PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Supachai Panya (ranked 3833 p4p, 433 weight class) and Fabian Mendez (ranked 5101 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Panya might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mocca garden - ผมรักเมื$. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Panya
vs
Mendez

181 cm
25
173 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Supachai Panya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fabian Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Panya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Panya takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Mendez rushes Panya and presses him up against the cage.
Mendez avoids a wild elbow strike from Panya.
Mendez blocks an elbow strike from Panya.
Mendez tries to stall but Panya uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Panya looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Panya throws an elbow but it misses.
Panya throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panya is looking to break free of the clinch but Mendez has double underhooks.
Mendez trying to stall but Panya improves his position.
Mendez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mendez misses with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Panya throws an elbow but misses.
Panya looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mendez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Panya backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mendez lands a body punch.
Panya has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mendez avoids a wild elbow strike from Panya.
Mendez misses with a body punch.
Mendez is looking to control Panya's arms but Panya gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mendez has his back to the cage.
Mendez avoids the elbow strike from Panya, against the cage.
Mendez misses with an elbow strike.

Panya manages to break the clinch.
Mendez throws a shot to the body.

Panya gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Mendez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Panya looks to score with a jab to the body but Mendez is just out of range.
Mendez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mendez connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez takes one on the button.

It looks like Fabian Mendez has been cut.
Panya lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mendez swings for the body but Panya moves out of range.
Panya scores with a decent looking hook.
Panya scores with a jab to the jaw.
Panya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mendez was well out of range. Poor timing from Panya.
Mendez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Panya scores with a jab. Mendez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Mendez is rocked!
Mendez looks to score with a jab to the body but Panya is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez takes a swing at Panya's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Panya wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mendez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Panya manages to avoid it.
Panya tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Mendez manages to circle out of the way.
Mendez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mendez is still on wobbly legs! Can Panya finish him?
Mendez jabs at Panya's body.

Panya moves into the clinch.
Mendez seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Panya throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mendez misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mendez.
Mendez tries to land knees in the clinch but Panya avoids the damage to the body.
Panya pushes off an throws an elbow but Mendez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Panya misses with an elbow over the top.
Panya pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Panya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mendez's brow.
Mendez blocks an elbow strike from Panya.
Mendez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Panya up against the cage.
Panya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Panya wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from Mendez on the inside.
Mendez blocks an elbow strike.

Mendez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Panya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mendez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Panya at a distance.
Mendez wants to clinch up but Panya keeps it at a distance.
Mendez wants to clinch up but Panya keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Supachai Panya will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fabian Mendez's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mendez lands a nice hook to Panya's body. Panya takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mendez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Panya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Panya throwing a counter right hand but Mendez manages to avoid it.
Panya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mendez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A big left from Panya misses.
Mendez wants to clinch
and Panya counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panya looks to land a right hand but Mendez moved out of range.
Panya dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Panya.
Mendez throws a predictable looking body shot

and Panya counters with a nice right hand that sends Mendez toppling to the canvas! Mendez scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Panya finish him?!
Panya fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Mendez to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Mendez looks to clinch but Panya throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Mendez taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Supachai Panya!