PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gurgen Davidyan (ranked 343 p4p, 49 weight class) and Angelo Mendez (ranked 814 p4p, 112 weight class). Mendez has chosen Angelito as his entrance music. Angelo Mendez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Davidyan
vs
Mendez

189 cm
29
191 lbs
16 - 6 - 2

190 cm
31
185 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 16 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Gurgen Davidyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angelo Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendez scores with the left hand. Davidyan knows he should have avoided that one.
Davidyan lands a jab to the head.
Davidyan lands with a good body shot.
Davidyan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davidyan scores with a spinning back kick!
Gurgen Davidyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Davidyan.
Davidyan works Mendez's body with a nice hook.
Davidyan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mendez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Davidyan. That one must have hurt.
Davidyan lands with a hook. Mendez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Davidyan connects with a high kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Davidyan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Davidyan misses with a looping right.
Davidyan sets himself, and Mendez steps forward looking for the clinch! Davidyan avoids it this time.
Davidyan slips a jab from Mendez.
Davidyan misses with a body kick.
Mendez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mendez cracks Davidyan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Mendez. Those never looked like landing.
Mendez throws a right hand that Davidyan ducks under and follows up with a left that Davidyan also avoids with ease.
Davidyan blocks a jab.
Davidyan lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez throws a jab when Davidyan was well out of range.
Davidyan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Davidyan is looking to wear down Mendez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Davidyan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice uppercut there from Davidyan.
Mendez needs to keep his hands up - Davidyan had a free shot at his head there.
Davidyan misses with a few strikes there.
Davidyan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And Mendez tries to counter it with a takedown but Davidyan pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Mendez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mendez defending well as Davidyan loads up on a big left hand.
Davidyan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mendez.
Mendez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Davidyan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mendez.
A jab lands there for Davidyan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendez looks to land a right hand but Davidyan moved out of range.
Mendez throws a right hand that misses
and Davidyan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Davidyan is looking to slow Mendez down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mendez's head.
Davidyan misses with a body kick.
Davidyan throws a front kick that sends Mendez stumbling back into the cage.
Mendez moves out of range of the body kick from Davidyan.
Mendez tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
It looks like Davidyan has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Davidyan lands with a good body shot.
Davidyan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Davidyan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Davidyan lands a head kick. Mendez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Davidyan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mendez's hands.
Davidyan wants to land a leg kick but Mendez is out of range.
Davidyan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mendez.
Davidyan needs to keep his hands up - Mendez had a free shot at his head there.
Mendez misses with a double jab.
Davidyan cracks a nice hook into Mendez's ribs.
Mendez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davidyan manages to avoid it.
Davidyan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mendez at a distance.
Davidyan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mendez was well out of range. Poor timing from Davidyan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez misses with a straight right.
Mendez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davidyan works over Mendez's head and body with a nice combination.
Davidyan ducks under a wild hook from Mendez.
Mendez throws an off balance right hand
and Davidyan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mendez throws a series of punches but Davidyan avoids them all with ease.
A solid leg kick lands there for Davidyan.
Mendez moves forwards but Davidyan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mendez throws the left hand but Davidyan avoids the punch easily.
Davidyan lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Davidyan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mendez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davidyan lands a nice shot to the body.
Mendez throws a right and a left that Davidyan avoids nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Davidyan moves out of range of the strikes.
Davidyan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mendez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Davidyan to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mendez.
Mendez might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Davidyan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Davidyan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mendez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mendez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Davidyan connects with a single shot there.
Mendez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davidyan connects with a jab.
Davidyan cracks the inside of Mendez's front leg.
Davidyan jabs Mendez right on the nose. Mendez blinks but takes it well.
Mendez needs to keep his hands up - Davidyan had a free shot at his head there.
Davidyan throws a nice outside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Mendez. Beautiful body shot.
Mendez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mendez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Davidyan.
Davidyan connects with a crisp jab.
Good leg kick by Davidyan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Davidyan lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gurgen Davidyan dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Davidyan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Davidyan connects with a body shot.
Davidyan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mendez can do to turn this around?
Davidyan dodges the punch combination from Mendez.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Davidyan.
Davidyan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Davidyan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Mendez might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Davidyan has got the better of the exchanges.
Mendez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davidyan moves away.
Davidyan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mendez on the side of the head.
Mendez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Davidyan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Davidyan with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davidyan. Mendez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mendez.
Davidyan slips a jab and a cross from Mendez.
Mendez misses with a hook to the body
enabling Davidyan to counter with a crisp jab.
Mendez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Davidyan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mendez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Davidyan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mendez. Mendez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidyan throws the kick towards the body but Mendez avoids it.
Gurgen Davidyan is winning the standup battle so far.
That kick from Davidyan tenderised Mendez's leg. Mendez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Davidyan moves away from the strike by Mendez.
Davidyan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Angelo Mendez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mendez throws a series of punches but Davidyan avoids them all with ease.
Davidyan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mendez.
Mendez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mendez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mendez misses with a straight right.
Mendez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Davidyan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Davidyan slips under a jab.
Mendez misses with a hook
and Davidyan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mendez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mendez is breathing heavily.
Mendez misses the jab.
Davidyan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Davidyan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mendez blocks a head kick by Davidyan.
Mendez throws a combination that misses
and Davidyan counters with a straight right hand.
