PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jean Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Mendazedora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Charles
vs
Mendazedora

171 cm
21
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
26
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

PEGASUS FIGHT WEAR $6 and Laundering 90%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jean Charles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hugo Mendazedora!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charles jabs at Mendazedora's body.
Mendazedora throws a head kick that misses.
A right-left combo lands from Charles.
Charles tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Charles avoids a kick to the body.
Charles on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Charles moves into the clinch.
Mendazedora pushes off an throws an elbow but Charles leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mendazedora tries to break the clinch but Charles is controlling the position.
Charles keeps control of Mendazedora as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mendazedora is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mendazedora on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mendazedora has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mendazedora is trying to break the clinch but Charles is controlling him.
Mendazedora has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Charles keeps control of Mendazedora as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendazedora looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mendazedora working hard to break the clinch.
Mendazedora tries to break free but Charles pushes him back against the cage.
Charles throws a knee to the head but misses.
Charles using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mendazedora has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mendazedora tries to break the clinch but Charles is controlling the position.
Mendazedora tries to break free but Charles pushes him back against the cage.
Mendazedora is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mendazedora letting Charles take a breather here.
Charles lands a nice uppercut.
Mendazedora tries to circle away but Charles has him pinned against the cage.
Charles digs a right hand underneath Mendazedora's ribcage. Mendazedora let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mendazedora looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mendazedora is trying to force a seperation but Charles has the dominant position.
Charles is working Mendazedora over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendazedora takes a shot to the head.

Mendazedora pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some bone on bone action there as Mendazedora checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Charles avoids a kick to the body.
Mendazedora throws a leg kick
enabling Charles to counter with a crisp jab.
Mendazedora lands with a kick to the temple. Charles shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Charles moves into the clinch.
Charles lands a right hand.
Mendazedora wants to get back to striking at distance but Charles won't allow it.
Mendazedora is trying to break the clinch but Charles has him pressed against the cage.
Mendazedora is looking to break free of the clinch but Charles has double underhooks.
Charles throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Mendazedora's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Charles lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendazedora has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Charles lands with a light punch inside.
Mendazedora wants to break free but Charles has control.
Charles keeps control of Mendazedora as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Charles lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mendazedora is trying to break free.
Mendazedora wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mendazedora pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Charles lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mendazedora wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Charles has Mendazedora pressed against the cage, preventing Mendazedora from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Charles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Charles keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mendazedora's efforts to push away.
Charles tries to land a knee to the head but Mendazedora blocks with his arms.
Mendazedora wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles keeps control of Mendazedora as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Charles landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Charles keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mendazedora's efforts to push away.
Charles has Mendazedora pressed against the cage, preventing Mendazedora from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mendazedora tries to break the clinch but Charles is controlling the position.
Mendazedora can't break the clinch.
Charles keeps control of Mendazedora as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mendazedora working hard to break the clinch.
Mendazedora is looking to break free of the clinch but Charles has double underhooks.
Mendazedora wants to break free but Charles has control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charles tries a knee to the head but Mendazedora blocks it.
Charles is struggling to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mendazedora tries to circle away but Charles has him pinned against the cage.

Mendazedora's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hugo Mendazedora will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mendazedora throws a head kick that misses.
Mendazedora keeps the fight on the outside.
Charles avoids a kick to the body.
Mendazedora scores with a head kick.

Charles pushes Mendazedora up against the cage in a clinch.
Charles tries to land a knee to the head but Mendazedora blocks with his arms.
Mendazedora is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Charles misses with a knee to the head.
Mendazedora is looking to break free of the clinch but Charles has double underhooks.
Charles lands a good knee to the midsection. Mendazedora won't want to take too many of those.
Charles keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mendazedora's efforts to push away.
Mendazedora is trying to push Charles away but Charles has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Charles keeps control of Mendazedora as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendazedora wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mendazedora is looking to break free of the clinch but Charles has double underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Charles.
Mendazedora working hard to break the clinch.
Mendazedora has had enough of the clinch but Charles keeps him there for the moment.
Charles lands a shot to the body.
Charles with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Charles lands a knee to the head.
Mendazedora is trying to break the clinch but Charles is controlling him.
Good body shot from Charles.
Charles is struggling to control the position.
Charles prevents Mendazedora from breaking the clinch.

Mendazedora breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mendazedora avoids the body shot from Charles.
Mendazedora throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Charles to counter with a crisp jab.

Mendazedora is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendazedora takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mendazedora looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jean Charles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Charles moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mendazedora is still on wobbly legs! Can Charles finish him?
Mendazedora takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mendazedora is breathing heavily.
Mendazedora switches off momentarily and Charles cracks him with a monster right hand! Mendazedora topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Charles dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Charles!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jean Charles!