PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mbape Smooth (ranked 1653 p4p, 1973 weight class) and Vizual Mercenary (ranked 231 p4p, 263 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smooth
vs
Mercenary

195 cm
23
190
8 - 4 - 0

187 cm
28
187
13 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Conviction

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mbape Smooth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vizual Mercenary!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercenary throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circling - Mercenary throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smooth keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mercenary.

Smooth darts in and clinches Mercenary up against the cage.
Smooth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smooth definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Mercenary swings wildly with an uppercut but Smooth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smooth gets through Mercenary's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Smooth lands with a short shot to the head.
Mercenary blocking some punches.
Smooth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smooth lands with a short shot to the head.

It looks like Vizual Mercenary has been cut.
Smooth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smooth lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Smooth has a couple of punches blocked by Mercenary.
Mercenary tries to break free but Smooth pushes him back against the cage.
Mercenary stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mercenary creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot in the inside from Smooth.
Smooth misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smooth misses with some punches.
Smooth lands a right hand.
Mercenary goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smooth misses with the head strike.
Mercenary lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smooth scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smooth misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smooth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mercenary throws a punch but it's blocked by Smooth.
Smooth swings wildly with an uppercut but Mercenary uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mercenary swings wildly with an uppercut but Smooth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mercenary tries to throw a body punch but Smooth avoids it by throwing Mercenary back against the cage.
Mercenary working aggressively here.
Mercenary doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mercenary blocks an uppercut.
Mercenary throws a punch but it's blocked by Smooth.
Smooth working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Smooth scores with a shot to the side of Mercenary's head.
Smooth makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Mercenary is rocked!
Smooth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mercenary is still on wobbly legs! Can Smooth finish him?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smooth.
Mercenary blocking some punches.
Smooth blocking some punches.
Mercenary seems to have recovered his senses.
Smooth throws a head punch that misses.
Smooth misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mercenary swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short left from Smooth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercenary misses with a punch on the inside.
Smooth lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mercenary.
Smooth throws a punch but it's blocked by Mercenary.
Smooth lands a hook that snaps the head of Mercenary backwards.
Mercenary misses with a punch on the inside.
Smooth throws a head punch that misses.
Smooth throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mercenarys head.
Smooth has a couple of punches blocked by Mercenary.
Smooth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Smooth fails to land.
Mercenary lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smooth or not.
Smooth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smooth misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mercenary misses with the head strike.
Smooth scores with a shot to the side of Mercenary's head.
Smooth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mercenary misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smooth lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Mercenary to his knees! Smooth keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mbape Smooth!
After winning the bout, Mbape Smooth thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.