PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Louie Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and German Valdez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mendez
vs
Valdez

176 cm
25
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
27
177 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Louie Mendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, German Valdez!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Valdez moves into range and clinches up with Mendez.
Valdez misses with some punches.
Valdez dodges an elbow strike from Mendez.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Mendez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Valdez's brow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mendez.
Valdez takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mendez.
Mendez crunches a lovely knee into Valdez's ribcage.
Mendez lands an elbow just above Valdez 's eye.
Mendez lands an elbow inside that Valdez shrugs off.
Mendez scores with a knee to the head.
Mendez landing knees to the body.
Mendez lands a damaging elbow.
Valdez takes an elbow to the temple.
Mendez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mendez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mendez lands an elbow inside that Valdez shrugs off.
Mendez lands a nice elbow.
Mendez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Valdez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Valdez tries to pull guard but Mendez won't allow it.
Mendez lands an elbow inside.
Valdez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mendez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mendez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Valdez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mendez.
Mendez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Mendez.
A short uppercut from Mendez.
Mendez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mendez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mendez with a knee to the head.
Mendez lands an elbow just above Valdez 's eye.
Mendez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mendez with a knee to the head.
Mendez landing knees to the body.
Valdez looks gassed!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mendez.
Mendez lands a nice elbow.
Valdez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mendez lands with a short shot to the head.
Mendez lands an elbow inside that Valdez shrugs off.
Mendez lands an elbow inside that Valdez shrugs off.
Valdez is looking to break free of the clinch but Mendez has double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mendez.
Valdez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mendez lands a nice elbow.
Still in the clinch, Mendez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mendez scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mendez scores with a shot to the side of Valdez's head.
Mendez with a knee to the head.
Mendez lands an elbow that stopped Valdez in his tracks for a moment.
Mendez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mendez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Valdez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Good body shot from Mendez.
Valdez takes an elbow to the temple.
Mendez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mendez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mendez lands a damaging elbow.
Mendez is pressed up against the ropes. Valdez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mendez down to the mat. Mendez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Louie Mendez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of German Valdez.

Mendez has closed the distance and engaged Valdez in a clinch.
Mendez lands a nice uppercut.
Mendez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A right handed body shot lands from Mendez.
Mendez lands an elbow just above Valdez 's eye.
Mendez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mendez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mendez landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mendez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Mendez lands a nice knee to the body.
Mendez has Valdez pressed against the ropes, preventing Valdez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Valdez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mendez prevents the takedown attempt.
Mendez lands an elbow that stopped Valdez in his tracks for a moment.
Mendez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mendez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Mendez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mendez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mendez.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Mendez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Valdez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mendez just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Mendez misses with a knee to the head.
Valdez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mendez misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mendez throws an elbow but misses.
Mendez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Valdez blocks it with crossed arms.
Mendez lands a damaging elbow.
Mendez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

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.
Mendez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mendez lands a nice elbow.
Mendez misses with a punch on the inside.
Valdez avoids the elbow strike from Mendez, against the ropes.
Valdez avoids a wild elbow strike from Mendez.
Mendez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Valdez is trying to maintain a safe position but Mendez gets an underhook and turns Valdez into the ropes.
Mendez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Valdez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Valdez takes an elbow to the temple.
Mendez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mendez misses with an elbow over the top.
Mendez missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Mendez.
Valdez blocks a body shot from Mendez.
Valdez goes for a takedown attempt but Mendez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Valdez fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Louie Mendez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Mendez has closed the distance and engaged Valdez in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mendez throws an elbow but misses.
Mendez throws an elbow but it misses.
Mendez lands an elbow that stopped Valdez in his tracks for a moment.
Mendez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mendez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mendez lands with a light punch inside.
Mendez lands a knee to the body.
Mendez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Valdez avoids a wild elbow strike from Mendez.
Mendez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Louie Mendez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mendez lands an elbow inside.
A right hand to the body from Mendez.
Mendez misses with an elbow over the top.
Valdez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Mendez fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Valdez takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mendez scores a nice knee to the body.
Valdez is breathing heavily.
Valdez tries for a takedown but Mendez manages to get underhooks.
Mendez lands an elbow inside.
Mendez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Valdezs head.
Valdez looking for a takedown.
Louie Mendez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of German Valdez.
Mendez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Valdez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mendez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Valdez backwards.
Mendez connects with a knee to the head.
Mendez lands an elbow inside that Valdez shrugs off.
Mendez lands an elbow inside that Valdez shrugs off.
Mendez lands an elbow that stopped Valdez in his tracks for a moment.
Mendez lands an elbow inside.
A nice left hand lands by Mendez.
Mendez lands an elbow inside that Valdez shrugs off.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mendez.
Mendez pushes off an throws an elbow but Valdez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Mendez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valdez takes an elbow to the temple.
Mendez pushes Valdez back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Mendez.
Mendez lands an elbow that stopped Valdez in his tracks for a moment.
Mendez lands an elbow just above Valdez 's eye.
Mendez lands with a right to the head.
Mendez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Valdez is trying to force a seperation but Mendez has the dominant position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mendez.
Mendez lands an elbow inside.
Mendez scores with a shoulder strike.
Mendez throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Mendez.
Mendez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mendez scores a nice knee to the body.
Valdez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Valdez takes an elbow to the temple.
Valdez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mendez is defending well for now.
Mendez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mendez gets through Valdez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Valdez is trying to force a seperation but Mendez has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valdez jumps guard but Mendez stands there with Valdez around his waist. Valdez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Mendez.
A knee to the head by Mendez.
Valdez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mendez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Valdez's defenses.
Mendez crunches a lovely knee into Valdez's ribcage.
Mendez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Valdez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mendez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Valdez blocks it with crossed arms.
Mendez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mendez misses with a knee to the head.
Valdez tries to pull guard but Mendez won't allow it.
Valdez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mendez throws an elbow but it misses.
The referee calls for Valdez to work.
Valdez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mendez missing with knees to the body.
Mendez lands an elbow inside that Valdez shrugs off.
Valdez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

