PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ruslan Matviyenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nickolai Ketchum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matviyenko comes to the cage accompanied by Slaughter 2017 -Nin. Ketchum has chosen Moskau as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Matviyenko
vs
Ketchum

189 cm
21
175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruslan Matviyenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nickolai Ketchum!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matviyenko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Matviyenko takes one to the chin there.
Ketchum thows a body shot but no joy.
Matviyenko lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ketchum takes a swing at Matviyenko's ribcage but misses.
Ketchum staying out of range there.
Ketchum fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Matviyenko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matviyenko lands with a hook. Ketchum tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nickolai Ketchum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ketchum scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Matviyenko cracks a nice hook into Ketchum's ribs.
Matviyenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ketchum.
Ketchum with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Matviyenko takes a swing at Ketchum's ribcage but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matviyenko misses with a hook
and Ketchum makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ketchum looks to score with a jab to the body but Matviyenko is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ketchum loads up on a big right hand but Matviyenko slips the punch.
Matviyenko throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ketchum on the side of the head.
Ketchum scores with a jab. Matviyenko acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A right-left combo lands from Ketchum.
Matviyenko tries to clinch up but Ketchum circles away and keeps his distance.
Ketchum is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ketchum lands with a cross.
Ketchum is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Matviyenko rather than just go for the knockout.
Matviyenko throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ketchum changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ketchum just misses with a punch to the body.
Ketchum connects with the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ketchum fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Matviyenko on the side of the head.
Matviyenko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Matviyenko moves out of range as Ketchum strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matviyenko ducks under a wild hook from Ketchum.
Ketchum swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Matviyenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ketchum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ketchum throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ketchum lands with a nice body punch.
Matviyenko misses with a double jab.
Ketchum takes a swing at Matviyenko's ribcage but misses.
Ketchum misses with a wild body shot.
Ketchum misses with a combination
and Matviyenko counters with a thumping low kick.
Ketchum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matviyenko avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matviyenko looks to score with a jab to the body but Ketchum is just out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Ketchum. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ketchum.
Ketchum misses with a few strikes there.
Matviyenko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ketchum throws a right and a left that Matviyenko avoids nicely.

Ketchum gets tackled into the cage by Matviyenko. Matviyenko maintains the clinch.

Matviyenko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matviyenko misses with a wild body shot.
Ketchum lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Matviyenko at a distance.
Ketchum throws a right hand that Matviyenko ducks under and follows up with a left that Matviyenko also avoids with ease.
Ketchum throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ketchum moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ketchum misses with a shot to the body
and Matviyenko counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Matviyenko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ketchum moves away.
Ketchum misses with a few strikes there.
Ketchum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ketchum swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Matviyenko counters with a leg kick.
Nice shot by Ketchum.
Matviyenko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ketchum.
Matviyenko tests Ketchum's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ketchum ducks under a wild hook from Matviyenko.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ketchum looks to land a combination. Matviyenko sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ketchum lands with a nice body punch.
Ketchum listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nickolai Ketchum dominated that round.
That's time! Matviyenko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Matviyenko throws a looping overhand right but Ketchum ducks down to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Matviyenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ruslan Matviyenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Matviyenko lands a body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Matviyenko.
Ketchum thows a left - swing and a miss!
Matviyenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ketchum lands a jab-cross combination.
Matviyenko misses with a body shot.
Matviyenko on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ketchum takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ketchum lands with a hook. Matviyenko tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ketchum fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Matviyenko on the side of the head.

Matviyenko is rocked!
Ketchum with a jab.
Oh Matviyenko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ketchum walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Matviyenko drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Ketchum swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Matviyenko's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nickolai Ketchum!
After the big win, Nickolai Ketchum made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Untouchable Fight Gear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.