PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hardijan Matic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Bilkington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bilkington is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Head Bussa. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Matic
vs
Bilkington

166 cm
23
146 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

176 cm
23
139 lbs
6 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hardijan Matic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby Bilkington!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matic throws a head kick that misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bilkington.
Bilkington on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Matic bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bilkington has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Matic lands a big head kick that sends Bilkington tumbling to the mat! Matic takes a step backwards and waves Bilkington back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Bilkington is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bilkington with a poor takedown
and Matic rattles Bilkington with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Bilkington tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Matic dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Bilkington stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Hardijan Matic!
Hardijan Matic managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Perkele!, into his post fight interview.
In defeat, Bobby Bilkington stepped up to the mic, saying 'You Can't win them all, the better man won tonight. Next fight i'm gonna come out twice as hungry'.