PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oswaldo Matis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Masters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Matis
vs
Masters

174 cm
22
173 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Syndicate Drugs

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oswaldo Matis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ken Masters!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masters moves out of range as Matis throws a body kick.
Matis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Masters feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Matis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Matis looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Masters passes into half guard.
Matis tries to get to full guard but Masters has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters is pressing down on Matis's thigh, looking to free his foot. Matis is holding on for now.
Matis has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Masters is working away from the top position though.
Matis is trying is best to control the position here.
Masters seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Matis is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Matis is controlling Masters's trapped leg to prevent Masters from advancing to side control.
Matis is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Masters's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Masters's back!
Matis scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Masters is looking for a way out.
Matis tries to get the hooks in deep but Masters pushed the leg off.
Masters trying to control the action but Matis just sinks the hooks in.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Matis looking for the choke from the back.

Matis has got his arm under Masters's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Masters has spun round into Matis's guard beautifully! Well done that man!

Matis looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Matis wants to control the position but Masters says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Matis is looking to control Masters's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Matis avoid being mounted?

Matis looking for submissions off his back.
Matis is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Matis is trying to maintain the position but Masters is very close to passing his half guard.
Masters perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Matis is trying to control but Masters passes into side control!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Matis being controlled for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ken Masters will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Matis is looking to clinch.
Matis stuffs the takedown attempt from Masters. Masters gets slowly back to his feet.
Masters shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matis misses with a takedown

and Masters counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Matis trying to get back to full guard but Masters takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Matis is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Matis is looking to escape.
Matis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Masters manages to capitalize on a mistake by Matis to take his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Masters avoiding Matis 's attempts to control his hands.
Matis is in bad spot here.
Matis tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Matis working to try and regain half guard.
Masters controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matis wants to control but Masters is having none of it.
Masters controlling from mount.
Masters prevents Matis from getting the reversal.
Matis is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Masters has taken his back!
Matis tries to escape but Masters has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Matis is working hard here to advance position.
Masters avoiding Matis 's attempts to control his hands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Matis is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Matis has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Masters showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Matis bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Matis trying to control the position but Masters is working away.
Matis looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Masters is avoiding damage well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masters can't do much from the bottom here.
Masters is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Matis's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matis trying to control from half guard but Masters is working away.
Matis not doing much here.
Matis trying to control from Masters's half guard. Masters has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Masters is trying to keep Matis in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Matis tries to free his leg and advance position but Masters is retaining full guard.
Matis preventing the sweep.
Matis stays in close to Masters's body and controls the position.
Masters keeping full guard, as Matis tries to pass.
Matis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matis advances to half guard.

Matis is trying for a kimura here. Masters looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Matis wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Oswaldo Matis!