PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mughal Hinted (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iwan Matwijenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matwijenko has chosen RANDORI! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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.

Hinted
vs
Matwijenko

187 cm
22
217 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

192 cm
44
218 lbs
29 - 12 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mughal Hinted !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iwan Matwijenko!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matwijenko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hinted uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Matwijenko.
Hinted tries to clinch but Matwijenko moves out of range.
Hinted slips a straight right by Matwijenko.
Hinted tries to close the distance and clinch up but Matwijenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Matwijenko misses with a straight right.
Hinted takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hinted bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As Matwijenko tries to get set, Hinted tries to push him back and clinch up but Matwijenko manages to avoid the attempt.
Hinted tries to clinch up.
Hinted slips a straight right by Matwijenko.
A jab from Matwijenko finds it's way through Hinted 's defenses.

It looks like Mughal Hinted has been cut.
Hinted on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hinted doesn't manage to clinch there - Matwijenko circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hinted clinches up with Matwijenko and pushes him back against the cage.
Hinted creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Matwijenko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Matwijenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Matwijenko landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hinted wants to stall.
Hinted tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Matwijenko manages to break the clinch.
Hinted tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hinted tries to clinch up but Matwijenko circles away and keeps his distance.
Hinted tries to clinch there but Matwijenko circles away.

Hinted closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Matwijenko looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hinted keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Matwijenko's efforts to push away.
Hinted tries to land a knee to the head but Matwijenko blocks with his arms.
Hinted tries to work over Matwijenko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matwijenko lands an elbow inside that Hinted shrugs off.
Matwijenko is trying to break the clinch but Hinted has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hinted is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Good body shot from Matwijenko.
Hinted presses Matwijenko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Matwijenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hinted lands a hook that snaps the head of Matwijenko backwards.
Hinted is pushing Matwijenko up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Matwijenko takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Iwan Matwijenko has been cut.
Matwijenko looks winded!
Matwijenko looking to throw knees to the head but Hinted is blocking nicely.
Hinted blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hinted lands a nice elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hinted looking to throw knees to the head but Matwijenko is blocking nicely.
Matwijenko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hinted s head.
Matwijenko has had enough of the clinch but Hinted keeps him there for the moment.
Hinted prevents a body shot from Matwijenko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matwijenko pushes off an throws an elbow but Hinted leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hinted lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hinted manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Matwijenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hinted has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hinted is looking to control Matwijenko's arms but Matwijenko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hinted has his back to the cage.
Hinted misses with a short punch on the inside.
Matwijenko throws an elbow but it misses.
Hinted dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Matwijenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hinted with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fighters circle, before Hinted throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Matwijenko's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Hinted lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Mughal Hinted !