PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez comes to the cage accompanied by Anxiety. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tony Mendez was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Rodriguez
vs
Mendez

195 cm
22
273 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
20
275 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mendez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mendez looks to land a body kick but Rodriguez moved away.
Mendez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rodriguez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rodriguez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rodriguez slips under a jab from Mendez.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Mendez moves out of range.
Mendez lands a nice looking body shot.
Rodriguez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rodriguez wants to clinch.
Rodriguez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rodriguez shoots in and drives through. Mendez sprawls well.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mendez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mendez looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodriguez is just out of range.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mendez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up but Mendez circles away and keeps his distance.
Mendez throws a body punch but Rodriguez moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rodriguez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Eddie Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez throws a sloppy head kick and Mendez moves out of range easily.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch but Mendez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mendez throws a jab but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
Mendez throws a leg kick but Rodriguez moved away.
Rodriguez wants to clinch up but Mendez keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mendez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rodriguez blocks a leg kick.
Mendez throws a nice looking combination but Rodriguez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice shot by Mendez.
Mendez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rodriguez wants to clinch.
Rodriguez could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Rodriguez avoids the head kick by Mendez.
Rodriguez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Mendez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rodriguez is breathing heavily.
Mendez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rodriguez's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mendez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rodriguez can't keep his opponent in guard - Mendez advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Rodriguez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mendez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
A nice elbow there by Mendez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Rodriguez taking shots to the head.
Mendez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rodriguez looks a forlorn figure.
Mendez with good strikes from the mount here!
Mendez cracks Rodriguez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mendez dominating with strikes here.
Mendez working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mendez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Mendez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rodriguez is bucking up trying to escape but Mendez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by Mendez.
Rodriguez working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mendez looking to finish Rodriguez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rodriguez!
Mendez scoring with strikes but Rodriguez is staying in there.
BOOM! Mendez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rodriguez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rodriguez is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mendez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rodriguez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
You get the feeling that Rodriguez really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Rodriguez working to try and regain half guard.
Mendez throwing strikes here but Rodriguez is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Rodriguez tries to hold on but Mendez postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mendez looks for a takedown but Rodriguez sprawls well.
Rodriguez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rodriguez avoids a kick to the body.
Rodriguez wants to clinch up but Mendez keeps it at a distance.
Mendez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Mendez is having none of it.
Mendez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rodriguez checks it well.
Rodriguez moves in looking to clinch but Mendez pushes him off.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch but Mendez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up but Mendez circles away and keeps his distance.
Rodriguez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mendez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rodriguez.
Mendez shoots in but no luck this time.
Mendez looks to land a combination but Rodriguez avoids it well.
Rodriguez knocks Mendez to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?

Mendez is rocked!
Rodriguez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mendez on the ground.
Mendez tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rodriguez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mendez is still in real trouble! Can Rodriguez finish him?
Mendez is breathing heavily.
Rodriguez tries to move into full mount but can't pass Mendez's legs.

Rodriguez decides to stand back up. Rodriguez steps back and let's Mendez get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mendez counters with a low kick, right behind Rodriguez 's knee.
Mendez seems to have recovered his senses.
Mendez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mendez counters with a thumping low kick.
Mendez throws a leg kick but Rodriguez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rodriguez moves in looking to clinch but Mendez pushes him off.
Mendez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rodriguez rather than just go for the knockout.
Rodriguez darts in trying to clinch

and Mendez counters with a shoot takedown. Rodriguez fights it but they end up in guard.
Mendez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tony Mendez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mendez lands a couple of digs.
Mendez is in close to Rodriguez's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Mendez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Rodriguez clinches but Mendez breaks the clinch

and Mendez counters with a takedown into side control.

Rodriguez is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendez grinds an elbow into Rodriguez's temple.
Oh Rodriguez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mendez lands a big left to the face of Rodriguez, bouncing his head like a basketball. Another shot from Mendez and another - Rodriguez is out! Mendez stands up and salutes his fans, who are going crazy in the stands.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tony Mendez!