PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Mercy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorri Laporte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mercy
vs
Laporte

173 cm
26
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

178 cm
26
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Granite chin

Sun-Tzu

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 Tokyo, Melvin Mercy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorri Laporte!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Dean Styles and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laporte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mercy.
Mercy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mercy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Laporte.

It looks like Jorri Laporte has been cut.
Laporte throws a right and a left that Mercy avoids nicely.
Mercy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mercy throws a head kick that misses.
Mercy misses the shot to the body.
Mercy tries a head kick but it misses.
Laporte with the counter takedown but Mercy avoids it easily.
Laporte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mercy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mercy scores with a sloppy right hand. Laporte should have avoided that one.
Mercy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Laporte blocks a head kick by Mercy.
Laporte misses with a combination
and Mercy makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Laporte really felt that one!

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Mercy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Laporte ducks under a wild hook from Mercy.
Laporte rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mercy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Mercy does no damage.
Mercy misses with a head kick.
Laporte throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mercy throws a head kick that misses.
Melvin Mercy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mercy scores with a nice body kick.
Mercy throws a series of punches but Laporte moves out of range.
Laporte looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mercy tries to bum rush Laporte with a series of wild strikes but Laporte uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laporte shoots in but no luck this time.
Mercy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Laporte throws a right and a left that Mercy avoids nicely.
Mercy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laporte.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mercy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Laporte.
Laporte throws a right hand that Mercy ducks under and follows up with a left that Mercy also avoids with ease.
Mercy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laporte. That did some damage!
Mercy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mercy.
Mercy misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercy throws a series of punches but Laporte avoids them all with ease.
Mercy misses with a series of wild punches.
Mercy is breathing heavily.
A combination from Mercy does no damage.
Laporte misses with the combination.
Mercy misses with a double jab.
Laporte chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mercy can pounce on him.
Laporte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mercy.
Laporte misses with a body kick.
Mercy lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Laporte takes one to the side of the head.
Mercy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Laporte avoids a punch combination nicely.
Laporte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mercy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mercy slips a jab and a cross from Laporte.
Laporte misses with an attempted mid kick.

Laporte darts in and clinches Mercy up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Melvin Mercy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorri Laporte's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mercy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laporte circles away quickly and effectively.
Mercy looks to throw the jab but Laporte is out of range.
Mercy throws a hook but Laporte blocks it.

Laporte fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mercy, pushing him back against the cage.

Mercy breaks from the clinch.
Mercy fails to land with a series of punches.
Laporte scores with the left hand. Mercy knows he should have avoided that one.
Mercy throws a series of punches but Laporte moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mercy cracks Laporte with a good jab.
Mercy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Laporte throws a leg kick but Mercy checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercy tries a head kick but it misses.
Mercy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Laporte lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Laporte tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mercy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mercy lands an overhand right.
Laporte throws a head kick but Mercy moves out of range.
Laporte throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mercy throws a sloppy head kick and Laporte moves out of range easily.
Mercy sets himself, and Laporte steps forward looking for the clinch! Mercy avoids it this time.
Mercy scores with a spinning back kick!
Mercy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laporte can do to turn this around?
No joy there for Laporte, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Laporte throws a series of punches but Mercy avoids them all with ease.
Laporte fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercy misses with a head kick.
Melvin Mercy is winning the standup battle so far.
Laporte tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mercy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mercy was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mercy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Laporte lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Laporte has Mercy up against the cage in a clinch.

Mercy manages to break the clinch.
A big right from Mercy misses.
As Mercy backs off Laporte throws a huge counter combo but Mercy manages to avoid it all.
Mercy lands a leg kick that knocks Laporte off balance momentarily.

Laporte gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mercy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mercy misses the jab.
Mercy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Laporte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Laporte cracks Mercy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mercy misses with a jab to the body
enabling Laporte to counter with a crisp jab.
Mercy misses with a body shot.
Mercy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laporte tries to clinch up but Mercy circles away and keeps his distance.
Mercy appears to be looking for a big counter.
Laporte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mercy.
Melvin Mercy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good leg kick by Mercy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laporte throws a right and a left that Mercy avoids nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mercy.
Mercy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laporte misses with a wild combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mercy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mercy is looking to score with low kicks.
Mercy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laporte pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Mercy back to the cage. Laporte follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Mercy misses with a lunging right hand
and Laporte counters with a left and a right that stings Mercy.
Mercy with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Melvin Mercy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jorri Laporte's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Mercy swinging wildly here.
Mercy tries to bum rush Laporte with a series of wild strikes but Laporte uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Laporte throws a counter combo.
Laporte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mercy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mercy sets himself, and Laporte steps forward looking for the clinch! Mercy avoids it this time.
Mercy tries a head kick but it misses.
Melvin Mercy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laporte has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mercy.
Laporte takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laporte misses with a series of wild punches.
Mercy throws a body punch but Laporte moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercy fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Laporte looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mercy just misses with a punch to the body.
Laporte misses with a two punch combination.
Laporte takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mercy misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Laporte misses.
Mercy misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Laporte throws a series of punches but Mercy moves out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Laporte.
A right-left combo lands from Mercy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laporte blocks a head kick by Mercy.
Laporte swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Laporte throws a series of punches but Mercy avoids them all with ease.
Mercy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Laporte drives through and clinches with Mercy against the cage.

Mercy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercy throws a lazy head kick
and Laporte counters with a three punch combo that has Mercy backing up. Mercy nods at Laporte to acknowledge the strikes.
Laporte throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mercy went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Mercy throws a head kick that misses
and Laporte counters with a one-two to the body.
Laporte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mercy.
Mercy looks for the body kick but Laporte saw that one coming.
Laporte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mercy.
Mercy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mercy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Laporte tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mercy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mercy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Laporte displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercy throws a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laporte misses with a series of wild punches.
Melvin Mercy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Laporte shoots in but Mercy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Laporte slips a jab and a cross from Mercy.
Laporte uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mercy.
Laporte unleashes a big counter combination but Mercy bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mercy needs to keep his hands up - Laporte had a free shot at his head there.
Mercy misses with a head kick.
Laporte lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Jorri Laporte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Laporte clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Melvin Mercy.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mercy, 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Melvin Mercy!