PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Erik Bariles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raymond Matice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bariles comes into the arena with Thriller by Michael Jackson blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bariles
vs
Matice

170 cm
31
155 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

174 cm
27
151 lbs
10 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Erik Bariles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Raymond Matice!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matice avoids a punch combination nicely.
Matice throws a body punch but Bariles moves out of range.
Bariles on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Erik Bariles has been cut.
Nice takedown defense from Bariles. No joy for Matice on that attempt.
Nice body punch from Matice.
Bariles looks to land a left hand but Matice moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Bariles.
Raymond Matice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matice closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bariles circles away.
Matice with a poor takedown
and Matice takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Erik Bariles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raymond Matice.
Bariles works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Matice shoots in and drives through. Bariles sprawls well.
Bariles comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Matice tries to score with a low kick but Bariles moves his leg out of the way.
A slow jab from Matice misses its intended target.
Bariles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matice was well out of range. Poor timing from Bariles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matice closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bariles circles away.
Matice tries to bum rush Bariles with a series of wild strikes but Bariles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Matice with a poor takedown
and Bariles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matice throws a jab but it's blocked by Bariles.
Bariles misses the jab.
Matice misses with a wild combination.
Matice with a poor takedown
and Bariles counters with a left and a right that stings Matice.
Matice looks winded!
Matice swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bariles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Matice tries for a takedown but Bariles circles away easily
and Bariles counters with a nice uppercut.
Matice closes the distance and clinches up with Bariles, looking for a takedown. Matice pushes Bariles against the cage but Bariles circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bariles lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Matice is rocked!
Bariles scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Matice is still on wobbly legs! Can Bariles finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matice gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bariles counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matice gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Bariles gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erik Bariles!
During a confident post fight interview, Erik Bariles thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.