PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vicente Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Mattos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Nunes
vs
Mattos

185 cm
28
197 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

190 cm
29
200 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vicente Nunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Walter Mattos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nunes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nunes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mattos stalling the fight.
Mattos misses with a punch to the body.
Nunes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

It looks like Walter Mattos has been cut.
Mattos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nunes backwards.
Nunes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mattos backwards.
Nunes lands a body punch.
Mattos trying to stall but Nunes improves his position.
Good body shot from Nunes.
Mattos looks winded!
A left hand lands to the body for Nunes.
Nunes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nunes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mattos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nunes is keeping busy.
Mattos letting Nunes take a breather here.
Nunes cracks Mattos with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Nunes - that landed with a thud.
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!
Good body shot from Nunes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nunes definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nunes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Nunes.
Nunes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mattos or not.
Nunes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mattoss head.
A short right from Nunes.
Nunes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mattos backwards.
A short left from Nunes.
Mattos stalling in the clinch but Nunes improves position.
Nunes is working Mattos over against the cage.
Nunes lands a body shot.
Nunes stalling.
Nice body punch from Nunes - that landed with a thud.
Nunes lands with a right to the head.
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!
Mattos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nunes avoids it.
Nunes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nunes digs a right hand underneath Mattos's ribcage. Mattos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stalling in the clinch from Nunes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nunes lands a takedown into guard.
Nunes throws a big right hand that misses.
Nunes's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mattos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nunes continues to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nunes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nunes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mattos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nunes connects with a couple of short punches.
Nunes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nunes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mattos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nunes prevents Mattos from getting back to his feet.
Mattos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nunes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nunes throws a big elbow that misses.
Mattos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nunes throws a big elbow that misses.
Nunes content to stall in guard here.
Nunes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nunes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nunes trying to control but Mattos is working from the bottom.
Nunes stays in close to Mattos's body and controls the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nunes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mattos at a distance.
Mattos takes one on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunes with a nice cross.
Nunes throws a right and a left that Mattos avoids nicely.
Mattos feints a counter leg kick.
Mattos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nunes throws out the jab.
Despite the aggression on Mattos's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nunes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nunes misses with a wild body shot.
Mattos doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nunes scores with a three punch combo!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nunes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mattoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vicente Nunes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Walter Mattos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nunes moves into the clinch.
Mattos misses with a punch to the body.
Nunes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mattoss head.
Nunes stalling against the cage.
Mattos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mattos is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Mattos is trying to maintain a safe position but Nunes gets an underhook and turns Mattos into the cage.
A short uppercut from Nunes.
Mattos throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mattos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nunes avoids it.
Mattos holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Mattos tries to stall but Nunes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A hook to the body from Nunes.
Nunes leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mattos is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes is working Mattos over against the cage.

Nunes gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Nunes looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nunes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nunes prevents Mattos from improving his position.
Mattos taking some punishment here, with Nunes in his half guard.
Nunes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mattos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nunes.
Nunes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nunes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mattos's head.
Nunes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mattos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nunes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nunes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nunes takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Nunes thows a huge punch but Mattos dodges it nicely.
Nunes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mattos defending well though.
Mattos wants to get back to his feet.
Mattos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nunes.
Nunes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nunes prevents Mattos from standing back up.
Nunes slows the pace down in half guard.
Nunes has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Nunes wants to control the pace but Mattos is squirming around nicely.
Nunes lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mattos reaches up and holds on to Nunes to control the position.
Mattos is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Mattos blocking the ground and pound.
Nunes won't let Mattos get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Nunes throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Nunes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mattos can do to turn this around?
Nunes looking to ground and pound but Mattos is blocking nicely.
Nunes looking to ground and pound but Mattos is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mattos wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Nunes.
Mattos wants to control but Nunes is having none of it.
Nunes thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Nunes misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Nunes misses with a head shot.
Mattos wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Nunes.
Nunes throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mattos wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Mattos holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Nunes tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Mattos blocking the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vicente Nunes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Walter Mattos's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jab, jab by Nunes - just one landing.
Nunes throws a hook but Mattos avoids it easily.
Nunes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mattos.
Mattos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nunes connects with the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nunes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mattos backs up against the cage.
Mattos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Mattos tries to keep at a distance but Nunes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vicente Nunes has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nunes prevents a body shot from Mattos.
Mattos letting Nunes take a breather here.
Mattos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nunes gets through Mattos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nunes gets through Mattos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mattos looking to stall.
Nunes controlling the action here for a moment.

Nunes is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Mattos can't fight it off and eventually Nunes manages to take the fight to the floor. Mattos looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Nunes sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes is looking to work some ground and pound but Mattos has wrist control.
Nunes controlling from the top position.
Mattos wants to stand but Nunes is controlling the position.
Mattos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nunes engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Mattos controls Nunes momentarily but Nunes frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes postures up in Mattos's guard and throws a big left but Mattos blocks it.
Nunes controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Nunes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nunes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mattos wants to improve his position but instead Nunes has moved into half guard.
Nunes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nunes working over Mattos with some ground and pound. Mattos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nunes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mattos defending well though.
Nunes landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nunes works his foot free and advances to mount.
Nunes controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunes throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Mattos wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Nunes.
Nunes throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Mattos because Nunes loaded up on that one.
Mattos wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Nunes.
Mattos tries to hold on but Nunes pushes him away.
Mattos's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Nunes throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Mattos because Nunes loaded up on that one.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mattos holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Nunes tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Nunes throwing strikes here but Mattos is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Walter Mattos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vicente Nunes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nunes lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vicente Nunes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nunes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:25
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:25
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vicente Nunes!