PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Vengrio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Mentzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vengrio comes into the arena with Muay Thai blaring out of the sound system. Mike Mentzer will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Vengrio
vs
Mentzer

190 cm
25
287 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arthur Vengrio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Mentzer!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mentzer throws a right and a left that Vengrio avoids nicely.

Vengrio instigates a clinch.
Vengrio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mentzer has had enough of the clinch but Vengrio keeps him there for the moment.
Mentzer wants to break free but Vengrio has control.
Mentzer looks gassed!

Vengrio manages to break the clinch.

Vengrio moves into range and clinches up with Mentzer.
Vengrio is struggling to control the position.
Mentzer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vengrio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mentzer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vengrio lands a knee to the body.
Vengrio lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Mike Mentzer has been cut.

Vengrio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vengrio throws a head kick that misses.
Vengrio misses with a double jab
and Mentzer counters with a two punch combo.

Vengrio moves into range and clinches up with Mentzer.

Vengrio breaks from the clinch.

Vengrio instigates a clinch.
Mentzer is trying to break the clinch but Vengrio has him pressed against the cage.
Mentzer wants to get back to striking at distance but Vengrio won't allow it.
Mentzer working hard to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Vengrio.
Vengrio really is a fat lump.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Vengrio.
Vengrio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mentzer's face.
Vengrio is stalling here.
Vengrio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vengrio with a knee to the head.
Mentzer takes a shot to the head.
Vengrio lands a knee to the head.
Vengrio digs a right hand underneath Mentzer's ribcage. Mentzer let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Vengrio breaks from the clinch.
Mentzer looks to land a combination but Vengrio avoids it well.

Vengrio rushes Mentzer and presses him up against the cage.
Vengrio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mentzer's face.
A knee to the head by Vengrio.

Vengrio manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from Vengrio.
Mentzer throws out a loose jab but Vengrio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mentzer swats away the attempt to clinch by Vengrio.
Vengrio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mentzer swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mentzer misses with the combination.
Vengrio throws a head kick but Mentzer moves out of range.

Vengrio pushes Mentzer up against the cage in a clinch.
Mentzer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mentzer tries to break free but Vengrio pushes him back against the cage.
Mentzer is looking to break free of the clinch but Vengrio has double underhooks.
Vengrio prevents Mentzer from breaking the clinch.

Vengrio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vengrio dodges the punch combination from Mentzer.
A nice combination there by Mentzer.
Good shot there by Mentzer.

Vengrio instigates a clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mentzer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mentzer is trying to force a seperation but Vengrio has the dominant position.
A knee to the head by Vengrio.
Mentzer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vengrio has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mentzer can't break the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Vengrio - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mentzer tries to break free but Vengrio pushes him back against the cage.
Mentzer is trying to break the clinch but Vengrio is controlling him.
Vengrio utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Vengrio.
Mentzer is trying to break the clinch but Vengrio is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Mentzer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vengrio scores a nice knee to the body.
Vengrio landing knees to the head.
Mentzer working hard to break the clinch.
Mentzer blocks an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Vengrio.
Vengrio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mentzer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mentzer tries to break the clinch but Vengrio is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Mentzer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vengrio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mentzer tries to break the clinch but Vengrio is controlling the position.

Mentzer manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Vengrio moves in looking to clinch but Mentzer pushes him off.
Mentzer swinging wildly here.
Vengrio misses with a double jab
and Mentzer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vengrio tries to clinch but Mentzer moves out of range.
Mentzer lands with a nice combination. Vengrio backs away looking to recover.
Mentzer scores with a hook.
No joy there for Mentzer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Vengrio pushes Mentzer up against the cage in a clinch.
Vengrio landing knees to the head.
Mentzer is trying to break free.
Mentzer tries to circle away but Vengrio has him pinned against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vengrio connects with a knee to the head.
Mentzer tries to break the clinch but Vengrio is controlling the position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vengrio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mentzer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vengrio keeps control of Mentzer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Vengrio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Mentzer'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.

Mentzer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vengrio on the side of the head.
Mentzer takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Vengrio closes the distance and pushes Mentzer back into the cage.

