PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between MCJ Guti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pentti Matikainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matikainen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Terveisiä perseestä. On his way into the cage it seems that MCJ Guti has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily MCJ Guti seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Guti
vs
Matikainen

185 cm
22
215 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

182 cm
24
207 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, MCJ Guti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pentti Matikainen!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Guti.
Matikainen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Matikainen stalks Guti and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Guti's face. Guti staggers backwards, shaken.
Matikainen throws a right and a left that Guti avoids nicely.
Matikainen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guti.
Matikainen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Matikainen stuffs the takedown.
Matikainen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Guti has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Guti is trying hard to land a takedown here. Matikainen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for MCJ Guti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matikainen scores with a jab to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guti shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Matikainen defends it nicely.
No luck for Guti with that takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Guti fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Matikainen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Guti. Guti circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Guti walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Guti has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Matikainen.
Guti is breathing heavily.
Matikainen misses with a two punch combination.
Matikainen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Matikainen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Matikainen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Matikainen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Guti moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Matikainen lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matikainen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matikainen lunges at Guti with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Guti's hand.
Matikainen scores with a sloppy right hand. Guti should have avoided that one.

Matikainen lands a left and a right that send Guti crashing to the mat, dazed. Matikainen thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Guti is rocked!

It looks like MCJ Guti has been cut.
Matikainen connects with a nice cross there... Guti is looking wobbly and Matikainen recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Guti to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Matikainen jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Pentti Matikainen!