PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Juan Tamad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morton Marshall Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamad comes to the cage accompanied by The Joker. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tamad
vs
Marshall Matthews

184 cm
25
160 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

172 cm
31
142 lbs
21 - 20 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Tamad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 20 - 1, fighting out of London, Morton Marshall Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamad looks to land a combination but Marshall Matthews avoids it well.
Tamad fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Marshall Matthews ducks under a wild hook from Tamad.
Tamad tries to work over Marshall Matthews's front leg with a kick but Marshall Matthews checks it.
Tamad avoids the head kick by Marshall Matthews.
A head kick by Marshall Matthews misses
and Tamad counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Tamad gets tackled into the cage by Marshall Matthews. Marshall Matthews maintains the clinch.

Tamad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch up.
Tamad with a hook.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch
and Tamad counters with a three punch combo that has Marshall Matthews backing up. Marshall Matthews nods at Tamad to acknowledge the strikes.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch up but Tamad circles away and keeps his distance.

Marshall Matthews clinches up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Tamad.
Tamad lands a left hand.
Tamad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tamad.
Marshall Matthews blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tamad.
Marshall Matthews goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tamad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marshall Matthews backwards.
Marshall Matthews trying to land knees to the body.
Tamad lands with a left to the head.
Tamad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Tamad pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tamad fails with a takedown attempt.
Marshall Matthews throws a head kick that misses.
Marshall Matthews takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tamad is looking to score with low kicks.
Tamad misses with a wild combination.
Marshall Matthews plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Marshall Matthews lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tamad. Marshall Matthews does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tamad scores with a decent looking hook.
Marshall Matthews fails with an attempt to clinch.

Tamad has managed to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marshall Matthews has had enough of the clinch but Tamad keeps him there for the moment.
A short right from Marshall Matthews.
Tamad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tamad lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tamad is struggling to control the position.
Marshall Matthews misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tamad.
Marshall Matthews is looking to break free of the clinch but Tamad has double underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marshall Matthews.
Tamad lands with a left to the head.
Tamad can't find room to land a body shot as Marshall Matthews controls the action.

Tamad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marshall Matthews tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tamad swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall Matthews tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marshall Matthews is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tamad throws an overhand right that lands on Marshall Matthews's shoulder, as Marshall Matthews tries to avoid the shot.
Juan Tamad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marshall Matthews staying out of range there.
Tamad connects with a body shot that sends Marshall Matthews's belly button to the back.

Marshall Matthews closes the distance and pushes Tamad back into the cage.
Marshall Matthews tries to land knees in the clinch but Tamad avoids the damage to the body.
Tamad is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tamad is trying to force a seperation but Marshall Matthews has the dominant position.

Tamad breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tamad ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Marshall Matthews takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tamad throws out a leg kick but Marshall Matthews moves out of range and Tamad only half commits.
A clash of legs there as Marshall Matthews blocks the low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall Matthews throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tamad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marshall Matthews manages to avoid it.
Tamad lands with a slapping head kick.
Tamad keeps the fight on the outside.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch up but Tamad circles away and keeps his distance.
Marshall Matthews is looking to clinch but Tamad is avoiding it.
Tamad misses with a head kick.
Tamad throws an off balance right hand
and Marshall Matthews counters with a one-two to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marshall Matthews staying out of range there.
Tamad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marshall Matthews manages to avoid it.
Tamad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tamad fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Marshall Matthews is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marshall Matthews blocks a jab.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tamad manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marshall Matthews tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Marshall Matthews on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tamad. Tamad obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Tamad dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Good exchange - Tamad coming out on top.
Tamad avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tamad gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Marshall Matthews.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch up but Tamad circles away and keeps his distance.
Marshall Matthews is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tamad throws a head kick but Marshall Matthews moves out of range.
Tamad sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Marshall Matthews fails in his attempt to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tamad.
Tamad takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Marshall Matthews lands a head kick!
Marshall Matthews tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tamad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marshall Matthews uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tamad.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch but Tamad is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall Matthews ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tamad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marshall Matthews moves away.
Tamad throws a leg kick
and Marshall Matthews counters with a thumping low kick.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch there but Tamad circles away.
Tamad misses the shot to the body.
Tamad looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marshall Matthews doesn't manage to clinch there - Tamad circles away.
Marshall Matthews tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tamad paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tamad misses with a body kick.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tamad manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tamad scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Marshall Matthews gets a clinch.

