PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dado Mata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Stoic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mata might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to 和楽器バンド / 千本桜. 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.

Mata
vs
Stoic

172 cm
31
145 lbs
11 - 3 - 1

182 cm
38
135 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

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 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dado Mata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Victor Stoic!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stoic looks for a takedown but Mata sprawls well.
Mata has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Martial Arts Dojo in the buildup to the fight.

Stoic 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.
Stoic stopping the sweep attempt from Mata.
Mata looking to control.
Mata looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stoic is one step ahead there.
Stoic scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Stoic is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Mata escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Stoic gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Stoic avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mata wants to sweep here but Stoic controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stoic trying to control the position from guard on top but Mata is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mata has his foot on Stoic's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Stoic works his way back into a safe position though.
Stoic stopping the sweep attempt from Mata.
Mata is pulling down on Stoic's head. It's preventing any offense from Stoic, at least for the moment.

Stoic avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stoic trying to control but Mata is working from the bottom.
Mata looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stoic is one step ahead there.
Stoic is looking to work some ground and pound but Mata has wrist control.
Stoic scoring with some ground and pound.

Mata is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stoic is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mata manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stoic manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mata is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Stoic wants to stand but Mata is controlling the position.
Stoic is trying to keep Mata in close.
Stoic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mata slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Stoic wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
You can see the frustration on Stoic's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Stoic manages to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mata seems to be looking for submissions.
Mata seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Stoic does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Mata seems to be looking for submissions.

Mata is trying to work for a kimura but Stoic is defending well.
Stoic tries to kick Mata off but Mata keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Stoic trying to hold on to Mata's head to control him but Mata postures up.
Mata moves nicely into side control.

Mata thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mata is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Stoic is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Mata looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Mata working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Mata advances nicely into full mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stoic is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Mata looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dado Mata dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Stoic shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mata looks to score with a jab to the body but Stoic is just out of range.
Stoic fails with the takedown
and Mata counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Stoic with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mata counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stoic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice cross by Mata.
Mata is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stoic can do to turn this around?
Stoic looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mata is fending him off so far but Stoic persists. Nope, Mata circles away and we're back to standing.
Dado Mata has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Stoic.
Stoic has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Mata does no damage.
Stoic fails with the takedown
and Mata counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mata with a hook.

Stoic is rocked!
Mata drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Stoic right on the button. Stoic goes down! Mata follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Mata gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dado Mata!
Dado Mata seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.