PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Condit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kofi Mensah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mensah is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by SOS. Kofi Mensah acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Condit
vs
Mensah

188 cm
19
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlos Condit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kofi Mensah!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as Mensah blocks the leg kick.
Condit thuds a left hand into Mensah's body.
Condit connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Condit looks to land a right hand but Mensah moved out of range.
Condit thows a left - swing and a miss!
Condit connects with a right hand. Mensah shakes it off.
Condit paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Condit lands a jab.
Mensah's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Condit connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mensah scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mensah slips under a jab.
Carlos Condit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Condit fakes the leg kick and cracks Mensah in the body.
Condit throws a hook but Mensah blocks it.
Condit misses with a looping right.
Good exchange - Condit coming out on top.
Condit misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condit looks to land a body kick but Mensah moved away.
Mensah takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Condit connects with a right hand. Mensah shakes it off.
A head kick misses from Condit.
Condit looks to land a right hand but Mensah moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit misses with a body kick.
Condit connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Condit tries to score with a low kick but Mensah moves his leg out of the way.
A telegraphed right hand from Condit misses the target.
Mensah ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Condit misses the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Mensah blocks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mensah uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Condit.
Condit misses with an attempted mid kick.
Condit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Condit throws a hook but Mensah avoids it easily.
Condit throws a jab but it's blocked by Mensah.
Condit attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Condit tests Mensah's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mensah moves out of range of the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Condit dominated that round.
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.

Condit connects with a body shot that sends Mensah's belly button to the back.
Condit takes a swing at Mensah's ribcage but misses.
Condit misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mensah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Condit is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Condit tries a low kick but Mensah avoids it.
Condit tries to bum rush Mensah with a series of wild strikes but Mensah uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit looks to land a left hand but Mensah moved out of range nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Condit lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mensah has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mensah and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A cross from Condit lands.
Condit scores with a hook.
The crowd cheers as Condit lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mensah doesn't seem phased though.
A jab from Condit misses.
Condit lunges at Mensah with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mensah's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mensah dodges the punch combination from Condit.
Condit changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Condit swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mensah.
Condit throws a jab but it's blocked by Mensah.
Mensah steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Condit.
Condit misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit feints and then cracks Mensah's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mensah down.
Condit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Condit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mensah was well out of range. Poor timing from Condit.
Condit lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Mensah ducks under a wild hook from Condit.
Mensah walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mensah takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Condit - just one landing.
Mensah slips under a jab.
Condit throws a shot from downtown. Mensah moves away and avoids it.
Mensah avoids the head kick by Condit.
Condit missing with a left hand there. Mensah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Condit scores with a decent looking hook.
Mensah bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Condit dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Condit listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Condit feints and then cracks Mensah's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mensah down.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Mensah might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Condit has got the better of the exchanges.
Condit lands with an overhand left.
Condit misses the shot to the body.
Condit misses with a wild combination.
A head kick from Condit lands but Mensah takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit looks to score with a jab to the body but Mensah is just out of range.
Mensah moves out of range of the body kick.
Condit throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A combination from Condit does no damage.
Mensah blocks a jab.
Condit connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Condit missing with a left hand there. Mensah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Condit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mensah manages to avoid it.
Condit misses with a straight left.
Mensah has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mensah blocks a jab.
Good leg kick by Condit there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Condit tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Condit pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit throws a big shot that misses.
Condit rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mensah moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Condit lands a nice shot to the body.
Condit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mensah.
Condit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mensah can do to turn this around?
Mensah takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Condit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Condit lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Condit throws a looping overhand right but Mensah ducks down to avoid it.
Condit throws a nice inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Condit.
Carlos Condit is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Condit misses.
Mensah ducks under a wild hook from Condit.
Condit will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Condit showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Condit has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:24
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:24
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Condit!