PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Ragout Mendy (ranked 1779 p4p, 3677 weight class) and Tayaen Porfirigo (ranked 238 p4p, 453 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mendy
vs
Porfirigo

188 cm
35
178
26 - 20 - 0

185 cm
27
178
7 - 20 - 0

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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pierre Ragout Mendy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tayaen Porfirigo!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Porfirigo fails with a takedown attempt.
Mendy misses with a two punch combination.
Mendy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Porfirigo as he avoids it easily.
Mendy lands with a nice combination. Porfirigo backs away looking to recover.
Porfirigo fails with a takedown attempt.
Porfirigo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mendy sprawls well. Mendy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Porfirigo gets slowly back to his feet.
Pierre Ragout Mendy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tayaen Porfirigo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Mendy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Porfirigo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mendy.
Mendy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Porfirigo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mendy lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Porfirigo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Mendy wants the takedown. Porfirigo is fighting it off but Mendy persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Porfirigo's guard against the cage.
Porfirigo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Porfirigo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Porfirigo has Mendy pulled in close to control his posture.
Porfirigo is trying to keep Mendy in close.
Porfirigo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mendy sitting in guard here, content to control.
Mendy seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Porfirigo for as long as he can get away with.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porfirigo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mendy throwing strikes but missing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mendy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mendy trying to control the position from guard on top but Porfirigo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Porfirigo kicks Mendy off and gets to his feet.
Mendy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Porfirigo! But no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mendy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mendy misses with a hook.

Mendy scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Porfirigo is trying to maintain the position but Mendy is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Porfirigo defending well though.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Mendy in particular looking to stall.

Porfirigo actively working from the bottom here.
Porfirigo wants to get back to his feet.
Porfirigo tries to roll over but Mendy keeps him under control.
Porfirigo has hold of Mendy's hands but Mendy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Still in half guard, Mendy seems content to control.
Mendy's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Mendy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porfirigo tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Mendy works his foot free and advances to mount.
Porfirigo taking shots to the head.
Mendy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Porfirigo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mendy trying to control but Porfirigo is having none of it.
Mendy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mendy with the ground and pound from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendy landing strikes from the mount and Porfirigo is in trouble!
Porfirigo is working to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Ragout Mendy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Porfirigo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Mendy tries to kick Porfirigo off but Porfirigo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Porfirigo prevents Mendy from improving his position.
Mendy is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Mendy trying to control from the bottom.
Porfirigo looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Porfirigo is trying to control. Mendy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Porfirigo takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Mendy is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendy controlling the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Porfirigo wants to control but Mendy is keeping him busy.
Mendy tries to kick Porfirigo off but Porfirigo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Mendy lands a lovely overhand right.
Mendy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Porfirigo.
Mendy shoots in and drives through. Porfirigo sprawls well.
Porfirigo walks into a straight right hand from Mendy.
Mendy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Porfirigo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Mendy defends it well.

Mendy closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Porfirigo's guard.
Mendy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mendy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mendy postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mendy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Porfirigo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mendy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Porfirigo has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Mendy off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot to the body from Mendy misses
enabling Porfirigo to counter with a crisp jab.
Porfirigo misses with a takedown attempt - Mendy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mendy tries a head kick but it misses.
Mendy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Porfirigo can do to turn this around?
Mendy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mendy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Porfirigo misses with a takedown attempt
and Mendy counters with a nice uppercut.

Porfirigo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mendy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendy tries to buck Porfirigo off but Porfirigo is having none of it.
Mendy is not content to let Porfirigo control the position.

Porfirigo stands up.

Mendy shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Porfirigo napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Mendy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Mendy working away.
We've been hearing that Mendy has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Porfirigo is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendy scores with a couple of short elbows.
Porfirigo taking a bit of punishment here - Mendy scoring with strikes.
Porfirigo wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Porfirigo is looking to regain half guard here but Mendy keeps moving and retains side control.
Mendy working away.
Porfirigo is not content to let Mendy control the position.
Mendy is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Porfirigo will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Mendy scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Porfirigo to see if he's OK.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Ragout Mendy dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Mendy looking to score a takedown here. Porfirigo is defending well but Mendy drives through and ends up in Porfirigo's guard.
Porfirigo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mendy is one step ahead there.
Mendy throws a big elbow that misses.
Porfirigo trying to control the position.
Porfirigo wants to stand and escape but Mendy is having none of it.
Mendy won't allow Porfirigo to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Porfirigo wants to stand up but Mendy is controlling him.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Mendy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mendy trying to control the position from guard on top but Porfirigo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mendy landing some decent shots from guard.
Mendy trying to control the position from guard on top but Porfirigo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Porfirigo is trying to keep Mendy in close.
Mendy stands up over Porfirigo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mendy won't allow Porfirigo to get back to his feet.
Mendy postures up and lands a big shot to Porfirigo's brow.
Mendy trying to control but Porfirigo is working from the bottom.
Porfirigo trying to keep a closed guard but Mendy is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Porfirigo controls Mendy momentarily but Mendy frees himself.
Mendy lands a couple of elbows.
Mendy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Porfirigo is trying to keep Mendy in close.
Mendy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Porfirigo's guard.
Mendy works his way into full mount!
Porfirigo working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendy unloading with bombs!
Mendy working the ground and pound effectively.

Porfirigo is rocked!
Mendy connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Porfirigo is still in real trouble! Can Mendy finish him?
Mendy lands a couple of good shots and Porfirigo has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Can Porfirigo hold on?! Mendy is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Mendy lands a series of strikes from the back and Porfirigo goes limp! The ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pierre Ragout Mendy!
An out of breath and clearly excited Pierre Ragout Mendy thanked Altitude Clothing for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
The defeated Tayaen Porfirigo had this to say: 'Now, I will kill myself...'.