PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hadecki Matsui (ranked 1094 p4p, 1218 weight class) and Kieran Busk (ranked 133 p4p, 149 weight class). Matsui comes to the cage accompanied by Noypi by Bamboo. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Matsui
vs
Busk

168 cm
31
153
17 - 3 - 0

181 cm
30
154
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hadecki Matsui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kieran Busk!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Busk scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Busk clinches up against the cage.
A short left from Busk.
Busk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Matsui is trying to push Busk away but Busk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Matsui has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Busk working aggressively here.
Busk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Matsui blocking some punches.
Busk swings wildly with an uppercut but Matsui uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matsui is trying to break the clinch but Busk has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matsui is trying to push Busk away but Busk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Busk lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Matsui backwards.
Busk can't find room to land a body shot as Matsui controls the action.
Matsui can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busk prevents Matsui from breaking the clinch.
Busk tries to work over Matsui's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Busk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matsui's elbow.
Busk throws a punch but it's blocked by Matsui.
Busk swings wildly with an uppercut but Matsui uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matsui blocks a body shot from Busk.
Busk misses with a punch on the inside.
Matsui is trying to break the clinch but Busk has him pressed against the cage.
Matsui wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Busk tries to throw a body punch but Matsui avoids it by throwing Busk back against the cage.
Busk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Matsui blocks a body shot from Busk.
Busk misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Busk struggles to land a body shot inside as Matsui controls his hands.
Busk working aggressively here.
Busk misses with a punch to the body.
Busk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Busk misses with a body punch.
Matsui wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Busk misses with the head strike.

Matsui breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Busk misses with the combination.
Busk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Busk throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Busk. Matsui does a little dance to reset his feet.
Matsui keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kieran Busk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matsui takes a swing at Busk's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Busk on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsui takes a swing at Busk's ribcage but misses.
Matsui lands with a shot to the body.
Matsui misses with a body shot.
Busk misses with a body shot.
Busk tries to clinch there but Matsui circles away.
Busk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Busk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Busk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Matsui wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Busk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Matsui's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Matsui connects with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matsui. Busk does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsui misses with the combination.
Matsui keeps the fight on the outside.
A slow jab from Busk misses its intended target.
Busk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matsui was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Matsui throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Matsui moves out of range of the strikes.
Matsui appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Busk moves in looking to clinch but Matsui pushes him off.
It looked like Matsui was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Busk.
Busk moves away from the strike by Matsui.
A slow jab from Matsui misses its intended target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Busk throws a right and a left that Matsui avoids nicely.
Matsui swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Busk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matsui swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Busk tries to clinch there but Matsui circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kieran Busk dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A big right from Busk misses.
Busk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Busk staying out of range there.
Matsui tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Busk was well out of range. Poor timing from Matsui.
Matsui looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Busk misses with the combination.
Matsui throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matsui misses with the combination.
Busk on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Busk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Matsui paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Matsui is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Busk connects with a crisp jab.
Matsui avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matsui avoids the body shot from Busk.
Matsui misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Busk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busk throws a body shot but no joy.
Matsui is looking to counter punch.
Matsui lunges at Busk with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Busk's hand.
Matsui takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Busk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Matsui manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Matsui is looking to wear down Busk with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
No joy there for Matsui, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Busk throws out a counter right but Matsui avoids it with no problem.
Busk misses with a body shot.
Matsui was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Busk fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Busk scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Busk lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The fighters circling - Matsui throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Busk misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Matsui counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matsui misses with a jab, cross combination.
Busk scores with a jab. Matsui acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Busk misses the shot to the body.
Busk misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Busk lands with an uppercut that bounces Matsui off the cage and back into range.
Matsui takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Busk tries to clinch but Matsui is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Busk.
Matsui works the jab nicely.
Busk throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Matsui counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Matsui misses with a straight left.
Busk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Matsui.
A big left from Matsui misses.

Busk fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Matsui, pushing him back against the cage.
Busk can't find room to land a body shot as Matsui controls the action.
Busk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matsui's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Busk tries to throw a body punch but Matsui avoids it by throwing Busk back against the cage.
Matsui wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Busk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Matsui.
Busk can't find room to land a body shot as Matsui controls the action.
Busk misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Busk.

Matsui breaks the clinch.
Matsui avoids the body shot from Busk.
A big left from Matsui misses.
Busk lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Matsui misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Matsui.
Matsui throws a looping overhand right but Busk ducks down to avoid it.
Busk walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Matsui misses its intended target.
Matsui misses with a body shot.
Matsui keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matsui has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Matsui looks to land a right hand but Busk moved out of range.
Busk looks like he wants to counter punch here.
No joy there for Matsui, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Matsui takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Busk changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Busk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Matsui manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Matsui was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matsui. Busk does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Busk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Busk closes the distance and clinches.
Matsui is trying to break the clinch but Busk is controlling him.
Busk tries a body shot but Matsui blocks it.
Busk lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kieran Busk will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Busk throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Matsui connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Matsui.
Busk misses with a shot to the body
and Matsui cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Busk moves out of range as Matsui strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Busk misses.
Busk moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Busk doesn't manage to clinch there - Matsui circles away.
Busk just misses with a punch to the body.
Busk wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matsui scores with a punch to the head.
Matsui throws the left hand but Busk avoids the punch easily.
Busk throws out a loose jab but Matsui uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busk tries to clinch up but Matsui circles away and keeps his distance.
Matsui misses the jab.
Matsui keeps the fight on the outside.
A big left from Matsui misses.
Nice defenses there by Busk.
Nice body punch from Busk.
Busk will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matsui with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Busk to score with a decent uppercut.
Matsui takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Busk is rocked!
Busk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matsui throws out the jab.
Busk is still on wobbly legs! Can Matsui finish him?
Matsui cracks Busk with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Busk falls to his knees and Matsui doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hadecki Matsui!
A very excited looking Hadecki Matsui made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.