PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between DaMatti Matikainen (ranked 171 p4p, 554 weight class) and Jacques Turcotte (ranked 22 p4p, 62 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Matikainen
vs
Turcotte

180 cm
34
155
31 - 13 - 3

180 cm
33
160
35 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

NARCOS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 13 - 3, fighting out of Amsterdam, DaMatti Matikainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacques Turcotte!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turcotte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matikainen moves away.
Matikainen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turcotte.
Turcotte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matikainen is looking to counter with a body kick.
Matikainen slips a jab from Turcotte.
As Turcotte backs away, Matikainen returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Matikainen.
Matikainen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turcotte.
Turcotte misses with a straight left.
Matikainen looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
An inside leg kick from Matikainen misses.
Turcotte swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Matikainen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Turcotte blocks a head kick by Matikainen.
Turcotte misses with a hook.
Matikainen moves away from the strike by Turcotte.
Turcotte moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matikainen avoids the body shot from Turcotte.
Turcotte jabs Matikainen right on the nose. Matikainen blinks but takes it well.
Matikainen connects with a high kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turcotte swings widly with a right hand
and Matikainen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matikainen scores with the left hand. Turcotte knows he should have avoided that one.
Matikainen tried to score with a low kick but Turcotte checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matikainen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Turcotte. That did some damage!
Turcotte misses with a straight left.
Turcotte throws a hook but Matikainen avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Turcotte, as that shot connected.
Turcotte rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Matikainen counter with a right hand.
Matikainen throws a shot from downtown. Turcotte moves away and avoids it.
Turcotte looks to throw the jab but Matikainen is out of range.
Turcotte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Matikainen is looking to counter punch.
Turcotte throws a jab when Matikainen was well out of range.
Turcotte throws a body punch but Matikainen moves out of range.
Matikainen cracks Turcotte with an open hand slap.
Matikainen tries a low kick but Turcotte avoids it.
Matikainen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Turcotte throws out a counter right but Matikainen avoids it with no problem.
Turcotte throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turcotte swings for the body but Matikainen moves out of range.
Turcotte misses the jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Matikainen misses its target.
Turcotte jabs at Matikainen's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matikainen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Matikainen clobbers Turcotte with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Turcotte blocks a low kick nicely.
Matikainen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at FF Forever in the buildup to the fight.
Turcotte throws out a loose jab but Matikainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turcotte lands a jab to the nose.
Matikainen moves out of range as Turcotte strikes.
Matikainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turcotte was well out of range. Poor timing from Matikainen.
Turcotte takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Turcotte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matikainen was well out of range. Poor timing from Turcotte.
Matikainen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turcotte moves away.
A little jabbing left from Turcotte on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Matikainen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Matikainen lands a front kick.
Turcotte defending well as Matikainen loads up on a big left hand.
Turcotte moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Matikainen jabs Turcotte right on the nose. Turcotte blinks but takes it well.
A solid leg kick lands there for Matikainen.
Matikainen slips under a jab.
Turcotte moves out of range of the leg kick from Matikainen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen misses with a head kick.
Matikainen looks to throw a body kick
and Turcotte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Matikainen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Matikainen is looking to slow Turcotte down with leg kicks.
Matikainen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Turcotte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turcotte throws a jab but it's blocked by Matikainen.
Matikainen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Matikainen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.
Matikainen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turcotte's sensitive parts.
Turcotte ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turcotte stuns Matikainen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Matikainen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Turcotte has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Turcotte and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
An inside leg kick lands from Matikainen.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut.
Matikainen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Matikainen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turcotte's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Turcotte moves out of range as Matikainen strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte missing with a left hand there. Matikainen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turcotte looks to land a left hand but Matikainen moved out of range nicely.
Matikainen throws a quick counter kick to the body but Turcotte avoids it.
Matikainen avoids the body shot from Turcotte.
Turcotte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matikainen throws a right and a left that Turcotte avoids nicely.
It seemed like Turcotte was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Turcotte cracks Matikainen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Matikainen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.
DaMatti Matikainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A bone on bone clash there as Turcotte blocks the leg kick.
Matikainen slips a straight right by Turcotte.
Matikainen throws a hook to the side of Turcotte's head but Turcotte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Turcotte! But no joy.
Matikainen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Turcotte scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Matikainen fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turcotte misses with a body shot
and Matikainen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Turcotte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matikainen misses with a hook. Turcotte ducked under it nicely.
Matikainen throws a leg kick which misses Turcotte's front leg but catches the back leg as Turcotte tries to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that DaMatti Matikainen will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Turcotte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matikainen.
Matikainen misses with the body kick
and Turcotte counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A jab from Turcotte misses.
Matikainen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Turcotte throws a looping overhand right but Matikainen ducks down to avoid it.
Matikainen misses with a body kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Turcotte in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Turcotte takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Turcotte checks a low kick from Matikainen.
Turcotte just misses with a punch to the body.
Matikainen tries to bum rush Turcotte with a series of wild strikes but Turcotte uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Matikainen ducks under a wild hook from Turcotte.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Turcotte.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matikainen moves out of range as Turcotte strikes.
Matikainen feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Matikainen throws a head kick that misses.
Turcotte throws a right hand that Matikainen ducks under and follows up with a left that Matikainen also avoids with ease.
Turcotte bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Matikainen's head.
Matikainen misses with a looping left.
Turcotte throws a hook but Matikainen blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matikainen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Turcotte counters with a stiff right hand.
Matikainen throws a nice looking combination but Turcotte bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Matikainen throws a shot from downtown. Turcotte moves away and avoids it.
Turcotte looks to land a left hand but Matikainen moved out of range nicely.
Matikainen throws a nice inside leg kick.
A jab from Matikainen finds it's way through Turcotte's defenses.
Matikainen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Matikainen throws a good cross that connects.
Matikainen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Matikainen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Turcotte throws a lazy uppercut
and Matikainen counters with a two punch combo.
Matikainen throws a leg kick
and Turcotte cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Matikainen.
Matikainen slips a jab from Turcotte.
A slow jab from Turcotte misses its intended target.
Turcotte ducks under a wild hook from Matikainen.
Matikainen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Matikainen throws a head kick that misses.
Turcotte connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Matikainen momentarily.
Turcotte blocks the body kick.
Turcotte swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice shot by Matikainen.
Turcotte misses with a hook.
Turcotte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matikainen moves away.
Turcotte bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Matikainen's head backwards.
Matikainen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turcotte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turcotte moves out of range of the body kick from Matikainen.
No joy there for Turcotte, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Matikainen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Turcotte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Turcotte throws a body punch but Matikainen moves out of range.
Turcotte feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Matikainens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen throws a leg kick
and Turcotte counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Turcotte takes a jab right on the kisser.
Turcotte lands a nice looking body shot.
Matikainen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matikainen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.
Turcotte is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A solid body kick from Matikainen.
DaMatti Matikainen is winning the standup battle so far.
Matikainen misses with a head kick.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut.
Matikainen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Matikainen 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.
Turcotte takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matikainen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turcotte is out of range.
Matikainen misses with a hook.
Turcotte throws out a counter right but Matikainen avoids it with no problem.
Turcotte throws a hook to the side of Matikainen's head but Matikainen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Matikainen avoids a punch combination nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Matikainen misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen thuds his right hand into Turcotte's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Matikainen throws a push kick but Turcotte slaps the foot to one side.
Turcotte throws out a loose jab but Matikainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turcotte misses the jab.
Matikainen scores with a hook to the body. Turcotte takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Turcotte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matikainen.
Turcotte staying out of range there.
Matikainen lands a leg kick that knocks Turcotte off balance momentarily.
Matikainen lands a high kick!
Matikainen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turcotte throws out the jab.
Turcotte blocks the body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matikainen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Turcotte if he has to take too many more of those.
A nice leg kick lands there from Matikainen.
Matikainen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Turcotte is out of range and Matikainen settles back down.
Matikainen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

