PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eliod Bunkley Iii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marius Matei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bunkley Iii's entrance music is Knocksville Girl. A fine choice. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Marius Matei enters the cage!

Bunkley Iii
vs
Matei

185 cm
24
194 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

182 cm
28
194 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

DJs Locker

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eliod Bunkley Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marius Matei!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bunkley Iii looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matei loads up on a big right hand but Bunkley Iii slips the punch.
Bunkley Iii swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Matei walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Matei throws a jab but it's blocked by Bunkley Iii.
Bunkley Iii slips a straight right by Matei.
Matei just misses with a punch to the body.
Bunkley Iii fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Matei uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bunkley Iii.
Matei rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bunkley Iii moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bunkley Iii delivers a nice body kick.
Matei throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Matei has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bunkley Iii finds it's way round the side to connect with Matei's head.
Bunkley Iii scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bunkley Iii misses with a series of wild punches.
Bunkley Iii uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matei.
Matei looks to land a right hand but Bunkley Iii moved out of range.
Bunkley Iii throws a lazy right hand but Matei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Matei looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bunkley Iii takes a swing at Matei's ribcage but misses.
Bunkley Iii misses the shot to the body.
Bunkley Iii doesn't manage to clinch there - Matei circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunkley Iii takes a swing at Matei's ribcage but misses.
Matei ducks under a wild hook from Bunkley Iii.
Bunkley Iii scores with a jab to the jaw.
Matei slips a jab and a cross from Bunkley Iii.

Bunkley Iii has managed to clinch.
Matei prevents Bunkley Iii from breaking the clinch.

Bunkley Iii breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bunkley Iii misses with a few strikes there.
Bunkley Iii throws a hook to the side of Matei's head but Matei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Matei is looking to score with low kicks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fighters circling - Matei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bunkley Iii lands a jab to the nose.
Matei misses with a body kick.
A swing and a miss from Bunkley Iii.
Matei misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bunkley Iii is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Matei scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick misses from Matei.
Bunkley Iii lands with an overhand left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bunkley Iii throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matei misses with a two punch combination.

Matei clinches with his opponent.
Bunkley Iii looking to slow down the pace here.
Matei with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bunkley Iii works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hand to the body from Bunkley Iii.
Bunkley Iii has Matei pushed against the cage.
Matei trying to land knees to the body.
Matei missing with knees to the body.
Matei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bunkley Iii is defending well for now.
Bunkley Iii lands with a left to the head.
Matei with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Matei tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bunkley Iii avoids it.
Bunkley Iii lands a body shot in the clinch.
Matei working Bunkley Iii over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Matei.
Matei looks winded!
Matei'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.

Bunkley Iii escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunkley Iii avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matei tries to move into range but Bunkley Iii moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bunkley Iii misses with a two punch combination.
Bunkley Iii slips a jab from Matei.
Matei throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bunkley Iii lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Matei backs up against the cage.
Matei wants to clinch.
Bunkley Iii tries to close the distance and clinch but Matei swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Matei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bunkley Iii swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bunkley Iii swings for the body but Matei moves out of range.
Bunkley Iii swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Matei.
Matei avoids a punch combination nicely.
Matei misses with a looping left.
Matei is looking to clinch but Bunkley Iii is avoiding it.
Bunkley Iii lands with a nice body punch.
Matei pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunkley Iii just misses with a punch to the body.
Matei throws a jab when Bunkley Iii was well out of range.
Matei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bunkley Iii was well out of range. Poor timing from Matei.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bunkley Iii jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Matei does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Matei just misses with a punch to the body.
Matei circles away from the clinch attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Matei.
Matei scores with a nice right hand.
Bunkley Iii ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Bunkley Iii tries to keep at a distance but Matei has taken the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Bunkley Iii's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bunkley Iii lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Matei or not.
Bunkley Iii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matei working Bunkley Iii over with knees to the body.
Bunkley Iii wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Matei lands a knee to the body.
Bunkley Iii managing to block the knees to the body from Matei.
Bunkley Iii lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Matei or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eliod Bunkley Iii dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Matei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bunkley Iii.
Bunkley Iii misses with a series of wild punches.
Matei misses with a few strikes there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Matei tries to land knees in the clinch but Bunkley Iii avoids the damage to the body.
Bunkley Iii wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bunkley Iii avoiding damage as Matei throws knees to the body.
Bunkley Iii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matei scores a nice knee to the body.
Marius Matei seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bunkley Iii lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Bunkley Iii pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bunkley Iii throws an overhand right that lands on Matei's shoulder, as Matei tries to avoid the shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bunkley Iii, as that shot connected.

