PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thom Le Bou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Menezes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le Bou kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is in the Night Garden Theme Tune. Kevin Menezes has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Le Bou
vs
Menezes

184 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thom Le Bou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Kevin Menezes!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Bou avoids the body shot from Menezes.
Menezes throws a head kick that misses.
Menezes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Menezes looks to land a combination but Le Bou avoids it well.
Menezes tries to clinch there but Le Bou circles away.
Menezes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Menezes avoids the body shot from Le Bou.
Kevin Menezes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Menezes tries to close the distance and clinch but Le Bou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Menezes connects with a solid leg kick.
Menezes tries to clinch up.
Menezes takes one to the side of the head.
Le Bou swings for the body but Menezes moves out of range.
Le Bou blocks a head kick by Menezes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menezes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Menezes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Le Bou throws a sloppy body shot
and Menezes counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Menezes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Le Bou circles away quickly and effectively.
Le Bou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Menezes moves away.
Menezes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Kevin Menezes has been cut.
Menezes tries a head kick but it misses.
Menezes lands with a slapping head kick.
Menezes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Menezes tries a head kick but it misses.
Menezes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Menezes looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Bou thows a left - swing and a miss!
Le Bou ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le Bou scores with a body shot.
Le Bou circles away from the clinch attempt.
Le Bou takes a swing at Menezes's ribcage but misses.
Menezes stuffs the takedown.
Le Bou keeps the fight on the outside.
Le Bou lands a jab to Menezes's midsection.
Menezes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Le Bou shoots for a takedown but Menezes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Le Bou misses with a looping left.
Le Bou is looking to wear down Menezes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menezes avoids the body shot from Le Bou.
Le Bou scores with a nice right hand.
Menezes wants to clinch.
Menezes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Le Bou swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Le Bou lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Menezes misses with a jab to the body
and Le Bou counters with a stiff right hand.
Menezes defending well as Le Bou loads up on a big left hand.
Le Bou throws a shot from downtown. Menezes moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Le Bou with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thom Le Bou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le Bou throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Menezes's waist but Menezes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Le Bou off to one side.
Menezes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le Bou thuds a left hand into Menezes's body.
Le Bou blocks a head kick by Menezes.
Le Bou dips to his left and cracks Menezes with an uppercut!

That has opened up Kevin Menezes's cut even more.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le Bou will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Le Bou avoids the head kick by Menezes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thom Le Bou dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Menezes's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fighters circling - Le Bou throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Menezes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Menezes doesn't manage to clinch there - Le Bou circles away.
A leg kick checked by Le Bou.
Menezes throws a head kick that half lands.
Menezes throws a sloppy head kick
and Le Bou counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Le Bou scores with a jab. Menezes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Menezes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Le Bou to score with a decent uppercut.
Menezes is breathing heavily.
Menezes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Le Bou.
Le Bou lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Menezes avoids the body shot from Le Bou.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menezes tries to bum rush Le Bou with a series of wild strikes but Le Bou uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Menezes ducks under a wild hook from Le Bou.
Menezes looks for the body kick but Le Bou saw that one coming.
Le Bou scores with a body shot.
A punch combination from Le Bou misses.
Menezes ducks under a wild hook from Le Bou.
Menezes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Le Bou misses the shot to the body.
Le Bou lands a jab to the nose.
Le Bou throws a hook to the side of Menezes's head but Menezes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

A jab-cross combination lands for Le Bou and sends Menezes crashing to the mat! Le Bou follows him down to the mat - Menezes regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Menezes is rocked!

The cut above Kevin Menezes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Le Bou throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Le Bou thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Menezes's head.
Le Bou not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Le Bou is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Le Bou is keen to just control but Menezes is a slippery customer.

Le Bou is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Menezes doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Le Bou.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Le Bou is working for a submission of some sort.
Menezes is refusing to be controlled, as Le Bou sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Le Bou seems to be working for a kimura but Menezes defends the submission attempt.
Le Bou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Menezes can do to turn this around?
Le Bou is keen to just control but Menezes is a slippery customer.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le Bou seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Menezes is not content to let Le Bou control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thom Le Bou dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Menezes's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Menezes defending well as Le Bou loads up on a big left hand.
Le Bou throws a looping overhand right but Menezes ducks down to avoid it.
Menezes tries a head kick but it misses.
Le Bou blocks a head kick by Menezes.
Menezes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Menezes ducks under a wild hook from Le Bou.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Bou misses with a body shot.
Le Bou looks to score with a jab to the body but Menezes is just out of range.
Menezes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Le Bou blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menezes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Menezes misses with a body kick.
Le Bou just misses with a punch to the body.
Menezes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Le Bou paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Menezes misses with a double jab
and Le Bou counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Le Bou misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Menezes.
Menezes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Menezes tries to clinch there but Le Bou circles away.
Le Bou misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Menezes throws a head kick that misses.
Kevin Menezes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Menezes avoids the body shot from Le Bou.
Menezes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Le Bou cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Le Bou lands a jab-cross combination.
Le Bou closes the distance and clinches up with Menezes, looking for a takedown. Le Bou pushes Menezes against the cage but Menezes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Menezes throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Le Bou's head.
Menezes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Le Bou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Le Bou misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menezes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Menezes misses with a looping left.
Le Bou changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Menezes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Le Bou changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Le Bou scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Le Bou connects with a body shot.
Le Bou throws a body punch but Menezes moves out of range.
Le Bou throws a jab when Menezes was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Bou ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Le Bou fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Menezes manages to avoid it.
Le Bou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Menezes moves away.
Kevin Menezes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Le Bou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Le Bou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Le Bou throws a jab but it's blocked by Menezes.
Le Bou takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice body punch from Le Bou.
Le Bou lands with a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thom Le Bou showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Le Bou 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thom Le Bou!