PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Frank James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mihai Matei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mihai Matei acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

James
vs
Matei

178 cm
22
145 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

169 cm
24
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mihai Matei!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Donk. James catches Matei right on the button with a cross.

Matei has managed to clinch.
Matei blocking some punches.
James lands a left hand that snaps the head of Matei backwards.
James effectively controlling the action here.
Matei's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
James can't find room to land a body shot as Matei controls the action.
James blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matei scores a nice knee to the body.
Matei tries a knee to the head but James blocks it.
Matei lands an elbow inside.
James throws a punch but it's blocked by Matei.

Matei manages to break the clinch.
Matei fails with an attempt to clinch.
James fails with an attempt to clinch.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Matei paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Matei has James up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matei lands an elbow just above James 's eye.
James tries to stall but Matei uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Matei throws an elbow but it's blocked.
James is trying to push Matei away but Matei has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Matei lands an elbow just above James 's eye.

Matei breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James wants to clinch.
James is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Matei tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Matei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but James paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Matei keeps the fight on the outside.
Matei doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
Matei fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matei takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James misses with an uppercut.

Matei moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Matei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matei tries to clinch there but James circles away.
Matei slips a jab and a cross from James.
James misses with a straight right.
Frank James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut there from Matei.
Matei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Matei misses with a body punch
and James counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matei doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
James fails to land with a series of punches.
James throws a lazy right hand but Matei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.

James has closed the distance and engaged Matei in a clinch.
Matei with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
James misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Matei breaks the clinch.
James loads up on a big right hand but Matei slips the punch.
Matei swings for the body but James moves out of range.

James has closed the distance and engaged Matei in a clinch.
James blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
James lands a right hand.
James avoids a wild elbow strike from Matei.
Matei wants to break free but James has control.
James on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from James.
James is working Matei over against the cage.
Matei blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Matei just misses with a elbow thrown towards James's brow.

Matei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matei tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
James thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by James.
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!
James misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Matei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
James misses with the combination.
Matei fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matei tries to clinch there but James circles away.
Matei misses with a two punch combination.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

James drives through and clinches with Matei against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matei lands an elbow inside.
Matei lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
James lands an uppercut.
James misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank James dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Matei wants to clinch up but James keeps it at a distance.
Some wild striking there from James.
James scores with a jab to the head.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
James looks to clinch
and Matei counters with a left and a right that stings James.

James gets a clinch.
Matei pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
James on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from James.
Matei keeps control of James as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
James tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matei's elbow.
James avoids the elbow strike from Matei, against the cage.
Matei is trying to push James away but James has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
James takes an elbow to the temple.
James can't break the clinch.
Mihai Matei seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
James swings wildly with an uppercut but Matei uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

James breaks the clinch.
A left and a right from Matei both land. Nice combination.
Matei tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and James counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Matei! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank James!