PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonid Fedorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Fedorov
vs
Mendez

198 cm
19
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Fedorov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rob Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fedorov tries to close the distance and clinch but Mendez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mendez throws a head kick but Fedorov moves out of range.

Mendez clinches with his opponent.
Fedorov effectively controlling the action here.
Fedorov scores with a shoulder strike.
Fedorov keeps control of Mendez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short left from Fedorov.

It looks like Rob Mendez has been cut.
Fedorov with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fedorov.
Fedorov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fedorov lands a knee to the head.
Mendez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fedorov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Fedorov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mendez's efforts to push away.

Fedorov breaks the clinch.

Mendez tries to keep at a distance but Fedorov has taken the fight into the clinch.

Fedorov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Mendez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Fedorov is trying to defend but Mendez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Fedorov pushes Mendez off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez darts in trying to clinch

and Fedorov counters by clinching up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fedorov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fedorov stalling against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Fedorov for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Mendez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Fedorov avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Fedorov lands a knee to the body.
Mendez looks gassed!
Fedorov is struggling to control the position.
Mendez jumps guard but Fedorov stands there with Mendez around his waist. Mendez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Leonid Fedorov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Mendez.
Fedorov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Fedorov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fedorov moves into the clinch.
Fedorov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mendez tries to pull guard but Fedorov holds him up against the cage and eventually Mendez drops back down to his feet.

Fedorov breaks the clinch.
Leonid Fedorov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Fedorov rushes Mendez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Fedorov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mendez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fedorov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fedorov tries to clinch
and Mendez counters with a three punch combo that has Fedorov backing up. Fedorov nods at Mendez to acknowledge the strikes.
Fedorov throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Fedorov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fedorov has Mendez pressed against the cage, preventing Mendez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fedorov scores a nice knee to the body.
Fedorov lands a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedorov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mendez's face.
Fedorov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Fedorov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fedorov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Mendez tries to keep at a distance but Fedorov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fedorov lands a nice elbow.
Fedorov scores a nice knee to the body.

Fedorov breaks the clinch.
Fedorov is looking to clinch but Mendez is avoiding it.
Mendez avoids the head kick by Fedorov.
Fedorov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mendez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mendez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fedorov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Fedorov gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedorov crunches a lovely knee into Mendez's ribcage.

Fedorov breaks the clinch.
Mendez fails to land the takedown.
Mendez looks for a takedown but Fedorov sprawls well.

Fedorov pushes Mendez up against the cage in a clinch.
Mendez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fedorov is defending well for now.
Fedorov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mendez tries to break the clinch but Fedorov is controlling the position.
Fedorov crunches a lovely knee into Mendez's ribcage.
Fedorov is struggling to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mendez avoids the elbow strike from Fedorov, against the cage.

Mendez drags the fight down to the ground.
Fedorov tries to stand but Mendez is controlling from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonid Fedorov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rob Mendez's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Fedorov gets a clinch.
Mendez has a couple of punches blocked by Fedorov.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fedorov.
Fedorov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mendez's face.
Leonid Fedorov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fedorov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Fedorov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mendez tries to clinch up.
Horrible takedown by Mendez or perhaps it was just good defense by Fedorov which made him look bad.
Mendez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fedorov connects with a high kick.
Fedorov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mendez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mendez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fedorov but Fedorov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fedorov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mendez is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mendez shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fedorov wants to get back to his feet.
Mendez trying to control the action but Fedorov is working from the bottom.
Mendez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedorov wants to get back to his feet.
Mendez slows the pace down in half guard.

Mendez maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Fedorov could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Mendez has cracked it and Fedorov is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Mendez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rob Mendez!