PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rico Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rob Mendez will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Stone
vs
Mendez

178 cm
18
184 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

200 cm
22
250 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rico Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rob Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mendez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Stone!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Mendez is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Stone can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Stone is trying desperately to improve position.

Mendez jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Stone manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Stone might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Stone tries to improve position but can't.
Stone struggling a bit here.

Mendez is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Stone looks calm but he's in trouble here. Mendez gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Stone is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Mendez lets go of the hold and Stone can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rob Mendez!