PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chad Mendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zarek Reschke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendes comes to the cage accompanied by Steve McQueen. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mendes
vs
Reschke

170 cm
39
146 lbs
44 - 24 - 0

164 cm
36
142 lbs
16 - 10 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

BlackStar Athletics

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 44 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Mendes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Zarek Reschke!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reschke clobbers Mendes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Mendes moves into the clinch.
Reschke tries to land a knee to the head but Mendes blocks with his arms.
Reschke landing knees to the head.
Reschke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reschke with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mendes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mendes misses with a body punch.
Reschke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Mendes is rocked!
Mendes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oh Mendes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mendes takes a shot to the head.
Reschke looking to throw knees to the head but Mendes is blocking nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mendes swings wildly with an uppercut but Reschke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reschke lands a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reschke.
Mendes is trying to break the clinch but Reschke has him pressed against the cage.
Reschke working aggressively here.
Reschke throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mendes as Reschke tries to tie him up.
Reschke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reschke pushes Mendes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reschke blocks a body shot from Mendes.
Reschke has a couple of punches blocked by Mendes.
Reschke misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mendes.
Nice body punch from Mendes.
Reschke throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reschke lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mendes slowing the pace effectively.
Reschke lands an elbow just above Mendes 's eye.
Mendes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Reschke lands with a light punch inside.
Reschke prevents a body shot from Mendes.
Reschke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mendes lands with a light punch inside.
Reschke misses with the head strike.
Mendes lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reschke pushes Mendes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reschke prevents a body shot from Mendes.
Reschke misses with a punch on the inside.
Reschke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reschke is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Reschke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendes tries to stall but Reschke uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reschke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reschke lands an uppercut.
Reschke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reschke effectively controlling the action here.
Reschke misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reschke.
A short right from Mendes.
Reschke lands an elbow inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reschke.
Reschke is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mendes is keeping busy.
Mendes blocking some punches.
Reschke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mendes blocks the elbow strike.
Reschke stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mendes takes an elbow to the temple.
Reschke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mendes's elbow.
Mendes blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reschke.
Mendes blocking some punches.
Reschke misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mendes prevents a body shot from Reschke.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reschke.
Mendes blocks an elbow strike from Reschke.
A head punch on the inside from Reschke fails to land.
Reschke misses with a punch on the inside.
Mendes struggles to land a body shot inside as Reschke controls his hands.
Reschke tries to land a knee to the head but Mendes blocks with his arms.
Mendes blocking some punches.
Mendes lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mendes seems to have got his legs back now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reschke.
Mendes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mendes tries to stall but Reschke uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reschke throws an elbow but it misses.
Reschke lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mendes backwards.
Mendes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reschke's elbow.
Mendes prevents a body shot from Reschke.

Mendes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mendes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Reschke counters with a body kick.
Mendes misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reschke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mendes works over Reschke's head and body with a nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mendes throws a shot to the body.
Mendes misses with a straight left.
Reschke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mendes throws a quick counter kick to the body but Reschke avoids it.
Mendes just misses with a punch to the body.
Reschke throws a counter combo.
A slow jab from Mendes misses its intended target.
Mendes jabs at Reschke's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reschke throws a leg kick that misses.
Reschke scores with a hook.
Mendes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reschke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zarek Reschke dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mendes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mendes moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Reschke throws a head kick that misses.
Reschke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mendes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reschke staying out of range there.
Mendes avoids the head kick by Reschke.
A left lands for Mendes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reschke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A nice combination there by Mendes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendes throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mendes throws a low kick but it's checked well by Reschke.
Reschke lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Reschke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reschke connects with a crisp jab.
Mendes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mendes throws a body shot but no joy.
Reschke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mendes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheers as Mendes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Reschke doesn't seem phased though.
Reschke tries a head kick but it misses.
Reschke takes a swing at Mendes's ribcage but misses.
Mendes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Reschke takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mendes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Reschke momentarily.
Chad Mendes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Reschke is predictable there
and Mendes counters with a nice uppercut.
Reschke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mendes.
Mendes takes a swing at Reschke's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reschke tries to clinch but Mendes moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mendes checks a leg kick.
Mendes tries to bum rush Reschke with a series of wild strikes but Reschke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chad Mendes is winning the standup battle so far.
Reschke drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Reschke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reschke tests Mendes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reschke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mendes throws a body punch but Reschke moves out of range.
Reschke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mendes.
Sloppy strikes from Mendes. Those never looked like landing.
Reschke raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Reschke's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mendes under the eye.
The crowd cheers as Mendes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Reschke doesn't seem phased though.
Mendes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reschke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Mendes as he checks the leg kick.
Mendes walks into a left hand.
Mendes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Whack! Reschke lands a heavy head kick that drops Mendes. The ref tackles Reschke to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Mendes was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Zarek Reschke!
In his post fight interview, Zarek Reschke started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.