PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Milhouse Van Houten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and frank mendoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Van Houten
vs
mendoza

171 cm
18
134 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Milhouse Van Houten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, frank mendoza!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Houten looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? mendoza is fending him off so far but Van Houten persists. Nope, mendoza circles away and we're back to standing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Van Houten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
mendoza looks to land a combination. Van Houten sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
mendoza lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Van Houten bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
mendoza wants to control but Van Houten postures up.

Van Houten is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but mendoza is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
mendoza is trying to improve his position.
mendoza can't do much from the bottom here.

Van Houten has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
mendoza stuffs the takedown.
mendoza is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mendoza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
frank mendoza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
mendoza scores with a head kick.

Van Houten is rocked!
mendoza drops Van Houten with a big left hand! Van Houten is injured, injured bad! mendoza jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). frank mendoza!