PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Bernhard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matthews comes into a darkened arena with his song building. God's Gonna Cut You Down kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mike Bernhard has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bernhard
vs
Matthews

191 cm
25
197 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Bernhard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Chad Campbell and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matthews closes the distance looking to clinch

and Bernhard counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Matthews!

Bernhard is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Matthews has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Matthews!
Bernhard has a closed guard, preventing Matthews from standing up.
Matthews trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Matthews trying to control the position from guard on top but Bernhard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Matthews stands up from Bernhard's guard - Matthews perhaps looking for a knockout.
Bernhard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Matthews counters by clinching up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bernhard as Matthews tries to tie him up.
Matthews tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bernhard blocks an elbow strike from Matthews.
Matthews looking to throw knees to the head but Bernhard is blocking nicely.
Matthews lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Mike Bernhard has been cut.
Bernhard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Matthews is stalling here.
Bernhard is looking to break free of the clinch but Matthews has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bernhard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bernhard is trying to break the clinch but Matthews is controlling him.
Bernhard dodges an elbow strike from Matthews.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bernhard.
Matthews throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bernhard blocks it with crossed arms.
Matthews creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bernhard's defenses.
Matthews is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bernhard is keeping busy.
Matthews throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bernhard blocks it with crossed arms.
Bernhard blocks an elbow strike.
Matthews misses with an elbow over the top.
Matthews misses with a knee to the head.
Matthews throws a punch but it's blocked by Bernhard.
Matthews taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Matthews wants a takedown.
Matthews throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Matthews lands a right hand.
Matthews misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Bernhard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Matthews looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bernhard jumps into guard, dragging Matthews to the mat.
Matthews forces his way into half guard.

Bernhard kicks off Matthews and gets to his feet.
A punch combination from Bernhard misses.
Matthews tries to clinch but Bernhard moves away
and Bernhard counters with a nice body shot.
Matthews looks gassed!
Bernhard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matthews takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mike Matthews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bernhard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Bernhard drops Matthews with a left and a right! Oh, Matthews is hurt - Bernhard dives into side control looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bernhard taking a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bernhard lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matthews is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Bernhard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Bernhard's cut.
That's time! Bernhard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bernhard scores with a one two! Matthews had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Mike Bernhard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Matthews on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bernhard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Matthews tries to clinch up
and Bernhard counters with a left and a right that stings Matthews.

Matthews is rocked!
Matthews tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bernhard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bernhard connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Matthews tumbling to the canvas! Bernhard pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Matthews was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mike Bernhard!