PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Havardr Vollan (ranked 141 p4p, 1195 weight class) and Joe Mendez (ranked 26 p4p, 179 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Vollan
vs
Mendez

187 cm
27
266
10 - 0 - 0

188 cm
27
275
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Havardr Vollan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joe Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vollan jabs Mendez right on the nose. Mendez blinks but takes it well.
Mendez swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Vollan moves into the clinch successfully.
Vollan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vollan lands with a light punch inside.
Vollan lands with a light punch inside.
Vollan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vollan.
Mendez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right from Vollan.
Vollan lands a body punch in the clinch.

Vollan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vollan throws an off balance right hand

and Mendez counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vollan gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Vollan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mendez.
Mendez controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Vollan is looking to improve his position.
Mendez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mendez wants to take a breather but Vollan is having none of it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mendez lands a nice short elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mendez connects with a nice short shot to Vollan's temple.
Vollan is trying to control but can't.
Vollan is not content to let Mendez control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mendez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Vollan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mendez looks to land a strike but Vollan avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Mendez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mendez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vollan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mendez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mendez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Vollan moves in looking to clinch but Mendez pushes him off.
Mendez fails with the takedown.
Vollan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Joe Mendez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vollan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mendez.
Mendez misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Vollan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Vollan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vollan walks into a left hand.
Mendez cracks Vollan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vollan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mendez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vollan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mendez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vollan.
It looked like Vollan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mendez.
Mendez misses with a two punch combination.
Vollan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Mendez misses its intended target.
Mendez slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vollan. Mendez does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mendez misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Mendez misses the target.
Vollan is looking to clinch.
Mendez throws a hook but Vollan blocks it.
Vollan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And Mendez tries to counter it with a takedown but Vollan pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Vollan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Joe Mendez has been cut.
Vollan looks to score with a jab to the body but Mendez is just out of range.
Vollan moves to clinch but Mendez breaks away
and Mendez counters with a right hand to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Havardr Vollan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joe Mendez's cut.
That's time! Vollan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mendez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mendez throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sloppy strikes there by Mendez.
Mendez scores with a couple of short elbows.
Mendez is trying to ground and pound but Vollan uses the momentary lack of control by Mendez to regain half guard.
Vollan taking some punishment here, with Mendez in his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vollan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mendez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mendez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mendez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Vollan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mendez.
Mendez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mendez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mendez thows a huge punch but Vollan dodges it nicely.
Mendez slips a nice elbow through Vollan's hands, connecting with Vollan's forehead.
Mendez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Vollan trying to control from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Mendez there.
Mendez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mendez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mendez not landing any meaningful shots this time.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Vollan tests Mendez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Joe Mendez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mendez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vollan was well out of range. Poor timing from Mendez.
Vollan swings for the body but Mendez moves out of range.
Vollan slips a jab from Mendez.
Nice straight punches there by Vollan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vollan.
Horrible takedown attempt by Vollan or perhaps it was just good defense by Mendez, which made it look bad.
Mendez misses with a takedown attempt
and Vollan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mendez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vollan pinned against the cage. Vollan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez punishes Vollan's body with a nice straight punch.
Mendez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vollan.
Vollan throws out a powerful jab.
Vollan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mendez.
Mendez takes one to the side of the head.
Mendez misses with a hook. Vollan ducked under it nicely.
Vollan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Mendez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Vollan counters with a crisp right hand that drops Mendez! Vollan lets Mendez back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Mendez is rocked!
Havardr Vollan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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!
Vollan tries to clinch there but Mendez circles away.
Mendez throws a body punch but Vollan moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez throws a lazy uppercut
and Vollan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mendez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vollan counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Mendez out cold! What a finish! Vollan is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Havardr Vollan!