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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Mendosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Tronk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tronk has chosen "Go Getta" - Young Jeezy as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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215 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carlos Mendosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Benny Tronk!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Hugh Johnson and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tronk stuffs the takedown attempt from Mendosa. Mendosa gets slowly back to his feet.
Tronk tries to clinch but Mendosa is having none of it.
Mendosa shoots for a double leg takedown but Tronk sprawls well. He's pushed Mendosa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tronk is looking to clinch.
Tronk tries to clinch up but Mendosa circles away and keeps his distance.
Mendosa fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Mendosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tronk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tronk doesn't manage to clinch there - Mendosa circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tronk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tronk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tronk has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tronk gets underhooks to prevent Mendosa's takedown attempt.
Mendosa fails to pull guard.
Mendosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mendosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendosa fails to pull guard.
Mendosa changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tronk fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Mendosa shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Tronk is trying to defend but Mendosa finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Tronk is looking to get back to is feet but Mendosa passes into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendosa working the ground and pound but Tronk is defending the strikes.
Mendosa 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.
Tronk seems a little lost for a moment, as Mendosa dominates the positioning.
Tronk pushes Mendosa away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mendosa gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Mendosa tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Tronk is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Mendosa has just dragged him back down to the mat.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Mendosa shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tronk as he avoids it easily.
Tronk stuffs the takedown attempt from Mendosa. Mendosa gets slowly back to his feet.
Mendosa shoots in for a takedown but Tronk shows good takedown defense.
Mendosa is breathing heavily.
Tronk moves into the clinch.
Mendosa lands a takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendosa prevents Tronk from getting back to his feet.
Tronk is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Tronk uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Tronk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mendosa.
Mendosa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tronk's waist but Tronk gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mendosa off to one side.
Mendosa dives in and grabs Tronk's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tronk pushes down on Mendosa's head and hops out.
Carlos Mendosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tronk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tronk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tronk gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tronk scores a nice knee to the body.
Tronk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mendosa blocks an elbow strike from Tronk.
Mendosa fails to pull guard.
Mendosa is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tronk gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tronk creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mendosa's defenses.
Tronk creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mendosa's defenses.
Mendosa jumps guard but Tronk stands there with Mendosa around his waist. Mendosa gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mendosa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tronk smiles and moves away.
Mendosa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tronk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tronk tries to clinch but Mendosa moves out of range.
Mendosa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tronk but Tronk pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tronk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mendosa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tronk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tronk is looking to clinch but Mendosa is avoiding it.
Tronk has Mendosa up against the cage in a clinch.
Mendosa pulls guard effortlessly.
Mendosa could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Mendosa is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tronk stopping the sweep attempt from Mendosa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tronk is looking to stand up but Mendosa won't let him.
Mendosa is working an open guard so Tronk takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Tronk instigates a clinch.
Mendosa fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mendosa tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tronk just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benny Tronk dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mendosa closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tronk to the mat! Tronk manages to get full guard.
Tronk wants to get back to his feet but Mendosa is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mendosa slips nicely into half guard.
Mendosa trying to mount his opponent but Tronk defends it.
Mendosa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mendosa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tronk defending well though.
Tronk is trying to stand.
Tronk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tronk is breathing heavily.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mendosa scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendosa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Tronk knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Tronk is not content to let Mendosa control the position.
Tronk is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Mendosa is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tronk is not content to let Mendosa control the position.
Mendosa grinds an elbow into Tronk's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mendosa scores with a couple of short elbows.
Mendosa misses with the ground and pound.
Mendosa connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Tronk some visible discomfort.
Mendosa is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tronk is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Mendosa trying to control the position but Tronk is working away.
Tronk is trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendosa tries for a kimura but Tronk is defending well.
Mendosa trying to control the position but Tronk is working away.
Mendosa working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Tronk throws Mendosa to one side and escapes!
Tronk tries to clinch but Mendosa is having none of it.
Tronk doesn't manage to clinch there - Mendosa circles away.
Mendosa shoots in looking for a takedown. Tronk tries to sprawl out of it but Mendosa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tronk manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendosa shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tronk defends it nicely.
Tronk wants to clinch up but Mendosa keeps it at a distance.
Tronk defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mendosa.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Mendosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tronk forces Mendosa back against the cage and clinches.
Mendosa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tronk with a knee to the head.
Tronk landing knees to the head.
Tronk lands a damaging elbow.
Tronk with a knee to the head.
Tronk trying to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Tronk.
Tronk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tronk utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tronk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mendosa.
Tronk landing knees to the head.
Mendosa has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Tronk uses from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Mendosa dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Tronk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mendosa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tronk clinches up against the cage.
Tronk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mendosa can't get the takedown.
Mendosa tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tronk just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mendosa is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Mendosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mendosa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tronk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tronk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tronk missing with knees to the body.
Tronk looking to throw knees to the head but Mendosa is blocking nicely.
Tronk with a knee to the head.
Mendosa fails to pull guard.
Mendosa tries to pull guard but Tronk won't allow it.
Tronk lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tronk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mendosa.
Tronk scores a nice knee to the body.
Tronk lands a knee to the head.
Tronk looking to throw knees to the head but Mendosa is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tronk throws an elbow but misses.
Mendosa jumps guard.
Mendosa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendosa manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tronk manages to get himself to full guard.
Tronk wants to get back to his feet but Mendosa passes into half guard.
Mendosa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mendosa is looking for a kimura here.
Tronk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mendosa content to control rather than advance.
Mendosa working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tronk is looking to escape.
Mendosa is trying to work for a kimura but Tronk is defending well.
Mendosa wants to take a breather but Tronk is having none of it.
Tronk pushes Mendosa off looking to stand but Mendosa dives back in and keeps control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendosa passes the guard and advances to mount!
Tronk tries to buck Mendosa off but he can't manage it.
Mendosa looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mendosa goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Tronk is on top in guard.
Tronk has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mendosa is proving hard to escape from.
Tronk is posturing up here but Mendosa has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Tronk tries to roll out but it's too tight and Tronk has to tap! Slick submission there by Mendosa!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Carlos Mendosa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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