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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Cunnings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paolo Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cunnings kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is mr. criminal - watch me rise. Mendez has chosen Jay-Z - Brooklyn We Go Hard as his entrance music. Paolo Mendez has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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215 lbs
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212 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Decent boxing
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Cunnings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paolo Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Mendez showed some decent athleticism there.
Cunnings is not content to let Mendez control the position.
Cunnings keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mendez thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Cunnings to regain full guard.
Mendez trying to control but Cunnings is working from the bottom.
Cunnings preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Mendez stands up and beckons Cunnings to his feet.
Mendez fails with a takedown attempt.
Mendez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cunnings pinned against the cage. Cunnings gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mendez tries to clinch up but Cunnings circles away and keeps his distance.
Cunnings rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mendez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cunnings avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cunnings misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mendez gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Mendez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mendez wants to work for an arm triangle but Cunnings is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Cunnings knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mendez on the ground.
Mendez is working for a kimura but Cunnings is defending it quite comfortably.
Mendez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunnings is trying to stand back up but Mendez is controlling him
Mendez postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Cunnings to stand up.
Mendez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cunnings sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mendez somewhat.
Tyler Cunnings has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paolo Mendez.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mendez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mendez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cunnings's waist but Cunnings gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mendez off to one side.
Cunnings connects with the punch.
Cunnings with a hook.
Mendez doesn't manage to clinch there - Cunnings circles away.
Mendez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cunnings to score with a decent uppercut.
Mendez looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cunnings misses with an uppercut.
Mendez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mendez wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunnings swinging wilding here.
Mendez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mendez wants to clinch up but Cunnings keeps it at a distance.
Mendez clinches with his opponent.
Mendez working aggressively here.
Cunnings blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mendez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mendez is trying to maintain a safe position but Cunnings gets an underhook and turns Mendez into the cage.
Mendez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mendez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mendez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mendez tries to clinch but Cunnings moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tyler Cunnings will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Cunnings lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mendez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cunnings wants to stand but Mendez is controlling the position.
Mendez throws a big right hand that misses.
Mendez throws a strike but Cunnings rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cunnings trying to control the position from guard on top but Mendez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cunnings connects with a couple of short punches.
Cunnings has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mendez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez controlling the position.
Mendez wants to sweep here but Cunnings controlling him for the moment.
Mendez working a defensive guard here.
Cunnings throwing strikes from guard but Mendez blocks nicely.
Cunnings wanted to stand there but Mendez had control of the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Horrible takedown by Mendez or perhaps it was just good defense by Cunnings which made him look bad.
Mendez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mendez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mendez is breathing heavily.
Mendez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cunnings swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mendez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Cunnings.
Mendez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Mendez trying to control from Cunnings's half guard. Cunnings has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Mendez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mendez wants to control from the top but Cunnings keeps moving.
Mendez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez trying to control the position from guard on top but Cunnings is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mendez won't allow Cunnings to get back to his feet.
Mendez drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Cunnings manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Mendez has Cunnings in his guard.
Mendez throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mendez looking for a sweep. Not yet Mendez, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendez doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Mendez has control of Cunnings's left arm, preventing Cunnings from doing any damage.
Mendez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cunnings stands up and waves to Mendez to follow him.
Mendez tries to clinch up.
Cunnings stuffs the takedown attempt from Mendez. Mendez gets slowly back to his feet.
Tyler Cunnings has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paolo Mendez.
Cunnings rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mendez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tyler Cunnings is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cunnings throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyler Cunnings dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Cunnings misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mendez tries to clinch but Cunnings moves out of range.
Cunnings swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cunnings throws a right and a left that Mendez avoids nicely.
Cunnings throws out a leg kick but Mendez moves out of range and Cunnings only half commits.
Paolo Mendez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendez tries to clinch but Cunnings is having none of it.
Mendez avoids the body shot from Cunnings.
Mendez tries to clinch but Cunnings moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mendez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A low kick from Mendez misses
enabling Cunnings to counter with a crisp jab.
Cunnings fails with a takedown attempt.
Mendez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Cunnings counters with a stiff right hand.
Cunnings jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cunnings throws a series of punches but Mendez avoids them all with ease.
Mendez scores with a body shot.
Cunnings throws a series of punches but Mendez moves out of range.
Tyler Cunnings is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez shoots in looking for a takedown. Cunnings tries to sprawl out of it but Mendez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cunnings manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mendez fails to land the takedown.
Tyler Cunnings has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paolo Mendez.
Mendez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mendez is looking to clinch.
Mendez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cunnings doesn't seem bothered though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mendez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mendez tries to close the distance and clinch but Cunnings swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mendez tries to close the distance and clinch but Cunnings swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mendez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cunnings.
Cunnings displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mendez.
Cunnings tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cunnings throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mendez.
Cunnings fails with a takedown attempt.
Mendez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mendez tries to close the distance and clinch but Cunnings swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cunnings gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mendez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cunnings on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mendez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cunnings looking for a takedown.
Mendez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mendez is working for takedown but Cunnings is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mendez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cunnings up against the cage.
Cunnings wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cunnings.
Cunnings has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Mendez clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Mendez holding both Cunnings 's hands and preventing any damage.
Mendez tries to roll but Cunnings sticks to his back.
Mendez grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Mendez tries to roll but Cunnings sticks to his back.
Cunnings missing with strikes from the back.
Mendez trying to control but not successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez is trying to break free.
Cunnings throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Mendez!
Cunnings controlling well, preventing Mendez from escaping the position.
Mendez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Tyler Cunnings is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cunnings misses with a punch to the head.
Cunnings looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Cunnings throwing damaging strikes from the back! Mendez could be in trouble here!
Paolo Mendez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cunnings gets his hands free as Mendez looks to control.
Mendez is trying to break free.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Cunnings showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cunnings, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Cunnings!
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hype
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