PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russian Guyovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artur Matyushenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Guyovich
vs
Matyushenko

200 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Russian Guyovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artur Matyushenko!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matyushenko lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Guyovich swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Guyovich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guyovich gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Matyushenko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Matyushenko keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Matyushenko lands a right hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Matyushenko there.
Guyovich misses with a takedown
and Matyushenko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Guyovich throws a combination that misses
and Matyushenko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Matyushenko scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Matyushenko looks to land a combination. Guyovich sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Guyovich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Matyushenko lands a nice shot to the body.
Guyovich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Matyushenko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matyushenko lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Guyovich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Matyushenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Matyushenko ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Matyushenko.
Matyushenko getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Decent striking displayed by Matyushenko there.
Guyovich avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matyushenko lands a right hook to the body.
Matyushenko lands a nice hook to Guyovich's body. Guyovich takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Guyovich throws a left and a right that both miss
and Matyushenko counters with a nice uppercut.
Matyushenko lands a two punch combo.
Matyushenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guyovich throws a right and a left that Matyushenko avoids nicely.
Guyovich throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Matyushenko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matyushenko lands a glancing blow to the side of Guyovich's head.
Guyovich ducks right into an uppercut from Matyushenko.
A jab from Matyushenko does it's job there.
Guyovich throws a left and a right that both miss
and Matyushenko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matyushenko lands a body shot.
Guyovich throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Guyovich throws a right and a left that both miss.
Guyovich throws the kick towards the body but Matyushenko avoids it.
Guyovich swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Matyushenko counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Matyushenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guyovich throws a left and a right that both miss
and Matyushenko counters with a right hand to the body.
Matyushenko lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Artur Matyushenko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Guyovich throws the kick towards the body but Matyushenko avoids it.
Matyushenko lands a two punch combo.
Matyushenko is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Guyovich had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Guyovich misses with a hook.
Guyovich throws a combination that misses
and Matyushenko counters with a stiff right hand.
Guyovich is breathing heavily.
Matyushenko scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Matyushenko scores with a crisp jab that stopped Guyovich in his tracks.
Guyovich loads up on a big right hand but Matyushenko slips the punch.
Guyovich swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Matyushenko counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Matyushenko is working the combinations to good effect here.
Matyushenko connects with a single shot there.
Matyushenko moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Matyushenko closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Matyushenko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Guyovich misses with a double jab
enabling Matyushenko to counter with a crisp jab.
A combination from Matyushenko does no damage.
Matyushenko stuffs the takedown attempt from Guyovich. Guyovich gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Russian Guyovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matyushenko works over Guyovich's head and body with a nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matyushenko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Guyovich misses with a double jab
and Matyushenko counters with a nice body shot.
Matyushenko takes a swing at Guyovich's ribcage but misses.
Guyovich throws a sloppy head kick and Matyushenko moves out of range easily.
Guyovich changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Matyushenko tries to avoid it but Guyovich manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Matyushenko to the ground. Matyushenko escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jab from Matyushenko.
Matyushenko slips a jab and a cross from Guyovich.
Matyushenko slips under a jab from Guyovich.
Left hook, right uppercut from Matyushenko.
Guyovich misses with a two punch combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Matyushenko.
Guyovich swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Matyushenko counters with a one-two to the body.
Guyovich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Matyushenko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Matyushenko lands with a cross.
Guyovich tries to clinch up.
Guyovich misses with a takedown attempt - Matyushenko sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A nice combination there by Matyushenko.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Guyovich throws a left and a right that both miss
and Matyushenko counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Guyovich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matyushenko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Matyushenko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Guyovich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guyovich throws a head kick that misses.
Matyushenko lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Guyovich ducks right into an uppercut from Matyushenko.
Guyovich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Guyovich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Matyushenko with a jab.
Guyovich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Matyushenko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Guyovich throws a head kick but Matyushenko moves out of range.
Matyushenko displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Guyovich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matyushenko.
Guyovich walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Artur Matyushenko dominated that round.
That's time! Guyovich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Matyushenko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Guyovich throws out the jab.
Guyovich on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Guyovich misses with a double jab
and Matyushenko counters with a nice uppercut.
Matyushenko throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Guyovich on the side of the head.
Matyushenko dodges the punch combination from Guyovich.
Matyushenko tests Guyovich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Matyushenko scores with a jab to the head.
Matyushenko throws a combination. Guyovich tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Matyushenko scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Guyovich shoots in for a takedown but Matyushenko shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guyovich throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Matyushenko counter with a right hand.
Matyushenko slips a jab and a cross from Guyovich.
Guyovich with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Matyushenko to score with a decent uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Guyovich has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Left hook, right uppercut from Matyushenko.
Danga de danga de dang - Matyushenko scores with a four punch combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matyushenko scores with a shot to the body.
Guyovich wants to clinch up but Matyushenko keeps it at a distance.
Guyovich shoots and misses
enabling Matyushenko to counter with a crisp jab.
Matyushenko scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Matyushenko throws a hook but Guyovich blocks it.

Guyovich fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Matyushenko sprawls well initially but Guyovich persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Guyovich moves nicely into side control.
Guyovich has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Guyovich looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Matyushenko wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Guyovich is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Matyushenko is surviving well by controlling Guyovich's body position as best he can.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Guyovich can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Matyushenko is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guyovich sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Guyovich working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Matyushenko looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Guyovich! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Russian Guyovich!