PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stu Mercer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patryk Fox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercer comes to the cage accompanied by Trapt-Still Frame. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mercer
vs
Fox

177 cm
25
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stu Mercer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Patryk Fox!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mercer moves into the clinch.
Fox tries to score a body lock takedown but Mercer shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Fox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mercer prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mercer lands a good knee to the midsection. Fox won't want to take too many of those.
Mercer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Mercer.
Mercer jumps guard but Fox stands there with Mercer around his waist. Mercer gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mercer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fox looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mercer lands a nice knee to the body.
Mercer lands a nice elbow.
Fox takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mercer lands an elbow inside that Fox shrugs off.
Mercer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Mercer.
Mercer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fox in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mercer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mercer digs a right hand underneath Fox's ribcage. Fox let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mercer scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Patryk Fox has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Mercer.
Mercer crunches a lovely knee into Fox's ribcage.
Mercer lands a good knee to the midsection. Fox won't want to take too many of those.
Mercer crunches a lovely knee into Fox's ribcage.

Mercer manages to break the clinch.
Mercer is looking to clinch but Fox is avoiding it.

Mercer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fox, pushing him back against the cage.
Mercer scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mercer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Mercer forces Fox back against the cage and clinches.
Mercer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mercer lands a nice knee to the body.
Mercer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fox.
A knee to the head by Mercer.
Knees to the body from Mercer.
Mercer lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercer lands a knee to the body.
Mercer crunches a lovely knee into Fox's ribcage.
Mercer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mercer.
Mercer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Mercer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mercer pushes Fox up against the cage in a clinch.

Mercer successfully pulls guard.
Fox sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mercer's guard.
Mercer tries to kick Fox off but Fox keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercer is trying to escape back to his feet but Fox uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Fox taking a breather here.
Mercer pushes Fox away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Fox gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Mercer is trying to escape the position but Fox is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mercer wants to get back to his feet but Fox is dominant here and he's now got Mercer's back!
Fox controlling from the back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mercer trying to get back to his feet but Fox is in full control for now.
Fox controlling from the back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stu Mercer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Patryk Fox's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mercer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mercer lands an elbow that stopped Fox in his tracks for a moment.
Mercer displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fox up against the cage.
Mercer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mercer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Mercer.
Mercer lands an elbow just above Fox 's eye.
Fox tries to stall but Mercer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mercer obliges.
Mercer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mercer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mercer moves in looking to clinch but Fox pushes him off.
Fox takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fox circles away from the clinch attempt.

Mercer closes the distance and clinches.
Mercer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mercer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mercer with a knee to the head.
Mercer landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Mercer jumps guard and drags Fox to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Fox trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fox tries to stand but Mercer is controlling from the bottom.
Mercer is looking to stand up but Fox isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fox wants to pass the guard but Mercer is keeping the position.
Mercer wants to stand and escape but Fox is having none of it.

Fox gets to his feet - Mercer follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercer tries to clinch up but Fox circles away and keeps his distance.
Fox keeps the fight on the outside.

Mercer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mercer taking a breather.
Mercer scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Mercer.
Mercer manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mercer scores with a knee to the head.
Fox takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mercer scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Mercer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox letting Mercer take a breather here.
Mercer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Mercer.
Fox takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fox tries to break free but Mercer pushes him back against the cage.
Fox drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mercer lands a nice knee to the body.
Mercer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mercer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mercer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mercer stops a takedown attempt from Fox.
Mercer stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stu Mercer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Patryk Fox's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Fox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mercer is looking to clinch but Fox is avoiding it.
Mercer tries to clinch
and Fox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mercer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mercer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fox paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mercer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Fox counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mercer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mercer was well out of range. Poor timing from Fox.
Mercer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fox manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox fails with the takedown.
Stu Mercer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mercer tries to clinch up but Fox circles away and keeps his distance.
Fox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mercer.
Fox shoots in but Mercer avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mercer moves in looking to clinch but Fox pushes him off.
Mercer moves in looking to clinch but Fox pushes him off.
Mercer tries to clinch up.
Mercer defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fox.
Stu Mercer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patryk Fox.
Mercer fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mercer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mercer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Mercer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mercer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mercer landing knees to the head.
Mercer lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mercer.
Mercer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mercer is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mercer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mercer working Fox over with knees to the body.
Mercer landing knees to the head.
Mercer taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mercer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mercer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mercer unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fox avoids it.
Mercer misses with a knee to the head.
Fox tries to break free but Mercer pushes him back against the cage.
Mercer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mercer lands a damaging elbow.
Fox takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mercer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fox can do to turn this around?
Mercer tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Fox just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mercer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fox is defending well for now.
Fox is trying to force a seperation but Mercer has the dominant position.
Mercer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mercer digs a right hand into Fox's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fox's gas tank.
Mercer stalling in the clinch but Fox improves position.
Mercer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fox's efforts to push away.
Mercer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mercer tries a knee to the head but Fox blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Mercer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fox avoids it.
Fox blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mercer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fox avoids it.
Fox goes for a takedown attempt but Mercer pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Fox circles away from the clinch attempt.
Horrible takedown by Fox or perhaps it was just good defense by Mercer which made him look bad.

Mercer clinches up against the cage.
Mercer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mercer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stu Mercer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fox has had enough of the clinch but Mercer keeps him there for the moment.
Patryk Fox has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stu Mercer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fox misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stu Mercer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mercer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stu Mercer!