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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rod Mendez (ranked 5564 p4p, 0 weight class) and Po Anubis (ranked 4284 p4p, 426 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rod Mendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Po Anubis!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anubis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mendez on the side of the head.
Anubis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mendez misses with a body punch.
Anubis breaks the clinch.
Anubis throws a combination that misses
and Mendez counters with a nice uppercut.
Mendez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Anubis throws a shot from downtown. Mendez moves away and avoids it.
Anubis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mendez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Anubis checks the leg kick.
Anubis ducks right into an uppercut from Mendez.
Mendez misses with a looping right.
Mendez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mendez missing with a left hand there. Anubis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mendez. That's going to slow Anubis down.
Anubis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mendez moves away.
Anubis misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez throws a jab when Anubis was well out of range.
Mendez rushes Anubis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mendez can't find room to land a body shot as Anubis controls the action.
Mendez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anubis's elbow.
Anubis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mendez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Anubis eats them both and turns towards Mendez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Anubis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anubis tests Mendez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anubis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anubis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mendez ducks under a wild hook from Anubis.
Anubis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mendez manages to avoid it.
Mendez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anubis. Mendez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mendez just misses with a punch to the body.
Anubis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mendez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Anubis checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mendez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Anubis's hands.
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!
Anubis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anubis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Anubis.
Anubis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mendez rather than just go for the knockout.
Mendez tries to close the distance and clinch but Anubis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anubis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mendez dodges the punch combination from Anubis.
Anubis keeps the fight on the outside.
Anubis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mendez throwing a counter right hand but Anubis manages to avoid it.
Mendez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anubis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Anubis misses with a double jab.
Mendez throws a leg kick but Anubis sees it coming and moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Mendez misses.
Anubis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Anubis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anubis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anubis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mendez moves away.
Anubis throws a body punch but Mendez moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Anubis checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A big right from Anubis misses.
As Anubis looks to move away, Mendez throws a big counter combo but Anubis just gets out of the way.
Mendez misses with an uppercut. Anubis saw that one coming.
Mendez scores with a nice right hand.
Anubis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mendez.
Mendez connects with a single shot there.
Anubis takes a swing at Mendez's ribcage but misses.
Mendez moves out of range as Anubis strikes.
Anubis connects with a body shot that sends Mendez's belly button to the back.
Anubis misses with an uppercut.
Anubis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mendez tries to throw a body punch but Anubis avoids it by throwing Mendez back against the cage.
Mendez has a couple of punches blocked by Anubis.
Anubis blocks a body shot from Mendez.
Mendez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mendez misses with the head strike.
Mendez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mendez misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anubis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anubis takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mendez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anubis has closed the distance and engaged Mendez in a clinch.
Mendez working aggressively here.
Anubis prevents a body shot from Mendez.
Mendez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anubis manages to break the clinch.
Mendez connects with the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anubis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anubis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mendez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Anubis momentarily.
A jab from Mendez finds it's way through Anubis's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mendez tries to bum rush Anubis with a series of wild strikes but Anubis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mendez lands an overhand right.
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 Rod Mendez will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Anubis missing with a left hand there. Mendez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anubis scores with a jab.
Anubis looks to land a left hand but Mendez moved out of range nicely.
Anubis misses with the combination.
Mendez is looking to counter punch.
Anubis throws a lazy right hand but Mendez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mendez dips to his left and cracks Anubis with an uppercut!
Mendez lands a nice shot to the body.
Anubis misses with a wild body shot.
Anubis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Anubis just misses with a punch to the body.
Anubis throws a lazy right hand but Mendez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Mendez misses.
Mendez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anubis was well out of range. Poor timing from Mendez.
Mendez slips a straight right by Anubis.
Po Anubis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anubis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mendez.
Mendez tries to keep at a distance but Anubis has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mendez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anubis's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anubis breaks the clinch.
Mendez misses with a looping right.
Anubis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Anubis misses with a straight right.
Anubis throws a body punch but Mendez moves out of range.
Mendez wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Anubis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Anubis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mendez.
Anubis slips a jab and a cross from Mendez.
Mendez throws a right hand that misses
and Anubis counters with a left and a right that stings Mendez.
Anubis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mendez.
Anubis lands a jab to the head.
Po Anubis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mendez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Anubis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mendez circles away quickly and effectively.
A counter left hand to the body from Mendez misses its target.
Anubis throws a series of punches but Mendez avoids them all with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Mendez. Those never looked like landing.
Anubis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anubis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez throws a push kick but Anubis slaps the foot to one side.
