PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jet Pan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Mendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pan
vs
Mendes

176 cm
20
154 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jet Pan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chad Mendes!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pan lands with a straight right. Mendes didn't see that one coming.
Pan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pan lands a jab.
A head kick from Pan lands but Mendes takes it in his stride.
Pan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mendes on the side of the head.
Mendes needs to keep his hands up - Pan had a free shot at his head there.
Pan throws a looping overhand right but Mendes ducks down to avoid it.
Pan lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendes blocks a head kick by Pan.
Pan misses with a looping right.
Pan misses with an uppercut.
Pan connects with an inside leg kick.
A big right from Pan misses.
Mendes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pan connects with a nice looking jab.

Mendes closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pan to the mat! Pan manages to get full guard.
Mendes must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pan controlling the position.
Mendes is looking to work some ground and pound but Pan has wrist control.
Pan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mendes's guard.
Pan slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jet Pan wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Pan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Chad Mendes has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendes looks for a takedown but Pan sprawls well.
Mendes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pan to score with a decent uppercut.
Jet Pan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pan tries a head kick but it misses.
Pan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mendes.
Mendes fails with the takedown
and Mendes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jet Pan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chad Mendes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Pan lands.
Decent striking displayed by Pan there.
Pan throws a head kick that Mendes semi-blocks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pan lands with a slapping head kick.

Mendes is rocked!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Pan. Mendes shrugs it off though.
Mendes looks gassed!

Pan lands a big head kick that sends Mendes tumbling to the mat! Pan takes a step backwards and waves Mendes back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Mendes is still on wobbly legs! Can Pan finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Pan. That's going to slow Mendes down.
Mendes seems to have recovered his senses.
Pan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pan, as that shot connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jet Pan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chad Mendes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pan lands a big uppercut and Mendes crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Mendes looks OK. Pan waves Mendes back to his feet!
Pan connects with a right that clearly hurt Mendes. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Pan proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Mendes collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jet Pan!