Mendez throws a body punch but Davidyan moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mendez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Davidyan.
Davidyan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mendez throws the left hand but Davidyan avoids the punch easily.
Davidyan thumps Mendez with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Davidyan.
Davidyan misses with a kick to the body
and Mendez counters with a three punch combo that has Davidyan backing up. Davidyan nods at Mendez to acknowledge the strikes.
Davidyan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mendez momentarily.
Davidyan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Davidyan scores with a hook.
Davidyan punishes Mendez's body with a nice straight punch.
Mendez misses with an uppercut. Davidyan saw that one coming.
Mendez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Davidyan lands a nice shot to the body.
Mendez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice shot by Davidyan.
Mendez throws a right hand that Davidyan ducks under and follows up with a left that Davidyan also avoids with ease.
Davidyan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mendez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Davidyan.
Mendez throws a poor cross that misses
and Davidyan counters with a right hand to the body.
Jab by Davidyan.
Mendez throws a hook to the side of Davidyan's head but Davidyan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davidyan lands a body shot.
Davidyan cracks a nice hook into Mendez's ribs.
Sloppy strikes from Mendez. Those never looked like landing.
Mendez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mendez misses with a straight left.
Davidyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mendez appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Davidyan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davidyan throwing a counter right hand but Mendez manages to avoid it.
Davidyan connects with a jab.
Davidyan throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davidyan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mendez.
Mendez throws a jab when Davidyan was well out of range.
Mendez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Davidyan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mendez thinking.
Davidyan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Davidyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mendez.
Mendez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Davidyan connects with a nice looking jab.
Davidyan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Davidyan lands a glancing blow to the side of Mendez's head.
Mendez misses with an uppercut.
Davidyan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Davidyan connects with a jab.
Mendez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davidyan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mendez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davidyan.
Davidyan scores with a jab to the head.
Davidyan lands a nice looking body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davidyan feints and then cracks Mendez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mendez down.
Davidyan lands a jab to Mendez's midsection.
Davidyan scores with a jab.
Mendez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mendez swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gurgen Davidyan dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Davidyan cracks Mendez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mendez misses with a two punch combination.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Davidyan, right into the meat.
Davidyan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Davidyan moves out of range as Mendez strikes.
Davidyan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Davidyan scores with a push kick.
Davidyan throws a good cross that connects.
Mendez throws a jab but it's blocked by Davidyan.
An attempted straight right counter from Davidyan misses the target.
Davidyan scores with a push kick.
Mendez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Davidyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mendez.
Davidyan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mendez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davidyan lunges at Mendez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mendez's hand.
Davidyan cracks Mendez with a good jab.
Mendez gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidyan throws a leg kick which misses Mendez's front leg but catches the back leg as Mendez tries to avoid it.
A big left from Davidyan misses.
Davidyan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mendez.
Mendez throws a hook but Davidyan avoids it easily.
Davidyan catches Mendez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Davidyan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mendez.
Decent striking displayed by Davidyan there.
Davidyan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mendez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mendez misses with a hook.
Mendez takes one to the chin there.
A punch lands to the side of Davidyan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Davidyan dips to his left and cracks Mendez with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davidyan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mendez doesn't seem bothered though.
Davidyan throws out a loose jab but Mendez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mendez avoids the head kick by Davidyan.
Davidyan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mendez was well out of range. Poor timing from Davidyan.
Gurgen Davidyan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan lands with a cross.
Mendez misses with an uppercut. Davidyan saw that one coming.
Davidyan scoring well with a low kick there.
Davidyan works Mendez's body with a nice hook.
Davidyan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Davidyan swings for the body but Mendez moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davidyan. Mendez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidyan lands a nice shot that snaps Mendez's head back.
Davidyan lunges at Mendez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mendez's hand.
Davidyan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mendez throws a shot from downtown. Davidyan moves away and avoids it.
Davidyan keeps Mendez at a distance using the push kick.
Mendez looks to land a combination but Davidyan avoids it well.
Davidyan 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.
Mendez misses with a series of wild punches.
Mendez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Davidyan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mendez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mendez misses with a double jab.
Davidyan lands with a right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Davidyan.
Mendez unleashes a big counter combination but Davidyan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mendez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mendez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Davidyan lands with a straight right. Mendez didn't see that one coming.
Mendez misses with a straight right.
Davidyan throws a wild body kick that Mendez sees coming a mile off.
Davidyan punishes Mendez's body with a nice straight punch.
Mendez misses with a looping left.
Mendez throws a right hand that Davidyan ducks under and follows up with a left that Davidyan also avoids with ease.
Davidyan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mendez momentarily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Davidyan stuns Mendez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan ducks under a wild hook from Mendez.
Davidyan pushes Mendez away with a front kick.
Davidyan connects with a jab.
A jab from Davidyan does it's job there.
Mendez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mendez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davidyan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A jab from Mendez misses.
Mendez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Angelo Mendez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davidyan lands a nice shot to the body.
Davidyan scores with a kick to the body.
Davidyan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Davidyan lands with an uppercut that bounces Mendez off the cage and back into range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davidyan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mendez.
Davidyan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Davidyan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Davidyan connects with a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gurgen Davidyan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Davidyan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gurgen Davidyan!
After the big win, Gurgen Davidyan made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Reaper Combatwear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.