PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gregores Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niko Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendez's entrance music is Paleface- Helsinki-Shangri-La. A fine choice. Reynolds has chosen Lights Out - Bobby Light as his entrance music. Niko Reynolds will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Mendez
vs
Reynolds

178 cm
26
213 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

197 cm
27
224 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gregores Mendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Niko Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mendez gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reynolds throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Reynolds struggling a bit here.
Mendez in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Reynolds on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mendez throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mendez throws a strike aimed at the side of Reynolds's head but Reynolds avoids it well.
Mendez lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mendez is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Reynolds knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mendez scoring with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez throws an elbow but Reynolds slips to the side and avoids it well.
Reynolds tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mendez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mendez throws a strike aimed at the side of Reynolds's head but Reynolds avoids it well.
Mendez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
An elbow from Mendez crashes against the mat.
Reynolds managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Mendez.
Reynolds on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Reynolds takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Mendez working the strikes but Reynolds uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Reynolds wants to improve his position but Mendez is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mendez wants to work for an arm triangle but Reynolds is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ground and pound from Mendez.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mendez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mendez throwing shots but Reynolds is blocking nicely.
Mendez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mendez working Reynolds over with strikes.
Mendez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Reynolds is looking to improve his position.
Mendez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Reynolds is trying to stand back up but Mendez is controlling him
Mendez prevents Reynolds from improving his position.
Reynolds is staying active underneath Mendez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Reynolds is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Mendez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mendez wants to control but Reynolds is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mendez is trying to work for a kimura but Reynolds is defending well.
Mendez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Mendez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mendez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mendez prevents Reynolds from improving his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregores Mendez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mendez throws out a loose jab but Reynolds uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Mendez misses.
Reynolds pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Mendez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Mendez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Reynolds is looking to get back to his feet here but Mendez is keeping cool and he's managed to take Reynolds's back.
Mendez lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mendez lands punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Mendez.

Reynolds is rocked!
Mendez is raining down hard shots and and Reynolds has had enough - he's tapped out due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Gregores Mendez!