PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chad Mendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pink Salmon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mendes
vs
Salmon

168 cm
31
137 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

189 cm
26
135 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ace of Spades Clothing

New World Order Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Mendes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pink Salmon!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mendes looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Salmon!
Salmon avoids a series of strikes thrown by Mendes.
Mendes working Salmon over with strikes here.
Salmon is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mendes raining down shots from the mount!
Mendes has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Salmon's face.
Salmon tries to hold on but Mendes pushes him away.
Salmon might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Mendes kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Mendes dominating with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mendes landing shots from mount.
Mendes with the ground and pound from mount.
Mendes with good strikes from the mount here!
Mendes is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mendes cracks Salmon with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mendes 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.
Mendes with shots to the head and body - Salmon looks very uncomfortable down there.

Salmon is rocked!
The referee warns Salmon that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Salmon is still in real trouble! Can Mendes finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mendes cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Mendes with good strikes from the mount here!
Salmon takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Mendes's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chad Mendes!
In his post fight interview, Chad Mendes gave a big smile as he said 'Listen Up Everyone, It been a long and amazing road in my career but I think enough is enough. That why I'm here to announce my Retirement from MMA. I just feel that I've done everything in my career to make this journey great as possible. I want to say Thanks to Sacramento Top Team, Maxwell Hickm'.