PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rau Utu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leighton Matias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matias has chosen Killing In The Name as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Utu
vs
Matias

225 cm
31
300 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

195 cm
34
280 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Reaper Combatwear

Milwaukee's Best 160
Cynical Truth (steel penn)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rau Utu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leighton Matias!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matias throws a head kick but Utu moves out of range.
Matias tries to clinch but Utu moves away
and Utu counters with a straight right hand.
Matias tries to clinch up but Utu circles away and keeps his distance.
Utu circles away from the clinch attempt
and Utu counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Leighton Matias has been cut.
Matias buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Utu has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Utu misses with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Matias.
Utu misses the jab.
Matias tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Utu counters with a nice low kick that buckles Matias's knee momentarily.
Matias closes the distance looking to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Utu misses with a body kick.

Matias pushes Utu up against the cage in a clinch.
Utu avoids a wild elbow strike from Matias.
Utu lands a nice uppercut.
Matias misses with a knee strike.
Matias misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Utu.
Utu blocks an elbow strike from Matias.
Utu lands a body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Utu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Utu tries a body shot but Matias blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Utu as Matias tries to tie him up.
Matias misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Utu on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matias trying to control the position but instead, Utu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Matias into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matias creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Utu lands a nice uppercut.
Utu lands a shot to the body.
Utu tries to work over Matias's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Utu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short left from Utu.
Matias looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Utu misses with a punch on the inside.
Matias blocking some punches.
Utu dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from Utu.
Matias looks winded!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Matias just misses with a elbow thrown towards Utu's brow.
A right handed body shot lands from Utu.
Utu cracks Matias with a nice body shot.
Utu taking a breather.
Matias tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Utu struggles to land a body shot inside as Matias controls his hands.
Matias with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Utu gets through Matias's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Utu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Utu lands a left hand.
Utu looking to slow down the pace here.

Utu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matias wants to clinch
and Utu finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Utu displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Utu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Utu goes for a small jab and connects. Now Utu goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Matias stumbles back but Utu runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Matias to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Matias will ever be the same after a knockout like that.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rau Utu!
In his post fight interview, Rau Utu started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.