PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rusty Shackleford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Matiss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matiss has chosen Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy of Gold as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Shackleford
vs
Matiss

180 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

5th Round Clothing

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rusty Shackleford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mario Matiss!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shackleford darts in and clinches Matiss up against the cage.
Matiss working Shackleford over with knees to the body.
Matiss trying to land knees to the body.
Shackleford could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Matiss stops a takedown attempt from Shackleford.

Matiss manages to break the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Matiss.
Matiss is looking to slow Shackleford down with leg kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shackleford moves out of range as Matiss throws a body kick.
Matiss throws a front kick that sends Shackleford stumbling back into the cage.
Shackleford is breathing heavily.
Matiss scores with a head kick. Shackleford tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Rusty Shackleford has been cut.
Matiss throws a head kick that misses.
Matiss lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Matiss lands a big head kick that sends Shackleford tumbling to the mat! Matiss takes a step backwards and waves Shackleford back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Mario Matiss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matiss thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Shackleford if he has to take too many more of those.
Matiss seems to be stalking Shackleford here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Shackleford drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mario Matiss!
A very excited looking Mario Matiss made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.