ESPN2 FNF: Argenis Mendez vs. Arash Usmanee & Claudio Marrero vs. Jesus Cuellar RBR

Round 1

Usmanee is pushing Mendez to the ropes and climbing up his body with jabs and rights. Mendez dips to either side and jabs. Mendez is laughing at Usmanee, showing his multicolored gum shield matching the baby blue and neon yellow motif of his gloves and trunks. Usmanee fires a high jab, ducked and countered as Mendez sticks the jab into his chest.

10-9 Usmanee, but close.

 

Round 2

Usmanee is herding Mendez to the ropes and poking the body with jabs, then doubling them upstairs. Mendez backs up, measures with his right arm stretched out, then pops a jab and moves away with his back sliding on the ropes. Usmanee jumps in and straps a right hand across Mendez's cheek. Mendez squats and jabs the body but gets knocked back out of the pocket by a couple of falling shots. Usmanee jabs Mendez to the ropes, putting up the goalposts as Mendez looks to take aim and pick him apart with straight combos backing up. Mendez cracked with a right.

10-9 Usmanee

20-18 Usmanee

 

It'll be funny if Usmanee winds up losing another controversial decision to bookend the FNF season. (Barthelemy vs. Usmanee was the 2013 premiere)

 

Round 3

Usmanee is getting jabbed and turned. Usmanee rushes in, going to the body while muscling Mendez into the ropes. Mendez smoothly moves away and taps out a light beat on Usmanee's guard, lulling him, and then putting in hooks to the body. Usmanee down, slip. Usmanee keeps pressing Mendez into the ropes, getting countered as Mendez adopts the southpaw stance. Mendez pushes out with his arm bent and gets some space. Right uppercut to the body by Mendez, and a combo to the face as Usmanee bears down on him.

10-9 Mendez

29-28 Usmanee

 

CompuBox in round three:

Mendez 21 of 48, 44%
Usmanee 13 of 63, 21%