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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Mendes (ranked 1746 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maciej Piotr (ranked 211 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendes comes to the cage accompanied by Future - Last Breath. Maciej Piotr is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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11 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
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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 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paulo Mendes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maciej Piotr!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piotr throws a hook but Mendes blocks it.
Piotr throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mendes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Piotr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Piotr misses with a looping left.
Mendes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Piotr cracks Mendes with a right hand to the side of the head.
Piotr takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Piotr looks to score with a jab to the body but Mendes is just out of range.
Paulo Mendes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendes looks to land a combination but Piotr avoids it well.
Piotr scores with a jab to the jaw.
Piotr throws a body shot but no joy.
Mendes moves away from the strike by Piotr.
Mendes misses with a series of wild punches.
Piotr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mendes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mendes takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Piotr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mendes tries to bum rush Piotr with a series of wild strikes but Piotr uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mendes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mendes ducks under a wild hook from Piotr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
It looks like Paulo Mendes has been cut.
Piotr lands with a nice body punch.
Mendes throws a leg kick
and Piotr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mendes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Piotr circles away quickly and effectively.
Mendes moves out of range as Piotr strikes.
Piotr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mendes misses with a jab, cross combination.
It seemed like Piotr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Piotr darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Piotr moves out of range of the strikes.
Piotr's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mendes under the eye.
Piotr lands a nice looking body shot.
Mendes throws a right hand that Piotr ducks under and follows up with a left that Piotr also avoids with ease.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Piotr lands a really nice looking cross but Mendes seems unphased.
Mendes looks to score with a jab to the body but Piotr is just out of range.
Mendes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Mendes was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Mendes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mendes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Piotr misses with a straight right.
Piotr throws an overhand right that lands on Mendes's shoulder, as Mendes tries to avoid the shot.
Mendes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Piotr.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendes moves out of range of the strikes.
Mendes cracks Piotr with a good jab.
Mendes blocks a jab.
Piotr stuns Mendes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Piotr lands an overhand right.
Piotr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mendes takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A right-left combo lands from Mendes.
Mendes walks into a straight right hand from Piotr.
Mendes misses with a double jab
and Piotr counters with a straight right hand.
Piotr scores with a jab to the head.
Mendes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Piotr circles away quickly and effectively.
Mendes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Piotr circles away quickly and effectively.
Piotr throws a nice looking combination but Mendes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Piotr digs a good hook to Mendes's body.
Piotr takes a swing at Mendes's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendes throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mendes.
Mendes moves out of range of the strikes.
Mendes misses with a combination
and Piotr counters with a two punch combo.
Mendes throws a right and a left that Piotr avoids nicely.
Mendes takes one on the button.
Mendes throws a sloppy body shot
and Piotr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Piotr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mendes.
Piotr cracks a nice hook into Mendes's ribs.
A big right from Mendes misses.
A swing and a miss from Piotr.
A telegraphed right hand from Piotr misses the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Piotr ducks under a wild hook from Mendes.
Piotr throws out a counter right but Mendes avoids it with no problem.
A jab from Piotr does it's job there.
Piotr throws a big shot that misses.
Mendes is looking for a counter combo.
Mendes moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Piotr gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Piotr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Mendes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Piotr lands the left hand.
Mendes looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Mendes misses with a series of wild punches.
Mendes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mendes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mendes throws a series of punches but Piotr avoids them all with ease.
Mendes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Piotr.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A combination from Mendes does no damage.
Piotr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mendes moves away.
Piotr connects with a nice looking jab.
Mendes ducks under a wild hook from Piotr.
Mendes swinging wildly here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Maciej Piotr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paulo Mendes's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Piotr lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Piotr scores with a hook to the body. Mendes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Piotr throws a right hand that misses
and Mendes counters with an inside leg kick.
Piotr throws a lazy right hand but Mendes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mendes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mendes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Piotr.
Mendes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Piotr bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mendes closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mendes misses with a double jab
and Piotr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mendes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mendes moves away from the strike by Piotr.
Mendes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Piotr with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Paulo Mendes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mendes misses with a few strikes there.
Mendes throws a series of punches but Piotr moves out of range.
Piotr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Piotr sizes up Mendes with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Paulo Mendes's cut is getting worse.
Piotr misses with a hook. Mendes ducked under it nicely.
Mendes has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mendes misses the jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Piotr checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Piotr wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Good exchange - Piotr coming out on top.
No joy there for Mendes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice uppercut there from Piotr.
Mendes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mendes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Piotr's head backwards.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Mendes might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Piotr connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mendes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mendes slips under a jab from Piotr.
Mendes throws a hook but Piotr avoids it easily.
Mendes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Piotr throws a shot from downtown. Mendes moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendes throws a nice looking combination but Piotr bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A nice combination there by Mendes.
Piotr is rocked!
Mendes throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Piotr crashing down! Piotr tries to stagger back to his feet but Mendes just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Piotr asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Mendes!
Paulo Mendes spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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