Vengrio breaks from the clinch.
Mentzer misses with a wild combination.
Vengrio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mentzer keeps the fight on the outside.
Mentzer throws a lazy right hand but Vengrio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Vengrio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Vengrio breaks from the clinch.
Mentzer lands with a nice combination. Vengrio backs away looking to recover.
Mentzer lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Arthur Vengrio has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mentzer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vengrio wants to clinch.
Mentzer throws out a powerful jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mentzer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mentzer.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mentzer connects with a good right hand that stumbles Vengrio. Vengrio circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A combination from Vengrio does no damage.
Mentzer lands a two punch combo.
Mentzer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mentzer works over Vengrio's head and body with a nice combination.
Vengrio tries to close the distance and clinch but Mentzer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mentzer stalks Vengrio and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Vengrio's face. Vengrio staggers backwards, shaken.
Mentzer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vengrio.
Mentzer closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Vengrio tries to clinch up but Mentzer circles away and keeps his distance.
Mentzer is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Mentzer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mentzer swinging wildly here.
Mentzer is working the combinations to good effect here.
Vengrio tries to clinch up.
Good exchange - Mentzer coming out on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mentzer keeps the fight on the outside.
Mentzer throws a series of punches but Vengrio avoids them all with ease.
Vengrio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mentzer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vengrio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Vengrio fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mentzer, pushing him back against the cage.
Mentzer tries to circle away but Vengrio has him pinned against the cage.
Vengrio content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Vengrio tries a knee to the head but Mentzer blocks it.
Mentzer is trying to force a seperation but Vengrio has the dominant position.
Vengrio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vengrio works on Mentzer's body with a couple of short punches.
Mentzer is trying to break the clinch but Vengrio has him pressed against the cage.
Vengrio is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mentzer working hard to break the clinch.
Vengrio is trying to break the clinch but Mentzer is controlling him.
Mentzer is looking to break free of the clinch but Vengrio has double underhooks.
Mentzer tries to circle away but Vengrio has him pinned against the cage.
Mentzer is trying to force a seperation but Vengrio has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mentzer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vengrio keeps control of Mentzer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Arthur Vengrio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vengrio landing knees to the head.
Mentzer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vengrio has him pressed against the cage.
Mentzer tries to circle away but Vengrio has him pinned against the cage.
Vengrio misses with a knee to the head.
Vengrio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mentzer is trying to break the clinch but Vengrio is controlling him.
Vengrio landing knees to the head.
Mentzer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mentzer tries to circle away but Vengrio has him pinned against the cage.
Mentzer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vengrio has Mentzer pressed against the cage, preventing Mentzer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vengrio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mentzer's face.
Vengrio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mentzer wants to break free but Vengrio has control.
Mentzer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mentzer is trying to break the clinch but Vengrio has him pressed against the cage.
Vengrio landing knees to the body.
Vengrio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four 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.
Vengrio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mentzer's efforts to push away.
Vengrio lands a nice elbow.
Mentzer wants to get back to striking at distance but Vengrio won't allow it.
Vengrio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mentzer's face.
Mentzer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vengrio has him pressed against the cage.
Mentzer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vengrio has him pressed against the cage.
Vengrio utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vengrio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vengrio lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mentzer backwards.
Mentzer is trying to break the clinch but Vengrio has him pressed against the cage.
Vengrio looking to throw knees to the head but Mentzer is blocking nicely.

Mentzer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mentzer lands with a hook. Vengrio tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Vengrio misses with a double jab.
Mentzer digs a good hook to Vengrio's body.
Mentzer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters circling - Mentzer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Mentzer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Mentzer.
Vengrio tries to bum rush Mentzer with a series of wild strikes but Mentzer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vengrio is looking to clinch but Mentzer is avoiding it.
Mentzer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vengrio circles away quickly and effectively.
Mentzer connects with the punch.
Mentzer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vengrio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mentzer avoids the head kick by Vengrio.
Mentzer scores with a nice right hand.
Vengrio misses with a head kick.
Mentzer misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vengrio takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vengrio walks into a stiff left hand from Mentzer.
Mentzer lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mike Mentzer seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Vengrio rushes Mentzer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vengrio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mentzer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mentzer avoids the elbow strike from Vengrio, against the cage.
Vengrio looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vengrio prevents Mentzer from breaking the clinch.
Mentzer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mentzer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mentzer is trying to break free.
Vengrio lands a knee to the head.
Vengrio lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mentzer working hard to break the clinch.
Vengrio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mentzer is trying to force a seperation but Vengrio has the dominant position.
Vengrio works on Mentzer's body with a couple of short punches.
Mentzer tries to break the clinch but Vengrio is controlling the position.
Mentzer is trying to break the clinch but Vengrio has him pressed against the cage.
Mentzer wants to get back to striking at distance but Vengrio won't allow it.
Mentzer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vengrio misses with an elbow over the top.
Vengrio has Mentzer pressed against the cage, preventing Mentzer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vengrio obliges.
A knee to the head by Vengrio.
Mentzer wants to get back to striking at distance but Vengrio won't allow it.
Mentzer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

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.
A knee to the head by Vengrio.
Vengrio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vengrio with a knee to the head.
Mentzer is trying to break the clinch but Vengrio has him pressed against the cage.
Mentzer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mentzer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vengrio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mentzer can't break the clinch.
Vengrio just leaning against Mentzer, taking a breather.
Mentzer avoids the elbow strike from Vengrio, against the cage.
Mentzer has had enough of the clinch but Vengrio keeps him there for the moment.
Mentzer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mentzer wants to break free but Vengrio has control.
Mentzer is trying to break free.
Vengrio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vengrio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mentzer is looking to break free of the clinch but Vengrio has double underhooks.
Vengrio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mentzer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mentzer is looking to break free of the clinch but Vengrio has double underhooks.
Vengrio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mentzer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vengrio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mentzer.
Mentzer lands a glancing blow to the side of Vengrio's head.
A punch combination from Vengrio misses.
Vengrio takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vengrio throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mentzer stalks Vengrio and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Vengrio's face. Vengrio staggers backwards, shaken.
Vengrio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mentzer throws out the jab.
Mentzer looks to score with a jab to the body but Vengrio is just out of range.
Mentzer throws a series of punches but Vengrio moves out of range.
Vengrio scores with a leg kick.
Mentzer throws a big shot that misses.
Vengrio throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mentzer's head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mentzer.
Mentzer throws a series of punches but Vengrio moves out of range.
Mentzer might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Mentzer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vengrio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vengrio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mentzer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mentzer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mentzer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vengrio misses with a wild combination.
Vengrio takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mentzer works the jab nicely.

Vengrio has managed to clinch.
Mentzer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vengrio lands a good knee to the midsection. Mentzer won't want to take too many of those.

Vengrio breaks from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vengrio takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Vengrio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vengrio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mike Mentzer.
I think Mentzer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Mentzer!