PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Whyte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Matlock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Whyte has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Whyte
vs
Matlock

195 cm
19
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
285 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, David Whyte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Matlock!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matlock tries to close the distance and clinch but Whyte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Matlock pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Matlock drives through and clinches with Whyte against the cage.
Whyte tries to circle away but Matlock has him pinned against the cage.
Matlock tries to land a knee to the head but Whyte blocks with his arms.
Matlock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Matlock misses with a knee to the head.
Whyte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Whyte tries to break the clinch but Matlock is controlling the position.
Matlock working Whyte over with knees to the body.
Whyte is trying to force a seperation but Matlock has the dominant position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Matlock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whyte can't break the clinch.
Matlock connects with a nasty looking knee right to Whyte's face.

It looks like David Whyte has been cut.
Matlock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Matlock misses with an elbow over the top.
Matlock scores with a knee to the head.
Whyte working hard to break the clinch.
Matlock scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matlock with a knee to the head.
Matlock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Whyte has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Matlock.
Matlock with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Matlock.
Whyte wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Matlock has him pressed against the cage.
Matlock scores with a knee to the head.
Matlock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Whyte is breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Matlock.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matlock scores with a knee to the head.

Whyte is rocked!
A knee to the head by Matlock.
Oh Whyte is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Matlock crunches a lovely knee into Whyte's ribcage.
Matlock lands a big knee to the head and Whyte goes down! Matlock pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Matlock!
A very excited looking Ben Matlock 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.