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.
Valdez has Mendez pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Mendez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Valdez is trying to break free.
Valdez blocks an elbow strike.
Mendez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Valdez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mendez just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Mendez throws an elbow but it misses.
Valdez trying to control the position but instead, Mendez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Valdez into the ropes.
Mendez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mendez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Valdez is trying to break the clinch but Mendez has him pressed against the ropes.
Mendez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Valdez's defenses.
Mendez lands a shoulder strike.
Mendez lands an uppercut.
Mendez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Valdez tries to pull guard but Mendez won't allow it.
Mendez lands with a light punch inside.
Mendez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Mendez.
Valdez takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Louie Mendez dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Valdez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mendez.
Valdez tries to score with a low kick but Mendez moves his leg out of the way.
Valdez shoots in for a takedown but Mendez shows good takedown defense.

Valdez moves into the clinch successfully.
Valdez tries to circle away but Mendez has him pinned against the ropes.
Mendez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Valdez's defenses.
Mendez lands an elbow that stopped Valdez in his tracks for a moment.
Mendez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mendez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Valdez misses with an elbow over the top.
Mendez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mendez prevents the takedown attempt.
Valdez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mendez.
Nice elbow from Mendez.
Valdez takes an elbow to the temple.
Mendez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Mendez.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Mendez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez scores with a knee to the head.
Valdez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mendez lands an elbow just above Valdez 's eye.
Mendez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Valdez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mendez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mendez lands a damaging elbow.
Valdez fails to pull guard.
Louie Mendez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of German Valdez.
Mendez lands a knee to the head.
Valdez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Valdez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mendez connects with a knee to the head.
Mendez stops a takedown attempt from Valdez.
A knee to the head by Mendez.
Mendez lands an elbow inside.
Mendez lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mendez throws an elbow but misses.
Valdez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mendez just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Mendez throws an elbow but it misses.
Valdez jumps guard but Mendez stands there with Valdez around his waist. Valdez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez is leaning against Valdez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mendez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mendez misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Valdez.
Mendez looking to throw knees to the head but Valdez is blocking nicely.
Valdez tries to throw a body punch but Mendez avoids it by throwing Valdez back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Valdez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mendez lands an elbow inside.
Valdez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mendez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mendez lands an elbow that stopped Valdez in his tracks for a moment.
Mendez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Valdez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mendez pushes off an throws an elbow but Valdez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Valdez blocks the elbow strike.
Valdez jumps guard but Mendez stands there with Valdez around his waist. Valdez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Valdez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mendez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Valdez's efforts to push away.
Valdez jumps guard but Mendez stands there with Valdez around his waist. Valdez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mendez swings wildly with an uppercut but Valdez uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valdez tries to break free but Mendez pushes him back against the ropes.
Valdez tries to pull guard but Mendez won't allow it.
Valdez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Valdez tries to score a body lock takedown but Mendez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Valdez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mendez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mendez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mendez lands an elbow just above Valdez 's eye.
Mendez lands an elbow inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Mendez.
Mendez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mendez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knees to the body from Mendez.
Mendez connects with a knee to the head.
Mendez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Valdez tries to break free but Mendez pushes him back against the ropes.
Valdez tries to score a body lock takedown but Mendez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mendez lands with a light punch inside.

That's four 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.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mendez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mendez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Mendez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mendez looking to throw knees to the head but Valdez is blocking nicely.
Mendez scores a nice knee to the body.
Mendez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Valdez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mendez just stands there and leans against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Valdez.
Valdez is trying to force a seperation but Mendez has the dominant position.
Mendez struggles to land a body shot inside as Valdez controls his hands.
Mendez lands a nice knee to the body.
Valdez wants a takedown but no success here.
Valdez blocks an elbow strike from Mendez.
Mendez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Louie Mendez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Valdez goes for a takedown attempt but Mendez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Mendez moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Louie Mendez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mendez 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

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