PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Mattews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sofoklis Aristotelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Mattews is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Mattews
vs
Aristotelis

192 cm
39
290 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

225 cm
32
265 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Mattews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sofoklis Aristotelis!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mattews swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aristotelis throws a counter combo.
Mattews looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Aristotelis moves into the clinch successfully.

Mattews breaks the clinch.
Matt Mattews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Mattews gets a takedown into half guard.
Aristotelis tries to kick Mattews off but Mattews keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Mattews throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mattews thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mattews thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Aristotelis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice strikes from Mattews there.
Mattews controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aristotelis is trying to stand back up but Mattews is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aristotelis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mattews.
Mattews lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mattews uses his free foot to push down on Aristotelis's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Aristotelis.
Mattews is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mattews throws some wild stikes that Aristotelis manages to avoid easily.
Mattews unloads with some shots from mount but Aristotelis bucks and avoids them well.
Aristotelis is trying to stand up.
Mattews misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mattews throws a wild left hand from mount and Aristotelis manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
Mattews looks to land a strike but Aristotelis avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Mattews won't allow Aristotelis to sweep him here.
Mattews tries to stand but Aristotelis is controlling from the bottom.
Aristotelis keeping moving, preventing Mattews from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mattews landing some decent shots from guard.
Mattews is looking to work some ground and pound but Aristotelis has wrist control.
Aristotelis wants to stand and escape but Mattews is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mattews accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Aristotelis has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Mattews is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Aristotelis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mattews is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Aristotelis pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Aristotelis letting Mattews take a breather here.
Aristotelis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mattews backwards.
Aristotelis has a couple of punches blocked by Mattews.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A head punch on the inside from Aristotelis fails to land.
Mattews softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mattews blocks a body shot from Aristotelis.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mattews.
A right handed body shot lands from Aristotelis.
Aristotelis misses with an elbow over the top.
Aristotelis misses with a punch on the inside.
Mattews misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aristotelis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mattews blocks an elbow strike from Aristotelis.
Mattews wants to get back to striking at distance but Aristotelis won't allow it.

Mattews breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Aristotelis has closed the distance and engaged Mattews in a clinch.
Aristotelis lands a left hand.

It looks like Matt Mattews has been cut.
A short right from Aristotelis.
Mattews wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aristotelis.
Mattews is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Aristotelis to keep the fight standing.
Aristotelis lands an elbow inside that Mattews shrugs off.
Aristotelis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mattews's elbow.
Mattews lands an elbow just above Aristotelis 's eye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mattews.
Mattews tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mattews wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mattews is trying to break the clinch but Aristotelis is controlling him.
Aristotelis has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mattews seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Aristotelis can turn it around.
Aristotelis has Mattews pressed against the cage, preventing Mattews from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mattews pushes off an throws an elbow but Aristotelis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
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 Matt Mattews will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Matt Mattews's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Aristotelis moves into the clinch successfully.
Aristotelis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Aristotelis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mattews takes an elbow to the temple.
Aristotelis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mattews can't get the takedown.
Aristotelis misses with a short punch on the inside.

Mattews manages to break the clinch.
Aristotelis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Aristotelis moves into range and clinches up with Mattews.
Aristotelis scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Matt Mattews's cut is getting worse.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Aristotelis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mattews's brow.

Mattews is trying to trip Aristotelis. He has hold of a leg but Aristotelis is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Mattews persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mattews wants to control from the top but Aristotelis keeps moving.
Mattews stops Aristotelis from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aristotelis keeping moving, preventing Mattews from controlling successfully.

Aristotelis has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Mattews is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Aristotelis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Aristotelis.
Mattews is trying to break the clinch but Aristotelis has him pressed against the cage.
Mattews lands an elbow just above Aristotelis 's eye.
Aristotelis misses with an elbow over the top.
Aristotelis lands a hook that snaps the head of Mattews backwards.
Aristotelis lands a nice elbow.
Mattews drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Aristotelis gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mattews wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Mattews manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mattews misses with a body punch
and Aristotelis counters with a straight right hand.

Matt Mattews's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Aristotelis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mattews throws out a powerful jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mattews doesn't manage to clinch there - Aristotelis circles away.

Aristotelis moves into the clinch.
Aristotelis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sofoklis Aristotelis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Aristotelis lands an elbow that stopped Mattews in his tracks for a moment.
Mattews tries to land knees in the clinch but Aristotelis avoids the damage to the body.
Aristotelis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aristotelis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mattews backwards.

Jeez, Matt Mattews's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Mattews avoids the elbow strike from Aristotelis, against the cage.
Aristotelis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mattews backwards.
Aristotelis lands with a short shot to the head.

Mattews is rocked!
Aristotelis lands a big right hand that drops Mattews! The killer instinct kicks in and Aristotelis finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Aristotelis!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sofoklis Aristotelis!
An out of breath and clearly excited Sofoklis Aristotelis thanked GREEN!160 for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).