PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Mendez (ranked 393 p4p, 846 weight class) and Léo Saint-Clair (ranked 54 p4p, 95 weight class). Saint-Clair has chosen Seine Saint-Denis Style - Suprême NTM as his entrance music. Joe Mendez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mendez
vs
Saint-Clair

188 cm
30
275
14 - 7 - 0

194 cm
21
266
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Mendez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Léo Saint-Clair!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Lou da Vinci and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Saint-Clair throws a shot from downtown. Mendez moves away and avoids it.
Mendez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Saint-Clair throws a big shot that misses.
Saint-Clair misses with a hook
and Mendez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mendez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mendez blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Mendez misses the target.
Saint-Clair throws an off balance right hand
and Mendez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mendez seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Saint-Clair with a hook.
Mendez misses with a wild body shot.
Mendez shoots in for a takedown but Saint-Clair shows good takedown defense.
Saint-Clair looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Saint-Clair looks to score with a jab to the body but Mendez is just out of range.
Mendez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mendez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mendez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saint-Clair.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez jabs at Saint-Clair's body.
Saint-Clair takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Saint-Clair avoids the body shot from Mendez.
Mendez slips a straight right by Saint-Clair.
Saint-Clair swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mendez throwing a counter right hand but Saint-Clair manages to avoid it.
Saint-Clair with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Saint-Clair misses with a double jab.
Saint-Clair misses with a wild body shot.
Saint-Clair lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mendez misses with a lunging right hand
letting Saint-Clair counter with a right hand.
Mendez scores with a jab to the body.
Mendez throws a hook but Saint-Clair blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saint-Clair.
Saint-Clair throws out a counter right but Mendez avoids it with no problem.
A big right from Saint-Clair misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mendez throws a body shot but no joy.
Mendez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Saint-Clair.
Saint-Clair moves out of range as Mendez strikes.
Mendez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Léo Saint-Clair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendez misses with a wild body shot.
Mendez misses with a wild combination.
Saint-Clair misses with a straight left.
Mendez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saint-Clair was well out of range. Poor timing from Mendez.
A nice side step and Saint-Clair releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Mendez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Saint-Clair doesn't seem bothered though.
Mendez misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez moves forwards but Saint-Clair connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Saint-Clair jabs Mendez right on the nose. Mendez blinks but takes it well.
Saint-Clair uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mendez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mendez is looking to wear down Saint-Clair with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Saint-Clair missing with a left hand there. Mendez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saint-Clair tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mendez was well out of range. Poor timing from Saint-Clair.
Mendez blocks a jab.
Saint-Clair gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mendez misses with a body shot.
Léo Saint-Clair is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mendez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mendez moves out of range of the strikes.
Mendez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Saint-Clair misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Saint-Clair circles away quickly and effectively.
Saint-Clair lands a right hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mendez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saint-Clair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saint-Clair avoids the body shot from Mendez.
Saint-Clair waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mendez.
Mendez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mendez swings for the body but Saint-Clair moves out of range.
Mendez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mendez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mendez misses with a body shot.
Saint-Clair throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saint-Clair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Léo Saint-Clair dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jab by Saint-Clair.
A jab from Saint-Clair misses.
Saint-Clair misses with a looping right.
Mendez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mendez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Saint-Clair gets caught flat footed, as Mendez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Saint-Clair avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Saint-Clair working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mendez.
Mendez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Saint-Clair not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mendez wants to pass the guard but Saint-Clair is keeping the position.
Mendez is looking to work some ground and pound but Saint-Clair has wrist control.
Mendez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez postures up in Saint-Clair's guard and throws a big left but Saint-Clair blocks it.
Mendez passes Saint-Clair's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mendez with the ground and pound but Saint-Clair uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Mendez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Saint-Clair bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mendez's guard.

Mendez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Mendez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've been informed that Saint-Clair has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Mendez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Saint-Clair has momentary wrist control but Mendez slips an elbow through the middle.
Saint-Clair trying to strike off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez postures up in Saint-Clair's guard and throws a big left but Saint-Clair blocks it.
Mendez throwing strikes but missing.
Mendez with a nice head shot there.
Mendez wants to control from the top but Saint-Clair keeps moving.
Mendez is in close to Saint-Clair's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mendez throws a big right hand that misses.
Mendez won't allow Saint-Clair to sweep him here.
Saint-Clair working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mendez.
Mendez lands a couple of digs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mendez won't allow Saint-Clair to sweep him here.
Mendez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez throws a big elbow that misses.
Saint-Clair trying to keep a closed guard but Mendez is proving a slippery customer.
Saint-Clair has momentary wrist control but Mendez slips an elbow through the middle.
Saint-Clair trying to control the position.
Saint-Clair pulls Mendez in close to his closed guard and prevents Mendez from doing any damage or advancing position.
Mendez chips away with some ground and pound.
Mendez postures up and lands a big shot to Saint-Clair's brow.
Mendez with a nice head shot there.
Mendez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint-Clair looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mendez postures up and lands a big shot to Saint-Clair's brow.
Mendez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mendez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mendez landing some decent shots from guard.
Mendez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Saint-Clair's head.
Mendez postures up and lands a big shot to Saint-Clair's brow.

Saint-Clair is rocked!
Mendez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mendez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saint-Clair works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mendez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Saint-Clair is still in real trouble! Can Mendez finish him?
Mendez postures up and lands a big shot to Saint-Clair's brow.
Mendez arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Saint-Clair's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Joe Mendez!
Joe Mendez retains his heavyweight title!