PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill D Elia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Mendon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

D Elia
vs
Mendon

156 cm
25
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

193 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bill D Elia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Mendon!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and D Elia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
D Elia shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
D Elia closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
D Elia fails to land the takedown.

Mendon pushes D Elia up against the cage in a clinch.
Mendon lands a left hand.
Mendon tries to throw a body punch but D Elia avoids it by throwing Mendon back against the cage.
Mendon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
D Elia tries to score a body lock takedown but Mendon shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill D Elia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
D Elia drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mendon gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mendon.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mendon.
D Elia blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendon lands with a right to the head.
Mendon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mendon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mendon lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Mendon.
Mendon tries a body shot but D Elia blocks it.
Mendon working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mendon.
Mendon lands a shot to the body.
D Elia is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mendon tries to work over D Elia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
D Elia blocks a body shot from Mendon.
Mendon lands with a light punch inside.

D Elia is rocked!
Mendon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oh D Elia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
D Elia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mendon swings wildly with an uppercut but D Elia uses good head movement to avoid it.
D Elia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mendon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
D Elia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mendon.
Mendon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mendon.
Mendon working aggressively here.
Mendon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mendon misses with the head strike.
Mendon throws a punch but it's blocked by D Elia.
Mendon misses with a punch on the inside.
D Elia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
D Elia blocking some punches.
Mendon working aggressively here.
Mendon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mendon throws a punch but it's blocked by D Elia.
Mendon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mendon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
D Elia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Mendon fails to land.
D Elia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
D Elia blocks an uppercut.
D Elia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mendon swings wildly with an uppercut but D Elia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mendon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mendon misses with a punch on the inside.
D Elia blocks an uppercut.
Mendon throws a head punch that misses.
Mendon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mendon throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mendon.
Mendon misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Mendon dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Mendon lands an uppercut out of nowhere! D Elia falls backwards - clearly groggy! Mendon dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Mendon!
A victorious James Mendon thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.