PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moyses Mattos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yo Adrian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adrian has chosen Super Bon Bon - Soul Coughing as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mattos
vs
Adrian

206 cm
38
275 lbs
35 - 13 - 0

225 cm
34
300 lbs
27 - 19 - 1

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 super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 13 - 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 27 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Yo Adrian!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mattos gets tackled into the cage by Adrian. Adrian maintains the clinch.

Mattos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adrian throws a right hand that Mattos ducks under and follows up with a left that Mattos also avoids with ease.
Adrian tries to close the distance and clinch but Mattos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mattos swings for the body but Adrian moves out of range.
Adrian is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Mattos with a body shot.

Adrian closes the distance and clinches.
Mattos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mattos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mattos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adrian stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Adrian misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adrian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Adrian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mattos avoiding damage as Adrian throws knees to the body.
Adrian tries a knee to the head but Mattos blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mattos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Adrian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mattos avoids it.

Mattos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Adrian closes the distance and pushes Mattos back into the cage.
Adrian has Mattos pushed against the cage.
Adrian misses with a punch to the body.
Mattos blocks a body shot from Adrian.
Adrian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mattos is defending well for now.
I was talking to Mattos 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mattos lands with a left to the head.

Mattos manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Adrian clinches up with Mattos and pushes him back against the cage.
Adrian working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mattos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mattos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Adrian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mattos is defending well for now.
Mattos slows down the pace here.

Mattos breaks the clinch.
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 check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Adrian tries to clinch but Mattos is having none of it.
A quick step to the side and Mattos tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adrian drops his hands momentarily and Mattos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Adrian wants to clinch but Mattos slips to the side
and Mattos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mattos lands a right hook to the body.
Mattos misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adrian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Adrian wants to clinch.
Mattos swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Mattos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mattos throws a body punch but Adrian moves out of range.
Adrian let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Adrian darts in and clinches Mattos up against the cage.
Adrian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mattos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adrian digs a right hand underneath Mattos 's ribcage. Mattos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Adrian scores with a shoulder strike.
Adrian misses with a punch to the body.
Adrian trying to land knees to the body.
Mattos throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Mattos .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adrian misses with a punch on the inside.
Mattos slowing the pace effectively.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Mattos 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mattos connects with a right hand. Adrian shakes it off.
Adrian lands a nice looking body shot.
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 throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mattos lands a nice shot that snaps Adrian's head back.

Adrian is rocked!
Adrian gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Mattos gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Adrian is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Moyses Mattos !
Moyses Mattos retains his super heavyweight title!
Moyses Mattos managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Revolution Clothing, into his post fight interview.