PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Guittierez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riley Mendoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Guittierez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Guittierez
vs
Mendoza

188 cm
22
190 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

184 cm
18
179 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Guittierez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Riley Mendoza!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guittierez fails to land with a series of punches.
Mendoza looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
No joy there for Guittierez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Guittierez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Guittierez.
Mendoza tries to buck Guittierez off but Guittierez is having none of it.
Guittierez lands a decent elbow from side control.
Guittierez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Guittierez scoring with punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guittierez cracks Mendoza with a big right hand but Mendoza just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Guittierez landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Guittierez has hold of Mendoza's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Mendoza tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Guittierez cranks the arm and Mendoza screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Mendoza, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Anderson Guittierez!