PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darth Paduwan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morton Marshall Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paduwan comes to the cage accompanied by Bitch. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Paduwan
vs
Marshall Matthews

178 cm
31
146 lbs
23 - 12 - 3

172 cm
36
152 lbs
25 - 22 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 3, fighting out of London, Darth Paduwan !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 22 - 1, fighting out of London, Morton Marshall Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Paduwan clinches with his opponent.
Marshall Matthews told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Marshall Matthews blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A hook to the body from Marshall Matthews.
Marshall Matthews goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marshall Matthews misses with an elbow over the top.
Paduwan swings wildly with an uppercut but Marshall Matthews uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marshall Matthews throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paduwan s head.
A hook to the body from Paduwan .
Paduwan keeps control of Marshall Matthews as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Paduwan tries to land knees in the clinch but Marshall Matthews avoids the damage to the body.
Paduwan working aggressively here.
Marshall Matthews throws a punch but it's blocked by Paduwan .
Paduwan lands a hook that snaps the head of Marshall Matthews backwards.
Paduwan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Paduwan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Paduwan digs a right hand into Marshall Matthews's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marshall Matthews's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marshall Matthews lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Paduwan or not.
Paduwan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marshall Matthews tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marshall Matthews slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paduwan has Marshall Matthews pushed against the cage.
Paduwan takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Marshall Matthews fails to land.
Paduwan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marshall Matthews dodges an elbow strike from Paduwan .
Marshall Matthews misses with a body punch.
Paduwan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marshall Matthews is defending well for now.
Marshall Matthews lands a nice elbow.

Marshall Matthews breaks from the clinch.
Paduwan swats away the attempt to clinch by Marshall Matthews.
Paduwan misses with a leg kick
and Marshall Matthews counters with a big head kick but Paduwan shrugs it off.
Marshall Matthews misses with a looping left.
Marshall Matthews throws a half hearted mid kick.
Marshall Matthews slips a jab from Paduwan .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan keeps the fight on the outside.
Marshall Matthews moves to clinch but Paduwan breaks away
and Paduwan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Marshall Matthews's knee momentarily.

Marshall Matthews has taken the fight to the clinch.
Paduwan pushes off an throws an elbow but Marshall Matthews leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Paduwan .

It looks like Morton Marshall Matthews has been cut.
Marshall Matthews wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Paduwan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marshall Matthews.
Marshall Matthews swings wildly with an uppercut but Paduwan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marshall Matthews looking to throw knees to the head but Paduwan is blocking nicely.
Paduwan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marshall Matthews.
Marshall Matthews digs a right hand underneath Paduwan 's ribcage. Paduwan let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Marshall Matthews pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paduwan misses with a low kick.
Paduwan throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Paduwan takes the fight into the clinch.
Paduwan tries to work over Marshall Matthews's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marshall Matthews is trying to break free.
Paduwan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marshall Matthews avoids it.
Paduwan scores a nice knee to the body.
Paduwan pushes off an throws an elbow but Marshall Matthews leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Marshall Matthews on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Paduwan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marshall Matthews misses with a body punch.
Paduwan lands a right hand.
Marshall Matthews stalling in the clinch but Paduwan improves position.

Marshall Matthews manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Marshall Matthews.

Marshall Matthews gets tackled into the cage by Paduwan . Paduwan maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Marshall Matthews can't find room to land a body shot as Paduwan controls the action.
Paduwan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marshall Matthews backwards.
Marshall Matthews is working Paduwan over against the cage.
Paduwan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marshall Matthews lands a nice elbow.
Paduwan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Paduwan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marshall Matthews managing to block the knees to the body from Paduwan .
Marshall Matthews stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Paduwan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paduwan scores a nice knee to the body.
Marshall Matthews crunches a lovely knee into Paduwan 's ribcage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marshall Matthews tries to land a knee to the head but Paduwan blocks with his arms.
Paduwan has Marshall Matthews pressed against the cage, preventing Marshall Matthews from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Marshall Matthews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Marshall Matthews pushes Paduwan up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Darth Paduwan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Morton Marshall Matthews's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Marshall Matthews tries to close the distance and clinch but Paduwan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marshall Matthews doesn't manage to clinch there - Paduwan circles away.
Marshall Matthews pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marshall Matthews misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marshall Matthews looks to clinch
and Paduwan counters with an inside leg kick.
Paduwan looks to land a left hand but Marshall Matthews moved out of range nicely.
Paduwan lands with a hook. Marshall Matthews tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Marshall Matthews misses with a few strikes there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Paduwan .
Marshall Matthews is looking to clinch but Paduwan is avoiding it.

Paduwan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marshall Matthews presses Paduwan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marshall Matthews avoiding damage as Paduwan throws knees to the body.
Marshall Matthews tries to circle away but Paduwan has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall Matthews is trying to break the clinch but Paduwan is controlling him.
Marshall Matthews wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marshall Matthews lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Paduwan .
Marshall Matthews throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Paduwan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marshall Matthews.
Paduwan stalling in the clinch but Marshall Matthews improves position.
Marshall Matthews keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Paduwan 's efforts to push away.
Marshall Matthews tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Paduwan avoids it.
Marshall Matthews unloads a knee to the mid-section. Paduwan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Paduwan misses with a knee strike.
Marshall Matthews wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Paduwan has him pressed against the cage.
Marshall Matthews misses with a knee to the head.
Marshall Matthews trying to control the position but instead, Paduwan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Marshall Matthews into the cage.
Marshall Matthews misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Paduwan .
Marshall Matthews blocks a body shot from Paduwan .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marshall Matthews's efforts to push away.
Paduwan stalling in the clinch.
Paduwan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Paduwan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marshall Matthews is defending well for now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Paduwan .
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paduwan scores with a hook to the body.
Paduwan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paduwan looking to stall.
Paduwan blocking some punches.

