PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rainn Hewitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Mehoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rainn Hewitt could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jacques Mehoff's chin.

Hewitt
vs
Mehoff

180 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

179 cm
20
170 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rainn Hewitt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Mehoff!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hewitt throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mehoff counters with a good low kick that Hewitt was not able to check.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mehoff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hewitt goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Jacques Mehoff has been cut.
Mehoff lands a jab to the nose.
Hewitt moves to clinch but Mehoff breaks away
and Mehoff counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hewitt misses with a leg kick

and Mehoff counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mehoff.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mehoff.
Hewitt misses with an elbow strike.
Hewitt tries to break free but Mehoff pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hewitt tries to circle away but Mehoff has him pinned against the cage.
Hewitt lands a hook that snaps the head of Mehoff backwards.
Hewitt tries to break free but Mehoff pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mehoff breaks from the clinch.
A lazy body kick from Hewitt
and Mehoff makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hewitt throws a lazy body kick
letting Mehoff counter with a right hand.
Mehoff circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Mehoff counter with a right hand.
Hewitt throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mehoff steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hewitt.
Mehoff takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A low kick from Hewitt misses
enabling Mehoff to counter with a crisp jab.
Hewitt throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Mehoff counters with a left and a right that stings Hewitt.
Hewitt swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt looks to clinch
and Hewitt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mehoff misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hewitt lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hewitt tries to clinch up
and Mehoff counters with a nice uppercut.
A left and a right from Mehoff both land. Nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mehoff throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mehoff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hewitt.
Hewitt throws a series of strikes that have Mehoff backpedaling.
Mehoff circles away from the clinch attempt

and Mehoff counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mehoff is keeping busy.
Mehoff prevents Hewitt from breaking the clinch.
Mehoff on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mehoff has Hewitt pressed against the cage, preventing Hewitt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hewitt is trying to force a seperation but Mehoff has the dominant position.
Hewitt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Mehoff manages to break the clinch.
Mehoff keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hewitt.
Mehoff slips a jab and a cross from Hewitt.
Mehoff blocks a head kick by Hewitt.
Hewitt avoids the body shot from Mehoff.
Mehoff tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Mehoff clinches up against the cage.

Mehoff manages to break the clinch.
Hewitt throws a head kick that misses

and Mehoff counters by moving into the clinch.

Mehoff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hewitt throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mehoff makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Mehoff instigates a clinch.

Mehoff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hewitt!
Hewitt misses with a double jab

and Mehoff moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hewitt throws an elbow but it misses.
Mehoff trying to land knees to the body.
Mehoff can't break the clinch.
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 Jacques Mehoff's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hewitt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hewitt tries to land a body kick
and Mehoff counters with a stiff right hand.
Mehoff circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mehoff counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hewitt's knee momentarily.
Hewitt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mehoff takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mehoff wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mehoff avoids the head kick by Hewitt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hewitt misses the shot to the body.
Hewitt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mehoff.
Hewitt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hewitt misses with a straight left.
Mehoff fails to land with a series of punches.
Hewitt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mehoff.
Hewitt lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mehoff will feel that in the morning.
Hewitt lands a high kick!
Hewitt tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mehoff counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt wants to slow Mehoff down by chopping away at his legs.
Hewitt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hewitt tries to clinch up
and Mehoff counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hewitt tried to score with a low kick but Mehoff checks it.
Mehoff looks to score with a jab to the body but Hewitt is just out of range.
Mehoff stuns Hewitt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mehoff avoids the head kick by Hewitt.
Hewitt is looking to slow Mehoff down with leg kicks.
Hewitt delivers a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hewitt throws a lazy right hand but Mehoff sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mehoff walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hewitt.
Rainn Hewitt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hewitt lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mehoff circles away from the clinch attempt

and Mehoff holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mehoff managing to block the knees to the body from Hewitt.
Mehoff prevents Hewitt from breaking the clinch.

Mehoff breaks the clinch.
Hewitt throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mehoff counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hewitt.
Hewitt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hewitt misses with a double jab
and Mehoff counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hewitt thinking.
That kick from Mehoff tenderised Hewitt's leg. Hewitt is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mehoff keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hewitt.
Hewitt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hewitt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mehoff.
Mehoff throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mehoff will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mehoff blocks a head kick by Hewitt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rainn Hewitt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jacques Mehoff's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Mehoff throws a hook but Hewitt avoids it easily.
Rainn Hewitt is winning the standup battle so far.
Hewitt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mehoff throws a nice looking combination but Hewitt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick by Mehoff misses
and Hewitt counters with a slapping leg kick.

Mehoff drives through and clinches with Hewitt against the cage.
Hewitt tries to land knees in the clinch but Mehoff avoids the damage to the body.

Mehoff's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mehoff on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hewitt misses with a combination
and Mehoff counters with a good low kick that Hewitt was not able to check.
Hewitt throws a solid leg kick but Mehoff takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hewitt.
Mehoff looks to score with a jab to the body but Hewitt is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hewitt throws a head kick that misses.
Hewitt throws a sloppy head kick
and Mehoff counters with a good, hard body kick but Hewitt shrugs it off.
Hewitt scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A low kick from Hewitt is predictable there

and Mehoff counters by moving into the clinch.

Mehoff breaks the clinch.
Mehoff throws a shot from downtown. Hewitt moves away and avoids it.
Mehoff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hewitt misses with a lunging right hand
and Mehoff counters with a head kick. That will keep Hewitt thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Mehoff throws a body kick that misses.
Hewitt misses with a body punch
and Mehoff counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hewitt misses the body punch
and Mehoff counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt throws a wild body kick that Mehoff sees coming a mile off.
Mehoff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hewitt manages to avoid it.
Mehoff rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hewitt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hewitt checks the leg kick.
Hewitt throws a head kick that misses
and Mehoff counters with an outside leg kick.
Hewitt throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mehoff counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hewitt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mehoff.
Hewitt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hewitt throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Mehoff counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hewitt wants to break free but Mehoff has control.
Stalling in the clinch from Mehoff.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt trying to control the position but instead, Mehoff has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hewitt into the cage.

Mehoff escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hewitt throws a lazy head kick
and Mehoff counters with an outside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Mehoff. Those never looked like landing.
Hewitt motions for Mehoff to come forward. Hewitt throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Hewitt is predictable there
and Mehoff counters with a nice uppercut.
Hewitt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice body punch from Hewitt.
Rainn Hewitt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hewitt misses with a head kick.
Mehoff goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt lands a head kick!
A head kick by Hewitt misses
and Mehoff cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Danga de danga de dang - Mehoff scores with a four punch combination!
Nice shot lands for Hewitt.
A head kick misses from Hewitt.
Hewitt is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hewitt takes a swing at Mehoff's ribcage but misses.
Mehoff throws a right and a left that Hewitt avoids nicely.

Mehoff forces Hewitt back against the cage and clinches.
Hewitt tries to stall but Mehoff uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Mehoff breaks the clinch.
Hewitt is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacques Mehoff comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mehoff has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacques Mehoff!