PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tomoyasu Matsunaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Twist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Matsunaga
vs
Twist

165 cm
28
163 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

179 cm
23
161 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tomoyasu Matsunaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Twist!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsunaga misses with a body kick.
Twist fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Matsunaga looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Twist scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Matsunaga fails with the takedown
and Twist connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Twist scores with a leg kick.
Matsunaga lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Twist lands with a kick to the ribs.
Twist's jab looks to have found its range, popping Matsunaga under the eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Twist throws out a powerful jab.
Matsunaga walks forward, straight into a front kick from Twist.
A nice leg kick lands there from Twist.
Matsunaga walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Twist.
A nice inside leg kick there by Twist. That's going to slow Matsunaga down.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Twist. Matsunaga shrugs it off though.
Matsunaga is breathing heavily.
Twist cracks the inside of Matsunaga's front leg.

Twist has Matsunaga up against the cage in a clinch.
Twist with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twist lands an elbow inside that Matsunaga shrugs off.
Matsunaga fails to pull guard.
Twist prevents Matsunaga from breaking the clinch.
Twist looking to throw knees to the head but Matsunaga is blocking nicely.
Twist scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Twist creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Twist is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Matsunaga fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomoyasu Matsunaga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Twist lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Twist softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Twist landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Twist lands an elbow just above Matsunaga 's eye.
Twist creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Matsunaga's defenses.
Twist lands a damaging elbow.
Twist lands a body shot.
Matsunaga takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Twist presses Matsunaga against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Twist utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Twist creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Matsunaga's defenses.
Twist lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Twist crunches a lovely knee into Matsunaga's ribcage.
Twist lands a nice elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Twist.
Twist with a knee to the head.

Matsunaga is rocked!
Twist lands a big right hand that drops Matsunaga! The killer instinct kicks in and Twist finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Twist!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Twist!