Paduwan manages to break the clinch.
A low kick from Paduwan misses
and Marshall Matthews counters with a head kick.
Morton Marshall Matthews is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marshall Matthews tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paduwan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paduwan throws a hook to the side of Marshall Matthews's head but Marshall Matthews sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marshall Matthews scores with a head kick. Paduwan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Marshall Matthews closes the distance and clinches.
Marshall Matthews tries to throw a body punch but Paduwan avoids it by throwing Marshall Matthews back against the cage.

Paduwan breaks from the clinch.
Marshall Matthews misses with a head kick.
Paduwan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marshall Matthews's sensitive parts.
Paduwan keeps the fight on the outside.

Paduwan moves into the clinch.

Marshall Matthews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice straight punches there by Paduwan . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Paduwan .
Paduwan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donk. Paduwan catches Marshall Matthews right on the button with a cross.
Paduwan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've been told by Paduwan 's head coaches at ~T~ Troid - Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Marshall Matthews shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paduwan swats away the attempt to clinch by Marshall Matthews.
Paduwan throws a looping overhand right but Marshall Matthews ducks down to avoid it.
Paduwan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Marshall Matthews darts in and clinches Paduwan up against the cage.
Paduwan lands a knee to the body.
Marshall Matthews tries to stall but Paduwan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Paduwan lands a knee to the body.
Marshall Matthews is breathing heavily.
Paduwan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Paduwan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marshall Matthews in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Paduwan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paduwan loads up on a big right hand but Marshall Matthews slips the punch.
Marshall Matthews on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Paduwan . Paduwan obviously looking to wear him down.
Marshall Matthews ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paduwan moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darth Paduwan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Morton Marshall Matthews's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Paduwan clinches with his opponent.

Paduwan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Paduwan avoids the head kick by Marshall Matthews.
Marshall Matthews is looking to clinch.
Marshall Matthews scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marshall Matthews swings and misses with a hook to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Paduwan tries to land knees in the clinch but Marshall Matthews avoids the damage to the body.
Marshall Matthews looking to stall.
Marshall Matthews tries to work over Paduwan 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marshall Matthews avoids the elbow strike from Paduwan , against the cage.
Paduwan tries to stall but Marshall Matthews uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marshall Matthews.

Paduwan breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paduwan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Marshall Matthews misses with the combination.

Marshall Matthews has managed to clinch.
Marshall Matthews misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Paduwan .
A head punch on the inside from Paduwan fails to land.
Marshall Matthews with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Marshall Matthews breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marshall Matthews defending well as Paduwan loads up on a big left hand.
Paduwan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marshall Matthews's sensitive parts.
Marshall Matthews misses with a kick to the body.
Marshall Matthews swinging wildly here.
Marshall Matthews throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Paduwan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Marshall Matthews misses with a series of wild punches.
A big left from Paduwan misses.
Paduwan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Paduwan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paduwan throws a looping overhand right but Marshall Matthews ducks down to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paduwan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Paduwan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marshall Matthews tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paduwan swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marshall Matthews counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Paduwan closes the distance and pushes Marshall Matthews back into the cage.
Paduwan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marshall Matthews tries a knee to the head but Paduwan blocks it.
Marshall Matthews misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marshall Matthews blocks a body shot from Paduwan .
Paduwan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Paduwan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Paduwan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Paduwan leaning against his opponent.

Marshall Matthews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marshall Matthews takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paduwan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marshall Matthews on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Paduwan . Paduwan obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan throws a leg kick which misses Marshall Matthews's front leg but catches the back leg as Marshall Matthews tries to avoid it.

Marshall Matthews has taken the fight to the clinch.
Paduwan looking to throw knees to the head but Marshall Matthews is blocking nicely.
Paduwan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paduwan managing to block the knees to the body from Marshall Matthews.
Paduwan lands a damaging elbow.

Marshall Matthews manages to break the clinch.

Paduwan pushes Marshall Matthews up against the cage in a clinch.
Paduwan misses with a punch to the body.
Marshall Matthews avoids a wild elbow strike from Paduwan .
Paduwan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paduwan is looking to control Marshall Matthews's arms but Marshall Matthews gets an underhook and turns him. Now Paduwan has his back to the cage.
Marshall Matthews dodges an elbow strike from Paduwan .
Paduwan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Marshall Matthews up against the cage.
Paduwan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marshall Matthews.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darth Paduwan clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Morton Marshall Matthews's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Marshall Matthews closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Marshall Matthews doesn't manage to clinch there - Paduwan circles away.
Paduwan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Paduwan looks to land a left hand but Marshall Matthews moved out of range nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Paduwan .
Paduwan misses with a leg kick.
Paduwan throws a hook to the side of Marshall Matthews's head but Marshall Matthews sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paduwan misses with a hook. Marshall Matthews ducked under it nicely.
Paduwan blocks a head kick by Marshall Matthews.
Paduwan throws a leg kick
and Marshall Matthews counters with a head kick. That will keep Paduwan thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Marshall Matthews tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Paduwan counters with a straight right hand.
Marshall Matthews pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Paduwan does it's job there.
Paduwan tests Marshall Matthews's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Marshall Matthews is rocked!
Marshall Matthews's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Paduwan connects with a leg kick. Marshall Matthews looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Marshall Matthews is still on wobbly legs! Can Paduwan finish him?
Paduwan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Marshall Matthews tries to close the distance and clinch but Paduwan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paduwan circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Marshall Matthews to the canvas! Marshall Matthews doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Paduwan keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darth Paduwan !
Darth Paduwan retains his featherweight title!
A relieved looking Darth Paduwan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.