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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and dominickoy machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendez comes to the cage accompanied by Killswitch Engage - My Curse. machida has chosen the game as his entrance music. dominickoy machida will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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211 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Mendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, dominickoy machida!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for machida!
machida is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Mendez is working for a guillotine from mount but machida frees his head quite easily.
Mendez working for a guillotine from mount but machida is in no mood to give up.
machida really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mendez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as machida is looking to escape.
Mendez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
machida is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Mendez with good strikes from the mount here!
Mendez unloading with bombs!
That's one minute gone in the round.
machida tries to improve his position but instead Mendez has taken his back!
Mendez scores with punches from the back.
Mendez is hanging on to machida's back as he tries to escape.
Mendez is looking for the choke from the back position but machida is controlling his hands well.
Mendez is hanging on to machida's back as he tries to escape.
Mendez working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
machida manages to reverse the position and now he's in Mendez's guard. Nice work there by machida.
Mendez is breathing heavily.
machida decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Mendez, up you get!
machida tries to clinch but Mendez is having none of it.
machida has closed the distance and engaged Mendez in a clinch.
machida lands a body shot in the clinch.
machida taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mendez avoiding damage as machida throws knees to the body.
Mendez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
machida lands a shoulder strike.
machida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mendez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
dominickoy machida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with machida but machida pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Mendez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
machida gets in close and instigates a clinch.
machida tries to work over Mendez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
machida lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
machida lands a takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
machida wants to pass the guard but Mendez is keeping the position.
machida must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
machida is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
machida wanted to stand there but Mendez had control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
machida works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Mendez gets full guard.
Mendez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in machida's guard.
Mendez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mendez slips nicely into half guard.
Mendez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mendez is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. machida doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Mendez.
Mendez working machida over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
machida has hold of Mendez's hands but Mendez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mendez lands strikes from half guard.
Mendez is working for a kimura but machida is defending it quite comfortably.
Mendez is tying to control. machida wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mendez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
machida actively working from the bottom here.
machida is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
machida is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Mendez jumps into side control!
machida taking a bit of punishment here - Mendez scoring with strikes.
Mendez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mendez is working machida over with some ground and pound from side control.
Mendez landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Mendez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mendez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mendez lands a nice short elbow.
Mendez lands with a punch from half guard.
machida is trying to stand.
Mendez is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
machida wants to get back to his feet.
machida blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mendez.
Mendez stops machida from getting back to his feet.
Mendez working over machida with some ground and pound. machida looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
machida is looking for a sweep. Mendez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Mendez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mendez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mendez trying to mount his opponent but machida defends it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mendez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and machida defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
machida looks like he's trying to stand up.
Mendez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mendez prevents machida from improving his position.
Mendez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mendez uses his free foot to push down on machida's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for machida.
Mendez working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Mendez has control of machida's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and machida regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez controlling the position easily from mount.
Mendez with shots to the head and body - machida looks very uncomfortable down there.
machida is squirming around, avoiding Mendez's attempts to control the action.
Mendez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Mendez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
machida is rocked!
machida is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mendez jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but machida manages to avoid the submission attempt.
machida tries to improve position but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
machida wants to get back to his feet but Mendez drags him back down.
A control attempt from machida but he's now mounted!
Mendez moves to the back.
Mendez is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged machida with him. machida is trying to defend but Mendez has an arm under the chin now! machida grimaces and is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mark Mendez!
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FIGHT
RATING
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