PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendez has chosen Finsh em ALL as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lee
vs
Mendez

200 cm
25
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Simon Lee!
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, Chad Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee tries to clinch up but Mendez circles away and keeps his distance.
Mendez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Lee gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Mendez to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Lee will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mendez controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mendez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Mendez from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Chad Mendez has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mendez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chad Mendez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lee shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Mendez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez is trying to escape the mount.
Lee content just to control the position here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Mendez is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mendez wants to hold on but Lee pushes him away.
Mendez is looking to improve his position but Lee isn't that keen on the idea.
Lee trying to control but Mendez is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez tries to hold on but Lee postures up.
Mendez swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Mendez can't escape the position.
Lee tries to control but Mendez wriggling away.
Mendez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lee wants to control the pace but Mendez is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lee trying to control but Mendez is having none of it.
Mendez regains half guard.
Mendez is not content to let Lee control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Simon Lee has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Lee fails with an attempt to clinch.

Mendez clinches up with Lee and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Mendez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mendez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mendez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mendez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mendez lands with a hook. Lee tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

It looks like Simon Lee has been cut.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mendez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mendez shoots in for a double leg but Lee sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lee tries to clinch there but Mendez circles away.
Lee slips a jab from Mendez.
Lee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mendez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lee blocks a low kick nicely.
Mendez shoots for a takedown but Lee saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lee tries to clinch up but Mendez circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez has a takedown stuffed.
Simon Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chad Mendez.

Mendez gets tackled into the cage by Lee. Lee maintains the clinch.
Mendez looking to slow down the pace here.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mendez blocks it with crossed arms.
Mendez avoids the elbow strike from Lee, against the cage.
Mendez managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Mendez jumps guard but Lee stands there with Mendez around his waist. Mendez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mendez wants a takedown but no success here.
Mendez is breathing heavily.
A short right from Lee on the inside.
Lee lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mendez backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lee successfully pulls guard.
Mendez trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.

Mendez stands up and waves to Lee to follow him.

Lee has Mendez up against the cage in a clinch.
Lee prevents the takedown attempt.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mendez is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Lee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lee slows down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lee.
Mendez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lee is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mendez to keep the fight standing.
Lee is trying to maintain a safe position but Mendez gets an underhook and turns Lee into the cage.
Mendez is trying to pull guard but Lee has him pressed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lee obliges.
Nice body punch from Lee.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mendez's brow.
Lee lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Lee.
Lee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Lee.
Lee lands a left hand.
Lee scores with a shot to the side of Mendez's head.
Lee lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee misses with a knee to the head.
Mendez is trying to break the clinch but Lee is controlling him.
Lee working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Mendez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee tries to clinch but Mendez moves out of range.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Mendez circles away.
Simon Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lee is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Lee dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Simon Lee's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Lee tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Mendez counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mendez on the ground.

Mendez stands and steps away. Lee gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Lee wants to clinch up but Mendez keeps it at a distance.
Lee closes the distance and clinches up with Mendez, looking for a takedown. Lee pushes Mendez against the cage but Mendez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lee tries to clinch there but Mendez circles away.
Mendez shoots in looking for a takedown but Lee manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mendez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mendez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lee looks to clinch

and Mendez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lee won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Mendez in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Lee is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chad Mendez!
An intense looking Chad Mendez took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I love fight fans, and come to my after party! Also, my sponsors, thank you to whom ever that may be!'.