Mendez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mendez moves in looking to clinch but Anubis pushes him off.
Anubis checks the leg kick nicely there.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mendez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Anubis takes a jab right on the kisser.
Anubis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mendez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anubis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mendez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anubis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anubis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Anubis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mendez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anubis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anubis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mendez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anubis.
Anubis throws a nice looking combination but Mendez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez ducks under a wild hook from Anubis.
Anubis misses with a looping left.
Mendez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Anubis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Anubis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mendez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Anubis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mendez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Anubis throws a hook but Mendez avoids it easily.
Nice body punch from Mendez.
Anubis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mendez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anubis breaks from the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Anubis.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lazy left from Mendez finds it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Anubis checks a leg kick.
Anubis is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Mendez misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anubis throws a lazy right hand but Mendez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mendez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mendez misses with a lunging right hand
and Anubis counters with a right hand to the body.
Mendez throws out a leg kick but Anubis moves out of range and Mendez only half commits.
Anubis throws a right and a left that Mendez avoids nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Mendez misses the target.
Anubis tries to bum rush Mendez with a series of wild strikes but Mendez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mendez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Anubis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mendez scores with a decent looking hook.
Mendez swings for the body but Anubis moves out of range.
A nice side step and Anubis releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Anubis fails to land with a series of punches.
Mendez throws a jab when Anubis was well out of range.
No joy there for Anubis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anubis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mendez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Anubis eats them both and turns towards Mendez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Mendez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anubis.
Mendez takes a swing at Anubis's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Po Anubis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Mendez scores with a nice strike.
No joy there for Anubis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mendez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anubis manages to avoid it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Anubis.
Mendez avoids the body shot from Anubis.
Mendez swings for the body but Anubis moves out of range.
As Mendez backs off Anubis throws a huge counter combo but Mendez manages to avoid it all.
Anubis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Anubis slips under a jab from Mendez.
Mendez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mendez with a jab.
Mendez scores with a nice head shot.
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!
Good exchange - Mendez coming out on top.
Anubis moves out of range as Mendez strikes.
Anubis is looking for the big counter here.
Mendez motions for Anubis to come forward. Mendez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mendez throws a hook but Anubis blocks it.
Mendez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Anubis throws the left hand but Mendez avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez is looking to clinch but Anubis is avoiding it.
Anubis now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Mendez blocks a jab.
A swing and a miss from Mendez.
Anubis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mendez moves into the clinch successfully.
Mendez tries to throw a body punch but Anubis avoids it by throwing Mendez back against the cage.
Anubis prevents a body shot from Mendez.
Mendez struggles to land a body shot inside as Anubis controls his hands.
Mendez working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anubis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anubis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Anubis manages to break the clinch.
Mendez misses with an uppercut.
Anubis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Anubis throws a jab but it's blocked by Mendez.
Mendez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anubis.
Mendez throwing a counter right hand but Anubis manages to avoid it.
Anubis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mendez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anubis misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anubis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Anubis manages to break the clinch.
Mendez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
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!
Anubis misses the shot to the body.
Mendez tries to counter by clinching up but Anubis breaks away and moves out of range.
A lazy left from Mendez finds it's target.
Mendez slips a jab and a cross from Anubis.
Mendez punishes Anubis's body with a nice straight punch.
Mendez scores with a nice head shot.
Mendez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anubis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mendez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Anubis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mendez misses the shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Mendez.
A punch lands to the side of Mendez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mendez ducks under a wild hook from Anubis.
Mendez throwing a counter right hand but Anubis manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Anubis misses the target.
Good exchange - Anubis coming out on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anubis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mendez throws a body shot but no joy.
Anubis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mendez throws a leg kick but Anubis sees it coming and moves out of range.
Anubis clinches up with Mendez and pushes him back against the cage.
Anubis breaks from the clinch.
Anubis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mendez scores with a shot to the body.
Anubis misses with a wild body shot.
Mendez misses the shot to the body.
Anubis moves into the clinch.
Anubis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mendez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anubis clinches.
Mendez throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Anubis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anubis blocks a body shot from Mendez.
Anubis blocking some punches.
Anubis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mendez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Anubis's head.
Anubis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mendez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anubis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mendez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mendez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mendez lands with a straight right. Anubis didn't see that one coming.
Anubis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mendez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anubis scores with a hook.
Mendez lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab from Anubis misses.
Mendez tries to land a leg kick but Anubis saw it coming and moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rod Mendez.
I think Mendez 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Rod Mendez!
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