PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Makao Matsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urvin Janzen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Matsumoto might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sepultura - Territory . Janzen has chosen El Guapo Likes to Dance as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Makao Matsumoto could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Urvin Janzen's chin.

Matsumoto
vs
Janzen

188 cm
32
210 lbs
22 - 14 - 1

190 cm
33
216 lbs
25 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Mango Nutrition

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 22 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Makao Matsumoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Urvin Janzen!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsumoto clobbers Janzen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Matsumoto misses with a jab to the body
and Janzen counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Makao Matsumoto has been cut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Janzen. That's going to slow Matsumoto down.
Janzen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Matsumoto.
Janzen lands a jab to the nose.

Matsumoto is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Janzen rushes Matsumoto and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Oh Matsumoto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Janzen pushes off an throws an elbow but Matsumoto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Janzen lands an elbow inside.
Janzen tries to land a knee to the head but Matsumoto blocks with his arms.
Janzen misses with an elbow strike.

Janzen breaks the clinch.
Matsumoto thows a body shot but no joy.
Matsumoto seems to have got his legs back now.
Matsumoto throws a series of punches but Janzen avoids them all with ease.
Matsumoto moves out of range as Janzen throws a body kick.
Matsumoto shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Janzen defends it nicely.
Janzen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matsumoto shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Janzen pinned against the cage. Janzen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Matsumoto has been working on his balance at Red Battle, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Janzen.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Makao Matsumoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheers as Matsumoto lands an impressive looking overhand right. Janzen doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsumoto blocks the body kick.
Janzen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matsumoto.
Matsumoto walks forward, straight into a front kick from Janzen.
Matsumoto drops his hands momentarily and Janzen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Matsumoto. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Janzen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Matsumoto takes a step back to recover.
Matsumoto is breathing heavily.
Janzen leaves Matsumoto with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Janzen lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Matsumoto goes down and covers up as Janzen starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Urvin Janzen!
Urvin Janzen managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Mango Nutrition , into his post fight interview.