PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iwan Matwijenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mason Terell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matwijenko kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hас баxamo!. Mason Terell is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Matwijenko
vs
Terell

192 cm
23
218 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

192 cm
28
223 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

$10

Legion of Pain Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Iwan Matwijenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mason Terell!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matwijenko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Terell tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Terell misses with a looping right.
Matwijenko tests Terell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Terell avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Terell swings for the body but Matwijenko moves out of range.
Matwijenko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Matwijenko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Matwijenko checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Matwijenko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Terell fails with the takedown.
Matwijenko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Terell scores a takedown into full mount!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Matwijenko wants to get back to his feet.
Terell throws some wild stikes that Matwijenko manages to avoid easily.
Terell wants to control the pace but Matwijenko is squirming around nicely.
Terell postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Matwijenko looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terell trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Matwijenko blocking the ground and pound.
Terell thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Terell punching from mount but Matwijenko doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Matwijenko trying desperately to get to his feet.
Terell raining down shots from the mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Terell throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terell trying to control but Matwijenko is having none of it.

Matwijenko bucks up and throws Terell to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Matwijenko has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Matwijenko there as he acknowledges the shot.
Matwijenko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Matwijenko pivots, looking for a leg kick but Terell is out of range and Matwijenko settles back down.
Matwijenko scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matwijenko walks into a stiff left hand from Terell.
Matwijenko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Terell misses with a wild combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matwijenko looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Matwijenko moves into range and connects with a jab.
Terell throws out a loose jab but Matwijenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matwijenko throws a right and a left that Terell avoids nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Matwijenko.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Terell misses with an uppercut. Matwijenko saw that one coming.
Matwijenko misses with a two punch combination.
Terell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matwijenko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Terell 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.

Matwijenko lands with a kick to the ribs.
Matwijenko with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Matwijenko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Terell shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Matwijenko but Matwijenko pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Matwijenko misses with a low kick.
Matwijenko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Matwijenko avoids the body shot from Terell.
Terell misses with a few strikes there.
Matwijenko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Matwijenko throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Matwijenko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Iwan Matwijenko is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matwijenko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Terell.
Matwijenko's jab looks to have found its range, popping Terell under the eye.
Terell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Terell throws a low kick but Matwijenko avoids it.
Matwijenko throws a wild body kick that Terell sees coming a mile off.
Terell moves out of range of the body kick from Matwijenko.
Matwijenko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Terell lands a head shot.
Matwijenko throws a wild body kick that Terell sees coming a mile off.
Matwijenko lands a nice looking kick to the body. Terell takes a step back to recover.
Terell is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Matwijenko, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matwijenko misses with a head kick.
Terell pivots, looking for a leg kick but Matwijenko is out of range and Terell settles back down.
Matwijenko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matwijenko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matwijenko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Matwijenko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Terell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matwijenko manages to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Terell scores with a jab. Matwijenko acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Matwijenko. That's going to slow Terell down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matwijenko misses with a series of wild punches.
Iwan Matwijenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Matwijenko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matwijenko throws a head kick but Terell moves out of range.
Terell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Matwijenko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Terell.
Terell lands with a shot to the body.
Terell keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Terell moves into range and connects with a jab.
A head kick from Matwijenko lands but Terell takes it in his stride.

It looks like Mason Terell has been cut.
Terell's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matwijenko misses with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matwijenko feints and then cracks Terell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Terell down.
Terell takes a swing at Matwijenko's ribcage but misses.
Matwijenko walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Terell checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Terell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Matwijenko is rocked!
Matwijenko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab, jab by Terell - just one landing.
Oh Matwijenko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Matwijenko gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Terell gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mason Terell!
Mason Terell thanked the fans post fight for their support.