PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Blyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Matiss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blyer comes to the cage accompanied by Eye Of The Tiger. Matiss is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy of Gold. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blyer
vs
Matiss

185 cm
35
210 lbs
26 - 29 - 1

186 cm
35
210 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 26 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Rocky Blyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mario Matiss!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blyer misses with a hook. Matiss ducked under it nicely.
Matiss connects with an inside leg kick.
Blyer misses with a series of wild punches.
Blyer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Blyer.
Blyer misses with a looping left.
Matiss tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blyer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matiss throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blyer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Matiss thows a body kick. Blyer tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matiss shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Matiss - that will leave a mark!

Matiss lands a big head kick that sends Blyer tumbling to the mat! Matiss takes a step backwards and waves Blyer back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Rocky Blyer has been cut.
Blyer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matiss is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rocky Blyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blyer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matiss throws out the jab.

Matiss lands a big head kick that sends Blyer tumbling to the mat! Matiss takes a step backwards and waves Blyer back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Blyer is rocked!
Crack! A monster head kick from Matiss and Blyer falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Matiss!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mario Matiss!
During a confident post fight interview, Mario Matiss thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.