PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Harding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angelo Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harding comes to the cage accompanied by Bitch School. Mendez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Angelito kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jonathan Harding has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Harding
vs
Mendez

182 cm
32
172 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

190 cm
25
184 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Harding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angelo Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harding takes one to the side of the head.
Mendez connects with a crisp jab.
Mendez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mendez scores with a decent looking hook.
Harding ducks under a wild hook from Mendez.
Harding lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Mendez misses with a straight left.
Harding was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mendez throws a hook to the side of Harding's head but Harding sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harding throws a counter high kick but Mendez was just alert enough to avoid it.
Mendez misses with a shot to the body
and Harding counters with a straight right hand.
Angelo Mendez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Mendez misses its intended target.
Harding takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mendez misses the shot to the body.
Harding seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mendez throws a shot from downtown. Harding moves away and avoids it.
Mendez thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Harding was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mendez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez with a nice cross.
Mendez might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Mendez throws a jab but it's blocked by Harding.
An attempted straight right counter from Harding misses the target.
Mendez throws out a loose jab but Harding uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harding throwing a counter right hand but Mendez manages to avoid it.
Mendez cracks Harding with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mendez misses with a looping right.
Mendez misses with a left hand
and Harding makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mendez misses with a wild combination.
Harding was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mendez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harding counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Harding to counter with a crisp jab.
Mendez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harding connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mendez misses with a looping left.
Harding swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mendez lands a two punch combo.
Mendez scores with a shot to the body.
Mendez misses with an uppercut
enabling Harding to counter with a crisp jab.
Harding bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Harding misses the target.
Harding dodges the punch combination from Mendez.
Harding takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez throws a right hand that Harding ducks under and follows up with a left that Harding also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Mendez. Those never looked like landing.
Mendez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harding counters with a left to the body.
Mendez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mendez throws a jab when Harding was well out of range.
Mendez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harding counters with a stiff right hand.
Mendez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mendez misses with the combination.
Mendez throws a combination that misses
and Harding counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harding blocks a jab.
Harding throwing a counter right hand but Mendez manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harding swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mendez cracks Harding with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Good shot there by Mendez.

Harding is rocked!
Harding gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Mendez gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angelo Mendez!
Angelo Mendez really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Urban Fighter logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.