PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between AJ Menendez (ranked 4155 p4p, 3577 weight class) and Solo Uso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Menendez comes to the cage accompanied by Kurt Angle Theme. The key to victory for AJ Menendez has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Menendez
vs
Uso

188 cm
20
220
1 - 0 - 0

197 cm
25
255
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, AJ Menendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Solo Uso!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Uso drives through with a takedown into guard.
Menendez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Uso.
Uso lands a couple of digs.

It looks like AJ Menendez has been cut.
Uso stays in close to Menendez's body and controls the position.
Uso advances position into side control!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Uso controls the position.
Uso working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Uso grinds an elbow into Menendez's temple.
Menendez taking a bit of punishment here - Uso scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menendez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Uso scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Menendez to see if he's OK.
Uso cracks Menendez with a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Uso is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Menendez's shoulder. That is not cool.
Let's hope that Uso has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Uso lands an elbow.

AJ Menendez's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Uso lands a decent elbow from side control.

Menendez is rocked!
Uso wants to control but Menendez is keeping him busy.
Oh Menendez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Uso scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Menendez to see if he's OK.

Jeez, AJ Menendez's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at AJ Menendez's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Solo Uso!
After winning the bout, Solo Uso thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.