PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Mehoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Synephrine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Synephrine comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hammerfall - Hearts On Fire kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Sam Synephrine has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jacques Mehoff's chin.

Mehoff
vs
Synephrine

179 cm
20
170 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

175 cm
19
171 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Mehoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Synephrine!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Synephrine swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mehoff counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Synephrine gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mehoff counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mehoff cracks Synephrine with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mehoff looks to score with a jab to the body but Synephrine is just out of range.
Sam Synephrine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mehoff lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Synephrine backs up against the cage.

It looks like Sam Synephrine has been cut.
Synephrine has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Synephrine throws a combination that misses
and Mehoff counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mehoff tries to bum rush Synephrine with a series of wild strikes but Synephrine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mehoff swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Synephrine counters with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Synephrine scores a takedown into full mount!
Mehoff is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Synephrine trying to control but Mehoff is having none of it.
Mehoff is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Synephrine goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Mehoff is on top in guard.
Mehoff won't allow Synephrine to sweep him here.

Mehoff stands up and waves to Synephrine to follow him.
Mehoff lands a front kick.
Synephrine looks gassed!
Synephrine throws a lazy head kick
and Mehoff counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Synephrine thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Mehoff.
Mehoff connects with a body shot.
Mehoff is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Synephrine avoids the head kick by Mehoff.
Sloppy strikes from Mehoff. Those never looked like landing.
A left and a right from Mehoff both land. Nice combination.
Synephrine takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mehoff stalks Synephrine and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Synephrine's face. Synephrine staggers backwards, shaken.
Mehoff uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mehoff lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mehoff moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jacques Mehoff is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Synephrine has his takedown stuffed
and Mehoff counters with an outside leg kick.
Mehoff fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mehoff throws a combination. Synephrine tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Mehoff gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mehoff.

Mehoff's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A lazy body kick from Synephrine
and Mehoff counters with a left and a right that stings Synephrine.
Mehoff lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Synephrine at a distance.
Mehoff swinging wildly here.
Mehoff throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That has opened up Sam Synephrine's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mehoff with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Synephrine throws a lazy uppercut
and Mehoff counters with a right hand to the body.
Synephrine swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mehoff counters with a series of strikes. Synephrine will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mehoff bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Synephrine's head.
Mehoff tries to bum rush Synephrine with a series of wild strikes but Synephrine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mehoff lands with a good body shot.
Mehoff throws a series of strikes that have Synephrine backpedaling.
Mehoff fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mehoff throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Synephrine moves to clinch but Mehoff breaks away
and Mehoff counters with a left to the body.
Mehoff dips to his left and cracks Synephrine with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques Mehoff dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Synephrine's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Synephrine on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Synephrine gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mehoff counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jacques Mehoff is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mehoff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Synephrine darts in trying to clinch
and Mehoff counters with a head kick.
Synephrine dodges the punch combination from Mehoff.
Mehoff tries to bum rush Synephrine with a series of wild strikes but Synephrine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Synephrine has his takedown stuffed
and Mehoff counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mehoff lands a nice shot that snaps Synephrine's head back.
Synephrine is breathing heavily.
Mehoff looks to land a combination but Synephrine avoids it well.
Mehoff shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Synephrine eats them both and turns towards Mehoff to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Mehoff has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mehoff creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Synephrine's defenses.
Mehoff landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mehoff tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Synephrine avoids it.
Mehoff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Synephrine can do to turn this around?
Synephrine tries to pull guard but Mehoff won't allow it.
Jacques Mehoff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Synephrine.
Mehoff lands an elbow that stopped Synephrine in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Sam Synephrine's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Mehoff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Synephrine closes the distance but Mehoff moves to the side
enabling Mehoff to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice body punch from Mehoff.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mehoff works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from Mehoff finds it's way through Synephrine's defenses.
Mehoff lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mehoff misses with a head kick.
Synephrine darts in trying to clinch
and Mehoff counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Synephrine takes a jab right on the kisser.
Synephrine darts in trying to clinch
and Mehoff counters with a series of strikes. Synephrine will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mehoff lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Synephrine looks to clinch
and Mehoff counters with an inside leg kick.
Jacques Mehoff is winning the standup battle so far.
Synephrine takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Sam Synephrine's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Mehoff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mehoff scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mehoff lands with a nice combination. Synephrine backs away looking to recover.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sam Synephrine's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jacques Mehoff!