PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Michael Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Red Fox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fox has chosen Sanford and Son as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Matthews
vs
Fox

175 cm
25
140 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

150 cm
24
140 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Matthews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Red Fox!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matthews leaves Fox with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Fox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Matthews.
Matthews takes a swing at Fox's ribcage but misses.
Fox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matthews throws a body punch but Fox moves out of range.
Matthews scores with a punch to the head.
Matthews throws a hook to the side of Fox's head but Fox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fox throws a right and a left that Matthews avoids nicely.
Matthews lands with an uppercut that bounces Fox off the cage and back into range.

Matthews gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fox tries to throw a body punch but Matthews avoids it by throwing Fox back against the cage.
Matthews misses with some punches.
Fox keeps control of Matthews as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fox lands a body shot.
Matthews wants to break free but Fox has control.
Fox can't find room to land a body shot as Matthews controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews tries a body shot but Fox blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Fox.
A head punch on the inside from Fox fails to land.
Fox lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fox can't find room to land a body shot as Matthews controls the action.
Matthews lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fox.
Fox working aggressively here.
Fox blocking some punches.
Fox has Matthews pressed against the cage, preventing Matthews from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fox lands a body shot.
Still in the clinch, Fox scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fox tries to work over Matthews's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fox misses with a punch to the body.
Fox struggles to land a body shot inside as Matthews controls his hands.

Matthews manages to break the clinch.
Michael Matthews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Matthews closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fox lands a right hand.

Matthews's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fox tries to close the distance and clinch up but Matthews swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A jab from Fox misses.
Fox showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Matthews.
Matthews misses with a leg kick.
Matthews takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Matthews throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Matthews gets a clinch.
Fox tries to throw a body punch but Matthews avoids it by throwing Fox back against the cage.
Fox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fox gets through Matthews's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fox can't find room to land a body shot as Matthews controls the action.
Fox scores with a shoulder strike.
Fox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fox misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fox tries to work over Matthews's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fox swings wildly with an uppercut but Matthews uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matthews prevents a body shot from Fox.
Fox dodges an elbow strike from Matthews.
Fox working aggressively here.
Fox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fox tries to throw a body punch but Matthews avoids it by throwing Fox back against the cage.
Fox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Fox.
Matthews scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Fox.
Fox tries a body shot but Matthews blocks it.
Fox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fox blocking some punches.
Matthews leaning against his opponent.
Fox lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fox can't find room to land a body shot as Matthews controls the action.
Fox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthews wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Matthews lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Fox.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fox scores with a shoulder strike.
Matthews blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Matthews taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Matthews's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Matthews is trying to break the clinch but Fox is controlling him.
Fox is leaning against Matthews and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Matthews blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Matthews.
A right handed body shot lands from Fox.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fox creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fox struggles to land a body shot inside as Matthews controls his hands.
Matthews prevents a body shot from Fox.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Fox 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.

Matthews fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fox, pushing him back against the cage.
Matthews is trying to break the clinch but Fox has him pressed against the cage.
Matthews tries to break the clinch but Fox is controlling the position.
A body shot lands from Fox.
Fox misses with a punch on the inside.
Fox tries to work over Matthews's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fox swings wildly with an uppercut but Matthews uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fox cracks Matthews with a nice body shot.
Fox working aggressively here.
Matthews lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fox backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fox lands a left hand.
Matthews tries to score a body lock takedown but Fox shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Fox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fox tries a body shot but Matthews blocks it.
Matthews misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Matthews misses with an elbow strike.

Matthews's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Matthews needs to keep his hands up - Fox had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Matthews is predictable there
and Fox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fox checks a leg kick nicely.
Matthews throws out a powerful jab.
Fox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Matthews.
Matthews lands a nice shot to the body.
Matthews avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Matthews throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fox counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Matthews throws a nice looking combination but Fox bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Matthews goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Matthews keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fox throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fox keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Matthews misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fox digs a good hook to Matthews's body.
Fox cracks Matthews with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matthews lands with a hook. Fox tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Matthews.
Fox connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Matthews swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Matthews misses with a wild combination.
Matthews slips under a jab from Fox.
Michael Matthews is winning the standup battle so far.
Matthews looks to land a right hand but Fox moved out of range.
Matthews takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fox tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Matthews manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Matthews looks for the body kick but Fox saw that one coming.
Fox uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matthews.
Fox slips under a jab.
Matthews throws a poor cross that misses
and Fox counters with a left to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fox moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fox showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Matthews.
Fox bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Matthews's head.
Matthews jabs Fox right on the nose. Fox blinks but takes it well.
Fox tries to clinch but Matthews moves out of range.
Fox slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matthews walks into a straight right hand from Fox.

Matthews moves into the clinch successfully.
Matthews struggles to land a body shot inside as Fox controls his hands.
Fox works on Matthews's body with a couple of short punches.
Fox blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Fox on the inside.
Matthews is looking to control Fox's arms but Fox gets an underhook and turns him. Now Matthews has his back to the cage.
Fox throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fox lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fox lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Matthews can't break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matthews is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Fox as the two fighters clinch.
Fox lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Matthews backwards.
Fox throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Matthewss head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Fox showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Matthews chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fox can pounce on him.
Matthews avoids the body shot from Fox.

Fox clinches with his opponent.
Fox lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Matthews backwards.

Matthews is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fox.
Oh Matthews is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matthews's elbow.
Matthews seems to have got his legs back now.
Matthews looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fox lands a right hand.
Matthews is trying to push Fox away but Fox has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fox blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matthews wants to get back to striking at distance but Fox won't allow it.
Fox blocks a body shot from Matthews.
Fox tries a body shot but Matthews blocks it.
Fox throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Matthewss head.
Fox misses with the head strike.
Matthews softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Matthews wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Fox.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fox works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fox swings wildly with an uppercut but Matthews uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matthews blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Matthews prevents a body shot from Fox.
Fox can't find room to land a body shot as Matthews controls the action.

Matthews breaks from the clinch.
Matthews misses with a takedown
and Fox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matthews takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fox throws a shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for Fox.
Fox tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Matthews manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Matthews throws a hook to the side of Fox's head but Fox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews walks into a jab.
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!
Matthews on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Matthews throws the left hand but Fox avoids the punch easily.
Matthews swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Matthews shoots in looking for a takedown. Fox tries to sprawl out of it but Matthews keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fox manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Matthews walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fox misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Matthews looks to land a combination but Fox avoids it well.
Matthews avoids the body shot from Fox.
Fox throws out a powerful jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fox tries to close the distance and clinch up but Matthews swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Matthews shoots in for a takedown but Fox shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Matthews. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matthews misses with a looping right.
Fox avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fox lands a head shot.
Matthews on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fox throws a body punch but Matthews moves out of range.

Fox moves into the clinch.
Matthews is trying to break the clinch but Fox has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Fox.
Fox has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Still in the clinch, Fox scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fox cracks Matthews with a nice body shot.
Fox lands a right hand that snaps the head of Matthews backwards.
Fox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fox cracks Matthews with a nice body shot.
Fox lands a body shot in the clinch.
Michael Matthews has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fox lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Matthews's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Fox.
Red Fox is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Matthews tries to break free but Fox pushes him back against the cage.
Matthews misses with a hook from the clinch.
Matthews wants to break free but Fox has control.
Matthews has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fox avoiding damage as Matthews throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fox lands a right hand that snaps the head of Matthews backwards.
Fox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Matthews tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Red Fox comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Fox has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Red Fox!
An out of breath Red Fox thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.