PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between matheus mendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Churchill comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Entrance of Mad Jack kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

mendes
vs
Churchill

180 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, matheus mendes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Churchill!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Churchill scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
mendes wants to get back to full guard.
mendes missing with punches from the bottom.
mendes 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.
Churchill wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Churchill tries to stand and escape but mendes actually recovers to full guard.
Churchill wants to stand but mendes is controlling his posture from full guard.
mendes throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Churchill stopping the sweep attempt from mendes.
Churchill wants to stand and escape but instead mendes has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
mendes is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill wants to get back to his feet but mendes is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A punch combination from mendes misses.
mendes misses with a takedown attempt
and Churchill counters with a left and a right that stings mendes.
Churchill swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and mendes counters with a shoot takedown. Churchill fights it but they end up in guard.
mendes prevents Churchill from getting back to his feet.
Churchill wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and mendes manages to pass to side control.
mendes takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill is trying to stand.
Churchill is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

mendes is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Churchill looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Churchill lands a two punch combo.
Churchill throws a right hand that mendes ducks under and follows up with a left that mendes also avoids with ease.

Churchill drives through with a takedown into guard.
mendes has a closed guard, preventing Churchill from standing up.

Churchill gets to his feet. mendes looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has mendes pinned against the cage. mendes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Churchill has his takedown stuffed

and mendes counters by clinching up.
mendes tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Churchill smiles and moves away.
Churchill gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and mendes counters by clinching up.
matheus mendes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Churchill.
Churchill wants to break free but mendes has control.
mendes taking a breather.
mendes keeps control of Churchill as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Churchill wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Churchill can't break the clinch.
Churchill wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Churchill wants to break free but mendes has control.

mendes gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Churchill is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that matheus mendes will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Churchill looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? mendes is fending him off so far but Churchill persists. Nope, mendes circles away and we're back to standing.
Churchill moves into range and connects with a jab.
Churchill misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Churchill tries to bum rush mendes with a series of wild strikes but mendes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
mendes scores with a head kick.
Horrible takedown by Churchill or perhaps it was just good defense by mendes which made him look bad.
mendes connects with a high kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Churchill.
matheus mendes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
mendes dodges the punch combination from Churchill.
Churchill thuds his right hand into mendes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
mendes stuffs the takedown.
matheus mendes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Churchill.

mendes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
mendes can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Churchill is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill is trying to stand.
mendes with shots to the head and body - Churchill looks very uncomfortable down there.
Churchill tries to buck mendes off but he can't manage it.
Churchill really doesn't want to stay on the ground with mendes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
mendes tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Churchill wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Churchill tries to buck mendes off but mendes takes his back!
mendes wants to control but Churchill is keeping busy.
mendes gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Churchill looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards mendes.
What can Churchill do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

Churchill defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Churchill controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

mendes is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Churchill has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
mendes trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Churchill wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
matheus mendes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Churchill grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Churchill has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

matheus mendes dominated that second 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!

mendes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Churchill swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
mendes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Churchill moves away.
Jack Churchill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
mendes misses with a series of wild punches.
Churchill lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Churchill lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as mendes backs up against the cage.

Churchill feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Churchill wants to stand but mendes is controlling his posture from full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mendes looking for a sweep. Not yet mendes, not yet.

mendes is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
mendes will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Churchill gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Churchill throws a right and a left that mendes avoids nicely.
Churchill rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but mendes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
mendes tries to clinch up but Churchill circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice defenses there by Churchill.
Churchill throws a series of punches but mendes moves out of range.

Churchill looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Churchill seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
mendes trying to hold on to Churchill's head to control him but Churchill postures up.
Churchill blocks the strikes from mendes.
Churchill wants to stand but mendes has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
mendes trying to control but Churchill postures up.
Churchill tries to stand but his hand is stuck under mendes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Churchill fails to land with a series of punches.
mendes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Churchill closes the distance and lands a one-two.
mendes tries to clinch there but Churchill circles away.
mendes is looking to clinch but Churchill is avoiding it.
Churchill will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Churchill misses with a series of wild punches.
mendes shoots in and drives through. Churchill sprawls well.
Churchill shoots in but mendes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
mendes closes the distance and clinches up with Churchill, looking for a takedown. mendes pushes Churchill against the cage but Churchill circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for matheus mendes. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Churchill moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Churchill throws a combination. mendes tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Churchill will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Churchill looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Churchill shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Churchill is looking to stand up but mendes won't let him.

mendes throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Churchill preventing the sweep.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Churchill comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think mendes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... matheus mendes!