PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Mendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Benevides (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benevides has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Dave Benevides has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jesus Mendes's chin.

Mendes
vs
Benevides

180 cm
29
155 lbs
22 - 6 - 0

170 cm
31
150 lbs
13 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Good elbows
Solid chin

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Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========#

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jesus Mendes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Benevides!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendes throws a head kick that misses.

Mendes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mendes looking to throw knees to the head but Benevides is blocking nicely.
Benevides fails to pull guard.
Benevides is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mendes to keep the fight standing.
Benevides looks winded!
Benevides misses with a knee to the head.
Mendes missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mendes.
Benevides is trying to force a seperation but Mendes has the dominant position.
Mendes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Mendes.

It looks like Dave Benevides has been cut.
Mendes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mendes misses with a knee to the head.
Mendes working Benevides over with knees to the body.
Mendes lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mendes obliges.
Benevides avoiding damage as Mendes throws knees to the body.
Mendes crunches a lovely knee into Benevides's ribcage.
Mendes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Mendes.
Mendes lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benevides takes a knee right on the jaw!
Benevides takes a knee to the side of the body.
Benevides takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mendes lands a nice knee to the body.
Mendes lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Mendes.
Mendes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mendes.
Mendes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mendes working Benevides over with knees to the body.
Mendes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benevides blocks it with crossed arms.
Mendes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benevides's face.
Mendes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benevides.
Mendes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benevides.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mendes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mendes lands a good knee to the midsection. Benevides won't want to take too many of those.
Mendes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benevides is trying to pull guard but Mendes turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jesus Mendes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Benevides.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendes lands a good knee to the midsection. Benevides won't want to take too many of those.
Benevides fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mendes looking to throw knees to the head but Benevides is blocking nicely.
Benevides is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mendes to keep the fight standing.
Mendes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benevides takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mendes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mendes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benevides lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Benevides tries for a takedown but Mendes manages to get underhooks.
Mendes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mendes lands a good knee to the midsection. Benevides won't want to take too many of those.
Mendes with a knee to the head.
Mendes trying to land knees to the body.
Mendes landing knees to the head.
Mendes scores with a knee to the head.
Mendes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mendes slowing the pace effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Benevides takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mendes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mendes lands a good knee to the midsection. Benevides won't want to take too many of those.
Mendes trying to land knees to the body.
Mendes stalling.
Benevides on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Benevides blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mendes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benevides blocks it with crossed arms.
Mendes lands a nice knee to the body.
Mendes connects with a knee to the head.
Mendes landing knees to the head.
Benevides wants a takedown.
Mendes lands a knee to the body.
Mendes lands a knee to the body.
Mendes throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benevides lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mendes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mendes.
Mendes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mendes obliges.
Mendes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benevides lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mendes tries a knee to the head but Benevides blocks it.
Benevides wants to break the clinch but can't.
Benevides takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mendes misses with a knee strike.
Benevides takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mendes looking to throw knees to the head but Benevides is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mendes scores with a knee to the head.
Benevides takes a knee right on the jaw!
Benevides blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mendes tries a knee to the head but Benevides blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Mendes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Benevides's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Benevides fails with the takedown
and Mendes counters with a big head kick but Benevides shrugs it off.
Dave Benevides seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendes connects with a high kick.
Mendes misses with a head kick.

Mendes closes the distance and clinches.
Mendes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benevides blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mendes obliges.
Mendes working Benevides over with knees to the body.
Jesus Mendes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mendes tries to land a knee to the head but Benevides blocks with his arms.
Mendes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benevides's face.
Mendes slows down the pace here.
Mendes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mendes gets underhooks to prevent Benevides's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benevides's face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mendes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Benevides is rocked!
Mendes landing knees to the head.
Benevides is still on wobbly legs! Can Mendes finish him?
Benevides takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mendes tries a knee to the head but Benevides blocks it.
Mendes misses with a knee strike.
Mendes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benevides's face.
Benevides takes a knee to the side of the body.
Benevides can't get the takedown.
Jesus Mendes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Benevides.
Mendes connects with a knee to the head.
Benevides takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mendes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benevides tries to pull guard but Mendes holds him up against the cage and eventually Benevides drops back down to his feet.
Mendes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Benevides tries for a takedown. No joy.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mendes.
A knee to the head by Mendes.
Mendes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendes missing with knees to the body.
Benevides misses with a knee to the head.
Mendes lands a knee to the body.
Mendes with a knee to the head.
Benevides has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benevides letting Mendes take a breather here.
Benevides seems to have recovered his senses.
Benevides managing to block the knees to the body from Mendes.
Mendes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mendes misses with a knee strike.
Benevides wants a takedown but no success here.
Mendes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benevides blocks it with crossed arms.

Benevides drags the fight down to the ground.
Mendes advances position into side control!
Mendes gets to mount! Benevides was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Mendes looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mendes is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Benevides to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Benevides shrugs it off.
Benevides keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Benevides defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Mendes.

Mendes looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benevides is trying to reverse the position but instead Mendes has taken his back - oops!

Mendes patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Mendes controls the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Mendes is working for a rear naked choke. Benevides is not defending it well and Mendes has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Benevides refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Benevides's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jesus Mendes!
Jesus Mendes very nearly forgot to thank Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========# amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.