PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moyses Mattos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timothy Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Timothy Bourque will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Mattos
vs
Bourque

206 cm
30
275 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

225 cm
42
270 lbs
47 - 20 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Moyses Mattos !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 47 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Timothy Bourque!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mattos cracks Bourque with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Timothy Bourque has been cut.

Mattos moves into range and clinches up with Bourque.
Bourque is looking to break free of the clinch but Mattos has double underhooks.
Mattos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bourques head.
Mattos swings wildly with an uppercut but Bourque uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bourque can't break the clinch.
Bourque is trying to break the clinch but Mattos is controlling him.
Bourque wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mattos lands a shoulder strike.
Bourque is trying to force a seperation but Mattos has the dominant position.
Bourque wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Bourque's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bourque pushes Mattos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mattos lands a body punch.
Bourque looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mattos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mattos swings wildly with an uppercut but Bourque uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mattos misses with a body punch.
Bourque tries to break the clinch but Mattos is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mattos scores with a shoulder strike.
Bourque is trying to push Mattos away but Mattos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mattos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mattos lands a left hand.
Bourque wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bourque is trying to break free.
Bourque is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bourque wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mattos throws a head punch that misses.
Bourque blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mattos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bourque blocking some punches.
Bourque is trying to force a seperation but Mattos has the dominant position.
Mattos prevents Bourque from breaking the clinch.
Mattos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bourque backwards.
Bourque wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bourque wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bourque wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mattos is trying to maintain a safe position but Bourque gets an underhook and turns Mattos into the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mattos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bourque blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mattos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bourque backwards.
Mattos struggles to land a body shot inside as Bourque controls his hands.
Mattos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mattos has a couple of punches blocked by Bourque.

Bourque escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bourque has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A punch lands to the side of Mattos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bourque lands a head kick. Mattos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mattos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bourque bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bourque.
Mattos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bourque throws an overhand right that lands on Mattos 's shoulder, as Mattos tries to avoid the shot.
Bourque misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mattos is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mattos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bourque at a distance.
Mattos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mattos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mattos stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That has opened up Timothy Bourque's cut even more.
Mattos throws a hook but Bourque avoids it easily.
Bourque getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice defenses there by Mattos .
Mattos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bourque circles away from the clinch attempt.
Moyses Mattos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mattos misses with a straight left.
Bourque is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourque throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bourque pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bourque throws a nice head kick!
Mattos throws the left hand but Bourque avoids the punch easily.
Mattos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mattos throws a looping overhand right but Bourque ducks down to avoid it.
Mattos thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bourque!
Mattos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bourque.
Mattos throws an off balance right hand

and Bourque counters with a head kick that drops Mattos to the mat! Mattos scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Timothy Bourque will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Timothy Bourque's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mattos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bourque pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bourque throws an overhand right that lands on Mattos 's shoulder, as Mattos tries to avoid the shot.
Mattos throws a body punch but Bourque moves out of range.
Timothy Bourque seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mattos tests Bourque's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bourque avoids the body shot from Mattos .
Bourque moves out of range of the strikes.
Mattos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mattos tries to close the distance and clinch but Bourque swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bourque is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A big left from Bourque misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourque uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mattos .
Bourque lands a body shot.
Bourque fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mattos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mattos jabs at Bourque's body.
The fighters circling - Bourque throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice uppercut there from Mattos .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bourque loads up on a big right hand but Mattos slips the punch.
Mattos tries to clinch but Bourque is having none of it.
Mattos blocks a head kick by Bourque.
Timothy Bourque is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque walks into a straight right hand from Mattos .

The cut above Timothy Bourque's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Mattos swings for the body but Bourque moves out of range.
Bourque throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Mattos .
A left lands for Mattos .

Bourque is rocked!
Mattos misses with a straight left.
Mattos throws a big shot that misses.
Mattos misses with a body shot.
Mattos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bourque misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mattos misses with a few strikes there.
Bourque takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sloppy strikes from Mattos . Those never looked like landing.

Mattos drops Bourque with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Bourque looks back up at him and smiles so Mattos waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Bourque is still on wobbly legs! Can Mattos finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mattos fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Bourque out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Moyses Mattos !
During a confident post fight interview, Moyses Mattos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.