PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willy Mataitai (ranked 469 p4p, 613 weight class) and Brad Chestner (ranked 70 p4p, 91 weight class). Chestner is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Black Eyed Bruiser. 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.

Mataitai
vs
Chestner

195 cm
28
215
16 - 6 - 0

190 cm
29
207
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Willy Mataitai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brad Chestner!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mataitai scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Chestner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Chestner takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mataitai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chestner moves away from the strike by Mataitai.
A nice side step and Chestner releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Chestner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chestner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mataitai digs a good body shot into Chestner's ribs.
Nice straight punches there by Mataitai. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mataitai.
Chestner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mataitai looks to score with a jab to the body but Chestner is just out of range.
Mataitai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chestner doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Mataitai lands a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mataitai lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mataitai just misses with a punch to the body.
Chestner moves forwards but Mataitai connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Chestner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mataitai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chestner wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chestner scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Chestner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mataitai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chestner.
Chestner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mataitai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chestner scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Willy Mataitai has been cut.
Mataitai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mataitai misses with a hook
and Chestner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chestner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chestner throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mataitai digs a good body shot into Chestner's ribs.
Chestner swings widly with a right hand
and Mataitai counters with a right hand to the body.
Chestner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mataitai counters with a one-two to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mataitai. Chestner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mataitai looks to land a left hand but Chestner moved out of range nicely.
Mataitai feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chestners jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice takedown defense from Mataitai. No joy for Chestner on that attempt.
Mataitai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice shot lands for Chestner.
Mataitai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chestner manages to avoid it.
Mataitai looks to score with a jab to the body but Chestner is just out of range.
Mataitai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mataitai ducks under a wild hook from Chestner.
Mataitai throws a body shot but no joy.
Mataitai is looking to wear down Chestner with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mataitai misses with a right hand
and Chestner counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mataitai throws a right and a left that Chestner avoids nicely.
Mataitai throws a right hand that Chestner ducks under and follows up with a left that Chestner also avoids with ease.
Mataitai misses with an uppercut
and Chestner counters with a straight right hand.
Mataitai connects with a right hand. Chestner shakes it off.
Mataitai takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chestner tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mataitai manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mataitai just misses with a punch to the body.
Chestner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mataitai.
Chestner is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Willy Mataitai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mataitai swings for the body but Chestner moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chestner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mataitai is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mataitai takes one on the button.

Chestner drops his shoulder and cracks Mataitai with a huge uppercut! Mataitai goes down! Can Chestner finish him?

Mataitai is rocked!
Chestner trying to control the position from guard on top but Mataitai is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oh Mataitai is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mataitai seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chestner content to stall in guard here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Mataitai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Willy Mataitai's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Chestner lands with an overhand left.
Chestner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mataitai misses with a body shot.
Mataitai throws a lazy uppercut
and Chestner counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mataitai misses with a lunging right hand
and Chestner counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Chestner gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mataitai.
Chestner throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mataitai throws a jab when Chestner was well out of range.
Mataitai misses with a wild body shot.
Chestner misses with a looping right.
Chestner moves away from the strike by Mataitai.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chestner lunges at Mataitai with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mataitai's hand.

Willy Mataitai's cut is getting worse.
Chestner lands a body shot.
Mataitai swings for the body but Chestner moves out of range.
Mataitai swinging wildly here.
Mataitai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mataitai is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Mataitai misses with an uppercut. Chestner saw that one coming.
Mataitai ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chestner scores with a jab. Mataitai acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mataitai misses with a body shot.
Mataitai takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mataitai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chestner moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mataitai misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Mataitai misses the target.
Mataitai cracks Chestner with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chestner jabs Mataitai right on the nose. Mataitai blinks but takes it well.
Chestner lands a nice looking body shot.
Mataitai lands a nice hook to Chestner's body. Chestner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Chestner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mataitai. Chestner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chestner misses with a wild body shot.
Chestner lands a really nice looking cross but Mataitai seems unphased.
Willy Mataitai is winning the standup battle so far.
A combination from Chestner does no damage.
Mataitai was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mataitai just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Mataitai lands.
Mataitai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chestner moves away.
Mataitai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chestner looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mataitai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chestner throws out the jab.
Mataitai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chestner was well out of range. Poor timing from Mataitai.
Sloppy strikes from Mataitai. Those never looked like landing.
Mataitai lands a lovely overhand right.
Mataitai throws a series of punches but Chestner moves out of range.
Mataitai misses with a body shot
and Chestner counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mataitai throws a looping overhand right but Chestner ducks down to avoid it.

Chestner rushes Mataitai and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chestner lands a hook that snaps the head of Mataitai backwards.
A short body shot lands from Chestner as the two fighters clinch.
Chestner misses with a punch to the body.
Chestner working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mataitai misses with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Mataitai's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Chestner lands an uppercut.
Chestner misses with the head strike.
Mataitai misses with an elbow strike.
Mataitai pushes off an throws an elbow but Chestner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short uppercut from Chestner.
Chestner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chestner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chestner blocks an uppercut.
Chestner misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mataitai.

It looks like Brad Chestner has been cut.
Chestner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chestner has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mataitai seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Chestner can turn it around.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Chestner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chestner gets through Mataitai's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chestner working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Chestner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Mataitai takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Chestner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mataitai lands a jab.
Chestner shoots in but Mataitai avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Mataitai misses its target.
Mataitai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chestner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mataitai looks to land a left hand but Chestner moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mataitai throws a body punch but Chestner moves out of range.
Chestner looks to land a right hand but Mataitai moved out of range.
Mataitai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mataitai throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chestner swings for the body but Mataitai moves out of range.
Mataitai misses with a body shot.
Chestner let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Mataitai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chestner was well out of range. Poor timing from Mataitai.
Chestner tries to clinch but Mataitai moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Mataitai - just one landing.
Chestner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chestner has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Chestner there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mataitai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chestner connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mataitai's hands.
Mataitai lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mataitai steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chestner.
Chestner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice body punch from Chestner.
Mataitai keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mataitai lands a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chestner misses with a shot to the body
and Mataitai makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mataitai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mataitai gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Chestner lands with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mataitai throws a jab when Chestner was well out of range.
Chestner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mataitai has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Chestner finds it's way round the side to connect with Mataitai's head.

Willy Mataitai's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Chestner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chestner swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Chestner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mataitai lands a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Mataitai as he connects with a hook.

Chestner has taken the fight to the clinch.
Chestner lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mataitai.
Chestner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chestner fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Willy Mataitai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brad Chestner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chestner takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mataitai.
Chestner misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Mataitai escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mataitai throws a body punch but Chestner moves out of range.
Mataitai throws a lazy uppercut
and Chestner counters with a nice body shot.
Mataitai moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice defenses there by Chestner.
Mataitai takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A jab from Mataitai misses.
Mataitai misses the shot to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Chestner.
Mataitai scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willy Mataitai showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mataitai has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willy Mataitai!
An out of breath and clearly excited Willy Mataitai thanked Brooklyn Apothecary for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).