PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darron Schultz (ranked 5484 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Matthers (ranked 4988 p4p, 0 weight class). Dante Matthers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Schultz
vs
Matthers

165 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
23
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darron Schultz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dante Matthers!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Matthers clinches up against the cage.

Matthers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schultz fails with a takedown attempt.
Schultz shoots in but no luck this time.

Schultz closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Schultz lands in his opponent's guard.
Matthers is wriggling around but Schultz manages to pass to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Schultz is thwarting Matthers's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthers is trying to stand.
Matthers has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Schultz is working away from the top position though.
Schultz is nestled in close to Matthers, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Matthers wants to control but Schultz is keeping busy.
Matthers might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Schultz haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Matthers is trying to get back to full guard.
Matthers misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Schultz prevents Matthers from improving his position.
Schultz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Matthers's head.
Schultz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Schultz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Matthers wants to improve his position but Schultz is controlling well.
Schultz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthers trying to control from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Schultz clinches.

Matthers has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Schultz is trying to keep an underhook but Matthers manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Schultz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Schultz really is a fat lump.
Schultz trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Schultz wants to stand up but Matthers is controlling him.
Matthers stopping the sweep attempt from Schultz.

Schultz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Matthers tries to free his leg and advance position but Schultz is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schultz keeping moving, preventing Matthers from controlling successfully.

Matthers decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Schultz misses with a two punch combination.

Matthers darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Matthers looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schultz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Schultz.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Matthers trying to control the position from guard on top but Schultz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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 Darron Schultz will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Matthers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Schultz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Schultz closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Matthers did well to prevent Schultz getting side control.
Schultz working over Matthers with some ground and pound. Matthers looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Matthers wants to control but Schultz is keeping busy.
Matthers tries to roll over but Schultz keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz is nestled in close to Matthers, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Matthers is trying to maintain the position but Schultz is very close to passing his half guard.
Schultz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Matthers makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Matthers.
Matthers trying to keep a closed guard but Schultz is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Schultz works over Matthers with some ground and pound from guard.

Matthers throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Matthers is breathing heavily.
Schultz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Schultz distracts Matthers with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Matthers working for submissions but it's allowed Schultz to get to half guard.
Matthers is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Schultz is working for a submission of some sort.
Darron Schultz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Matthers on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Schultz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Schultz working over Matthers with some ground and pound. Matthers looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Matthers blocking the ground and pound attempt from Schultz.
Schultz throwing shots but Matthers is blocking nicely.
Schultz working over Matthers with some ground and pound. Matthers looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Matthers is controlling Schultz's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Schultz lands strikes from half guard.
Matthers keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Schultz lands a nice short elbow.
Matthers has hold of Schultz's hands but Schultz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darron Schultz dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Schultz has managed to clinch.
Schultz looking for a takedown.

Schultz has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Matthers is trying to keep an underhook but Schultz manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Matthers tries to get to full guard but Schultz has control of the leg.

Matthers looking for submissions off his back.
Schultz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Matthers defending well though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matthers desperately trying to maintain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz is thwarting Matthers's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schultz prevents Matthers from improving his position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Schultz is nestled in close to Matthers, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Schultz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Schultz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Matthers with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Matthers is trying to control but can't.

Matthers is defending against the submission attempts here by Schultz.
Schultz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Matthers can do to turn this around?
Matthers blocking the ground and pound attempt from Schultz.
Matthers keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Schultz is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthers is trying to get back to full guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Schultz gets caught napping as Matthers dives in and scores a takedown. Schultz manages to retain guard.
Matthers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Matthers landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthers postures up.
Schultz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Matthers trying to control but Schultz postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Schultz connects with a nice short shot to Matthers's temple.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darron Schultz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Schultz, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darron Schultz!