PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Medieval Mercenary (ranked 21560 p4p, 3788 weight class) and Adlartok Chizutere (ranked 552 p4p, 444 weight class). Chizutere has chosen Choices And Mistakes as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Mercenary
vs
Chizutere

185 cm
36
165
11 - 16 - 2

172 cm
26
141
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 16 - 2, fighting out of New York, Medieval Mercenary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adlartok Chizutere!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercenary fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've been told by Mercenary's head coaches at Blood and Iron Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mercenary has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mercenary there as he acknowledges the shot.
Chizutere scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mercenary throws a jab but it's blocked by Chizutere.
Mercenary throws a lazy right hand but Chizutere sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mercenary keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chizutere missing with a left hand there. Mercenary was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chizutere fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mercenary connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mercenary slips under a jab from Chizutere.
Mercenary throws a leg kick which misses Chizutere's front leg but catches the back leg as Chizutere tries to avoid it.
Mercenary uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chizutere.
Chizutere staying out of range there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mercenary throws a series of punches but Chizutere moves out of range.
Chizutere throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mercenary throws a body shot but no joy.
Chizutere lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mercenary looks to score with a jab to the body but Chizutere is just out of range.
Chizutere lands a nice hook to Mercenary's body. Mercenary takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chizutere misses the jab.
Chizutere lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Chizutere takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Chizutere walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A telegraphed right hand from Mercenary misses the target.
Mercenary slips a straight right by Chizutere.
Mercenary throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Chizutere stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mercenary thuds a left hand into Chizutere's body.
A swing and a miss from Chizutere.
Chizutere walks into a straight right hand from Mercenary.
Mercenary tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chizutere was well out of range. Poor timing from Mercenary.
Mercenary ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chizutere lands a glancing blow to the side of Mercenary's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mercenary misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chizutere misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mercenary.
Mercenary lands with a shot to the body.
Mercenary takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chizutere throws a jab when Mercenary was well out of range.
Chizutere lands a jab.
Mercenary throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mercenary is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mercenary misses with a right hand
and Chizutere cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Mercenary is rocked!
Chizutere keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Oh Mercenary is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mercenary uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chizutere.
Mercenary seems to have got his legs back now.
Chizutere 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.
Jab, jab by Chizutere - just one landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mercenary. Chizutere does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chizutere looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chizutere swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mercenary swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mercenary lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mercenary throws a series of punches but Chizutere avoids them all with ease.
Mercenary swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mercenary throws an overhand right that lands on Chizutere's shoulder, as Chizutere tries to avoid the shot.
Chizutere keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chizutere is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mercenary had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Mercenary blocks a jab.
As Chizutere backs away, Mercenary returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Mercenary takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chizutere jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chizutere takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mercenary fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chizutere manages to avoid it.
Mercenary scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd cheers as Chizutere lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mercenary doesn't seem phased though.
A punch lands to the side of Mercenary 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chizutere misses with a straight left.
Mercenary misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chizutere appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Chizutere chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mercenary can pounce on him.
A head kick by Mercenary misses
and Chizutere counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chizutere lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mercenary ducks under a wild hook from Chizutere.
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!
Good standup being displayed there by Chizutere as he connects with a hook.
Mercenary uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chizutere.
Mercenary ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mercenary swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Chizutere connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mercenary's hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chizutere moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mercenary throws a jab when Chizutere was well out of range.
A big left from Chizutere misses.
Mercenary throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Mercenary pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Mercenary misses.
Mercenary pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mercenary lands with an uppercut that bounces Chizutere off the cage and back into range.
Mercenary ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chizutere throws a right hand that misses
and Mercenary cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mercenary pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chizutere moves away from the strike by Mercenary.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mercenary swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mercenary looks to land a left hand but Chizutere moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Chizutere misses.
Chizutere comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Adlartok Chizutere will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mercenary moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Adlartok Chizutere has been cut.
Mercenary swings for the body but Chizutere moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Chizutere checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Medieval Mercenary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mercenary misses with a hook
and Chizutere cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mercenary moves away from the strike by Chizutere.
A big left from Mercenary misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Chizutere as he connects with a hook.
The fighters circling - Mercenary throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mercenary swings widly with a right hand
and Chizutere connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chizutere takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Chizutere misses with a looping right.
Mercenary went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Chizutere slips under a jab from Mercenary.
Chizutere throws the left hand but Mercenary avoids the punch easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mercenary avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mercenary fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chizutere manages to avoid it.
Mercenary staying out of range there.
Chizutere moves out of range as Mercenary strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Chizutere misses its intended target.
Chizutere swings for the body but Mercenary moves out of range.
Mercenary was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mercenary throws a lazy right hand but Chizutere sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mercenary on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chizutere catches Mercenary with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mercenary's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Chizutere connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mercenary scrambles back to his feet.
Mercenary misses with an uppercut
and Chizutere cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mercenary looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
and Chizutere counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Mercenary! He's just covering up as Chizutere starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adlartok Chizutere!
After winning the bout, Adlartok Chizutere thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.