PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kerry King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petr Matas (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.

King
vs
Matas

186 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kerry King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Petr Matas!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Matas doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Matas looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Matas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King tries to clinch

and Matas holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Matas has King pressed against the cage.

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

Matas gets a clinch.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Matas blocks with his arms.
King throws a knee to the head but misses.
King looking to throw knees to the head but Matas is blocking nicely.
Matas scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Kerry King has been cut.

Matas has King pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Matas pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending King tumbling to the mat - Matas dives into King's guard.
King keeping moving, preventing Matas from controlling successfully.
Matas prevents King from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matas wants to stand and escape but instead King has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Matas wants to sweep here but King controlling him for the moment.

King stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Matas shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts King as he jumps to the side.
King is looking to clinch.
Matas darts in trying to clinch

and King holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
King landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Matas looks gassed!
Matas fails to pull guard.
Kerry King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petr Matas.
Matas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
King looking to throw knees to the head but Matas is blocking nicely.
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
King misses with a knee to the head.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Matas avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King lands a damaging elbow.
King looking to throw knees to the head but Matas is blocking nicely.
King lands a nice knee to the body.
King lands an elbow inside.
Matas fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Matas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Matas misses with a double jab.
Matas tries to clinch

and King counters by moving into the clinch.
Matas tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. King smiles and moves away.

Matas takes the fight into the clinch.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Matas blocks with his arms.
Matas tries for a takedown but King manages to get underhooks.
Matas is looking for a takedown up against the cage. King gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
King misses with a knee to the head.

Matas breaks from the clinch.

Matas moves into the clinch successfully.
Matas has King pushed against the cage.

Matas manages to break the clinch.
Matas closes this distance looking for a takedown but King circles away.
Horrible takedown by Matas or perhaps it was just good defense by King which made him look bad.
Matas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matas tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Matas tries to clinch but King moves out of range.

King forces Matas back against the cage and clinches.

Matas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Matas closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Matas stalling.
It looks like Matas is going to stand back up.
King is refusing to be controlled, as Matas sits in half guard.

King kicks Matas off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Matas counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
King misses with a knee strike.
Matas has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. King avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
King missing with knees to the body.
King lands a nice elbow.
King misses with an elbow strike.
Matas drops down looking for an ankle pick but King pulls his leg out and moves away.

King clinches up against the cage.
King with a knee to the head.
King lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Petr Matas has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Matas fails to pull the fight into his guard.
King misses with a knee strike.
King with an attempt at a knee that misses.
King prevents a body shot from Matas.
King trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for King.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Matas blocks with his arms.
King looking to throw knees to the head but Matas is blocking nicely.
Matas tries to pull guard but King holds him up against the cage and eventually Matas drops back down to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matas tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matas tries to score a body lock takedown but King shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
King landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Matas lands a body shot.
Matas tries to pull guard but King won't allow it.

Matas manages to break the clinch.
Matas connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kerry King will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Matas misses with the body kick

and King counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by King.
King lands a knee to the body.
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
King using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Matas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Matas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but King has him pressed against the cage.

Matas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

King closes the distance and clinches.
Matas tries to pull guard but King holds him up against the cage and eventually Matas drops back down to his feet.
King tries a knee to the head but Matas blocks it.
King lands a knee to the head.
King trying to land knees to the body.
King throws an elbow but it misses.
King gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Matas.
King has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Matas wants a takedown.
Kerry King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petr Matas.
King connects with a knee to the head.
King lands an elbow that stopped Matas in his tracks for a moment.
Matas is trying to work for a single leg takedown but King pulls him back up using the underhooks.
King looking to throw knees to the head but Matas is blocking nicely.
King with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Matas tries to pull guard but King won't allow it.
King prevents a body shot from Matas.
Knees to the body from King.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
King throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matas blocks it with crossed arms.
Matas pushes King back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Matas lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.

Matas manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matas wants to stand up but King is controlling him.
King is looking to stand up but Matas won't let him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Matas kicks King off and gets to his feet.
Matas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Matas lands a big head kick that sends King to the canvas! Matas follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Petr Matas!