Post by The Sandmen on Sept 24, 2012 18:01:30 GMT -5
Chad Mendes raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Anthony Pettis doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Anthony Pettis wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Mendes!
Chad Mendes fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Brutal combination from Anthony Pettis!
Mendes is in a bad way, his legs look wobbily!
Chad Mendes moves forward and launches a low kick.
Pettis blocks that.
Pettis seems hesitant as if he would give the initiative to his opponent.
Anthony Pettis throws a looping left hand...
That lands on Mendes's chin! That stops Mendes in his tracks!
Mendes's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Mendes moves to shoot
but Anthony Pettis delivers a knee that wrecks him!
There is a small laceration on Chad Mendes's Right cheek
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Mendes moves forward looking for some action
Anthony Pettis doesn't want to engage and backpedals
Mendes and Pettis circle around the center of the cage.
Chad Mendes seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Mendes grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Chad Mendes
Chad Mendes is in open guard over Pettis
1:49 Round 1 and Pettis is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Pettis tries to close his guard around Mendes
He succeeds!
Chad Mendes is in closed guard over Pettis
Mendes is in closed guard... Pettis tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Chad Mendes!
Anthony Pettis is in full mount over Chad Mendes
Anthony Pettis tries to open Mendes's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Anthony Pettis. Mendes is unable to cover himself now!
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Anthony Pettis is in full mount over Chad Mendes
Mendes measures the resilience of Pettis's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Pettis blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Anthony Pettis is in full mount over Chad Mendes
Anthony Pettis tries to better his position on the ground...
Pettis is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Anthony Pettis is in full mount over Chad Mendes
Mendes works on the ground with his fingers over Pettis's face
Pettis shakes his head and continues fighting on the ground.
Anthony Pettis is in full mount over Chad Mendes
Mendes is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Anthony Pettis pushes Chad Mendes down and prevents his attempts to escape
Poorly executed technique. Anthony Pettis looks to counter!
Pettis suddenly holds Chad Mendes's arm and tries an armbar!
Mendes can break the lock and now he is in a closed guard over Anthony Pettis!
Chad Mendes is in closed guard over Pettis
Mendes is in closed guard... Pettis tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Chad Mendes!
Anthony Pettis is in full mount over Chad Mendes
Chad Mendes tries to roll to his side and trap Anthony Pettis in his guard...
Anthony Pettis rolls him over and takes his back!
Pettis is in rear mount over Mendes
Pettis tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Mendes! Pettis has one hook in and keeps working!
Pettis is in rear mount over Mendes with one hook in
Mendes is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Pettis tries to use some of his tricky moves but Pettis's is smart enough to counter him.
Mendes misses a step and Anthony Pettis sees an opportunity to counter him!
Anthony Pettis isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
Mendes locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Anthony Pettis unil he can pull his arm free! Pettis lost his dominant position.
Chad Mendes is in closed guard over Pettis
Chad Mendes positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Pettis covers himself well
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Chad Mendes tries a hook to the body
and hits Pettis ribs hard
Anthony Pettis and Mendes engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Chad Mendes is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Chad Mendes attempts a sweep single...
Anthony Pettis was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Mendes misses a step and Anthony Pettis sees an opportunity to counter him!
Brutal-looking high kick from Anthony Pettis!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Mendes's Left cheek is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Chad Mendes's Left cheek
The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round
Pettis and Mendes circle around the center of the cage.
Pettis grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Anthony Pettis
Mendes ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Anthony Pettis is in open guard over Mendes
Mendes tries to close his guard around Pettis
He is not able to do it
Josh Rosenthal tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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Incredible high kick!
Mendes is worried!
Brutal-looking high kick from Anthony Pettis!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Mendes's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Mendes has a small cut in his Right cheek
The clock says 0:35 in the 2 round
Anthony Pettis and Mendes engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Anthony Pettis is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
High kick from Anthony Pettis!
Mendes seems to be done!
Mendes hits the ground hard! That crushing blow from Anthony Pettis has left Mendes unconscious! What a finish by Anthony Pettis!
Mendes's Left eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Mendes has a small cut in his Left eye
Winner is Anthony Pettis by KO (High kick) at 0:57 Round 2
Statistics: Chad Mendes
Punches 4/7 (57%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 0/6 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 145 s
Statistics: Anthony Pettis
Punches 8/11 (73%)
Kicks 6/6 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/6 (67%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 145 s
Effective kicking. Soccer-Pettis scores a touchdown via kicking and kicking and kicking and kicking and kicking and kicking but not 7 kickings.