Marshall Matthews breaks the clinch.
Marshall Matthews walks into a straight right hand from Tamad.
Tamad is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Tamad misses.
Marshall Matthews tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tamad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marshall Matthews tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tamad counters with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tamad. Marshall Matthews does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marshall Matthews. Tamad does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tamad digs a good body shot into Marshall Matthews's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tamad scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marshall Matthews doesn't seem bothered though.
Marshall Matthews tries to land a front kick but Tamad steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tamad moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Juan Tamad is winning the standup battle so far.
Tamad scores with a punch to the head.
Tamad jabs Marshall Matthews to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Marshall Matthews wants to clinch up but Tamad keeps it at a distance.
Tamad avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamad slips a jab and a cross from Marshall Matthews.
Marshall Matthews stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tamad.
Marshall Matthews throws a head kick that misses.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch but Tamad is having none of it.
Tamad throws the kick towards the body but Marshall Matthews avoids it.
Tamad jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marshall Matthews uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tamad.
Tamad misses with a body shot.

Tamad moves into the clinch.
Marshall Matthews tries a body shot but Tamad blocks it.
Tamad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marshall Matthews's elbow.

Tamad breaks from the clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Tamad.
Marshall Matthews lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Morton Marshall Matthews is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marshall Matthews on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamad with a nice cross.
Tamad avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tamad lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marshall Matthews's sensitive parts.
Marshall Matthews is looking to clinch but Tamad is avoiding it.
Marshall Matthews darts in trying to clinch
enabling Tamad to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some bone on bone action there as Marshall Matthews checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That kick from Tamad tenderised Marshall Matthews's leg. Marshall Matthews is trying to keep his angry face on.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick from Tamad lands but Marshall Matthews takes it in his stride.
Marshall Matthews fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tamad manages to avoid it.
Marshall Matthews throws a right and a left that Tamad avoids nicely.
Marshall Matthews misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Juan Tamad will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

Marshall Matthews closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Tamad breaks the clinch.
Marshall Matthews closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tamad counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marshall Matthews doesn't manage to clinch there - Tamad circles away.
Tamad scores with a decent looking hook.
Tamad lands a nice shot to the body.
Marshall Matthews tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tamad counters with a left to the body.
Marshall Matthews's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tamad throws a quick inside leg kick.
Marshall Matthews on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tamad feints a jab promting Marshall Matthews to slip. Tamad then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Marshall Matthews slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall Matthews throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Tamad counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marshall Matthews moves in looking to clinch but Tamad pushes him off.
Tamad lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marshall Matthews's sensitive parts.
Marshall Matthews moves in looking to clinch but Tamad pushes him off.
Tamad keeps the fight on the outside.
A clash of legs there as Marshall Matthews blocks the low kick.
Marshall Matthews doesn't manage to clinch there - Tamad circles away.
Tamad fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tamad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marshall Matthews manages to avoid it.
Tamad scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marshall Matthews doesn't seem bothered though.
A head kick misses from Marshall Matthews.
Tamad lands a jab to the nose.
Marshall Matthews scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marshall Matthews avoids the body shot from Tamad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamad throws a big shot that misses.

Tamad clinches up against the cage.
Tamad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marshall Matthews using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Marshall Matthews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tamad manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tamad misses with a low kick.
A solid body kick from Tamad.
Tamad misses with an uppercut. Marshall Matthews saw that one coming.
Marshall Matthews closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tamad counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tamad takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tamad misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamad ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marshall Matthews fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marshall Matthews checks the leg kick.
Marshall Matthews walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tamad checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Marshall Matthews ducks right into an uppercut from Tamad.
Marshall Matthews fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tamad keeps the fight on the outside.
Juan Tamad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marshall Matthews scores with a head kick.
Marshall Matthews wants to clinch.
Marshall Matthews avoids the head kick by Tamad.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marshall Matthews looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marshall Matthews fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tamad has managed to clinch.
Marshall Matthews is trying to break free.

Tamad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marshall Matthews checks a low kick from Tamad.
Nice body punch from Marshall Matthews.
Marshall Matthews takes one on the button.
Morton Marshall Matthews has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marshall Matthews throws a sloppy head kick and Tamad moves out of range easily.
Marshall Matthews moves in looking to clinch but Tamad pushes him off.
Tamad smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by Marshall Matthews.
Tamad scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Marshall Matthews is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tamad.
No joy there for Marshall Matthews, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Tamad showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tamad has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Tamad!
A very excited looking Juan Tamad made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.