PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Mendonca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Jasper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King Jasper has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Mendonca
vs
Jasper

197 cm
25
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

200 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leonardo Mendonca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, King Jasper!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendonca misses with a low kick.

Jasper has taken the fight to the clinch.

Mendonca breaks from the clinch.
Jasper throws a right and a left that Mendonca avoids nicely.
Jasper moves out of range as Mendonca throws a body kick.
Mendonca fakes the leg kick and cracks Jasper in the body.
Mendonca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jasper is looking to land body kicks.

Jasper scores with a takedown into Mendonca's guard.
Mendonca wants to sweep here but Jasper controlling him for the moment.

Jasper stands up from Mendonca's guard - Jasper perhaps looking for a knockout.
Mendonca throws the kick towards the body but Jasper avoids it.
Mendonca throws a solid leg kick but Jasper takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mendonca.
Jasper blocks a head kick by Mendonca.
Jasper shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mendonca as he avoids it easily.
Mendonca connects with a nice looking jab.

It looks like King Jasper has been cut.
Jasper looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendonca scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice body kick from Mendonca.
Mendonca throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An inside leg kick lands from Mendonca.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendonca misses with a low kick.

Mendonca lands a big head kick that sends Jasper tumbling to the mat! Mendonca takes a step backwards and waves Jasper back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Jasper is rocked!
Jasper chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mendonca can pounce on him.
Mendonca throws a body kick that misses.
Mendonca misses with a low kick as Jasper jumps back.
Mendonca lunges at Jasper with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jasper's hand.
Mendonca goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mendonca uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That has opened up King Jasper's cut even more.
Jasper moves out of range as Mendonca throws a body kick.
Mendonca tries a head kick but it misses.
Jasper doesn't manage to clinch there - Mendonca circles away.
Mendonca throws a wild body kick that Jasper sees coming a mile off.
Leonardo Mendonca is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mendonca fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jasper.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendonca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mendonca throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jasper's head.
Mendonca throws a body kick that misses.
Jasper misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jasper scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Mendonca throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Jasper counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jasper.
Jasper jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mendonca walks away with a smile on his face. Jasper gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Leonardo Mendonca has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of King Jasper.
Jasper moves out of range of the body kick.
Mendonca pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Leonardo Mendonca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jasper shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mendonca defends it nicely.
Jasper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mendonca tries to score with a low kick but Jasper moves his leg out of the way.
Mendonca keeps the fight on the outside.
Mendonca lands a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jasper shoots in looking for a takedown. Mendonca tries to sprawl out of it but Jasper keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mendonca manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jasper stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mendonca.
Mendonca scores with a jab to the body.
Mendonca misses with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Mendonca.
Mendonca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jasper misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mendonca throws a head kick that misses.
Jasper tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mendonca sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jasper somewhat.
Nice sprawl there from Mendonca as Jasper shoots in.
Mendonca lands a nice looking body kick.
Mendonca lands an overhand right.
Mendonca throws a head kick that half lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jasper takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Jasper shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jasper tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jasper wants to control the pace but Mendonca is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo Mendonca dominated that round.
The cut man is working on King Jasper's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mendonca misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jasper tries to clinch up.
Mendonca throws the kick towards the body but Jasper avoids it.
Jasper looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mendonca is fending him off so far but Jasper persists. Nope, Mendonca circles away and we're back to standing.
Mendonca dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jasper. That did some damage!
Mendonca scores with a jab. Jasper acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice body kick from Mendonca.
Mendonca thumps Jasper with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mendonca throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mendonca scoring well with a low kick there.
King Jasper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mendonca misses with a head kick.
Jasper misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mendonca throws a sloppy head kick and Jasper moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mendonca misses with a body kick.

Jasper looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendonca blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jasper.
Mendonca knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jasper on the ground.

Mendonca kicks Jasper off and gets back to his feet.
Mendonca throws a body kick that misses.
Jasper's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jasper wants to clinch up but Mendonca keeps it at a distance.
Mendonca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jasper can do to turn this around?
Jasper takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mendonca looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Jasper shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jasper was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jasper in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jasper throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jasper is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mendonca slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Jasper seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Jasper trying to control from half guard but Mendonca is working away.
Mendonca wants to improve his position but Jasper is controlling well.
Mendonca moves into full guard.
Mendonca is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jasper pushes down on Mendonca's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Mendonca is looking to control Jasper's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mendonca avoid being mounted?
Jasper slows the pace down in half guard.
Mendonca is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jasper looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jasper trying to mount his opponent but Mendonca defends it.
Jasper seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mendonca does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mendonca controlling the position for now.
Jasper misses with a head shot. Mendonca uses the momentum to regain guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Mendonca manages to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo Mendonca dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on King Jasper's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Jasper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mendonca lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jasper's sensitive parts.
Jasper checks a low kick from Mendonca.
Mendonca throws a sloppy head kick and Jasper moves out of range easily.
Jasper shoots in for a takedown but Mendonca shows good takedown defense.
Mendonca lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mendonca chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mendonca misses the jab.
Mendonca misses with a head kick.
Jasper fails with a takedown attempt.
Mendonca pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mendonca fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jasper is out of range.
Jasper shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mendonca as he avoids it easily.
Leonardo Mendonca has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of King Jasper.
Mendonca throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jasper finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mendonca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jasper sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jasper changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mendonca tries to avoid it but Jasper manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mendonca to the ground. Mendonca escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Leonardo Mendonca is winning the standup battle so far.
Mendonca tries to land a front kick but Jasper steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mendonca throws a leg kick which misses Jasper's front leg but catches the back leg as Jasper tries to avoid it.
Mendonca misses with a body kick.
Mendonca walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jasper checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jasper fails with the takedown.
Mendonca thumps Jasper with a low kick.
Jasper fails to land the takedown.
Mendonca connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good work by Jasper as he checks the leg kick.
Jasper takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jasper wants to clinch.
Mendonca bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jasper's head.

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.
Jasper throws a leg kick but Mendonca sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mendonca misses with a head kick.
A punch lands to the side of Jasper 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jasper throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mendonca's waist but Mendonca gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jasper off to one side.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mendonca.
Mendonca throws a head kick but Jasper moves out of range.
Jasper stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mendonca.
A leg kick checked by Mendonca.
Jasper avoids the head kick by Mendonca.
Jasper clobbers Mendonca with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mendonca.
Mendonca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Jasper drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Mendonca is not content to let Jasper control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jasper remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Jasper wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mendonca keeps working.
Mendonca is trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Jasper thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Mendonca is trying to buck Jasper off.

Jasper thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jasper wants to control for a moment but Mendonca uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
King Jasper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leonardo Mendonca is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mendonca thumps Jasper with a low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leonardo Mendonca showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mendonca, 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Mendonca!