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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zai Mongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nachito Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendez has chosen Lloyd Banks - Where I'm At ft. Eminem as his entrance music. Nachito Mendez has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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178 cm
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200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
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187 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zai Mongo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nachito Mendez! The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mendez fails with the takedown. Mongo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Mongo looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Mongo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Mongo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mendez defending well though. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mongo lands a nice short elbow. Mongo trying to control the pace. Mendez looks gassed! The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mongo lands a nice short elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mongo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Mongo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Mongo not doing much here.
Mongo working over Mendez with some ground and pound. Mendez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mongo lands a nice short elbow. Mongo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mongo stalling. Mongo 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. Nice strikes from Mongo there. Mongo slips a nice elbow through Mendez's hands, connecting with Mendez's forehead. Mongo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Mongo lands strikes from half guard. Mongo controlling the action here. 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! Mongo winds up and cracks Mendez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Mongo controlling the action here. Mongo 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. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Mongo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Mongo works his way into full mount! Mendez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mongo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Mongo looking to finish Mendez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mendez!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Mongo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mendez?
Mongo looking to finish Mendez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mendez! Mongo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Mongo looking to finish Mendez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mendez! Mongo lands a nice shot to the head. Mendez taking shots to the head. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Mongo looking to control and managing it successfully. Mongo with shots to the head and body - Mendez looks very uncomfortable down there. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zai Mongo dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mongo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mendez's guard. Mendez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mongo. Mendez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Mongo working some strikes from top position. Mongo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mendez's guard. Mongo moves into full mount! Mendez won't be happy about that! BOOM! Mongo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
BOOM! Mongo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Mendez is breathing heavily. Mongo is landing with some decent strikes but Mendez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mongo landing strikes from the mount and Mendez is in trouble! Mongo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Mongo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mendez hang on? BOOM! Mongo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
BOOM! Mongo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mongo unloading with bombs! Mongo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mendez can do to turn this around? Mongo with the ground and pound from mount. Mongo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Mongo dominating with strikes here. Mongo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Mendez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Mongo lands a big elbow. Mongo controlling from the full mount. Mongo raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Mongo lands with some strikes. Mongo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mendez looks a forlorn figure.
Mongo looking to finish Mendez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mendez! Mongo working Mendez over with strikes here. Mongo landing punches. Mongo with shots to the head and body - Mendez looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Mongo punishing his opponent with strikes. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Mendez takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Mongo's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zai Mongo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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