PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Warren Peace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melving Menhoaf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Menhoaf comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Melvin Manhoef Entrance kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Warren Peace has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Peace
vs
Menhoaf

188 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

174 cm
22
194 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Warren Peace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Melving Menhoaf!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Eddie Farnsworth and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Menhoaf fails to land with a series of punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Peace.
Peace wants to clinch.
Peace fails with the takedown.
Menhoaf swats away the attempt to clinch by Peace.
Menhoaf throws a half hearted mid kick.
Peace fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peace tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Menhoaf paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Peace tries to clinch up.
Menhoaf walks forward, straight into a front kick from Peace.

Menhoaf gets the takedown into side control.
Peace tries to improve position but can't.
You can see the frustration on Peace's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
A lull in the action here as Menhoaf stalls from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peace is looking to reverse the position.
Menhoaf wants to lay and pray for a moment but Peace keeps working.
Menhoaf in side control, just content to control the action for now.

Menhoaf thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Peace sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Peace is looking to improve his position.

That's two 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.

Peace actively working from the bottom here.
Peace is breathing heavily.
Menhoaf controlling the pace.
Menhoaf really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Peace. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Menhoaf trying to control the action but Peace is working from the bottom.
Peace tries to get to full guard but Menhoaf has control of the leg.
Menhoaf stalling.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Menhoaf is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menhoaf slows the pace down in half guard.
Menhoaf prevents Peace from improving his position.
Peace is looking to control Menhoaf's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Peace avoid being mounted?

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Menhoaf gets a clinch.
Menhoaf lands a left hand that snaps the head of Peace backwards.

Menhoaf manages to break the clinch.

Menhoaf shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Peace's guard.
Menhoaf throws a big right hand that misses.
Peace is trying to keep Menhoaf in close.

Menhoaf avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Menhoaf's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peace trying to control the position.
Peace lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Menhoaf!
Peace scoring with strikes but Menhoaf is staying in there.

Peace get's back to his feet.
Peace looks to clinch

and Menhoaf holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Peace lands an elbow inside.
Peace unloads a knee to the mid-section. Menhoaf lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peace lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Menhoaf.

Menhoaf breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peace wants to clinch

and Menhoaf counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Menhoaf stands and steps away. Peace gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Menhoaf scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Peace is rocked!
Menhoaf wants to pass to mount but Peace is defending the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Melving Menhoaf dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Menhoaf connects with a crisp jab.
Oh Peace is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Menhoaf looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Menhoaf shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Peace is on queer street and Menhoaf is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Melving Menhoaf!