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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Mendez (ranked 1397 p4p, 189 weight class) and Chinggis Khaan (ranked 1001 p4p, 144 weight class). Mendez comes into the arena with Angelito blaring out of the sound system. Angelo Mendez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Chinggis Khaan's chin.
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184 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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174 cm
27
182 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Dangerous knees
Heavy handed |
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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
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angelo Mendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chinggis Khaan!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khaan moves into range and clinches up with Mendez.
Mendez breaks the clinch.
Khaan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khaan throws a punch but it's blocked by Mendez.
A head punch on the inside from Khaan fails to land.
Mendez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Mendez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Khaan.
A short left from Khaan.
Khaan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khaan lands with a right to the head.
Khaan misses with some punches.
Mendez tries to throw a body punch but Khaan avoids it by throwing Mendez back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khaan.
Khaan throws a punch but it's blocked by Mendez.
Mendez is trying to force a seperation but Khaan has the dominant position.
Mendez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khaan forces Mendez back against the cage and clinches.
Mendez breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khaan slips a straight right by Mendez.
Mendez misses with a looping right.
Khaan is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khaan has managed to clinch.
Mendez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mendez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Khaan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mendez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khaan has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Mendez is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Mendez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khaan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mendez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mendez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice straight punches there by Khaan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Khaan.
Mendez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khaan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khaan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khaan has a couple of punches blocked by Mendez.
Mendez avoiding damage.
Khaan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mendez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khaan throws a punch but it's blocked by Mendez.
Mendez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mendez gets tackled into the cage by Khaan. Khaan maintains the clinch.
Mendez manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Khaan misses its intended target.
Khaan clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mendez looks to land a left hand but Khaan moved out of range nicely.
Khaan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Khaan lands a nice uppercut.
I was talking to Mendez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mendez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mendez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Khaan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khaan moves into range and clinches up with Mendez.
Khaan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khaan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Khaan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mendez backwards.
Mendez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mendez manages to break the clinch.
Khaan rushes Mendez and presses him up against the cage.
Mendez blocking some punches.
A short right from Khaan.
Mendez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khaan throws a punch but it's blocked by Mendez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez can't break the clinch.
Mendez blocks an uppercut.
Khaan has Mendez pressed against the cage, preventing Mendez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mendez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chinggis Khaan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendez walks into a straight right hand from Khaan.
Mendez throws a jab but it's blocked by Khaan.
Khaan clinches with his opponent.
Mendez breaks from the clinch.
Khaan moves out of range as Mendez strikes.
Mendez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Khaan clinches with his opponent.
Mendez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mendez lands a nice shot to the body.
Khaan lands an uppercut.
Mendez works on Khaan's body with a couple of short punches.
Khaan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mendez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khaan has closed the distance and engaged Mendez in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khaan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khaan throws a head punch that misses.
Mendez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khaan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mendez.
Jab from Mendez.
Nice body punch from Khaan.
Khaan rushes Mendez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mendez breaks from the clinch.
Khaan tries to clinch but Mendez moves out of range.
Khaan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mendez.
Khaan tries to clinch up but Mendez circles away and keeps his distance.
Mendez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mendez swats away the attempt to clinch by Khaan.
Mendez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mendez looks to land a right hand but Khaan moved out of range.
Khaan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mendez throws a big counter combination but Khaan scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khaan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Khaan closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chinggis Khaan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mendez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mendez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Khaan. Khaan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Khaan lands a head shot.
Khaan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khaan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khaan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mendez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mendez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mendez is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Mendez shuts the power down on Khaan. Lights out, game over! Mendez is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Angelo Mendez!
Angelo Mendez managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Urban Fighter, into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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