PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Ragout Mendy (ranked 1789 p4p, 3075 weight class) and Tayaen Porfirigo (ranked 231 p4p, 376 weight class). Tayaen Porfirigo will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Mendy
vs
Porfirigo

188 cm
34
178
24 - 19 - 0

185 cm
26
178
5 - 19 - 0

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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 24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pierre Ragout Mendy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tayaen Porfirigo!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Porfirigo tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Mendy defends well and Porfirigo ends up having to push Mendy into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Porfirigo tries to sprawl but Mendy drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mendy connects with a nice short shot to Porfirigo's temple.
Mendy is nestled in close to Porfirigo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Mendy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mendy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Mendy in particular looking to stall.
Nice strikes from Mendy there.
Mendy controlling the action here.
Mendy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mendy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Porfirigo is refusing to be controlled, as Mendy sits in half guard.
Porfirigo is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've been hearing that Mendy has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Mendy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Porfirigo is trying to stand up here but Mendy is controlling him well.
Mendy wants to control but Porfirigo is keeping him busy.
Mendy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mendy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mendy lands strikes from half guard.
Porfirigo is looking to control Mendy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Porfirigo avoid being mounted?
Porfirigo wants to get back to his feet.
Porfirigo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mendy performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mendy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mendy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Porfirigo trying to hold on to Mendy's head to control him but Mendy postures up.
Mendy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mendy controlling the action here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Porfirigo has hold of Mendy's hands but Mendy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mendy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mendy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porfirigo throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Porfirigo wants to control but Mendy is keeping busy.
Mendy takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Porfirigo felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Mendy working over Porfirigo with some ground and pound. Porfirigo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mendy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Porfirigo is trying to get back to full guard.
Porfirigo is not content to let Mendy control the position.
Mendy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Porfirigo trying to control from the bottom.
Mendy slips a nice elbow through Porfirigo's hands, connecting with Porfirigo's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendy wants to take a breather but Porfirigo is having none of it.

Mendy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Mendy is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mendy cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Porfirigo taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Mendy.
Mendy with the ground and pound from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Porfirigo is looking to improve his position but Mendy isn't that keen on the idea.
Mendy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Porfirigo is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Ragout Mendy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Porfirigo takes one to the chin there.
Porfirigo shoots in and drives through. Mendy sprawls well.
Porfirigo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mendy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Porfirigo can do to turn this around?
Mendy throws a shot from downtown. Porfirigo moves away and avoids it.
Mendy swings widly with a right hand
and Porfirigo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Porfirigo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Porfirigo is looking for a takedown.
Porfirigo wants a takedown but no success here.
Pierre Ragout Mendy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tayaen Porfirigo.
Porfirigo is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Porfirigo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Porfirigo tries to close the distance and clinch but Mendy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Porfirigo is defended easily by Mendy.
Mendy feinted with a counter takedown.
Porfirigo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mendy tries to avoid it but Porfirigo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mendy to the ground. Mendy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porfirigo tries to clinch but Mendy moves out of range.
Mendy stuffs the takedown.
Porfirigo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Mendy is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Porfirigo's half guard.
Mendy working over Porfirigo with some ground and pound. Porfirigo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mendy stops Porfirigo from getting back to his feet.
Mendy perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mendy is thwarting Porfirigo's attempts to control the position.
Mendy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mendy content to control rather than advance.
Mendy is trying to control. Porfirigo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendy trying to control the pace.
Mendy is nestled in close to Porfirigo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Porfirigo is looking to escape.
Porfirigo has hold of Mendy's hands but Mendy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Porfirigo works his way to full guard. Good work.
Porfirigo controls Mendy momentarily but Mendy frees himself.
Mendy scoring with punches to the head and body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendy trying to control the position from guard on top but Porfirigo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Porfirigo working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mendy won't allow Porfirigo to sweep him here.
Porfirigo looking to control.
Mendy looking to sit in guard and control but Porfirigo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Porfirigo trying to control the position from guard on top but Mendy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mendy managing to control the position.
Porfirigo stopping the sweep attempt from Mendy.
Porfirigo controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendy pulls Porfirigo in close to prevent any damage.
Mendy 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.
Mendy controlling the position.
Porfirigo wants to get up but he can't break Mendy's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mendy shoots for a takedown but Porfirigo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Porfirigo tries to clinch but Mendy is having none of it.
Mendy misses the shot to the body.
Mendy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Ragout Mendy dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Decent striking displayed by Mendy there.
Porfirigo tries to clinch there but Mendy circles away.

Mendy closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Porfirigo quickly recovers to half guard.
Mendy is trying to control the action in half guard but Porfirigo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mendy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Porfirigo's head.
Porfirigo wants to get back to his feet.
Porfirigo tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Mendy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Porfirigo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Mendy seems to be working for a kimura but Porfirigo defends the submission attempt.
Mendy prevents Porfirigo from improving his position.
Pierre Ragout Mendy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Porfirigo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendy lands strikes from half guard.
Mendy winds up and cracks Porfirigo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mendy working over Porfirigo with some ground and pound. Porfirigo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Porfirigo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mendy is working away from the top position though.
Porfirigo taking some punishment here, with Mendy in his half guard.
Porfirigo is still in real trouble! Can Mendy finish him?
Mendy trying to control the action but Porfirigo is working from the bottom.
Porfirigo seems to have recovered his senses.

Porfirigo actively working from the bottom here.
Mendy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mendy performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Mendy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porfirigo taking some punishment here, with Mendy in his half guard.
Porfirigo taking some punishment here, with Mendy in his half guard.
Porfirigo trying to hold on to Mendy's head to control him but Mendy postures up.
Mendy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mendy looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Mendy throwing shots but Porfirigo is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendy lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Mendy seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Porfirigo for as long as he can get away with.
Porfirigo moves into full guard.
Porfirigo looking to control.
Mendy lands a couple of digs.
Mendy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mendy throwing strikes but missing.
Porfirigo keeping moving, preventing Mendy from controlling successfully.
Mendy showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Porfirigo controls Mendy momentarily but Mendy frees himself.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendy is working Porfirigo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Porfirigo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mendy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Porfirigo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Porfirigo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Porfirigo controlling Mendy's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Porfirigo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pierre Ragout Mendy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mendy, 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:26
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:26
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pierre Ragout Mendy!
Pierre Ragout Mendy gave a mention to Altitude Clothing in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
Tayaen Porfirigo was interviewed post fight and said 'Now, I will kill myself...'.