PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Silva (ranked 5522 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iwan Matwijenko (ranked 10619 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Roots Bloody Roots - Sepultura. Matwijenko has chosen RANDORI! as his entrance music. Iwan Matwijenko has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Silva
vs
Matwijenko

192 cm
36
251 lbs
19 - 35 - 0

192 cm
44
218 lbs
29 - 14 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 35 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rodrigo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iwan Matwijenko!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Columbo Gatti and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Matwijenko but Matwijenko pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Matwijenko tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Matwijenko connects with a jab.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Matwijenko manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Silva with a poor takedown
enabling Matwijenko to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Matwijenko counters with a big right hand! Oh Silva is in trouble here! Matwijenko follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iwan Matwijenko!
Iwan Matwijenko was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.