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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Mendonca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Werben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Werben's choice of entrance music: The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid . John Werben told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taylor Mendonca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Werben!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendonca clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Werben.
The referee is keeping an eye on Werben - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mendonca breaks the clinch.
Werben moves into range and clinches up with Mendonca.
Mendonca has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Werben avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mendonca gets control of Werben's arms and successfully pulls guard. Mendonca will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Mendonca on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mendonca tries to get out of the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Mendonca looking for a sweep. Not yet Mendonca, not yet.
Werben advances to half guard.
Mendonca holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Werben stands up out of the half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Werben is looking to clinch.
Werben fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Werben gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Werben scores with a knee to the head.
Mendonca is trying to pull guard but Werben turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Werben tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Werben manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mendonca tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Taylor Mendonca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Werben stalls.
Werben lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mendonca or not.
Werben lands with a short shot to the head.
Werben misses with a knee to the head.
Mendonca dodges an elbow strike from Werben.
Mendonca has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Werben with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Taylor Mendonca has been cut.
Werben breaks the clinch.
Werben doesn't manage to clinch there - Mendonca circles away.
Mendonca takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mendonca is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Werben looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Werben is looking to clinch but Mendonca is avoiding it.
John Werben is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Werben tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Werben closes the distance and clinches.
Werben scores with a knee to the head.
Werben misses with a knee to the head.
Werben misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Werben.
Werben landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendonca misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Werben.
Mendonca misses with a hook to the ribs.
Werben content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mendonca tries to score a body lock takedown but Werben shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Come on Werben - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Werben lands an elbow inside that Mendonca shrugs off.
Werben lands an elbow just above Mendonca 's eye.
Stalling in the clinch from Werben.
Mendonca takes a knee right on the jaw!
Werben connects with a knee to the head.
Werben lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Werben lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mendonca backwards.
Werben comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Werben.
Werben lands a knee to the body.
Werben breaks from the clinch.
Werben tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mendonca counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Werben controlling Mendonca's posture.
Werben wants to stand and escape but Mendonca is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Werben keeping moving, preventing Mendonca from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Werben dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Taylor Mendonca's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Mendonca keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice sprawl there from Werben as Mendonca shoots in.
Werben is looking to clinch.
Werben rushes Mendonca and presses him up against the cage.
Mendonca tries to circle away but Werben has him pinned against the cage.
Werben lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mendonca takes an elbow to the temple.
Werben tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mendonca takes an elbow to the temple.
Mendonca is trying to break free.
Werben lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Werben is pushing Mendonca up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mendonca tries to pull guard but Werben won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendonca is trying to break the clinch but Werben has him pressed against the cage.
Werben unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mendonca lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Werben stalling.
Werben lands an elbow inside.
Mendonca is trying to pull guard but Werben has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Taylor Mendonca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Werben landing knees to the head.
Taylor Mendonca's cut is getting worse.
A bit of stalling here from Werben.
Mendonca takes an elbow to the forehead.
Werben pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Werben moves into range and clinches up with Mendonca.
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!
Werben has Mendonca pressed against the cage.
Werben throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Werben.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendonca trying to control the position but instead, Werben has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mendonca into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Werben.
A nice left hand lands by Werben.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Werben creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mendonca's defenses.
Werben gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Werben unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mendonca is trying to pull guard but Werben has him pressed against the cage.
Werben working Mendonca over with knees to the body.
Werben crunches a lovely knee into Mendonca's ribcage.
Werben tries a knee to the head but Mendonca blocks it.
Werben gets underhooks to prevent Mendonca's takedown attempt.
Werben softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendonca looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Werben working Mendonca over with knees to the body.
Werben with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Werben scores a nice knee to the body.
Mendonca wants to stall.
Werben with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Werben breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Werben takes the fight into the clinch.
Werben misses with a knee to the head.
Werben's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Werben lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Werben lands a damaging elbow.
Werben working Mendonca over with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Werben to work.
Werben has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Werben lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mendonca backwards.
Werben crunches a lovely knee into Mendonca's ribcage.
Werben landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Mendonca is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Werben lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Werben showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Taylor Mendonca'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!
Werben moves into range and clinches up with Mendonca.
Werben tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Werben lands an elbow that stopped Mendonca in his tracks for a moment.
Mendonca dodges an elbow strike from Werben.
Werben with a knee to the head.
Mendonca jumps guard but Werben stands there with Mendonca around his waist. Mendonca gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Werben pushes off an throws an elbow but Mendonca leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mendonca.
Werben using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mendonca has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Werben is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Nice elbow from Werben.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Werben stalling against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Werben misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mendonca.
Werben scores with a shoulder strike.
Mendonca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mendonca tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Werben connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mendonca's face.
Werben escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mendonca changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Werben looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Werben tries to improve position but can't.
Werben is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Werben looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Werben manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Werben is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mendonca defends well.
Werben pushes Mendonca off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Werben wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendonca avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mendonca shoots in for a takedown but Werben shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Taylor Mendonca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Werben tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mendonca swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Werben fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mendonca darts in and clinches Werben up against the cage.
Werben lands a knee to the body.
Werben pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Werben misses with a few strikes there.
Mendonca has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Werben with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mendonca is trying to pull guard but Werben turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Mendonca has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Werben is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Werben lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Werben with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
John Werben is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Werben taking a breather.
Werben pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Werben lands a head kick. Mendonca smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Werben tries to clinch but Mendonca moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mendonca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Werben manages to avoid it.
Werben closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mendonca counters with a body kick that stops Werben in his tracks momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Werben comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Werben winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Werben!
An intense looking John Werben took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I have nothing but respect for Taylor, he is a veteran in the sport, but I realy think that he shoul retire now.'.
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hype
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