PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rex Butt (ranked 3236 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Matveev (ranked 4371 p4p, 512 weight class). Rex Butt had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Butt
vs
Matveev

190 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rex Butt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexey Matveev!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matveev misses with a straight left.
Matveev looks to score with a jab to the body but Butt is just out of range.
Matveev misses the shot to the body.
Matveev takes one on the button.
Butt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Butt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Butt misses with a hook to the body
and Matveev counters with a stiff right hand.
Matveev throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Matveev takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Matveev's jab looks to have found its range, popping Butt under the eye.
Matveev takes a swing at Butt's ribcage but misses.
Butt tries to clinch but Matveev moves out of range.

Butt moves into range and clinches up with Matveev.
Butt has Matveev pressed against the cage, preventing Matveev from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Butt lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Butt.
Matveev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Butt lands with a left to the head.
Butt definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good body shot from Butt.
Matveev looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butt lands with a right to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Butt.
A left hand lands to the body for Butt.
A right hand to the body from Butt.
A right hand to the body from Butt.
Butt lands a shot to the body.
Still in the clinch, Butt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Butt lands a nice shot to the body.
Butt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Butt is leaning against Matveev and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short uppercut from Butt.

Matveev is rocked!

Butt drops Matveev onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Matveev is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Matveev is still on wobbly legs! Can Butt finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Butt lands a big right hand that drops Matveev! The killer instinct kicks in and Butt finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Butt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rex Butt!
A very excited looking Rex Butt made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.