark lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Mercury fails to land.
Mercury stalling the fight.
Stark blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Stark dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Stark's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mercury throws a right hand that misses
and Stark counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stark is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mercury can do to turn this around?
Mercury throws an off balance right hand
and Mercury takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stark avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mercury misses with a hook.
Mercury throws a right hand that misses
and Stark scores with a counter punch that sends Mercury to the canvas! Stark smells blood - he's punishing Mercury with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Mercury has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Stark!
Tony Stark tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.