PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Miquel Mendoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Howland Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miquel Mendoza could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Howland Reed's chin.

Mendoza
vs
Reed

165 cm
24
147 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

150 cm
29
145 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miquel Mendoza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Howland Reed!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendoza loads up on a big right hand but Reed slips the punch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Reed blocks an elbow strike.
Reed takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mendoza lands a damaging elbow.
Reed avoiding damage as Mendoza throws knees to the body.
Mendoza misses with a knee strike.
Reed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reed tries a knee to the head but Mendoza blocks it.
Mendoza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mendoza throws a head punch that misses.
Mendoza's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Reed struggles to land a body shot inside as Mendoza controls his hands.
Reed blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mendoza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reed connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mendoza's face.
Reed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reed blocks an elbow strike from Mendoza.
Mendoza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mendoza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reed lands an uppercut.
Reed is pressed up against the cage. Mendoza has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Reed down to the mat. Reed avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mendoza tries to clinch up.
Reed throws a right hand that Mendoza ducks under and follows up with a left that Mendoza also avoids with ease.
Mendoza wants to clinch up but Reed keeps it at a distance.
Mendoza fails with an attempt to clinch.

Reed forces Mendoza back against the cage and clinches.
Reed avoids a wild elbow strike from Mendoza.
Mendoza tries to land knees in the clinch but Reed avoids the damage to the body.
Reed landing knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mendoza.
Reed misses with some punches.
Reed changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Mendoza fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Reed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza moves in looking to clinch but Reed pushes him off.
Mendoza wants to clinch.
Mendoza fails in his attempt to clinch.

Reed closes the distance and clinches.
Mendoza lands a nice elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mendoza takes a shot to the head.
Mendoza trying to land knees to the body.
Reed avoiding damage as Mendoza throws knees to the body.
Reed is leaning against Mendoza and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mendoza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reed digs a right hand into Mendoza's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mendoza's gas tank.
Mendoza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reed avoids it.
Mendoza misses with an elbow strike.
A short left from Reed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza looking to throw knees to the head but Reed is blocking nicely.
Reed avoids the elbow strike from Mendoza, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reed has a couple of punches blocked by Mendoza.
Mendoza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mendoza lands a good knee to the midsection. Reed won't want to take too many of those.
Reed misses with the head strike.
Mendoza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mendoza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mendoza looking to throw knees to the head but Reed is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Mendoza.
Reed managing to block the knees to the body from Mendoza.
Mendoza looking to throw knees to the head but Reed is blocking nicely.
Mendoza pushes off an throws an elbow but Reed leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mendoza missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Reed.
Mendoza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reed lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reed blocks the elbow strike.
Mendoza missing with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reed.
Reed tries to land a knee to the head but Mendoza blocks with his arms.
Mendoza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reed's defenses.
Reed has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mendoza after a bit of a struggle.
Mendoza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reed managing to block the knees to the body from Mendoza.
Reed lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reed cracks Mendoza with a nice body shot.
Reed avoids a wild elbow strike from Mendoza.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reed struggles to land a body shot inside as Mendoza controls his hands.
Reed can't find room to land a body shot as Mendoza controls the action.
Mendoza misses with an elbow over the top.
Reed with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mendoza throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Miquel Mendoza will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Reed has managed to clinch.
Reed blocks the elbow strike.
Mendoza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mendoza tries to land knees in the clinch but Reed avoids the damage to the body.
Miquel Mendoza has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reed lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reed throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mendozas head.
Reed lands with a left to the head.
Mendoza blocking some punches.
Reed changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Mendoza fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Mendoza bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mendoza tries to land knees in the clinch but Reed avoids the damage to the body.
Mendoza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mendoza.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza looking for a takedown.
Reed with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mendoza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reed blocks it with crossed arms.
Reed works on Mendoza's body with a couple of short punches.
Mendoza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reed.
Mendoza misses with an elbow strike.
Reed with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reed lands an uppercut.
Mendoza lands a damaging elbow.
Reed is trying to drag Mendoza to the mat but Mendoza just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Reed lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mendoza misses with a knee strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reed obliges.
Mendoza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reed is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reed's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mendoza misses with a knee strike.
Reed putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mendoza in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reed lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mendoza backwards.
Mendoza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mendoza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reed avoids a wild elbow strike from Mendoza.
Mendoza throws an elbow but it misses.
Reed scores a nice knee to the body.
A short left from Reed.
A short right from Reed.
Reed presses Mendoza against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Reed lands with a right to the head.
Reed crunches a lovely knee into Mendoza's ribcage.
A hook to the body from Reed.
Reed managing to block the knees to the body from Mendoza.
Mendoza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed dodges an elbow strike from Mendoza.
Mendoza tries to land knees in the clinch but Reed avoids the damage to the body.
Reed lands an uppercut.
Mendoza tries to land a knee to the head but Reed blocks with his arms.
Reed struggles to land a body shot inside as Mendoza controls his hands.
Reed with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reed throws a punch but it's blocked by Mendoza.
Reed lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mendoza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mendoza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reed lands with a right to the head.
Mendoza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reed.
A right hook to the body lands for Reed.
Mendoza working aggressively here.
Mendoza misses with an elbow over the top.
Reed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reed lands with a left to the head.
Mendoza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Reed avoids a wild elbow strike from Mendoza.
Reed tries a knee to the head but Mendoza blocks it.
Reed is leaning against Mendoza and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Reed gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reed works his foot free and advances to mount.
Reed thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mendoza has given up his back. Will we see Reed going for some submissions?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Howland Reed showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Reed keeps the fight on the outside.

Reed rushes Mendoza and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mendoza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mendoza trying to land knees to the body.
Mendoza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mendoza misses with a knee strike.
Mendoza tries to land a knee to the head but Reed blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reed.
Reed works on Mendoza's body with a couple of short punches.
Mendoza tries a knee to the head but Reed blocks it.
Reed avoiding damage as Mendoza throws knees to the body.
Reed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mendoza misses with a knee strike.
Reed lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reed misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mendoza backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reed throws an elbow but misses.
Reed takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mendoza misses with an elbow over the top.

Mendoza is fighting off a takedown attempt but Reed is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Mendoza to the mat. Mendoza regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Mendoza will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Reed trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Reed is stalling in the full guard.
Reed's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed prevents Mendoza from getting back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Howland Reed was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Reed throws a head kick but Mendoza moves out of range.

Reed has managed to clinch.
Reed blocks an elbow strike from Mendoza.
Mendoza lands a knee to the head.
Mendoza landing knees to the head.
Reed gets underhooks to prevent Mendoza's takedown attempt.
Nice elbow from Reed.
Mendoza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mendoza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees to the body from Mendoza.
Reed throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Reed works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Reed is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Howland Reed.

Reed clinches up with Mendoza and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reed lands a shoulder strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mendoza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reed's brow.
Mendoza scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Reed is trying to trip Mendoza. He has hold of a leg but Mendoza is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Reed persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Reed controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reed trying to control the position from guard on top but Mendoza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

And that's the end of the fight!
Howland Reed comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Reed has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Howland Reed!