PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kav Mattiger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royler Crazy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mattiger
vs
Crazy

193 cm
18
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kav Mattiger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Royler Crazy!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crazy swats away the attempt to clinch by Mattiger.
Mattiger goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Crazy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mattiger circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Crazy.
Mattiger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mattiger really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Mattiger moves into range and clinches up with Crazy.
Crazy is working for takedown but Mattiger is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kav Mattiger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royler Crazy.
Mattiger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Crazy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mattiger prevents the takedown attempt.
Crazy can't break the clinch.

Mattiger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crazy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Crazy swats away the attempt to clinch by Mattiger.
Mattiger wants to clinch up but Crazy keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mattiger tries to clinch up.
Crazy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mattiger fails with an attempt to clinch.

Crazy shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Crazy looking to control but Mattiger is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mattiger manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Mattiger wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mattiger is staying active underneath Crazy, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Mattiger has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Crazy is working away from the top position though.
Mattiger wants to improve his position but Crazy is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crazy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mattiger keeps working.
Crazy trying to control the pace.
Mattiger wants to get back to his feet.
Crazy wants to stand up but Mattiger is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Mattiger has Crazy up against the cage in a clinch.
Crazy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Crazy tries to pull guard but Mattiger holds him up against the cage and eventually Crazy drops back down to his feet.
Knees to the body from Mattiger.
Mattiger stalling in the clinch.
Crazy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mattiger avoiding damage.
Crazy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mattiger has him pressed against the cage.
Crazy avoiding damage as Mattiger throws knees to the body.
Crazy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Crazy avoiding damage as Mattiger throws knees to the body.
Crazy avoiding damage as Mattiger throws knees to the body.

Mattiger pulls guard.
Mattiger is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Crazy is controlling him.
Mattiger is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Crazy looking to sit in guard and control but Mattiger gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Mattiger decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Crazy, up you get!
Crazy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mattiger counters with a nice leg kick.
Crazy with a lazy takedown attempt

and Mattiger holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Crazy tries to pull guard but Mattiger holds him up against the cage and eventually Crazy drops back down to his feet.
Mattiger manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mattiger tries to land knees in the clinch but Crazy avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kav Mattiger dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Crazy throws a left and a right that both miss

and Mattiger counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mattiger.
Knees to the body from Mattiger.
Crazy tries to stall but Mattiger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mattiger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Crazy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mattiger has him pressed against the cage.
Crazy looking for a takedown.
Mattiger lands a knee to the body.
Crazy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mattiger is keeping busy.

Crazy pulls guard successfully.
Mattiger stopping the sweep attempt from Crazy.
Mattiger tries to stand but Crazy is controlling from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crazy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mattiger.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mattiger stands up and waves to Crazy to follow him.

Mattiger gets caught flat footed, as Crazy shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Mattiger trying to keep a closed guard but Crazy is proving a slippery customer.
Crazy trying to move into half guard but instead Mattiger has managed to sweep!
Mattiger controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Mattiger is fighting to break Crazy's control of his arms but Crazy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mattiger preventing the sweep.
Mattiger tries to stand but Crazy is controlling from the bottom.
Crazy wants to get back to his feet but Mattiger is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Crazy is looking to sweep but instead, Mattiger has passed into half guard.
Crazy wants to improve his position but Mattiger is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crazy trying to control here.
Mattiger tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Crazy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Mattiger has taken the fight to the clinch.
Crazy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Mattiger pulls guard successfully.
Mattiger keeping moving, preventing Crazy from controlling successfully.
Mattiger wants to stand and escape but Crazy is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mattiger is trying to control the position but Crazy postures up.

Mattiger pushes Crazy off and gets back to his feet.
Mattiger wants to clinch up but Crazy keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mattiger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mattiger is looking to clinch.

Mattiger shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Mattiger stands up and beckons Crazy to join him on the feet.

Mattiger feints and as Crazy raises his hands in defense, Mattiger changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kav Mattiger dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Crazy tries to clinch

and Mattiger holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mattiger crunches a lovely knee into Crazy's ribcage.
Mattiger connects with a knee to the head.
Crazy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crazy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mattiger has him pressed against the cage.
Mattiger avoiding damage.
Mattiger lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Crazy or not.
Mattiger stalls.
Crazy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Crazy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mattiger crunches a lovely knee into Crazy's ribcage.
Mattiger landing knees to the body.
Mattiger missing with knees to the body.
Crazy missing with knees to the body.
Crazy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mattiger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mattiger slows down the pace here.
Mattiger crunches a lovely knee into Crazy's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mattiger drags the fight down to the ground.
Mattiger has his hands on Crazy's head, controlling the position.
Crazy trying to control but Mattiger is working from the bottom.
Crazy postures up.
Mattiger keeping moving, preventing Crazy from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Crazy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mattiger is keeping the position for now.
Mattiger is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Mattiger keeping moving, preventing Crazy from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mattiger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crazy has his takedown stuffed

and Mattiger counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mattiger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mattiger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mattiger missing with knees to the body.
Mattiger tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Crazy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mattiger keeps control of Crazy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mattiger letting Crazy take a breather here.
Mattiger landing knees to the body.
Crazy tries to pull guard but Mattiger holds him up against the cage and eventually Crazy drops back down to his feet.
Kav Mattiger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royler Crazy.
Mattiger crunches a lovely knee into Crazy's ribcage.
Mattiger tries to land knees in the clinch but Crazy avoids the damage to the body.
Crazy is trying to stall.
Mattiger scores a nice knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Crazy.
Crazy has Mattiger pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mattiger manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Mattiger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mattiger darts in trying to clinch

and Crazy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Crazy wants to get back to striking at distance but Mattiger won't allow it.
Crazy tries to break the clinch but Mattiger is controlling the position.
Mattiger scores a nice knee to the body.
Mattiger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mattiger lands a nice knee to the body.
Mattiger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crazy.
Mattiger trying to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Mattiger.
Mattiger lands a nice knee to the body.
Mattiger landing knees to the body.
Mattiger lands a knee to the body.
Crazy can't break the clinch.
Mattiger landing knees to the body.
Mattiger jumps guard but Crazy stands there with Mattiger around his waist. Mattiger gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mattiger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crazy.
Nice elbow from Mattiger.
Mattiger crunches a lovely knee into Crazy's ribcage.
Crazy tries to break the clinch but Mattiger is controlling the position.
Royler Crazy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Crazy jumps into guard, dragging Mattiger to the mat.

Crazy had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Mattiger is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Crazy Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Mattiger's back instead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kav Mattiger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mattiger 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kav Mattiger!