PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcel Proust (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Mendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendes has chosen Expensive Spittin as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Proust
vs
Mendes

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marcel Proust!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jose Mendes!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Proust misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big right from Proust misses.
A jab from Proust does it's job there.
Mendes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Proust shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mendes eats them both and turns towards Proust to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Proust tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mendes swats him away and circles back towards the center.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mendes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Proust jumps guard but Mendes stands there with Proust around his waist. Proust gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mendes connects with a knee to the head.
Mendes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mendes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Proust's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mendes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Mendes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mendes is pressed up against the cage. Proust has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mendes down to the mat. Mendes avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Proust throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice takedown defense from Mendes. No joy for Proust on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcel Proust. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Proust connects with a body shot.
Proust misses with a series of wild punches.

Mendes moves into the clinch successfully.
Proust takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mendes lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Marcel Proust has been cut.
Mendes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mendes has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Proust uses from the top position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mendes has a closed guard, preventing Proust from standing up.
Mendes wants to sweep but no luck.

Mendes manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Marcel Proust seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mendes has a takedown stuffed.
Mendes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mendes looks winded!
Proust darts in trying to clinch
and Mendes counters with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendes throws a head kick that Proust semi-blocks.
Mendes looks for a takedown but Proust sprawls well.
Proust tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Mendes moves into the clinch.
Proust is trying to push Mendes away but Mendes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Proust is trying to break free.
Mendes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Proust's efforts to push away.
Proust is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Proust is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mendes to keep the fight standing.

Mendes breaks from the clinch.
Proust displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mendes.
Proust with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendes misses with a takedown attempt - Proust sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Decent striking displayed by Proust there.
Mendes swats away the attempt to clinch by Proust.
Mendes shoots for a takedown but Proust saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mendes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Proust fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Proust misses with a wild combination.
Proust moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcel Proust dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcel Proust's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mendes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Proust connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mendes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Proust misses the body punch
and Mendes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Mendes clinches.

Mendes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Proust has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mendes.
Proust has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mendes.
Proust slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mendes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Proust to score with a decent uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mendes stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mendes wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendes avoids the body shot from Proust.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mendes.
Proust lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Mendes clinches up with Proust and pushes him back against the cage.

Mendes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mendes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Proust but Proust pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Mendes drives through and clinches with Proust against the cage.
Mendes is working for takedown but Proust is calmly controlling the position for now.
Marcel Proust has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Mendes.
Proust tries to pull guard but Mendes won't allow it.

Mendes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Mendes closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Proust takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mendes lands a good knee to the midsection. Proust won't want to take too many of those.

Mendes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Proust swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Proust misses with a body shot.
Proust scores with a three punch combo!
Proust darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mendes leaves Proust with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Proust throws a body punch but Mendes moves out of range.
Proust ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendes scores with a one two! Proust had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Proust throws a lazy right hand but Mendes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Mendes instigates a clinch.
Mendes lands a knee to the head.
Mendes scores a nice knee to the body.
Mendes landing knees to the head.
Mendes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Proust lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Mendes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Proust misses with a straight left.
Mendes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mendes shoots for a takedown but Proust saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Proust shoots for a double leg takedown but Mendes sprawls well. He's pushed Proust's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendes shoots for a double leg takedown but Proust sprawls well. He's pushed Mendes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mendes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Proust swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mendes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Proust is fending him off so far but Mendes persists. Nope, Proust circles away and we're back to standing.
Proust fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mendes has a takedown stuffed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Proust throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Proust closes the distance and lands a one-two.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Marcel Proust will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marcel Proust's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Proust shoots for a takedown but Mendes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Mendes clinches up against the cage.

Mendes manages to break the clinch.
Mendes leaves Proust with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mendes tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Proust swivels and escapes.
Proust tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mendes was well out of range. Poor timing from Proust.
Mendes staying out of range there.
Mendes moves away from the strike by Proust.
Marcel Proust is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mendes shoots in but Proust avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Proust just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Proust will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Proust throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mendes counters with a good low kick that Proust was not able to check.
Mendes walks into a jab.
Mendes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Marcel Proust has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Mendes.
Proust throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mendes shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Proust as he jumps to the side.
Proust lands an overhand right.

Mendes has closed the distance and engaged Proust in a clinch.
Proust tries to break free but Mendes pushes him back against the cage.

Mendes manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Proust stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Proust wants it to stay on the feet.
Proust misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mendes.
Proust lands a slapping body shot.
Proust connects with a nice looking jab.
Proust is looking to wear down Mendes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Proust lands with an overhand left.
Mendes takes a jab right on the kisser.

Mendes takes the fight into the clinch.

Mendes manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mendes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendes shoots in but no luck this time.
A punch combination from Proust misses.

Mendes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Proust wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Mendes manages to break the clinch.
Mendes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Proust swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mendes.
A cross from Proust lands.
Proust lands a head shot.
Proust blocks a head kick by Mendes.
Proust is looking to clinch.
Marcel Proust is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mendes tries to clinch up but Proust circles away and keeps his distance.
Proust shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Mendes gets a clinch.
Mendes lands a knee to the head.
Proust is trying to break the clinch but Mendes has him pressed against the cage.
Mendes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Mendes manages to break the clinch.
Jose Mendes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Proust tries to clinch up

and Mendes moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marcel Proust.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Proust, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Marcel Proust!