PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Violent Femme (ranked 171 p4p, 556 weight class) and Luiz Mendoza (ranked 14 p4p, 41 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Femme
vs
Mendoza

167 cm
32
140
26 - 10 - 0

164 cm
33
139
20 - 13 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Sakura Style
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Violent Femme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Luiz Mendoza!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendoza misses with a wild body shot.
Femme swings for the body but Mendoza moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Femme.
Jab by Mendoza.

Femme bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Femme happy to just control the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendoza manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Femme has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mendoza is working away from the top position though.
Mendoza throwing shots but Femme is blocking nicely.
Femme wants to improve his position but Mendoza is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Femme is defending against the submission attempts here by Mendoza.
Mendoza not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Femme is trying to control but can't.
Femme is not content to let Mendoza control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nice strikes from Mendoza there.
Femme trying to hold on to Mendoza's head to control him but Mendoza postures up.
Femme is concentrating on defense, preventing Mendoza from advancing position.

Mendoza is trying to work for a kimura but Femme is defending well.
Femme regains full guard. Nicely done.
Femme looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mendoza is one step ahead there.
Mendoza postures up.
Mendoza postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza trying to control but Femme is working from the bottom.
Femme utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Femme has his hands on Mendoza's head, controlling the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Mendoza has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Mendoza throws a nice looking combination but Femme bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mendoza misses with the combination.
Violent Femme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendoza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Femme.
Femme shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mendoza defends it nicely.
Mendoza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Femme checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mendoza looks to land a left hand but Femme moved out of range nicely.
Mendoza ducks under a wild hook from Femme.
Femme misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Femme misses the target.
Femme connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A telegraphed right hand from Femme misses the target.
Femme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mendoza was well out of range. Poor timing from Femme.
Femme throws a jab but it's blocked by Mendoza.
Femme throws a lazy right hand but Mendoza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Femme with a nice cross.
Femme takes a swing at Mendoza's ribcage but misses.
Mendoza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Femme.
Femme swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mendoza.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mendoza slips a jab from Femme.
Femme just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Femme throws a body shot but no joy.
As Femme backs off Mendoza throws a huge counter combo but Femme manages to avoid it all.
Mendoza staying out of range there.
Mendoza tries to bum rush Femme with a series of wild strikes but Femme uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Femme jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Violent Femme dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Femme.
Femme fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mendoza manages to avoid it.
Donk. Femme catches Mendoza right on the button with a cross.
Femme misses with a body shot.
Violent Femme is winning the standup battle so far.
Femme avoids the body shot from Mendoza.
Femme scores with the left hand. Mendoza knows he should have avoided that one.
Femme waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mendoza.
Femme swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mendoza throws a body punch but Femme moves out of range.
Mendoza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Femme misses with an uppercut.

Femme clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mendoza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Femme enables Mendoza to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Femme manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Mendoza being controlled here momentarily.
Mendoza throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Femme works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza tries to free his leg and advance position but Femme is retaining full guard.
Femme looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendoza trying to control the position from guard on top but Femme is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Femme can't keep his opponent in guard - Mendoza advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Mendoza landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Femme is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Mendoza is working for a kimura but Femme is defending it quite comfortably.
Femme gets back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mendoza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Femme is keeping the position for now.
Femme keeping moving, preventing Mendoza from controlling successfully.
Mendoza trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Femme wants to sweep but no luck.
Femme is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza tries to free his leg and advance position but Femme is retaining full guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Femme throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Femme swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mendoza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Femme throws a shot from downtown. Mendoza moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Femme throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Femme throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Femme throws an overhand right that lands on Mendoza's shoulder, as Mendoza tries to avoid the shot.
A jab lands there for Femme.
A telegraphed right hand from Mendoza misses the target.
Femme tries for a takedown but Mendoza circles away easily
and Mendoza counters with a right hand to the body.
Femme fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mendoza looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Femme missing with a left hand there. Mendoza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Femme lands with a good body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Femme on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Femme throws a big shot that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An inside leg kick from Mendoza misses.
Mendoza is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Femme rather than just go for the knockout.
Femme scores with a sloppy right hand. Mendoza should have avoided that one.
Jab from Femme.
Mendoza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Femme.
Mendoza misses with a two punch combination.
Femme is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mendoza can do to turn this around?
Mendoza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Femme.
Mendoza is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Femme with a jab.
Femme punishes Mendoza's body with a nice straight punch.
Femme lunges at Mendoza with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mendoza's hand.
Femme misses with a wild body shot.
Mendoza defending well as Femme loads up on a big left hand.
Mendoza misses with the combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Violent Femme dominated that second round.
That's time! Femme's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Mendoza slips a jab from Femme.
Mendoza moves out of range of the strikes.
Femme lands a jab to the nose.
Femme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mendoza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mendoza ducks under a wild hook from Femme.
Mendoza tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Mendoza is looking to slow Femme down with leg kicks.
Femme slips a jab and a cross from Mendoza.
Femme scores with a hook.
Mendoza throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Femme cracks Mendoza with a good jab.
Femme misses with an uppercut
letting Mendoza counter with a right hand.
Mendoza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Femme.
Nice shot by Femme.
Femme throws a shot from downtown. Mendoza moves away and avoids it.
Mendoza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Femme throws out the jab.
Mendoza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Femme throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mendoza counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Femme thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Femme throws a body shot but no joy.
Femme misses with a wild body shot.
Mendoza smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Femme paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mendoza slaps away a takedown attempt from Femme, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mendoza moves out of range of the strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Mendoza misses.
Mendoza just misses with a punch to the body.
Femme thows a left - swing and a miss!
Femme throws out a loose jab but Mendoza uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Mendoza misses its intended target.
Femme swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Femme throws a body shot but no joy.
Mendoza lands with a hook. Femme tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mendoza fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A telegraphed right hand from Femme misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Femme missing with a left hand there. Mendoza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mendoza misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Femme misses the target.
Mendoza slips under a jab.
Femme misses with a body shot.
Mendoza looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Femme lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Femme throws a right hand that misses
and Mendoza counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Femme misses with an uppercut.
Femme with a nice cross.
Mendoza shoots in and drives through. Femme sprawls well.
Femme throws a jab but it's blocked by Mendoza.
Femme scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice sprawl there from Femme as Mendoza shoots in.
Femme throws the left hand but Mendoza avoids the punch easily.
Femme lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mendoza at a distance.
Femme takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A cross from Femme lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Femme misses with an uppercut

and Mendoza counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Femme!
Femme sneaks back into half guard.
Mendoza content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Mendoza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Femme keeps working.
Luiz Mendoza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Violent Femme is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Femme is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Femme works his way to full guard. Good work.
Mendoza controlling from the top position.
Femme wants to improve his position but instead Mendoza has moved into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza throwing shots but Femme is blocking nicely.
Femme wants to control but Mendoza is keeping busy.
Mendoza tries to pass to full mount but Femme defends it.
Mendoza wants to take a breather but Femme is having none of it.
Femme works his way to full guard. Good work.
Mendoza keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Femme's head.
Femme pulls Mendoza in close to his closed guard and prevents Mendoza from doing any damage or advancing position.

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 Violent Femme.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Femme, 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Violent Femme!