PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lonnie Vaughn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendez comes to the cage accompanied by Angelito. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mendez
vs
Vaughn

190 cm
22
184 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
184 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angelo Mendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lonnie Vaughn!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vaughn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vaughn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Vaughn changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vaughn throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Vaughn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Vaughn slips a jab and a cross from Mendez.
Vaughn is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Vaughn has Mendez up against the cage in a clinch.
Mendez is trying to force a seperation but Vaughn has the dominant position.
Mendez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vaughn scores with a shot to the side of Mendez's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vaughn struggles to land a body shot inside as Mendez controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Vaughn.
Vaughn has a couple of punches blocked by Mendez.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vaughn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vaughn misses with a punch on the inside.
Vaughn tries a body shot but Mendez blocks it.
Mendez lands with a short shot to the head.
Mendez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vaughn has him pressed against the cage.
Mendez blocking some punches.
Vaughn controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughn struggles to land a body shot inside as Mendez controls his hands.
Vaughn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mendez or not.
Vaughn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vaughn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mendez's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vaughn.
Mendez looking to throw knees to the head but Vaughn is blocking nicely.

Mendez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mendez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vaughn moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Vaughn. Those never looked like landing.
Mendez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vaughn has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Mendez misses with a straight left.
Vaughn throws a body shot but no joy.
Mendez throws a hook to the side of Vaughn's head but Vaughn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mendez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vaughn moves away.
Vaughn goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Vaughn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vaughn, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn throws a half hearted mid kick.
Vaughn misses with a body shot.
Vaughn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Lonnie Vaughn has been cut.
A nice combination there by Vaughn.
Mendez blocks a jab.
Vaughn throws a head kick but Mendez moves out of range.
Mendez tries to counter with a takedown but Vaughn is quick to defend against it.
Sloppy strikes from Mendez. Those never looked like landing.
Mendez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vaughn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mendez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vaughn tries to clinch up.
Mendez missing with a left hand there. Vaughn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Vaughn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mendez is trying to break the clinch but Vaughn is controlling him.
I was talking to Mendez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Still in the clinch, Vaughn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vaughn misses with the head strike.
Vaughn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mendez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vaughn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mendez.

Vaughn pushes Mendez up against the cage in a clinch.
Vaughn lands a nice uppercut.
Vaughn throws a head punch that misses.

Mendez manages to break the clinch.
Mendez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A right-left combo lands from Vaughn.
Sloppy strikes from Mendez. Those never looked like landing.
Mendez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vaughn looks to land a right hand but Mendez moved out of range.
Mendez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Vaughn counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vaughn is looking to clinch but Mendez is avoiding it.

Vaughn gets a clinch.
Vaughn keeps control of Mendez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mendez working hard to break the clinch.
Vaughn can't find room to land a body shot as Mendez controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez is trying to push Vaughn away but Vaughn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Vaughn trying to control the position but instead, Mendez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vaughn into the cage.
Vaughn lands with a short shot to the head.
Mendez tries to circle away but Vaughn has him pinned against the cage.
Mendez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mendez is looking to break free of the clinch but Vaughn has double underhooks.
Vaughn lands a left hand.
Vaughn misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Vaughn.

Mendez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mendez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vaughn is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mendez rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mendez misses with a wild combination.
Mendez lands a jab.
A slow jab from Vaughn misses its intended target.
Mendez feinted with a counter takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lonnie Vaughn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lonnie Vaughn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mendez lands a lovely overhand right.
Vaughn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vaughn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mendez's sensitive parts.
Vaughn moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Vaughn throws a looping overhand right but Mendez ducks down to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vaughn.
Mendez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vaughn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mendez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Angelo Mendez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vaughn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vaughn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mendez misses with an uppercut.
Mendez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Mendez misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vaughn slips under a jab from Mendez.

Vaughn clinches up against the cage.
Mendez has had enough of the clinch but Vaughn keeps him there for the moment.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vaughn moves into range and clinches up with Mendez.
Vaughn dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vaughn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mendez's elbow.
Mendez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mendez blocks an uppercut.
Vaughn misses with some punches.

Mendez manages to break the clinch.
Vaughn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mendez.
A bone on bone clash there as Mendez blocks the leg kick.
Vaughn moves forwards but Mendez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mendez throws a hook to the side of Vaughn's head but Vaughn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mendez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vaughn misses with the combination.
Lonnie Vaughn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vaughn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vaughn tries to counter by closing the distance.
Vaughn wants to land a leg kick but Mendez is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mendez.
Mendez throws a right and a left that Vaughn avoids nicely.
Vaughn tries to counter by closing the distance.
Mendez blocks a head kick by Vaughn.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mendez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vaughn's head backwards.
Angelo Mendez is winning the standup battle so far.
Vaughn defending well as Mendez loads up on a big left hand.
Mendez avoids the head kick by Vaughn.
Mendez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vaughn misses with a hook. Mendez ducked under it nicely.
Vaughn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mendez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mendez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mendez misses with a right hand
and Vaughn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vaughn throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vaughn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mendez lands a nice shot to the body.
Mendez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mendez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vaughn moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mendez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vaughn scrambles back to his feet.
Mendez fails to land with a series of punches.
Vaughn steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Mendez.
Vaughn throws a solid leg kick but Mendez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vaughn.
Mendez is looking to score with low kicks.
Vaughn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mendez.
Vaughn throws an overhand right that lands on Mendez's shoulder, as Mendez tries to avoid the shot.
Mendez jabs at Vaughn's body.
Vaughn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mendez throws a hook but Vaughn avoids it easily.
Vaughn gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Vaughn is rocked!
Mendez drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Vaughn right on the button. Vaughn goes down! Mendez follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Mendez gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angelo Mendez!
Angelo Mendez gave a mention to My$tic Clothing ~ (`10%Laundry`) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
In defeat, Lonnie Vaughn stepped up to the mic, saying 'He got me man. Rough night, but i'll be back stronger. We'll do this again down the line.'.