PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Clay Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sliski Stiw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Matthews
vs
Stiw

198 cm
20
191 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Clay Matthews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sliski Stiw!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matthews shoots in for a double leg but Stiw sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Stiw drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Matthews is looking for a triangle but Stiw pushes his legs off easily.
Matthews knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stiw on the ground.

Stiw stands up from Matthews's guard - Stiw perhaps looking for a knockout.
Matthews scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Matthews really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Matthews gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Stiw to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stiw is in close to Matthews's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Stiw drops back, looking for a kneebar! Matthews looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Matthews looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Matthews!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stiw tries to improve position but can't.
Stiw is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Matthews seems to be working for a kimura but Stiw defends the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stiw moves into full guard.
Matthews thows a big elbow that misses.
Stiw is adopting a defensive guard.
Stiw will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stiw keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Stiw is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Matthews blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stiw.
Stiw sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Matthews defending well though.
Stiw lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Stiw seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matthews blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stiw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Stiw in particular looking to stall.

Stiw is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Matthews sees it coming and defends easily.
Stiw prevents Matthews from standing back up.
Stiw working Matthews over with strikes.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Stiw in particular looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthews taking some punishment here, with Stiw in his half guard.
Matthews is breathing heavily.
Still in half guard, Stiw seems content to control.
Stiw has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Sliski Stiw was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Stiw shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Stiw showed some decent athleticism there.
Nice strikes from Stiw there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sliski Stiw dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Matthews throws a series of punches but Stiw avoids them all with ease.

Stiw scores with a takedown into Matthews's guard.
Stiw content to stall in guard here.
Stiw scoring with some ground and pound.
Stiw not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Matthews isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Stiw stacks Matthews on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Stiw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stiw working the ground and pound.
Stiw scoring with punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Stiw is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Matthews has escaped the position, nice work there.
Matthews seems a little lost for a moment, as Stiw dominates the positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stiw scoring with punches and elbows.
Matthews takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Matthews is letting Stiw control him for a moment.
Matthews tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stiw tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stiw raining down hammerfists from mount.
Stiw controlling the position easily from mount.
A big strike lands for Stiw! That's really hurt Matthews and he's turned his back - Stiw keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Stiw jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sliski Stiw!