PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Spike Wicked (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chinzo Matsuzaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Wicked
vs
Matsuzaka

180 cm
22
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
178 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Spike Wicked!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chinzo Matsuzaka!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wicked looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Wicked.
Wicked working the strikes but Matsuzaka uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Wicked working the head and body with strikes.
Matsuzaka has hold of Wicked's hands but Wicked slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Matsuzaka is looking for a sweep. Wicked is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Wicked is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Matsuzaka doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Wicked.
Wicked is nestled in close to Matsuzaka, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matsuzaka is looking for a sweep. Wicked is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuzaka is staying active underneath Wicked, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Wicked content to control rather than advance.
Matsuzaka works his way to full guard. Good work.
Wicked looking to sit in guard and control but Matsuzaka gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Matsuzaka wants to control from the top but Wicked keeps moving.
Matsuzaka stopping the sweep attempt from Wicked.
Matsuzaka trying to control the position from guard on top but Wicked is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Wicked tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wicked pulls Matsuzaka in close to his closed guard and prevents Matsuzaka from doing any damage or advancing position.
Wicked is trying to keep Matsuzaka in close.
Wicked has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Matsuzaka has passed into side control.
Matsuzaka trying to control the position but Wicked is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Matsuzaka tries to clinch but Wicked moves out of range.
Wicked looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Wicked lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Chinzo Matsuzaka has been cut.
Wicked tries to bum rush Matsuzaka with a series of wild strikes but Matsuzaka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Wicked gets the takedown into side control.
Wicked lands an elbow.
Wicked scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Matsuzaka to see if he's OK.
Wicked working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wicked working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wicked creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wicked is working Matsuzaka over with some ground and pound from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matsuzaka takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wicked working the ground and pound.
Matsuzaka looks gassed!
Wicked cracks Matsuzaka with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Wicked is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Matsuzaka has escaped the position, nice work there.
Matsuzaka is looking to reverse the position.
Wicked works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Matsuzaka is trying to control Wicked's posture but Wicked avoids it.
Matsuzaka regains half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matsuzaka misses with some strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spike Wicked dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chinzo Matsuzaka's cut.
That's time! Wicked's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Wicked shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Matsuzaka as he jumps to the side.
Matsuzaka misses with a takedown

and Wicked moves into the clinch.
Matsuzaka scores with a knee to the head.

Wicked manages to break the clinch.
Wicked shoots for a takedown but Matsuzaka saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wicked has his takedown stuffed

and Matsuzaka counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Matsuzaka.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spike Wicked. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wicked wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wicked avoiding damage as Matsuzaka throws knees to the body.
Matsuzaka tries to land knees in the clinch but Wicked avoids the damage to the body.
Wicked managing to block the knees to the body from Matsuzaka.
Wicked is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Matsuzaka gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Matsuzaka ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Matsuzaka no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wicked throws and elbow that misses. Matsuzaka uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wicked's guard. Nice move by Matsuzaka!
Wicked knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Matsuzaka on the ground.
Matsuzaka in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Matsuzaka drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Wicked manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Matsuzaka has Wicked in his guard.
Wicked scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wicked with a nice head shot there.
Wicked sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Wicked is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wicked postures up and lands a big shot to Matsuzaka's brow.
Wicked scoring with punches to the head and body.
Matsuzaka has momentary wrist control but Wicked slips an elbow through the middle.
Wicked preventing the sweep.
Wicked chips away with some ground and pound.
Wicked is in close to Matsuzaka's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wicked with a nice head shot there.
Wicked has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Matsuzaka is proving hard to escape from.
Wicked lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wicked postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Spike Wicked overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuzaka doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Wicked scoring with punches to the head and body.
Matsuzaka not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wicked is working Matsuzaka over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wicked distracts Matsuzaka with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wicked connects with a couple of short punches.
Wicked pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Matsuzaka is keeping the position for now.
Wicked slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Wicked working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Matsuzaka's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wicked lands a couple of elbows.
Wicked has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wicked with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wicked lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wicked wants to pass the guard but Matsuzaka is keeping the position.
Wicked landing some decent shots from guard.
Wicked lands a couple of elbows.
Matsuzaka keeping moving, preventing Wicked from controlling successfully.
Matsuzaka is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spike Wicked dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chinzo Matsuzaka's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Wicked looks to land a combination but Matsuzaka avoids it well.

Wicked looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Wicked is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Matsuzaka sees it coming and defends easily.
Matsuzaka is staying active underneath Wicked, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Matsuzaka taking some punishment here, with Wicked in his half guard.
Wicked lands strikes from half guard.
Wicked is thwarting Matsuzaka's attempts to control the position.
Matsuzaka missing with punches from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wicked looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Matsuzaka with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Matsuzaka taking some punishment here, with Wicked in his half guard.
Wicked winds up and cracks Matsuzaka with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wicked winds up and cracks Matsuzaka with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wicked slips a nice elbow through Matsuzaka's hands, connecting with Matsuzaka's forehead.
Wicked looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wicked is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wicked perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wicked is nestled in close to Matsuzaka, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Matsuzaka wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wicked lands a nice short elbow.
Wicked working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Wicked wants to work for an arm triangle but Matsuzaka is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Wicked is trying to control the action in half guard but Matsuzaka is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wicked landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Matsuzaka is not content to let Wicked control the position.
Matsuzaka on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wicked is looking to take a break and control but Matsuzaka is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Wicked bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wicked landing a few strikes.
Matsuzaka is trying to get back to half guard.
Wicked working the ground and pound.
Matsuzaka is trying to get back to half guard.
Wicked connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Matsuzaka some visible discomfort.

Wicked stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wicked feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Matsuzaka throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Matsuzaka has his foot on Wicked's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wicked works his way back into a safe position though.
Wicked landing with the ground and pound.
Wicked pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Matsuzaka is keeping the position for now.
Chinzo Matsuzaka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wicked lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Matsuzaka wants to sweep here but Wicked controlling him for the moment.
Spike Wicked is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wicked postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Spike Wicked showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wicked, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Spike Wicked!