PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Mendes (ranked 5605 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Carlos Escobar (ranked 3966 p4p, 0 weight class). Fernando Mendes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Mendes
vs
Carlos Escobar

177 cm
26
159 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

183 cm
26
159 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fernando Mendes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juan Carlos Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mendes shoots in and drives through. Escobar sprawls well.
No luck for Mendes with that takedown attempt.
Escobar unleashes a big counter combination but Mendes bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Escobar misses with a few strikes there.
Horrible takedown attempt by Mendes or perhaps it was just good defense by Escobar, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fernando Mendes. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mendes looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Escobar!

Mendes is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Escobar knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mendes prevents Escobar from escaping the position.

Mendes looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mendes prevents Escobar from escaping the position.

Mendes is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Escobar is trying to escape and Mendes transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Escobar is forced to tap! Nice work there by Mendes! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fernando Mendes!
During a confident post fight interview, Fernando Mendes thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.