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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hawk Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bodys hit the floor - by drowning pool. Wood is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Enae Volare Mezzo. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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184 lbs
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194 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident |
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hawk Mendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sam Wood!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendez dodges the punch combination from Wood.
Wood drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Wood pushing down on Mendez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Wood passes the guard and advances to mount!
Wood dominating with strikes here.
Mendez is rocked!
Wood working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Oh Mendez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wood unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wood scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wood with the ground and pound from mount.
Wood lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mendez hang on?
Mendez is breathing heavily.
Wood looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wood lands a heavy elbow.
Wood landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mendez taking shots to the head.
Wood landing punches.
Mendez taking shots to the head.
Wood has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wood landing punches.
Wood looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wood dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice elbow there by Wood.
Wood scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wood lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mendez hang on?
Mendez taking shots to the head.
Wood fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mendez tries to lock up and control but Wood gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wood cracks Mendez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood prevents Mendez from getting the reversal.
Wood is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mendez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by Wood.
Wood throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Mendez because Wood loaded up on that one.
Wood scoring with strikes but Mendez is staying in there.
It looks like Hawk Mendez has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wood working Mendez over with strikes here.
Wood putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wood with shots to the head and body - Mendez looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by Wood.
Wood with good strikes from the mount here!
Wood landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Wood.
Hawk Mendez's cut is getting worse.
Mendez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wood on the ground.
A nice elbow there by Wood.
Hawk Mendez's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wood pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Wood.
Wood landing shots from mount.
Wood landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Wood.
Wood lands a big shot there that rocks Mendez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wood fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wood has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mendez's face.
Wood has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mendez's face.
Wood landing punches.
Mendez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wood with the ground and pound from mount.
Mendez wants to try and get back to his feet.
Wood with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Mendez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wood looking to finish with strikes here!
Wood working Mendez over with strikes here.
Jeez, Hawk Mendez's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hawk Mendez's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sam Wood!
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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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