PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Mendoza (ranked 578 p4p, 728 weight class) and Jeryl Christ (ranked 44 p4p, 53 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.

Mendoza
vs
Christ

164 cm
31
135
17 - 10 - 1

175 cm
25
140
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Luiz Mendoza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeryl Christ!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendoza throws a leg kick but Christ sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Christ steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mendoza.
Christ scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Christ looks to throw the jab but Mendoza is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Mendoza on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mendoza wants to slow Christ down by chopping away at his legs.
Luiz Mendoza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendoza moves out of range of the body kick from Christ.
Mendoza misses with a body shot.
Mendoza punishes Christ's body with a nice straight punch.
Mendoza cracks Christ with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mendoza misses with a wild body shot.
Christ swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mendoza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mendoza looks to score with a jab to the body but Christ is just out of range.
Mendoza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Christ was well out of range. Poor timing from Mendoza.
Christ takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mendoza seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Christ lands a nice looking body kick.
Christ pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Christ is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Christ walks into a straight right hand from Mendoza.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mendoza.
Nice body punch from Mendoza.
Christ moves out of range of the body kick.
Mendoza is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mendoza connects with a jab.
Christ swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mendoza was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Mendoza - that will leave a mark!
Jeryl Christ is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mendoza shoots in but Christ avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mendoza just misses with a punch to the body.
Christ throws a lazy uppercut
and Mendoza counters with a straight right hand.
Mendoza is looking to wear down Christ with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mendoza lands with a shot to the body.
Christ scores with a nice body kick.
Christ takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mendoza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Christ moves out of range of the leg kick from Mendoza.
Christ throws a push kick but Mendoza slaps the foot to one side.
Mendoza throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Christ appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A big right from Christ misses.
Mendoza misses with a hook to the body
and Christ counters with a low kick, right behind Mendoza 's knee.
Christ throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza swings for the body but Christ moves out of range.
Mendoza misses with the body kick
and Christ counters with a stiff right hand.
Christ lands a leg kick that knocks Mendoza off balance momentarily.
Mendoza cracks Christ with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mendoza misses with a right hand
and Christ connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mendoza lets loose with a powerful body kick. Christ will feel that in the morning.
Mendoza swings for the body but Christ moves out of range.
Mendoza misses with a body punch
and Christ cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mendoza throws a chopping leg kick but Christ manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mendoza tries a low kick but Christ avoids it.
Mendoza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christ throws out the jab.
Christ looks to throw a body kick
and Mendoza counters with a straight right hand.
Mendoza scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slapping body kick lands there for Mendoza.
Christ keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christ throws a fast counter high kick but Mendoza manages to duck under it in time.
Christ throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Christ goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Christ avoids the body shot from Mendoza.
Mendoza with a nice calf kick.
Christ lands with an overhand left.
Mendoza misses the shot to the body.
Mendoza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christ was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Mendoza stuns Christ with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Christ moves away from the strike by Mendoza.
Mendoza is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sloppy strikes from Christ. Those never looked like landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Luiz Mendoza dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Christ leaves Mendoza with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Christ throws a fast counter high kick but Mendoza manages to duck under it in time.
Nice straight punches there by Mendoza. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mendoza.
Christ throws a head kick but Mendoza moves out of range.
Mendoza catches Christ with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mendoza digs a good body shot into Christ's ribs.
Mendoza takes a swing at Christ's ribcage but misses.
Mendoza misses with an uppercut
and Christ cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendoza misses with a body punch
and Christ counters with a head kick. That will keep Mendoza thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Mendoza connects with the punch.
Mendoza digs a good hook to Christ's body.
The fighters circling - Christ throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza throws a push kick but Christ slaps the foot to one side.
Christ looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mendoza misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Mendoza misses its intended target.
Christ throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Christ uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mendoza.
Christ misses with a hook.
Christ keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christ misses with a wild combination.
Christ takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mendoza. Christ does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mendoza fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Christ is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mendoza lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Christ throws a poor cross that misses
and Mendoza counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Christ thinking.
Luiz Mendoza is winning the standup battle so far.
A clash of legs there as Mendoza blocks the low kick.
A little feinted left hand from Mendoza on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mendoza. Christ does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mendoza moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromChrist.
Mendoza swings for the body but Christ moves out of range.
Christ shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christ lands with a slapping head kick.
Mendoza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Christ throws a sloppy head kick and Mendoza moves out of range easily.
Mendoza throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Christ misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ needs to keep his hands up - Mendoza had a free shot at his head there.
Mendoza thumps Christ with a low kick.
Mendoza shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mendoza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Christ connects with a right hand. Mendoza shakes it off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mendoza. Christ does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mendoza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Christ can do to turn this around?
Mendoza lands with a good body shot.
Christ loads up on a big right hand but Mendoza slips the punch.
A slow jab from Christ misses its intended target.
Mendoza throws a body shot but no joy.
Christ shapes to counter with a head kick.
Mendoza swings away with a body shot that misses
and Christ connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mendoza looks to land a combination but Christ avoids it well.
A little jabbing left from Christ on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A shot to the liver by Mendoza. Beautiful body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Mendoza.
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!
An inside leg kick lands from Mendoza.
Mendoza misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mendoza throws a push kick but Christ slaps the foot to one side.
Mendoza misses with a jab to the body
and Mendoza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Christ swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A slow jab from Christ misses its intended target.
Christ tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mendoza throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Christ thinks about the counter body kick.
Christ misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Christ misses the jab.
Christ throws a nice head kick!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Luiz Mendoza will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A punch lands to the side of Mendoza 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mendoza misses with an attempted mid kick.
Christ looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Mendoza throws a wild body kick that Christ sees coming a mile off.
Mendoza lands a slapping body shot.
Mendoza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Christ takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Christ misses with a head kick.
Christ throws a nice head kick!

Mendoza is rocked!
A slapping leg kick lands for Christ.
Oh Mendoza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mendoza lands the left hand.
Christ lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Mendoza crumples to the floor! Christ milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jeryl Christ!
Our winner, Jeryl Christ, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.