PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Mentos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thi extreme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). extreme has chosen coracao as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mentos
vs
extreme

190 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Mentos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thi extreme!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from extreme misses.
extreme avoids a punch combination nicely.
extreme shoots in looking for a takedown. Mentos tries to sprawl out of it but extreme keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mentos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
extreme gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mentos.

extreme shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mentos's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mentos looking to hit a scissor sweep but extreme is one step ahead there.
Mentos wants to stand but extreme is controlling the position.
Mentos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mentos tries to get out of the position.
extreme scoring with some ground and pound.
Mentos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for extreme on the ground.
Mentos seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
extreme advances to half guard.

extreme stands up out of the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mentos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mentos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Mentos as extreme shoots in.
Steve Mentos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
extreme takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mentos throws a series of punches but extreme moves out of range.
Mentos looks to land a combination but extreme avoids it well.
extreme showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mentos.
extreme throws and low kick but Mentos moves out of range easily.
extreme showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mentos.
extreme misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
extreme lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mentos will feel that in the morning.
Mentos misses with a two punch combination.
Nice jab there from Mentos.
Mentos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. extreme doesn't seem bothered though.

extreme gets the takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mentos is trying to get back to half guard.
Mentos is breathing heavily.
Mentos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Mentos tries to bench press extreme off him but extreme keeps the position.
extreme gets to mount! Mentos was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

extreme jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Mentos manages to avoid the submission attempt.

extreme thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Mentos tries to improve position but can't.
Mentos is not content to let extreme control the position.
extreme has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

extreme is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mentos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mentos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
extreme wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mentos keeps working.

extreme is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Mentos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
extreme lands an elbow.

extreme tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Mentos struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mentos is trying to get back to half guard.
extreme tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
You can see the frustration on Mentos's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
extreme working the head with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

extreme is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mentos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mentos struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thi extreme dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

extreme fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mentos throws a right hand that extreme ducks under and follows up with a left that extreme also avoids with ease.
Mentos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mentos lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
extreme throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mentos counters with a two punch combo.
Nice sprawl there from Mentos as extreme shoots in.
Mentos cracks extreme with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mentos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
extreme checks a low kick from Mentos.
Steve Mentos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mentos scores with a three punch combo!
extreme tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mentos swivels and escapes.
Steve Mentos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thi extreme.
Mentos stalks extreme and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into extreme's face. extreme staggers backwards, shaken.
Mentos misses with a wild combination.
Mentos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mentos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mentos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but extreme moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mentos throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
extreme walks into a left hand.
Mentos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and extreme counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by extreme.
Mentos blocks an uppercut.
Mentos is looking to break free of the clinch but extreme has double underhooks.
extreme tries to pull guard but Mentos holds him up against the cage and eventually extreme drops back down to his feet.
extreme stalls.
Mentos wants to break the clinch but can't.
extreme wants to stall.
extreme tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mentos just stands there and leans against the cage.
extreme is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mentos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
extreme's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Mentos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

extreme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
extreme has his takedown stuffed
and Mentos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps extreme thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

extreme closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mentos is looking to control extreme's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mentos avoid being mounted?
extreme wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mentos keeps working.
Mentos tries to roll over but extreme keeps him under control.
extreme works his way into side control.

extreme thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sloppy strikes there by extreme.
You can see the frustration on Mentos's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mentos is looking to work his way out of this bad position but extreme is controlling him well.
Mentos is looking to regain half guard here but extreme keeps moving and retains side control.
extreme is looking to take a break and control but Mentos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mentos looks to move to half guard but instead extreme has passed into mount! Damn!
Thi extreme has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mentos is controlling an arm, preventing extreme from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
extreme prevents Mentos from getting the reversal.
Mentos is working hard here to advance position.

extreme is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Mentos is surviving well by controlling extreme's body position as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Poor strikes thrown by extreme there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

extreme is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Mentos is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Mentos flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. extreme anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Mentos and secures both hooks! This could be bad! extreme slips an arm under Mentos chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. extreme has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. extreme is squeezing on Mentos like an anaconda would it's prey. Mentos fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Thi extreme!