PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amare Nash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kishion Matthew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matthew has chosen Not Afraid as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Nash
vs
Matthew

198 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
242 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amare Nash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kishion Matthew!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nash shoots in but no luck this time.
Nash shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Matthew has closed the distance and engaged Nash in a clinch.
Nash working hard to break the clinch.
Matthew lands with a short shot to the head.

Matthew gets control of Nash's arms and successfully pulls guard. Matthew will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Matthew controlling Nash's posture.
Matthew is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Matthew slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Let's hope that Matthew has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nash tries to kick Matthew off but Matthew keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Matthew is looking to take a break and control but Nash is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Despite being in the dominant position, Kishion Matthew just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Matthew takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Matthew tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nash swivels and escapes.

Matthew shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Matthew content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthew is stalling here. Nash is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Matthew seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Nash has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Nash lands a nice forearm strike.
Nash trying to control the position but Matthew is working away.
Nash misses with the ground and pound.
Nash tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Nash knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Matthew on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Matthew regains half guard, as Nash was trying to land strikes.
Nash thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Matthew to regain full guard.
Matthew has control of Nash's left arm, preventing Nash from doing any damage.
Nash throwing strikes from guard but Matthew blocks nicely.
Nash wanted to stand there but Matthew had control of the position.

Matthew working for a triangle but Nash defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kishion Matthew dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A right-left combo lands from Nash.
Nash shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Matthew defends it nicely.
Nash misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nash throws a series of strikes that have Matthew backpedaling.

It looks like Kishion Matthew has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nash lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Matthew circles away quickly and effectively.

Matthew feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Nash wants to stand but Matthew is controlling the position.
Matthew works over Nash with some ground and pound from guard.
Matthew pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nash is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nash wants to stand up but Matthew is controlling him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Matthew slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Matthew postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nash is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Matthew is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Matthew throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Matthew looking to sit in guard and control but Nash gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nash has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Matthew looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Nash is defending well. Matthew quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Nash has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Matthew celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kishion Matthew!