PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fidel Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jr Deloitte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mendez
vs
Deloitte

170 cm
20
140 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

176 cm
26
142 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fidel Mendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jr Deloitte!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deloitte tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mendez swivels and escapes.

Deloitte gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Deloitte trying to keep a closed guard but Mendez is proving a slippery customer.
Mendez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Deloitte swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mendez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Deloitte works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Deloitte tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mendez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Mendez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mendez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Mendez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mendez trying to control but Deloitte is working from the bottom.
Deloitte utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deloitte is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Deloitte keeping moving, preventing Mendez from controlling successfully.
Mendez tries to free his leg and advance position but Deloitte is retaining full guard.
Mendez lands a couple of elbows.
Mendez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Deloitte is trying to control the position but Mendez postures up.
Mendez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Deloitte being controlled here, momentarily.
Mendez looking to pass the guard.
Deloitte avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez trying to control the position from guard on top but Deloitte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Deloitte is trying to keep Mendez in close.
Mendez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mendez preventing the sweep.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mendez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mendez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mendez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mendez throwing strikes from guard but Deloitte blocks nicely.
Mendez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Deloitte avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deloitte controls Mendez momentarily but Mendez frees himself.
Mendez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Deloitte's head.
Mendez is looking to work some ground and pound but Deloitte has wrist control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Deloitte is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mendez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Deloitte is controlling him.
Mendez throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Mendez is looking to stand up but Deloitte isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Deloitte manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Mendez scoring with punches from side control.
Deloitte on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Deloitte wants to control but Mendez postures up.
Mendez scores with punches from side control.
Deloitte struggling a bit here.
Mendez wants to control but Deloitte is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mendez lands some shots froms side control.
Mendez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mendez 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.

Mendez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Deloitte, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fidel Mendez dominated that round.
That's time! Mendez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Deloitte dives in for a single leg takedown but Mendez sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Mendez wants the takedown. Deloitte is fighting it off but Mendez persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Deloitte's guard against the cage.
Mendez won't allow Deloitte to sweep him here.
Mendez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Deloitte keeping moving, preventing Mendez from controlling successfully.
Mendez postures up.
Mendez works over Deloitte with some ground and pound from guard.
Mendez stands up over Deloitte, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mendez landing with the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Deloitte trying to keep a closed guard but Mendez is proving a slippery customer.
Mendez throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez throwing strikes from guard but Deloitte blocks nicely.
Deloitte keeping moving, preventing Mendez from controlling successfully.
Mendez is working Deloitte over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Mendez is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Deloitte is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Deloitte has escaped and now he's on top!
Mendez is controlling Deloitte's posture.
Mendez throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Fidel Mendez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mendez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Deloitte would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Mendez is pulling down on Deloitte's head to control his posture.
Deloitte preventing the sweep.
Mendez is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Deloitte dives into side control.
Mendez wants to control but Deloitte postures up.
Mendez is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mendez tries to escape but Deloitte is in control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deloitte working the ground and pound but Mendez is defending the strikes.
Mendez is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Deloitte takes advantage of some sloppy striking from Mendez to pass into mount.
Deloitte avoids the attempt from Mendez to control.
Mendez is looking to improve his position but Deloitte isn't that keen on the idea.
Mendez squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mendez tries to hold on but Deloitte postures up.
Deloitte throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Mendez manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Mendez tries to kick Deloitte off in order to stand up. Deloitte Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mendez wants to get back to his feet but Deloitte drags him back down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Deloitte tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Deloitte has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fidel Mendez dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Mendez pushes Deloitte up against the cage in a clinch.

Mendez is trying to trip Deloitte. He has hold of a leg but Deloitte is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Mendez persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Deloitte throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Deloitte avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mendez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Deloitte can do to turn this around?
Mendez postures up in Deloitte's guard and throws a big left but Deloitte blocks it.
Mendez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Deloitte is keeping the position for now.
Deloitte is trying to keep Mendez in close.
Mendez cracks Deloitte with a solid left hand.
Mendez postures up.
Mendez landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez is in close to Deloitte's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mendez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mendez trying to control but Deloitte is working from the bottom.
Mendez stopping the sweep attempt from Deloitte.
Mendez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Deloitte keeping moving, preventing Mendez from controlling successfully.
Mendez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mendez cracks Deloitte with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez trying to control the position from guard on top but Deloitte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mendez sitting in guard here, content to control.
Deloitte is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mendez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Deloitte's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Mendez drops back looking for a leg! Deloitte is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Deloitte manages to kick Mendez off! Mendez jumps back into Deloitte's guard.
Deloitte throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Mendez throwing strikes from guard but Deloitte blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez with a nice head shot there.

Deloitte has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mendez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mendez landing some decent shots from guard.
Deloitte takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mendez engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Deloitte looking to control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mendez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mendez wants to control from the top but Deloitte keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez advances position into side control!

Mendez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Mendez lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mendez works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Deloitte takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Mendez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Deloitte keeps working.
Jr Deloitte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fidel Mendez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Deloitte taking punishment in the form of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fidel Mendez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mendez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fidel Mendez!
Our winner, Fidel Mendez, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Jr Deloitte had this to say: 'me lost wil only make better fighter'.