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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paolo Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filip Decapovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendez comes to the cage accompanied by Jay-Z - Brooklyn We Go Hard. Decapovic has chosen You Want Blood (You Got It) - AC/DC as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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212 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
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195 cm
20
215 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paolo Mendez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Filip Decapovic!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendez blocks a jab.
Mendez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mendez doesn't manage to clinch there - Decapovic circles away.
Decapovic takes a swing at Mendez's ribcage but misses.
Filip Decapovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decapovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Decapovic moves forwards but Mendez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mendez shoots for a takedown but Decapovic saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Decapovic lands with a straight right. Mendez didn't see that one coming.
Mendez is looking to clinch but Decapovic is avoiding it.
Mendez gets the takedown into side control.
Mendez misses with the ground and pound.
Decapovic takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Decapovic pushes Mendez away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mendez gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Mendez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Decapovic to see if he's OK.
Mendez in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Mendez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Decapovic keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Decapovic trying to remain calm as Mendez controls from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendez wants to control but Decapovic is keeping him busy.
Decapovic is trying to get back to his feet.
Mendez working the ground and pound but Decapovic is defending the strikes.
Decapovic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mendez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Decapovic takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Mendez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Mendez in side control, throwing shots but Decapovic defends.
Decapovic wants to get back to his feet.
Decapovic is not content to let Mendez control the position.
Mendez is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Decapovic is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez scores with a couple of short elbows.
Mendez works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Decapovic throws Mendez to one side and escapes!
The fight stays on the outside here - Mendez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mendez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Decapovic misses with a body shot.
Mendez slips under a jab from Decapovic.
Decapovic takes a swing at Mendez's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Decapovic.
Decapovic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mendez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mendez ducks under a wild hook from Decapovic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Mendez showed some decent athleticism there.
Mendez is looking to take a break and control but Decapovic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mendez is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Decapovic!
BOOM! Mendez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Decapovic looks gassed!
Mendez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Decapovic is trying to stand up.
Decapovic tries to lock up and control but Mendez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mendez trying to control but Decapovic is having none of it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mendez landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Mendez.
Mendez lands a big shot there that rocks Decapovic but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
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!
Mendez won't let Decapovic get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez is landing with some decent strikes but Decapovic is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Mendez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Mendez dominating with strikes here.
Mendez with shots to the head and body - Decapovic looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mendez working Decapovic over with strikes here.
Mendez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Decapovic looks a forlorn figure.
Mendez lands a nice shot to the head.
Mendez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mendez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mendez tries to control but Decapovic wriggling away.
Mendez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Decapovic looks a forlorn figure.
Decapovic is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mendez landing shots from mount.
Decapovic is still in real trouble! Can Mendez finish him?
Mendez controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paolo Mendez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Decapovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Decapovic seems to have recovered his senses.
Mendez shoots in but no luck this time.
Decapovic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Decapovic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mendez at a distance.
Mendez slips a straight right by Decapovic.
Mendez defending well as Decapovic loads up on a big left hand.
Mendez slips under a jab.
Mendez clinches.
Decapovic managing to block the knees to the body from Mendez.
Decapovic breaks the clinch.
Mendez ducks under a wild hook from Decapovic.
Decapovic is breathing heavily.
Mendez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Decapovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mendez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Decapovic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez shoots in but no luck this time.
Mendez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mendez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Decapovic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Decapovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mendez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mendez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Decapovic.
Mendez is looking to clinch.
A jab from Decapovic misses.
Mendez tries to clinch up.
Mendez instigates a clinch.
Mendez digs a right hand underneath Decapovic's ribcage. Decapovic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mendez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Mendez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decapovic managing to block the knees to the body from Mendez.
Mendez tries to stall but Decapovic uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mendez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Mendez - that landed with a thud.
Mendez has Decapovic pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Decapovic manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paolo Mendez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mendez is struggling to control the position.
Mendez has picked Decapovic up - he's going for a ride! Mendez dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Mendez lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mendez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mendez trying to control from half guard but Decapovic is working away.
Mendez lands with a punch from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mendez connects with a nice short shot to Decapovic's temple.
Mendez working over Decapovic with some ground and pound. Decapovic looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mendez takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Mendez lands with a punch from half guard.
Decapovic wants to get back to his feet.
Ground and pound from Mendez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Mendez.
Mendez working the head and body with strikes.
Mendez is trying for a kimura here. Decapovic looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Mendez wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Paolo Mendez!
Paolo Mendez retains his light heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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