DaMatti Matikainen dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Matikainen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Matikainen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Matikainen tried to score with a low kick but Turcotte checks it.
Turcotte connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Matikainen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Matikainen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Matikainen misses with a right hand
and Turcotte counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Matikainen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Turcotte throws a body shot but no joy.
Matikainen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turcotte sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turcotte's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Matikainen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Turcotte scrambles back to his feet.
A nice inside leg kick there by Matikainen. That's going to slow Turcotte down.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Turcotte misses with the combination.
Turcotte looks to land a left hand but Matikainen moved out of range nicely.
Matikainen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Matikainen tries to move into range but Turcotte moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Matikainen scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turcotte moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Matikainen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turcotte.
Matikainen feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Turcotte has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Matikainen throws a leg kick
and Turcotte counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Matikainen misses with a low kick.
Matikainen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Matikainen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Turcotte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matikainen.
Matikainen moves out of range as Turcotte strikes.
Matikainen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turcotte might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Matikainen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Matikainen misses with a lunging right hand
and Turcotte counters with a nice uppercut.
Matikainen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turcotte to score with a decent uppercut.
Matikainen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turcotte avoids the body shot from Matikainen.
Matikainen throws a lazy right hand but Turcotte sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Matikainen feints a jab promting Turcotte to slip. Matikainen then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Turcotte slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matikainen scores with a three punch combo!
Jacques Turcotte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turcotte.
Turcotte throws a hook but Matikainen blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Turcotte misses the target.
Matikainen slips under a jab.
Matikainen slips under a jab from Turcotte.
Matikainen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turcotte.
Matikainen misses with a series of wild punches.
Matikainen tries to land a leg kick but Turcotte saw it coming and moves away.
Turcotte misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Matikainen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Matikainen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Matikainen slips a straight right by Turcotte.
Matikainen is looking to chop away at Turcotte's legs.
Matikainen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte missing with a left hand there. Matikainen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab lands there for Turcotte.
Matikainen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Turcotte will feel that in the morning.
A swing and a miss from Turcotte.
Turcotte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matikainen moves away.
Matikainen scoring well with a low kick there.
Matikainen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Turcotte throws a looping overhand right but Matikainen ducks down to avoid it.
Matikainen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Turcotte misses with a wild combination.
Turcotte has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Matikainen.
Turcotte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matikainen.
Turcotte walks into a straight right hand from Matikainen.
That kick from Matikainen tenderised Turcotte's leg. Turcotte is trying to keep his angry face on.
Matikainen moves away from the strike by Turcotte.
Matikainen thinks about countering with a body kick.
Matikainen looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matikainen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Turcotte's head.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Matikainen.
Matikainen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Matikainen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Turcotte blocks a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Turcotte! But no joy.
Turcotte gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut. Matikainen saw that one coming.
Matikainen is looking to counter punch.
Matikainen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Turcotte counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Turcotte throws a lazy right hand but Matikainen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Matikainen throwing a counter right hand but Turcotte manages to avoid it.
Matikainen moves out of range of the strikes.
Matikainen connects with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matikainen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A cross from Matikainen lands.
Matikainen slips under a jab.
Matikainen throws a head kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to DaMatti Matikainen.
Well Matikainen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... DaMatti Matikainen!
A victorious DaMatti Matikainen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.