PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moacyr Domingos De Matos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiro Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Matos comes to the cage accompanied by Kick Ass. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Domingos De Matos
vs
Nakamura

195 cm
28
213 lbs
23 - 6 - 0

188 cm
29
215 lbs
19 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

New World Order Clothing
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Moacyr Domingos De Matos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hiro Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Matos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
De Matos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nakamura throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
De Matos scores with a jab.
De Matos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De Matos scores with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Matos tried to score with a low kick but Nakamura checks it.
De Matos slips under a jab from Nakamura.
De Matos goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
De Matos throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Matos lands a jab.

Nakamura scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Nakamura has knee on belly and moves into mount.
De Matos wants to hold on but Nakamura pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
De Matos is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Nakamura lands a big elbow.
Nakamura content just to control the position here.
Nakamura looking to finish with strikes here!
Nakamura looking to finish with strikes here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura trying to control but De Matos is having none of it.
De Matos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Matos is working hard here to advance position.
Nakamura controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nakamura can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as De Matos is looking to escape.
Nakamura working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but De Matos slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Nakamura is looking to take a break and control but De Matos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Nakamura is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura is just content to waste time from the top position. De Matos takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Nakamura is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Matos managing to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hiro Nakamura will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nakamura pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Matos misses with a leg kick
and Nakamura counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nakamura lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Matos circles away quickly and effectively.
Nakamura checks a leg kick.

Nakamura takes the fight into the clinch.
De Matos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nakamura lands a knee to the body.
Nakamura blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Matos blocks an uppercut.
Nakamura drops to a knee looking for a takedown but De Matos gets the underhooks and prevents it.
De Matos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Matos is defending well for now.
De Matos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nakamura has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. De Matos is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
De Matos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nakamura backwards.
Nakamura goes for a takedown in the clinch but De Matos prevents it.
Moacyr Domingos De Matos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hiro Nakamura.
Nakamura can't find room to land a body shot as De Matos controls the action.
Nakamura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Matos avoids it.
A left hand lands to the body for Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Matos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nakamura struggles to land a body shot inside as De Matos controls his hands.

Nakamura has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but De Matos regains guard immediately.
Nakamura stops De Matos from standing up.
Nakamura has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Matos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nakamura.
De Matos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nakamura's guard.
Nakamura pulls De Matos in close to prevent any damage.
Hiro Nakamura has got the better of the ground game so far.
De Matos postures up.
De Matos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nakamura looking for a sweep. Not yet Nakamura, not yet.
Nakamura has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but De Matos has passed into side control.
De Matos lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Matos working the ground and pound.
De Matos tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Nakamura struggling a bit here.
Nakamura tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but De Matos wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Matos is looking to take a break and control but Nakamura is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Who's going to make the next move?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura tries to buck De Matos off but De Matos is having none of it.
De Matos in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Nakamura tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiro Nakamura 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!

Nakamura tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and De Matos is able to avoid easily.
De Matos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nakamura fakes a jab and throws a low kick but De Matos checks it well.
Nakamura checks the leg kick.
De Matos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Nakamura closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. De Matos quickly recovers to half guard.

De Matos manages to escape and get back to his feet!
De Matos throws a lazy head kick
and Nakamura counters with a thumping low kick.
De Matos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
De Matos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nakamura tries to work over De Matos's front leg with a kick but De Matos checks it.
A jab from De Matos finds it's way through Nakamura's defenses.
Nakamura shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says De Matos as he avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Matos throws a lazy head kick
and Nakamura counters with a nice body shot.
De Matos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nakamura smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
De Matos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
No joy there for Nakamura, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Moacyr Domingos De Matos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Matos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nakamura's calf.
De Matos misses with a straight left.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Matos.
A jab from Nakamura misses.
Nakamura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nakamura throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nakamura tries to clinch but De Matos is having none of it.
A lazy body kick from De Matos
and Nakamura counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Moacyr Domingos De Matos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nakamura uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Matos.
De Matos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Matos connects with a body shot that sends Nakamura's belly button to the back.
Nakamura takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
De Matos just misses with a punch to the body.
Nakamura slips under a jab.
Nakamura shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as De Matos sprawls well. De Matos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nakamura gets slowly back to his feet.
Nakamura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Matos manages to avoid it.
Nakamura moves away from the strike by De Matos.
De Matos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura avoids the head kick by De Matos.
De Matos missing with a left hand there. Nakamura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Matos throws a body kick that misses.
De Matos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and De Matos wants it to stay on the feet.
Moacyr Domingos De Matos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hiro Nakamura.
Nakamura throws a leg kick
and De Matos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Moacyr Domingos De Matos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Matos works the jab nicely.
De Matos avoids a kick to the body.
De Matos throws a right and a left that Nakamura avoids nicely.
De Matos fakes the leg kick and cracks Nakamura in the body.
Nakamura takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nakamura moves in looking to clinch but De Matos pushes him off.
Hiro Nakamura is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
De Matos misses with a low kick as Nakamura jumps back.
De Matos throws a hook but Nakamura avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Matos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nakamura fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De Matos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nakamura lands with a hook. De Matos tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
De Matos throws a head kick but Nakamura moves out of range.
De Matos throws out a loose jab but Nakamura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moacyr Domingos De Matos is winning the standup battle so far.
De Matos throws a looping overhand right but Nakamura ducks down to avoid it.
Nakamura defending well as De Matos loads up on a big left hand.
A solid body kick from De Matos.
Nakamura lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Matos motions for Nakamura to come forward. De Matos throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Matos throws a leg kick but Nakamura checks it.
Nakamura tries to close the distance and clinch but De Matos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Moacyr Domingos De Matos showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nakamura has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiro Nakamura!
Our winner, Hiro Nakamura, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.