PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryuu Tatsuya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tatsuya has chosen DBZ as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Matthews
vs
Tatsuya

176 cm
28
184 lbs
18 - 8 - 1

180 cm
27
176 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Matthews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuu Tatsuya!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatsuya looks to score with a jab to the body but Matthews is just out of range.
Tatsuya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tatsuya takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Matthews walks into a stiff left hand from Tatsuya.
A big left from Tatsuya misses.
Tatsuya shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tatsuya scores with a jab to the jaw.

Tatsuya clinches up against the cage.
Tatsuya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Matthews.
Matthews pushes Tatsuya back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tatsuya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tatsuya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matthews blocks it with crossed arms.
Tatsuya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matthews blocks it with crossed arms.
Matthews blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matthews fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tatsuya struggles to land a body shot inside as Matthews controls his hands.
Tatsuya pushes off an throws an elbow but Matthews leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tatsuya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Matthews lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Matthews to work.
Matthews wants to break the clinch but can't.
Matthews working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Matthews misses with a body punch.
Tatsuya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Matthews avoids it.
Matthews takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Chris Matthews has been cut.
Tatsuya tries to land a knee to the head but Matthews blocks with his arms.
Tatsuya throws a knee to the head but misses.
Matthews fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tatsuya's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Matthews scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Matthews.
Tatsuya blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuya trying to land knees to the body.
Tatsuya effectively controlling the action here.
Tatsuya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matthews blocks it with crossed arms.
Tatsuya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tatsuya tries a knee to the head but Matthews blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tatsuya looking to throw knees to the head but Matthews is blocking nicely.
Matthews tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tatsuya lands a body shot.
Matthews lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tatsuya trying to control the position but instead, Matthews has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tatsuya into the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Matthews.
Matthews doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tatsuya pushes off an throws an elbow but Matthews leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tatsuya content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Matthews lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tatsuya backwards.
Tatsuya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Matthews tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tatsuya's elbow.
Matthews takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tatsuya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Matthews breaks from the clinch.
Matthews with a jab.
Tatsuya scores with a shot to the body.
Matthews throws out a loose jab but Tatsuya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tatsuya tries a low kick but Matthews avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tatsuya scores with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthews avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tatsuya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Matthews takes a kick to the side of the head.
Chris Matthews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tatsuya tries a head kick but it misses.
Matthews tries to land a leg kick but Tatsuya saw it coming and moves away.
Matthews lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tatsuya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matthews uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tatsuya.
Tatsuya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matthews was well out of range. Poor timing from Tatsuya.
Tatsuya takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tatsuya misses with a low kick.
Matthews lands with a shot to the body.
Tatsuya misses with a wild body shot.
Matthews is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Matthews connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Matthews looks to throw the jab but Tatsuya is out of range.
Tatsuya will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tatsuya walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Matthews looks to throw the jab but Tatsuya is out of range.
Tatsuya lands a nice shot that snaps Matthews's head back.
Tatsuya throws out a leg kick but Matthews moves out of range and Tatsuya only half commits.
Tatsuya throws a leg kick
and Matthews counters with an inside leg kick.
Matthews throws an overhand right that lands on Tatsuya's shoulder, as Tatsuya tries to avoid the shot.
Matthews works the jab nicely.
Tatsuya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tatsuya avoids a punch combination nicely.
Matthews scores with a jab.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tatsuya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Matthews uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tatsuya.
A bone on bone clash there as Matthews blocks the leg kick.
Tatsuya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Matthews throws a front kick aimed at Tatsuya's knee but Tatsuya avoids it well.
Tatsuya lands a right hook to the body.
Tatsuya circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tatsuya throws a head kick that misses
and Matthews connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Decent striking displayed by Matthews there.
Tatsuya misses with a hook.
Matthews misses with a straight right.
Tatsuya wants to slow Matthews down by chopping away at his legs.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Matthews.
Tatsuya connects with a body shot that sends Matthews's belly button to the back.
Matthews is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Matthews misses with a kick to the body.
Matthews lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Matthews throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tatsuya takes one to the side of the head.
Tatsuya throws out a leg kick but Matthews moves out of range and Tatsuya only half commits.
Tatsuya swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Matthews scores with a nice right hand.
A left lands for Matthews.
Tatsuya is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Matthews rather than just go for the knockout.
Tatsuya misses with a low kick.
Matthews shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Matthews tries to clinch but Tatsuya is having none of it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuya throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matthews looks to throw the jab but Tatsuya is out of range.
Matthews lands with a cross.
Tatsuya throws a sloppy head kick and Matthews moves out of range easily.
Nice uppercut there from Matthews.
Nice defenses there by Matthews.
Matthews misses with a hook.
Matthews fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tatsuya manages to avoid it.
Matthews lands with an uppercut that bounces Tatsuya off the cage and back into range.

Tatsuya gets tackled into the cage by Matthews. Matthews maintains the clinch.
Tatsuya scores with a knee to the head.
Matthews throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Matthews on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Matthews fails to land.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Matthews fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tatsuya throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tatsuya blocks an uppercut.
Matthews tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matthews misses with a hook from the clinch.
Matthews stalling in the clinch but Tatsuya improves position.
Matthews struggles to land a body shot inside as Tatsuya controls his hands.
Tatsuya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tatsuya is trying to maintain a safe position but Matthews gets an underhook and turns Tatsuya into the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Matthews struggles to land a body shot inside as Tatsuya controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matthews.
Matthews working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Matthews dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Matthews's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tatsuya feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Matthews's calf.
Matthews just misses with a punch to the body.
Matthews slips a straight right by Tatsuya.
Matthews uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tatsuya.
Tatsuya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Matthews.
Tatsuya feints and then cracks Matthews's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Matthews down.
Tatsuya thows a body shot but no joy.
Tatsuya punishes Matthews's body with a nice straight punch.

Matthews has managed to clinch.
Matthews tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Matthews is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tatsuya is defending well for now.
Matthews misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tatsuya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tatsuya is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Matthews is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews misses with a punch on the inside.
Matthews throws a head punch that misses.
Matthews misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Matthews controlling the action here for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Matthews scores with a hook to the body.
Chris Matthews has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short left from Matthews.

It looks like Ryuu Tatsuya has been cut.
Matthews misses with a body punch.
Matthews misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tatsuya tries to land a knee to the head but Matthews blocks with his arms.
Matthews has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Tatsuya pushes off an throws an elbow but Matthews leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Matthews misses with a body punch.
Tatsuya looking to throw knees to the head but Matthews is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tatsuya misses with some punches.
Tatsuya is looking to control Matthews's arms but Matthews gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tatsuya has his back to the cage.
Matthews misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Matthews throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tatsuyas head.
Matthews softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Matthews tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tatsuya avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tatsuya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Matthews.
Tatsuya tries to land knees in the clinch but Matthews avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Matthews creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tatsuya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Matthews breaks from the clinch.

Matthews feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Tatsuya sprawling to the canvas! Tatsuya rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Matthews finish him?!

Tatsuya is rocked!
Matthews throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tatsuya is still on wobbly legs! Can Matthews finish him?
Tatsuya is breathing heavily.
Matthews connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chris Matthews is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews knocks out Tatsuya with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Matthews before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Matthews picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Chris Matthews!
Chris Matthews seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.