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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brayden Tate (ranked 4904 p4p, 2705 weight class) and Diego Mendoza (ranked 446 p4p, 308 weight class). Tate's entrance music is Sicko mode. A fine choice. Brayden Tate has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brayden Tate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Mendoza!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendoza moves into the clinch.
Tate looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Mendoza tries to pull guard but Tate won't allow it.
Tate tries to pull guard but Mendoza won't allow it.
Mendoza tries to land a knee to the head but Tate blocks with his arms.
Mendoza controlling the action here for a moment.
Tate fails to pull guard.
Tate tries to pull guard but Mendoza forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brayden Tate. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mendoza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mendoza moves into range and clinches up with Tate.
Mendoza's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendoza manages to break the clinch.
Mendoza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tate, pushing him back against the cage.
Mendoza drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tate gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza is trying to trip Tate. He has hold of a leg but Tate is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Mendoza persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Tate pushes Mendoza off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Tate has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mendoza.
Mendoza closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tate has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mendoza avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mendoza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mendoza decides to pull guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mendoza wants to stand up but Tate is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tate has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mendoza wants to stand but Tate is controlling the position.
Mendoza manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Tate dives in for a single leg takedown but Mendoza sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Mendoza will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tate up against the cage.
Mendoza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza clinches with his opponent.
Mendoza breaks the clinch.
Mendoza closes the distance and clinches.
Mendoza manages to break the clinch.
Tate takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mendoza darts in and clinches Tate up against the cage.
Tate has picked Mendoza up - he's going for a ride! Tate dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Mendoza is trying to stand up here but Tate is controlling him well.
Mendoza kicks Tate off and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mendoza lands a head kick. Tate smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mendoza looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendoza decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Mendoza shoots in but Tate avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mendoza moves into the clinch.
Mendoza gets control of Tate's arms and successfully pulls guard. Mendoza will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Mendoza wants to get back to his feet but Tate is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tate not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Mendoza dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mendoza rushes Tate and presses him up against the cage.
Mendoza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mendoza is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Tate to keep the fight standing.
Mendoza stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mendoza breaks the clinch.
Mendoza pushes Tate up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendoza slows down the pace here.
Tate fails to pull guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mendoza tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tate smiles and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mendoza.
Mendoza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mendoza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Tate.
Tate fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mendoza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diego Mendoza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendoza has managed to clinch.
Mendoza jumps guard and drags Tate to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Tate won't allow Mendoza to get back to his feet.
Mendoza keeping moving, preventing Tate from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tate is controlling him.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tate paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tate half committed to a counter leg kick.
Mendoza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tate is looking to counter the offense by Mendoza and move into the clinch.
Mendoza forces Tate back against the cage and clinches.
Tate jumps guard but Mendoza turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brayden Tate. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mendoza is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Mendoza decides to pull guard.
Mendoza wriggles free and stands up.
Mendoza scores with a nice head shot.
Mendoza has closed the distance and engaged Tate in a clinch.
Mendoza gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mendoza seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Mendoza closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tate circles away.
Mendoza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mendoza closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tate did well to prevent Mendoza getting side control.
Tate wants to improve his position but Mendoza is controlling well.
Mendoza tries to stand but can't do so whilst Tate controls his leg.
Tate wants to improve his position but Mendoza is controlling well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Mendoza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Mendoza rushes Tate and presses him up against the cage.
Tate escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mendoza closes the distance and clinches up with Tate, looking for a takedown. Mendoza pushes Tate against the cage but Tate circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
It looked like Tate was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Mendoza throws a head kick that misses.
Mendoza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mendoza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mendoza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate leaves Mendoza with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mendoza has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tate breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mendoza closes the distance and clinches.
Mendoza is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Tate can't fight it off and eventually Mendoza manages to take the fight to the floor. Tate looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Mendoza wants to stand but Tate has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Diego Mendoza has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Mendoza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mendoza gets to his feet - Tate follows without any prompting.
Mendoza drives through and clinches with Tate against the cage.
Mendoza pulls guard successfully.
Mendoza is looking to stand up but Tate isn't so interested in that idea.
Tate postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza wriggles free and stands up.
Mendoza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tate, pushing him back against the cage.
Mendoza has Tate pushed against the cage.
Mendoza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mendoza throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mendoza closes the distance and clinches.
Mendoza tries to land a knee to the head but Tate blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mendoza.
Mendoza lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza breaks from the clinch.
Mendoza tries to clinch up but Tate circles away and keeps his distance.
Tate appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Mendoza is looking to clinch.
Mendoza clinches up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tate trying to control the position but instead, Mendoza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tate into the cage.
Tate takes an elbow to the temple.
Mendoza content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mendoza jumps guard and drags Tate to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Mendoza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tate. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mendoza wants to get back to his feet but Tate is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Brayden Tate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diego Mendoza is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tate connects with a couple of short punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Mendoza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mendoza has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Mendoza!
The defeated Brayden Tate had this to say: 'I wanna thank all my fans for showing up I will come back stronger'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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