PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Tszyu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kav Mattiger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mattiger has chosen Razzle Dazzle as his entrance music. Kav Mattiger has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Konstantin Tszyu's chin.

Tszyu
vs
Mattiger

175 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
174 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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 Sydney, Konstantin Tszyu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kav Mattiger!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tszyu scores with a jab.
Mattiger tries to clinch up but Tszyu circles away and keeps his distance.
Tszyu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tszyu scores with a shot to the body.
Konstantin Tszyu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mattiger tries to clinch up.
Mattiger moves in looking to clinch but Tszyu pushes him off.
Tszyu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mattiger.
Tszyu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mattiger tries to clinch up but Tszyu circles away and keeps his distance.
Tszyu misses with a wild combination.
Mattiger moves out of range as Tszyu strikes.
Tszyu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mattiger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mattiger fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mattiger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mattiger tries to clinch up but Tszyu circles away and keeps his distance.
Tszyu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mattiger's head.
A combination from Tszyu does no damage.
Mattiger walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tszyu misses the shot to the body.
Konstantin Tszyu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mattiger fails to land the takedown.
A combination from Tszyu does no damage.
Tszyu throws a hook but Mattiger blocks it.
Tszyu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mattiger moves out of range of the body kick.
Mattiger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tszyu.
Mattiger doesn't manage to clinch there - Tszyu circles away.
Tszyu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mattiger looks gassed!
Tszyu misses with a looping left.
Tszyu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tszyu misses with an uppercut. Mattiger saw that one coming.
Tszyu scores with a jab. Mattiger acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Mattiger has closed the distance and engaged Tszyu in a clinch.
Tszyu misses with the head strike.
Tszyu slows down the pace here.
Mattiger looking to stall.
Mattiger trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Tszyu.
Tszyu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mattiger throws an elbow that misses.
Tszyu works on Mattiger's body with a couple of short punches.
Tszyu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mattiger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tszyu.
Tszyu holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tszyu lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Tszyu.
Nice body punch from Tszyu - that landed with a thud.
Tszyu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tszyu stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mattiger has had enough of the clinch but Tszyu keeps him there for the moment.
Mattiger is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tszyu is keeping busy.
Nice body punch from Tszyu - that landed with a thud.
Tszyu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mattiger tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tszyu smiles and moves away.
Konstantin Tszyu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kav Mattiger.
Mattiger avoids the body shot from Tszyu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mattiger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tszyu.
Mattiger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tszyu.
Tszyu lands the left hand.
Tszyu throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mattiger.
Tszyu throws a nice looking combination but Mattiger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tszyu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mattiger tries to clinch up.
Tszyu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mattiger tries to clinch but Tszyu is having none of it.

Mattiger closes the distance and clinches.
Tszyu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mattiger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tszyu.

Mattiger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tszyu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mattiger moves in looking to clinch but Tszyu pushes him off.
Mattiger plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mattiger is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tszyu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mattiger tries to clinch but Tszyu moves out of range.
Tszyu misses with an uppercut. Mattiger saw that one coming.
A right-left combo lands from Tszyu.
Mattiger tries to clinch but Tszyu moves out of range.
Tszyu with a jab.
Mattiger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tszyu.
Mattiger on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mattiger tries for a takedown but Tszyu sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mattiger fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mattiger tries to clinch up.
Tszyu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Mattiger counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mattiger.
Mattiger looking to stall.
Tszyu lands with a right to the head.
Tszyu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mattiger backwards.
Tszyu works on Mattiger's body with a couple of short punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tszyu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tszyu lands with a right to the head.
Tszyu gets through Mattiger's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mattiger tries to pull guard but Tszyu won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Konstantin Tszyu dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mattiger defending well as Tszyu loads up on a big left hand.
Tszyu swats away the attempt to clinch by Mattiger.
Tszyu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mattiger on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Mattiger is rocked!

Tszyu moves into the clinch.
Mattiger is still on wobbly legs! Can Tszyu finish him?
Tszyu lands with a left to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Tszyu.
A shot in the inside from Tszyu.
Tszyu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tszyu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short left from Tszyu.
Tszyu throws an elbow that misses.
Tszyu lands a body shot.
A short right from Tszyu on the inside.
Tszyu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tszyu creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Mattiger with a big uppercut! Mattiger tries to clinch up but Tszyu pushes him back against the cage and lands another moster strike that crumples Mattiger to the mat! Mattiger covers up and Tszyu unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Konstantin Tszyu!