PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clay Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gennakin Golovdy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Golovdy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Outro by M83 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Matthews
vs
Golovdy

194 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Clay Matthews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gennakin Golovdy!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matthews scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Clay Matthews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matthews lands with a shot to the body.
Matthews fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Golovdy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice cross by Matthews.
Matthews throws an off balance right hand
and Golovdy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Matthews darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Matthews thows a left - swing and a miss!
Matthews paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Matthews throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Matthews throws a lazy right hand but Golovdy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Matthews misses with a low kick.
Matthews thumps Golovdy with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews works Golovdy's body with a nice hook.
Matthews throws a jab when Golovdy was well out of range.
Golovdy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matthews.
Matthews throws a lazy right hand but Golovdy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Matthews.
Matthews throws a looping overhand right but Golovdy ducks down to avoid it.
Matthews scoring well with a low kick there.
Golovdy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Matthews pivots, looking for a leg kick but Golovdy is out of range and Matthews settles back down.
Matthews looks to throw the jab but Golovdy is out of range.
Matthews moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Matthews.
Golovdy blocks a head kick by Matthews.
Matthews looks to land a left hand but Golovdy moved out of range nicely.
Matthews throws a jab when Golovdy was well out of range.
Matthews throws a big shot that misses.
Matthews throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matthews misses with a lunging right hand
and Golovdy counters with a stiff right hand.
Matthews wants to land a leg kick but Golovdy is out of range.
Matthews lands with a right hand.
A jab from Matthews does it's job there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews misses with an uppercut. Golovdy saw that one coming.
Golovdy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Matthews lands with a right hand.
Matthews fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Matthews lands with a nice body kick.
Matthews misses the shot to the body.
Golovdy moves forwards but Matthews connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A jab from Matthews misses.
Matthews misses with a head kick.
Matthews works Golovdy's body with a nice hook.
A head kick misses from Matthews.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthews throws a head kick that misses.
Golovdy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Matthews.
Matthews throws an overhand right that lands on Golovdy's shoulder, as Golovdy tries to avoid the shot.
Matthews missing with a left hand there. Golovdy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the liver by Matthews. Beautiful body shot.
Matthews lands a jab.
Matthews lands with a slapping head kick.
Matthews is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Golovdy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matthews.
Matthews sizes up Golovdy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clay Matthews dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A head kick from Matthews lands but Golovdy takes it in his stride.
Matthews throws a head kick but Golovdy moves out of range.
Matthews scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Golovdy moves out of range of the body kick.
A punch lands to the side of Golovdy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Golovdy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Matthews throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Matthews swings widly with a right hand
and Golovdy counters with a left to the body.
Matthews cracks Golovdy with an open hand slap.
The fighters circle momentarily. Matthews darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matthews keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews swings widly with a right hand
and Golovdy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matthews lands with a slapping head kick.

Golovdy is rocked!
Matthews looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Clay Matthews is winning the standup battle so far.
Matthews connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Matthews misses with a body shot.
Matthews ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Matthews throws an overhand right that lands on Golovdy's shoulder, as Golovdy tries to avoid the shot.
Golovdy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Matthews connects with a nice looking jab.
Golovdy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

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!
Golovdy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Matthews.
Matthews's corner calls for a 1-2. Matthews obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Matthews scores with a kick to the midsection.
Matthews missing with a left hand there. Golovdy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slapping leg kick lands for Matthews.
Matthews lands a nice looking kick to the body. Golovdy takes a step back to recover.
Matthews throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Matthews cracks Golovdy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Matthews throws a head kick that half lands.
Gennakin Golovdy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews lands with a kick to the temple. Golovdy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Matthews throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Matthews misses with an uppercut.
Matthews fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Golovdy drops his hands momentarily and Matthews takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Matthews throws a nice head kick!
Matthews fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
An inside leg kick from Matthews misses.
Matthews throws a nice inside leg kick.
Golovdy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Matthews connects with a high kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthews connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Golovdy blocks a head kick by Matthews.
Golovdy takes one on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matthews throws a low kick but Golovdy avoids it.
Matthews throws a shot from downtown. Golovdy moves away and avoids it.
Golovdy avoids the head kick by Matthews.
A head kick misses from Matthews.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matthews looks for the body kick but Golovdy saw that one coming.
Matthews jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clay Matthews dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A jab from Matthews misses.
Matthews misses with a head kick.
Golovdy moves out of range of the strikes.
Matthews scores with a jab to the head.
Golovdy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matthews misses with a wild body shot.
Golovdy moves out of range as Matthews strikes.
Matthews throws a head kick but Golovdy moves out of range.
Matthews misses with a double jab.
Matthews throws a head kick but Golovdy moves out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Golovdy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Matthews has got the better of the exchanges.
Matthews rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Golovdy counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews lands with a right hand.
Golovdy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A jab from Matthews misses.
A slow jab from Matthews misses its intended target.
Matthews lands a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Matthews misses the target.
Matthews swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matthews pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matthews takes a swing at Golovdy's ribcage but misses.
Matthews misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews thuds his shin into the meat of Golovdy's side.
Matthews throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Golovdy.
Matthews misses with a low kick.
Matthews thows a body shot but no joy.
Golovdy slips a jab from Matthews.
Golovdy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matthews.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matthews. Golovdy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Matthews misses with a left hand
and Golovdy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matthews cracks Golovdy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Golovdy staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Matthews.
Matthews throws a body punch but Golovdy moves out of range.
Golovdy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matthews scores with a head kick. Golovdy tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Matthews throws a looping overhand right but Golovdy ducks down to avoid it.
Matthews throws a combination. Golovdy tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A slapping leg kick lands for Matthews.
Matthews cracks the inside of Golovdy's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthews misses with a straight right.
Golovdy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Matthews paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Matthews fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Golovdy manages to avoid it.
Matthews misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matthews is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Golovdy can do to turn this around?
Good leg kick by Matthews there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matthews lands the left hand.
Matthews fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Golovdy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Matthews connects with a high kick.
Gennakin Golovdy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matthews throws a head kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clay Matthews showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Matthews 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:26
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clay Matthews!
Clay Matthews was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.