PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Vallely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filipo Mendoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vallely comes to the cage accompanied by CKY - 96 Quite Bitter Beings. Mendoza has chosen No Good _ The Prodigy as his entrance music. Filipo Mendoza has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mike Vallely's chin.

Vallely
vs
Mendoza

184 cm
22
190 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Vallely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Filipo Mendoza!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendoza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vallely avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mendoza throws a head kick but Vallely moves out of range.
Mendoza is looking to clinch.
Vallely fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mendoza on the side of the head.
Vallely misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Vallely shoots in looking for a takedown. Mendoza tries to sprawl out of it but Vallely keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mendoza manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mendoza tries to clinch but Vallely is having none of it.
Mendoza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vallely scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Filipo Mendoza has been cut.
Mendoza throws a sloppy head kick and Vallely moves out of range easily.
Vallely throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mendoza.
Vallely punishes Mendoza's body with a nice straight punch.
Mendoza takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Vallely looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Vallely missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vallely is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Mendoza sees it coming and defends easily.
Mendoza tries to kick Vallely off but Vallely keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Vallely controlling the pace.
Vallely stops Mendoza from getting back to his feet.
Mendoza blocking the ground and pound attempt from Vallely.
Vallely is looking to take a break and control but Mendoza is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mendoza has Vallely pressed against the cage, preventing Vallely from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mendoza tries to land knees in the clinch but Vallely avoids the damage to the body.
Mendoza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vallely avoids it.
Vallely managing to block the knees to the body from Mendoza.
Vallely is trying to break the clinch but Mendoza is controlling him.
Vallely has had enough of the clinch but Mendoza keeps him there for the moment.
Vallely on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mendoza misses with an elbow strike.
Mendoza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vallely lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mendoza tries to land knees in the clinch but Vallely avoids the damage to the body.
Mendoza looks gassed!
Vallely wants to get back to striking at distance but Mendoza won't allow it.
Mendoza lands a knee to the body.
Mendoza missing with knees to the body.
Mendoza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mendoza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vallely takes an elbow to the temple.
Mendoza tries to land knees in the clinch but Vallely avoids the damage to the body.
Vallely looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vallely blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vallely managing to block the knees to the body from Mendoza.
Mendoza throws an elbow that misses.
Mendoza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vallely.
Vallely on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vallely managing to block the knees to the body from Mendoza.
Vallely wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mendoza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vallely avoids a wild elbow strike from Mendoza.
Mendoza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vallely.
Vallely blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vallely looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mendoza prevents Vallely from breaking the clinch.
Vallely avoiding damage as Mendoza throws knees to the body.
Vallely stalling.
Vallely wants to get back to striking at distance but Mendoza won't allow it.
Vallely avoiding damage as Mendoza throws knees to the body.
Mendoza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vallely.
Mendoza missing with knees to the body.
Mendoza has Vallely pressed against the cage, preventing Vallely from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

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.

Vallely breaks the clinch.
Mendoza dodges the punch combination from Vallely.
Vallely throws a series of strikes that have Mendoza backpedaling.
Vallely displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Vallely works over Mendoza's head and body with a nice combination.
Mendoza takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vallely shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mendoza sprawls well. Mendoza wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Vallely gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Vallely. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vallely scores with a three punch combo!
Vallely comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vallely connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mendoza wants to clinch but Vallely slips to the side
and Vallely cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vallely scores with a hook.

Mendoza is rocked!
Vallely is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Mendoza hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mike Vallely!