PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Hastings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cooper Mattingly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hastings
vs
Mattingly

185 cm
22
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

182 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Hastings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cooper Mattingly!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hastings misses the jab.
Mattingly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alex Hastings seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hastings throws a nice looking combination but Mattingly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hastings takes a swing at Mattingly's ribcage but misses.
Hastings swings for the body but Mattingly moves out of range.
Mattingly throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hastings throws a series of punches but Mattingly avoids them all with ease.
Hastings lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Cooper Mattingly has been cut.
Hastings rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mattingly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Mattingly closes the distance and clinches.
Mattingly stalling in the clinch but Hastings improves position.
Mattingly tries to pull guard but Hastings won't allow it.
Mattingly looking to throw knees to the head but Hastings is blocking nicely.

Hastings breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hastings misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mattingly.
Mattingly avoids the body shot from Hastings.
Hastings fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mattingly manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Mattingly.
Hastings pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A combination from Hastings does no damage.
Hastings throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hastings throws out a loose jab but Mattingly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hastings rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mattingly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Hastings lands a big uppercut and Mattingly crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Mattingly looks OK. Hastings waves Mattingly back to his feet!
Hastings jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hastings fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Hastings.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hastings misses with a body shot.
Hastings with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Mattingly slips a straight right by Hastings.
Mattingly dodges the punch combination from Hastings.
Hastings throws the left hand but Mattingly avoids the punch easily.
Hastings throws a series of punches but Mattingly moves out of range.
Hastings takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hastings throws a sloppy body shot
and Mattingly counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hastings thinking.
Hastings throws the left hand but Mattingly avoids the punch easily.
Mattingly throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hastings rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mattingly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Mattingly.
Hastings throws a looping overhand right but Mattingly ducks down to avoid it.
Hastings throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mattingly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mattingly throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mattingly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hastings throws a hook but Mattingly avoids it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Mattingly as he connects with a hook.
Mattingly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mattingly misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Hastings counters with a crisp right hand that drops Mattingly! Hastings lets Mattingly back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Mattingly is rocked!
Hastings falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mattingly counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mattingly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hastings.
Mattingly ducks under a wild hook from Hastings.
Hastings throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mattingly counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hastings takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hastings looks to score with a jab to the body but Mattingly is just out of range.
Hastings connects with a crisp jab.
Mattingly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hastings.
Mattingly ducks under a wild hook from Hastings.
Hastings throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mattingly counters with a stiff right hand.
Mattingly lands a nice hook to Hastings's body. Hastings takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mattingly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hastings swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mattingly wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Hastings dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cooper Mattingly's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mattingly wants to clinch up but Hastings keeps it at a distance.
Hastings misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hastings throws a sloppy body shot
and Mattingly counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hastings misses with a double jab
and Mattingly counters with a body kick.
Mattingly staying out of range there.
Hastings takes a swing at Mattingly's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hastings lands with a good body shot.
Alex Hastings is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hastings bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mattingly's head backwards.

That has opened up Cooper Mattingly's cut even more.
Hastings misses with a combination

and Mattingly counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hastings's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mattingly slips under a jab.
Mattingly tries a head kick but it misses.
Mattingly tries to clinch up
and Hastings counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mattingly thinking.
A jab from Hastings misses.
Mattingly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hastings.
Hastings swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mattingly counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hastings takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mattingly scores with a nice right hand.
Hastings swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mattingly counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hastings.
Hastings misses with a double jab.
Hastings throws a nice looking combination but Mattingly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mattingly throws a sloppy head kick and Hastings moves out of range easily.
Hastings misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mattingly.
A swing and a miss from Hastings.
Hastings looks to land a right hand but Mattingly moved out of range.
Mattingly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hastings misses with a body punch
and Mattingly counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Hastings as he connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hastings throws a combination that misses
and Mattingly counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mattingly tries to clinch but Hastings moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mattingly fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hastings checks it well.
Hastings swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alex Hastings is winning the standup battle so far.

Mattingly clinches.
Mattingly tries to circle away but Hastings has him pinned against the cage.
Mattingly is trying to break free.
Mattingly tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hastings just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mattingly tries to pull guard but Hastings won't allow it.

Hastings breaks from the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Hastings.
Hastings fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hastings misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hastings misses with a straight left.
Mattingly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hastings throws out the jab.
Mattingly ducks right into an uppercut from Hastings.

The cut above Cooper Mattingly's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hastings throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mattingly is looking to clinch but Hastings is avoiding it.
Mattingly avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hastings avoids the head kick by Mattingly.
Mattingly tries to clinch
and Hastings counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hastings misses with a body punch
and Mattingly counters with a stiff right hand.
Hastings pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A shot to the body from Hastings misses
and Mattingly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Hastings dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cooper Mattingly's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nice straight punches there by Hastings. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hastings.

Mattingly has Hastings up against the cage in a clinch.
Mattingly tries to pull guard but Hastings won't allow it.
Mattingly jumps guard but Hastings stands there with Mattingly around his waist. Mattingly gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mattingly wants to break free but Hastings has control.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mattingly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mattingly fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Alex Hastings has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cooper Mattingly.
Mattingly is trying to maintain a safe position but Hastings gets an underhook and turns Mattingly into the cage.
Mattingly tries to pull guard but Hastings holds him up against the cage and eventually Mattingly drops back down to his feet.

Hastings manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hastings lunges at Mattingly with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mattingly's hand.
A head kick misses from Mattingly.
Hastings misses the shot to the body.
Hastings moves out of range of the body kick.
Hastings swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mattingly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mattingly staying out of range there.
Mattingly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hastings misses with a hook.
Mattingly misses with a kick to the body.
Mattingly wants to clinch

and Hastings counters with a nice right hand that sends Mattingly toppling to the canvas! Mattingly scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Hastings finish him?!
Alex Hastings is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mattingly is still on wobbly legs! Can Hastings finish him?

Cooper Mattingly's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Cooper Mattingly's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alex Hastings!