PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abro Brodan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Brodan
vs
Mendez

189 cm
23
212 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

181 cm
23
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Abro Brodan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hector Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brodan stuffs the takedown.

Mendez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brodan tries to reverse the position but Mendez maintains control.
Brodan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Mendez tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
A nice elbow there by Mendez.
Brodan regains half guard.
Mendez prevents Brodan from improving his position.
Mendez should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Brodan moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Mendez landing some decent shots from guard.
Mendez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brodan's head.
Mendez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brodan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mendez postures up in Brodan's guard and throws a big left but Brodan blocks it.
Mendez trying to control but Brodan is working from the bottom.
Brodan wants to sweep here but Mendez controlling him for the moment.
Mendez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brodan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mendez stands up over Brodan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mendez is working Brodan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mendez thows a big elbow that misses.
Brodan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mendez wants to control from the top but Brodan keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mendez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mendez trying to control the position from guard on top but Brodan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mendez looking to sit in guard and control but Brodan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mendez looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Brodan puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Mendez is looking for a sweep. Brodan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mendez fails with the takedown.
Brodan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brodan throws a nice looking combination but Mendez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hector Mendez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mendez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Brodan is trying to control Mendez's posture but Mendez avoids it.
Mendez working the strikes but Brodan uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Brodan makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Brodan.
Mendez trying to control but Brodan is working from the bottom.
Mendez throws a strike but Brodan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mendez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mendez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brodan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mendez.
Mendez trying to mount his opponent but Brodan defends it.
Brodan gets full guard.
Mendez stays in close to Brodan's body and controls the position.
Mendez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mendez throws and elbow that misses. Brodan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mendez's guard. Nice move by Brodan!
Mendez throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brodan slips nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Mendez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mendez gets a takedown into half guard.
Mendez wants to take a breather but Brodan is having none of it.
Mendez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brodan's head.
Brodan trying to hold on to Mendez's head to control him but Mendez postures up.
Brodan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mendez is trying to control the action in half guard but Brodan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mendez thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Brodan to regain full guard.
Mendez slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Brodan tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez throwing strikes but missing.
Mendez looking to pass the guard.
Mendez chips away with some ground and pound.
Mendez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mendez content to stall in guard here.
Mendez trying to control but Brodan is working from the bottom.
Mendez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mendez wants to control from the top but Brodan keeps moving.
Mendez throws a big right hand that misses.
Brodan working a defensive guard but Mendez passes into half guard.
Mendez wants to control but Brodan is keeping him busy.

Brodan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brodan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mendez slips a nice elbow through Brodan's hands, connecting with Brodan's forehead.
Mendez is trying to control. Brodan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mendez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Brodan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mendez.
Mendez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mendez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Brodan taking some punishment here, with Mendez in his half guard.
Mendez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brodan defending well though.
Mendez lands strikes from half guard.
Mendez working Brodan over with strikes.
Mendez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brodan regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Mendez.

Brodan working for a triangle but Mendez defends it easily.
Mendez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mendez distracts Brodan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Brodan trying to control the position.
Mendez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mendez distracts Brodan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mendez scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Mendez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Mendez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Check out the look on Mendez's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Brodan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mendez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Mendez working the ground and pound.
Mendez in side control lands a decent elbow.
Mendez working the ground and pound.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Mendez working the head and body with strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brodan is not content to let Mendez control the position.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brodan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Brodan is looking for a sweep.
Mendez scoring with punches from side control.
Mendez lands some shots froms side control.
Mendez controls the position.
Mendez is chipping away with strikes.
Mendez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Brodan tries to buck Mendez off but Mendez is having none of it.
Mendez cracks Brodan with a big elbow.
Brodan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Mendez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Brodan down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez is working Brodan over with some ground and pound from side control.
Mendez remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Mendez cracks Brodan with a big right hand but Brodan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Brodan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Mendez trying to control the action but Brodan is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Mendez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mendez scoring with punches from side control.
Brodan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Mendez landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Mendez is working Brodan over with some ground and pound from side control.
Mendez is working Brodan over with some ground and pound from side control.
Mendez scores with a couple of short elbows.
Abro Brodan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez working the ground and pound.
Mendez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mendez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Brodan some visible discomfort.
Mendez cracks Brodan with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Mendez working the body and head with strikes.
Hector Mendez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mendez working the ground and pound from side control.
Mendez lands an elbow.
Mendez tries to advance to mount but can't.
Brodan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mendez is chipping away with strikes.
Hector Mendez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mendez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brodan keeps working.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Mendez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mendez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Mendez!