PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moyses Mattos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kyle Romo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moyses Mattos has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Mattos
vs
Kyle Romo

206 cm
32
275 lbs
23 - 7 - 0

190 cm
31
240 lbs
32 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Moyses Mattos !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Kyle Romo!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mattos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romo tries a head kick but it misses.
Mattos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mattos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romo.
Mattos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Romo.
Mattos scores with a jab to the head.
Mattos scores with a shot to the body.
Romo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mattos blocks a leg kick.
Romo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Romo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mattos .
Nice jab there from Mattos .
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Romo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Romo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mattos swinging wildly here.
Mattos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romo slips under a jab from Mattos .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mattos lands a lovely overhand right.
Romo looks to land a left hand but Mattos moved out of range nicely.
Romo throws a hook to the side of Mattos 's head but Mattos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Romo.
Mattos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Romo slips a jab from Mattos .
A left lands for Romo.
Mattos is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mattos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Romo drives through and clinches with Mattos against the cage.

Mattos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Romo has managed to clinch.
Romo lands with a light punch inside.

Mattos breaks the clinch.
Romo looks to land a right hand but Mattos moved out of range.
Romo dodges the punch combination from Mattos .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mattos slips under a jab from Romo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mattos was well out of range. Poor timing from Romo.
Mattos scores with the left hand. Romo knows he should have avoided that one.
Mattos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Mattos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Romo on the side of the head.
Mattos throws a hook but Romo blocks it.
Mattos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Romo can pounce on him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Romo.
Mattos misses with a straight right.
Mattos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
It looks like Mattos has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Romo throws a low kick but Mattos avoids it.
Mattos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mattos throws a hook but Romo blocks it.
Romo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mattos lands a jab-cross combination.

Romo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Romo lands a good knee to the midsection. Mattos won't want to take too many of those.
Mattos is breathing heavily.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but Mattos blocks with his arms.
Mattos trying to control the position but instead, Romo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mattos into the cage.
Mattos misses with a body punch.

Mattos manages to break the clinch.
Mattos just misses with a punch to the body.
Romo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Romo ducks under a wild hook from Mattos .
Romo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Romo tries to clinch up but Mattos circles away and keeps his distance.
Mattos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romo.
A clash of legs there as Mattos blocks the low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mattos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Romo blocks a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mattos is able to avoid easily.
Mattos works Romo's body with a nice hook.
Mattos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Romo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A slow jab from Mattos misses its intended target.
Romo throws a hook but Mattos blocks it.
Mattos keeps the fight on the outside.
Romo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mattos connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Romo scrambles back to his feet.
Mattos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mattos is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Romo throws out a leg kick but Mattos moves out of range and Romo only half commits.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mattos lands a really nice looking cross but Romo seems unphased.
Some bone on bone action there as Mattos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Romo tries to score with a low kick but Mattos moves his leg out of the way.
Mattos misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Moyses Mattos will probably get the nod.
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 throws a hook to the side of Romo's head but Romo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mattos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Romo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mattos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A bone on bone clash there as Mattos blocks the leg kick.
Romo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mattos throws a looping overhand right but Romo ducks down to avoid it.
Romo slips a straight right by Mattos .
Romo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Romo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A jab from Mattos misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romo ducks under a wild hook from Mattos .
Mattos cracks Romo with a good jab.
Mattos scores with a nice head shot.
Romo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mattos . That did some damage!
Mattos checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mattos misses the jab.
Mattos checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Romo throws a low kick but Mattos avoids it.
Romo moves out of range of the strikes.
Mattos looks to throw the jab but Romo is out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mattos crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Romo - the referee stops the clock and Mattos gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Romo. Mattos manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mattos slips a jab from Romo.
Romo throws a chopping leg kick but Mattos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mattos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Romo tries to work over Mattos 's front leg with a kick but Mattos checks it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Romo, right into the meat.
Romo wants to clinch.
Mattos throws a hook but Romo avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Mattos misses.
Mattos 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Romo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mattos scrambles back to his feet.
Mattos misses the shot to the body.
Mattos throws a jab but it's blocked by Romo.
A jab from Mattos misses.
Romo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Romo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mattos .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice shot by Mattos .
Mattos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Romo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Romo has Mattos up against the cage in a clinch.
Mattos misses with some punches.
Romo tries to land knees in the clinch but Mattos avoids the damage to the body.
Romo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mattos 's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mattos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mattos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Romo.
Mattos throws a body punch but Romo moves out of range.
Moyses Mattos is winning the standup battle so far.
Romo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Romo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mattos 's hands.
Romo avoids the body shot from Mattos .
Romo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mattos .
Mattos blocks a head kick by Romo.
Mattos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Romo throws a head kick that misses.
A jab from Mattos does it's job there.
A left and a right from Mattos both land. Nice combination.

Romo is rocked!
Mattos connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Romo to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Mattos !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Moyses Mattos !
Moyses Mattos retains his heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Moyses Mattos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.