PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wess West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregor Mendel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

West
vs
Mendel

200 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
211 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wess West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gregor Mendel!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

West fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Mendel sprawls well initially but West persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
West looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Mendel is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but West pulls his head out easily.
Mendel is trying to stand.
West prevents Mendel from improving his position.
Mendel keeping control of the position.
Mendel wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Mendel trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mendel knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Mendel looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
West works his way into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendel is looking for a sweep.
Mendel should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendel sneaks back into half guard.
Mendel is pressing down on West's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
West advances position into side control!
Mendel is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but West has just dragged him back down to the mat.
West is looking to take a break and control but Mendel is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mendel is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on West's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Mendel is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mendel is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but West pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
West is trying to control. Mendel wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
West thows a huge punch but Mendel dodges it nicely.
Mendel pushes West off looking to stand but West dives back in and keeps control.
West thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
West will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mendel moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
West knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mendel on the ground.
Mendel lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Mendel trying to control the position from guard on top but West is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mendel is one step ahead there.
West pulls Mendel in close to prevent any damage.
Mendel controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mendel preventing the sweep.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wess West dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A shot to the liver by West. Beautiful body shot.
Mendel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mendel tries to clinch there but West circles away.
West is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mendel can do to turn this around?
Mendel throws a low kick, looking for West's leg but West calmly moves out of range.

West pushes Mendel up against the cage in a clinch.
Mendel tries to throw a body punch but West avoids it by throwing Mendel back against the cage.
Mendel throws an elbow that misses.
Mendel trying to stall but West improves his position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mendel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and West avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendel is looking to control West's arms but West gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mendel has his back to the cage.
Mendel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

West pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
West scores with a hook.

West drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West stopping the sweep attempt from Mendel.
West trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Mendel is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and West defends well.
West missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mendel wants to stand and escape but West is having none of it.
West is looking to stand up but Mendel won't let him.

Mendel throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Mendel had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. West defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West works over Mendel with some ground and pound from guard.
West wants to control from the top but Mendel keeps moving.
West tries to free his leg and advance position but Mendel is retaining full guard.
West looking to sit in guard and control but Mendel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Mendel stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Mendel throws a body kick that misses
and West counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mendel, right into the meat.
West fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mendel looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mendel tries to keep at a distance but West has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mendel trying to control the position but instead, West has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mendel into the cage.
Mendel throws an elbow that misses.
Mendel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by West as Mendel tries to tie him up.

West manages to break the clinch.
West checks a leg kick.

West moves into the clinch successfully.
West on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

West manages to break the clinch.
Mendel delivers a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendel throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mendel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
West tries to bum rush Mendel with a series of wild strikes but Mendel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mendel fakes the leg kick and cracks West in the body.

West has taken the fight to the clinch.
West dodges an elbow strike from Mendel.

West pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

West closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Mendel's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West won't allow Mendel to get back to his feet.
Wess West overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Mendel looking for a guillotine here but West defends easily.
Mendel is breathing heavily.
Mendel trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wess West dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Mendel tries to score with a low kick but West moves his leg out of the way.
West lands a nice looking body shot.
Mendel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mendel.
A head kick misses from Mendel.
West moves out of range as Mendel throws a body kick.
West shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mendel eats them both and turns towards West to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Mendel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. West manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mendel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
West is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
West avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
West is looking for a counter combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mendel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mendel throws a body kick that misses.
West checks the leg kick.
West blocks a head kick by Mendel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendel missing with a left hand there. West was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mendel tries to close the distance and clinch up but West swats him away and circles back towards the center.
West seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

West has Mendel up against the cage in a clinch.
Mendel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
West has had enough of the clinch but Mendel keeps him there for the moment.
Mendel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mendel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

West breaks from the clinch.
Mendel tries to close the distance and clinch but West swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mendel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but West paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mendel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mendel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

West clinches with his opponent.
Mendel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from West.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on West's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mendel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mendel missing with knees to the body.

West escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

West feints and as Mendel raises his hands in defense, West changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
West seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Mendel throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

West stands up from guard. Let's bang!
West blocks the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from West.
Mendel throws the kick towards the body but West avoids it.
Mendel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A head kick misses from West.
Mendel steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from West.
Mendel looks for the body kick but West saw that one coming.
Mendel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mendel walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. West checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mendel tries to close the distance and clinch but West swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
West wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

West drives through with a takedown into Mendel's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
West throws a big right hand that misses.

Mendel working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because West has passed into half guard!
West controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendel blocking the ground and pound attempt from West.
West trying to pass the guard but Mendel defending well.
Mendel moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
West works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Mendel is trying to get back to full guard.
Gregor Mendel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Wess West showed his dominance in that final round.
Well West 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wess West!