Anthony Pettis doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Anthony Pettis wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Mendes!
Chad Mendes fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Brutal combination from Anthony Pettis!
Mendes is in a bad way, his legs look wobbily!
Chad Mendes moves forward and launches a low kick.
Pettis blocks that.
Pettis seems hesitant as if he would give the initiative to his opponent.
Anthony Pettis throws a looping left hand...
That lands on Mendes's chin! That stops Mendes in his tracks!
Mendes's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Mendes moves to shoot
but Anthony Pettis delivers a knee that wrecks him!
There is a small laceration on Chad Mendes's Right cheek
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Mendes moves forward looking for some action
Anthony Pettis doesn't want to engage and backpedals
Mendes and Pettis circle around the center of the cage.
Chad Mendes seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Mendes grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Chad Mendes
Chad Mendes is in open guard over Pettis
1:49 Round 1 and Pettis is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Pettis tries to close his guard around Mendes
He succeeds!
Chad Mendes is in closed guard over Pettis
Mendes is in closed guard... Pettis tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Chad Mendes!
Anthony Pettis is in full mount over Chad Mendes
Anthony Pettis tries to open Mendes's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Anthony Pettis. Mendes is unable to cover himself now!
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Anthony Pettis is in full mount over Chad Mendes
Mendes measures the resilience of Pettis's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Pettis blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Anthony Pettis is in full mount over Chad Mendes
Anthony Pettis tries to better his position on the ground...
Pettis is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Anthony Pettis is in full mount over Chad Mendes
Mendes works on the ground with his fingers over Pettis's face
Pettis shakes his head and continues fighting on the ground.
Anthony Pettis is in full mount over Chad Mendes
Mendes is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Anthony Pettis pushes Chad Mendes down and prevents his attempts to escape
Poorly executed technique. Anthony Pettis looks to counter!
Pettis suddenly holds Chad Mendes's arm and tries an armbar!
Mendes can break the lock and now he is in a closed guard over Anthony Pettis!
Chad Mendes is in closed guard over Pettis
Mendes is in closed guard... Pettis tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Chad Mendes!
Anthony Pettis is in full mount over Chad Mendes
Chad Mendes tries to roll to his side and trap Anthony Pettis in his guard...
Anthony Pettis rolls him over and takes his back!
Pettis is in rear mount over Mendes
Pettis tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Mendes! Pettis has one hook in and keeps working!
Pettis is in rear mount over Mendes with one hook in
Mendes is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Pettis tries to use some of his tricky moves but Pettis's is smart enough to counter him.
Mendes misses a step and Anthony Pettis sees an opportunity to counter him!
Anthony Pettis isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
Mendes locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Anthony Pettis unil he can pull his arm free! Pettis lost his dominant position.
Chad Mendes is in closed guard over Pettis
Chad Mendes positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Pettis covers himself well
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Chad Mendes tries a hook to the body
and hits Pettis ribs hard
Anthony Pettis and Mendes engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Chad Mendes is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Chad Mendes attempts a sweep single...
Anthony Pettis was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Mendes misses a step and Anthony Pettis sees an opportunity to counter him!
Brutal-looking high kick from Anthony Pettis!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Mendes's Left cheek is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Chad Mendes's Left cheek
The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round
Pettis and Mendes circle around the center of the cage.
Pettis grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Anthony Pettis
Mendes ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Anthony Pettis is in open guard over Mendes
Mendes tries to close his guard around Pettis
He is not able to do it
Josh Rosenthal tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
=========================================
Incredible high kick!
Mendes is worried!
Brutal-looking high kick from Anthony Pettis!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Mendes's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Mendes has a small cut in his Right cheek
The clock says 0:35 in the 2 round
Anthony Pettis and Mendes engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Anthony Pettis is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
High kick from Anthony Pettis!
Mendes seems to be done!
Mendes hits the ground hard! That crushing blow from Anthony Pettis has left Mendes unconscious! What a finish by Anthony Pettis!
Mendes's Left eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Mendes has a small cut in his Left eye
Winner is Anthony Pettis by KO (High kick) at 0:57 Round 2
Statistics: Chad Mendes
Punches 4/7 (57%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 0/6 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 145 s
Statistics: Anthony Pettis
Punches 8/11 (73%)
Kicks 6/6 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/6 (67%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 145 s
Effective kicking. Soccer-Pettis scores a touchdown via kicking and kicking and kicking and kicking and kicking and kicking but not 7 kickings.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!