PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Danny Delphine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zachary Mendoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Delphine comes to the cage accompanied by Let the bodies hit the floor!. The crowd seem to be enjoying Mendoza's choice of entrance music: Back For More. Zachary Mendoza acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Delphine
vs
Mendoza

225 cm
33
150 lbs
23 - 21 - 1

170 cm
26
145 lbs
18 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Danny Delphine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zachary Mendoza!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendoza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mendoza thows a body shot but no joy.
Delphine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zachary Mendoza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendoza misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Delphine.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mendoza. Delphine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mendoza misses the jab.
Mendoza throws a hook but Delphine avoids it easily.
Mendoza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mendoza swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Delphine decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mendoza's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Delphine is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Delphine really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Delphine looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Delphine accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Delphine stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mendoza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Delphine in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We've been hearing good reports from Delphine's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendoza looking to hit a scissor sweep but Delphine is one step ahead there.
Mendoza is still trying to improve position.
Delphine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mendoza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Delphine pushes down on Mendoza's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Mendoza is pressing down on Delphine's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Delphine wants to pass the guard but Mendoza is keeping the position.

Mendoza is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Delphine defends well.
Delphine is pushing down on Mendoza's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mendoza is fighting to maintain full guard but Delphine has managed to sneak the leg through.
Mendoza wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mendoza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Mendoza tries to get to full guard but Delphine has control of the leg.
Mendoza has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.

Delphine is looking for a kimura here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Delphine winds up and cracks Mendoza with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Delphine lands strikes from half guard.
Delphine thows a huge punch but Mendoza dodges it nicely.
Mendoza is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Delphine's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Delphine's back!
Mendoza gets his hands free as Delphine looks to control.
Mendoza keeps control of the position as Delphine tries to break free.
Delphine is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delphine tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

Mendoza working for a guillotine from mount but Delphine is in no mood to give up.
Delphine is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Delphine is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mendoza trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Delphine wants to hold on but Mendoza pushes him away.
Delphine regains half guard.
Delphine is looking to improve his position.

Mendoza is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Delphine 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delphine is trying to get back to full guard.
Mendoza wants to control but Delphine is keeping him busy.
Delphine has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mendoza is working away from the top position though.
Delphine is looking to improve his position.
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!

Mendoza is working for a kimura but Delphine is defending it quite comfortably.
Mendoza has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Delphine is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Delphine dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mendoza thows a body shot but no joy.
Mendoza sizes up Delphine with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mendoza just misses with a punch to the body.
No joy there for Mendoza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Mendoza misses the target.
Nice body punch from Mendoza.
Mendoza is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mendoza. Delphine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mendoza scores with a one two! Delphine had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Delphine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mendoza jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza missing with a left hand there. Delphine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Delphine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mendoza.
A swing and a miss from Mendoza.
Mendoza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mendoza misses with an uppercut.
Mendoza throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Delphine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Danny Delphine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Delphine uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mendoza.
Mendoza misses with a straight right.
Mendoza swings for the body but Delphine moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Mendoza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zachary Mendoza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Delphine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delphine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Delphine.
Delphine moves out of range as Mendoza strikes.
Mendoza misses with a straight right.
Delphine needs to keep his hands up - Mendoza had a free shot at his head there.
Mendoza throws a right and a left that Delphine avoids nicely.
Mendoza is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Delphine slips a jab from Mendoza.
Mendoza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mendoza missing with a left hand there. Delphine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mendoza swings for the body but Delphine moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza misses with a straight right.
Delphine slips a jab and a cross from Mendoza.
Mendoza misses with a straight left.
Delphine slips a straight right by Mendoza.
Delphine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mendoza.
Mendoza throws a right hand that misses

so Delphine counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Delphine is working Mendoza over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Delphine's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Delphine preventing the sweep.
Delphine working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Delphine scoring with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mendoza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Delphine stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mendoza swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Mendoza throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delphine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Delphine throwing strikes but missing.
Delphine is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Mendoza is rocked!
Mendoza is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mendoza is still in real trouble! Can Delphine finish him?
Delphine postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Delphine gets to his feet and stands over Mendoza, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Mendoza felt that one! Delphine unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Mendoza from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Delphine!
An out of breath and clearly excited Danny Delphine thanked Meet the Future for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).