Bunkley Iii clinches.
Bunkley Iii tries to break the clinch but Matei is controlling the position.
Bunkley Iii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bunkley Iii working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bunkley Iii scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Matei misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunkley Iii managing to block the knees to the body from Matei.
Bunkley Iii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bunkley Iii.
Matei trying to control the position but instead, Bunkley Iii has worked for underhooks and has pushed Matei into the cage.
Bunkley Iii lands a right hand that snaps the head of Matei backwards.
Bunkley Iii cracks Matei with a nice body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Bunkley Iii's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bunkley Iii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Bunkley Iii manages to break the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Matei. Those never looked like landing.
Bunkley Iii swings for the body but Matei moves out of range.
Matei on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A telegraphed right hand from Matei misses the target.
Matei is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bunkley Iii.
Matei tries to clinch but Bunkley Iii moves out of range.
Bunkley Iii takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bunkley Iii tries to close the distance and clinch up but Matei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bunkley Iii slips a jab from Matei.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matei swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bunkley Iii lands a slapping body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunkley Iii lands the left hand.
Bunkley Iii looks to land a body kick but Matei moved away.
Bunkley Iii checks a leg kick nicely.
Matei uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bunkley Iii has time to react.
Matei on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Matei swats away the attempt to clinch by Bunkley Iii.
Matei misses with a series of wild punches.
Bunkley Iii thows a body shot but no joy.
Bunkley Iii throws a right hand that Matei ducks under and follows up with a left that Matei also avoids with ease.
Bunkley Iii lands a nice hook to Matei's body. Matei takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bunkley Iii wants to clinch up but Matei keeps it at a distance.
Bunkley Iii bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bunkley Iii misses the shot to the body.
Bunkley Iii moves away from the strike by Matei.
Matei throws a nice looking combination but Bunkley Iii bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bunkley Iii scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Bunkley Iii does no damage.
Bunkley Iii ducks under a wild hook from Matei.
Bunkley Iii 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.
Bunkley Iii lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Matei throws a hook but Bunkley Iii blocks it.
Bunkley Iii throws a body punch but Matei moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Bunkley Iii.
Bunkley Iii keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bunkley Iii slips under a jab.
Matei slips under a jab.
Matei misses with a wild combination.
Matei swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bunkley Iii.
Bunkley Iii connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Matei misses with a straight left.
Matei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Eliod Bunkley Iii is winning the standup battle so far.
Bunkley Iii looks to land a combination. Matei sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Bunkley Iii forces Matei back against the cage and clinches.
Nice body punch from Bunkley Iii.
Matei is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunkley Iii is trying to break the clinch but Matei has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunkley Iii lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Bunkley Iii breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bunkley Iii slips under a jab.
Bunkley Iii scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from Bunkley Iii finds it's way through Matei's defenses.
Bunkley Iii getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bunkley Iii connects with a single shot there.
Bunkley Iii connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Matei's hands.
Bunkley Iii connects with a jab.
Bunkley Iii avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Bunkley Iii does no damage.
Matei looks to land a combination but Bunkley Iii avoids it well.
Matei tries to clinch but Bunkley Iii moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matei throws a jab but it's blocked by Bunkley Iii.
Matei misses with a looping left.
Bunkley Iii throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Bunkley Iii closes the distance and clinches.
Matei throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eliod Bunkley Iii dominated that second round.
That's time! Bunkley Iii's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Matei swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Matei misses with a kick to the body.
Bunkley Iii throws a series of strikes that have Matei backpedaling.
Matei misses with a low kick.
Matei throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bunkley Iii sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Matei throws a lazy right hand but Bunkley Iii sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bunkley Iii lands a right hook to the body.
Matei has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bunkley Iii throws a nice looking combination but Matei bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bunkley Iii.
Bunkley Iii keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Matei.
Matei misses with a low kick as Bunkley Iii jumps back.
Bunkley Iii ducks under a wild hook from Matei.
A punch lands to the side of Bunkley Iii 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Matei swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bunkley Iii throws a right and a left that Matei avoids nicely.
Bunkley Iii misses with a double jab.

