PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed Hossain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Mercury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hossain comes to the cage accompanied by Ghuraba. Mercury is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Queen - Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hossain
vs
Mercury

189 cm
22
203 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
22
208 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Hell's Balls Fightwear
Takomo

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mohammed Hossain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eddie Mercury!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Hossain.
Mercury checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hossain fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mercury on the side of the head.
Hossain throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mercury looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hossain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hossain throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hossain, right into the meat.
Hossain moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hossain chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A head kick lands from Hossain that sends Mercury to the canvas. Mercury tries to scramble back to his feet but Hossain brings him back down into side control.

Mercury is rocked!

It looks like Eddie Mercury has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hossain tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hossain has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Hossain stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Hossain misses with a head kick.
Hossain pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mercury is out of range and Hossain settles back down.
Hossain swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Mercury scores a takedown into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercury looking to control but Hossain is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hossain is working to get back to half guard.
Mercury landing strikes from the mount.
Hossain is wriggling around trying to escape.
Mercury working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mercury cracks Hossain with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mercury in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hossain is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hossain tries to hold on but Mercury postures up.
Mercury raining down shots from the mount!
Mercury landing strikes from the mount and Hossain is in trouble!
Mercury looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercury landing punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hossain regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hossain works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hossain is looking to stand up but Mercury isn't so interested in that idea.
Hossain is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Hossain manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Hossain buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hossain looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hossain throws a head kick but Mercury moves out of range.
Mercury shoots in for a double leg but Hossain sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hossain chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hossain scoring well with a low kick there.
Hossain tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mohammed Hossain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hossain throws the kick towards the body but Mercury avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossain doesn't manage to clinch there - Mercury circles away.
Hossain scoring well with a low kick there.
Mercury shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mohammed Hossain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Mercury.
Hossain lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mercury's sensitive parts.
Hossain tries to clinch up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hossain tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hossain tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mercury shoots for a double leg takedown but Hossain sprawls well. He's pushed Mercury's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hossain lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mercury shoots in for a double leg but Hossain sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hossain throws a leg kick which misses Mercury's front leg but catches the back leg as Mercury tries to avoid it.
Mercury fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hossain throws a leg kick but Mercury sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Hossain as Mercury shoots in.
Mercury tries for a takedown but Hossain sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mercury shoots for a takedown but Hossain saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hossain fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mercury is out of range.
Mercury takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mercury takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mercury checks a leg kick.
Mercury avoids the head kick by Hossain.
Mercury misses with a takedown attempt - Hossain sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hossain buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Mercury feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Mercury has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mercury is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Mercury scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Hossain is rocked!
Mercury scoring with some ground and pound.
Mercury scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Oh Hossain is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mercury works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hossain seems to have got his legs back now.
Mercury lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mercury lands a nice short elbow.
Ground and pound from Mercury.
Mercury takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mercury lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammed Hossain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Mercury's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mercury fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice shot lands for Hossain.
Nice sprawl there from Hossain as Mercury shoots in.
Hossain throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hossain throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hossain moves forwards but Mercury connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hossain throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hossain pushes Mercury away with a front kick.
Hossain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hossain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mercury manages to avoid it.
Mercury throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hossain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mohammed Hossain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hossain thows a body shot but no joy.
Mohammed Hossain is winning the standup battle so far.
Hossain throws a sloppy head kick and Mercury moves out of range easily.
Hossain cracks the inside of Mercury's front leg.
Hossain throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mercury's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Hossain gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hossain throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossain wants to get back to his feet but Mercury is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hossain wants to sweep here but Mercury controlling him for the moment.

Hossain has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mercury can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hossain looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mercury postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mercury pushes down on Hossain's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Mercury lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mercury scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hossain tries to get to full guard but Mercury has control of the leg.
Eddie Mercury has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mercury working Hossain over with strikes.
Mercury takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Mercury works his way into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercury won't let Hossain get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hossain can't escape the position.
Mercury putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Mercury is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hossain wants to hold on but Mercury pushes him away.
Mercury working the ground and pound effectively.
Mercury with a couple of short strikes.
Mercury loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Hossain scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Mercury land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Mercury stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Mercury!