Matei clinches.
Bunkley Iii pushes Matei back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Matei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bunkley Iii.
Matei takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bunkley Iii lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matei throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bunkley Iii is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bunkley Iii lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Matei backwards.
Matei looking to slow down the pace here.
Matei keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bunkley Iii's efforts to push away.
Matei tries to land knees in the clinch but Bunkley Iii avoids the damage to the body.
Bunkley Iii looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bunkley Iii misses with a hook to the ribs.

Bunkley Iii breaks the clinch.
Matei misses with a looping left.
Matei walks into a left hand.
Matei throws a head kick but Bunkley Iii moves out of range.
Matei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Matei misses with an uppercut.
Bunkley Iii avoids a kick to the body.
Matei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunkley Iii scores with the left hand. Matei knows he should have avoided that one.
Bunkley Iii tries to clinch there but Matei circles away.
Bunkley Iii rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Matei moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Matei tries to bum rush Bunkley Iii with a series of wild strikes but Bunkley Iii uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bunkley Iii scores with a nice strike.
Bunkley Iii connects with the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bunkley Iii wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bunkley Iii misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matei.
Matei slips under a jab from Bunkley Iii.
Bunkley Iii takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bunkley Iii tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bunkley Iii uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matei.

Bunkley Iii clinches with his opponent.
Bunkley Iii avoiding damage as Matei throws knees to the body.
Bunkley Iii wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunkley Iii avoiding damage as Matei throws knees to the body.
Bunkley Iii lands a hook that snaps the head of Matei backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Matei obliges.
Bunkley Iii wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Matei has him pressed against the cage.
Matei unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Bunkley Iii pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bunkley Iii throws a series of punches but Matei moves out of range.
Bunkley Iii tries to clinch there but Matei circles away.

Bunkley Iii pushes Matei up against the cage in a clinch.
Bunkley Iii makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Matei misses with an elbow strike.
Matei looking to slow down the pace here.
Bunkley Iii lands a shoulder strike.

Bunkley Iii escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Matei fails with an attempt to clinch.
A lazy left from Bunkley Iii finds it's target.
Matei throws a right and a left that Bunkley Iii avoids nicely.
Matei misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Matei 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Bunkley Iii.
Matei ducks under a wild hook from Bunkley Iii.
Matei swings for the body but Bunkley Iii moves out of range.
Bunkley Iii tries to close the distance and clinch up but Matei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bunkley Iii scores with a one two! Matei had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Matei tries to close the distance and clinch but Bunkley Iii swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slow jab from Bunkley Iii misses its intended target.
A jab from Bunkley Iii misses.
Matei tries to clinch up but Bunkley Iii circles away and keeps his distance.

Bunkley Iii closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bunkley Iii is stalling here.
Matei creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matei trying to land knees to the body.
Matei missing with knees to the body.

Bunkley Iii manages to break the clinch.
Marius Matei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bunkley Iii lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Matei throws a push kick but Bunkley Iii slaps the foot to one side.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eliod Bunkley Iii showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bunkley Iii 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eliod Bunkley Iii!
In his post fight interview, Eliod Bunkley Iii started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.