PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Miles Trudeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitrione Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Trudeau
vs
Matthews

179 cm
22
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

167 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miles Trudeau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mitrione Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Trudeau.
Trudeau lands a right hook to the body.
Trudeau takes one on the button.
Matthews swats away the attempt to clinch by Trudeau.
Trudeau swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Left hook, right uppercut from Trudeau.
Matthews fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Trudeau checks it well.
Some wild striking there from Trudeau.
Trudeau changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Matthews tries to avoid it but Trudeau manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Matthews to the ground. Matthews escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Trudeau shoots in but Matthews avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miles Trudeau. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matthews tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Matthews clinches but Trudeau breaks the clinch

and Trudeau counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matthews pushes Trudeau away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Trudeau gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Trudeau wants to lay and pray for a moment but Matthews keeps working.
Trudeau lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Trudeau is controlling him well.
Trudeau is looking to take a break and control but Matthews is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trudeau in side control, throwing shots but Matthews defends.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Matthews moves into the clinch.
Matthews prevents Trudeau from breaking the clinch.
Matthews wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Matthews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Trudeau takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Miles Trudeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Trudeau shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Matthews's guard.
Trudeau pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Matthews is keeping the position for now.
Matthews keeping moving, preventing Trudeau from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Matthews is looking to stand up but Trudeau isn't so interested in that idea.

Trudeau decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Trudeau is breathing heavily.
Trudeau avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trudeau closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Matthews throws a right and a left that Trudeau avoids nicely.
Trudeau doesn't manage to clinch there - Matthews circles away.
Matthews throws a body kick the misses

and Trudeau holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Trudeau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Matthews lands a right hand.
Trudeau drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Matthews gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Trudeau wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Matthews scores with a shoulder strike.
Matthews wants to break free but Trudeau has control.
Trudeau tries to break the clinch but Matthews is controlling the position.
Matthews has a couple of punches blocked by Trudeau.
Matthews is looking to break free of the clinch but Trudeau has double underhooks.
Trudeau is looking to break free of the clinch but Matthews has double underhooks.
Matthews prevents a takedown attempt there.
Trudeau wants to break the clinch but can't.
Matthews keeps control of Trudeau as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Matthews wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Trudeau tries to pull guard but Matthews won't allow it.
Matthews lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Matthews wants to break free but Trudeau has control.
Trudeau wants a takedown.
Trudeau tries for a takedown. No joy.

Matthews breaks from the clinch.
Trudeau walks into a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Trudeau shoots for a takedown but Matthews saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Trudeau has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Trudeau there as he acknowledges the shot.
Trudeau will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matthews throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Trudeau cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trudeau circles away from the clinch attempt.
Matthews showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trudeau.
Trudeau avoids a punch combination nicely.
Trudeau misses with a two punch combination.
Mitrione Matthews is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Matthews throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Trudeau.
Matthews throws a nice looking combination but Trudeau bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trudeau lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Trudeau moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Trudeau lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miles Trudeau dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Trudeau lands a two punch combo.
Trudeau throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Matthews misses with a two punch combination.
Matthews fails with an attempt to clinch.
Trudeau shoots for a takedown but Matthews saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Matthews moves in looking to clinch but Trudeau pushes him off.
Trudeau misses with a jab, cross combination.
Trudeau darts in trying to clinch
and Matthews counters with a series of strikes. Trudeau will be more careful next time no doubt.

Trudeau scores a takedown into full mount!
Matthews is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Trudeau landing punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice elbow there by Trudeau.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trudeau controlling the pace for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Matthews is squirming around, avoiding Trudeau's attempts to control the action.
Matthews trying desperately to get to his feet.
Trudeau with a couple of short strikes.
Trudeau in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Trudeau will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Trudeau takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Trudeau lands a big shot there that rocks Matthews but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Matthews wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau looking to control but Matthews is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Trudeau knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Matthews on the ground.
Matthews is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Trudeau with the ground and pound from mount.
Matthews wants to get back to his feet.
Trudeau controlling the position easily from mount.

Matthews somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Trudeau.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Trudeau wants to control but Matthews is keeping him busy.
Trudeau working the ground and pound from side control.

Trudeau tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Trudeau fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Matthews is pushing Trudeau's head away, looking to escape. Trudeau manages to hold on to the position though.
Trudeau trying to control the position but Matthews is working away.
Trudeau lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Trudeau connects with a jab.
Matthews cracks Trudeau with an open hand slap.
Matthews showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trudeau.

Trudeau looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Matthews!
Trudeau takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Trudeau looking to ground and pound but Matthews is blocking nicely.
Matthews is trying to stand up.
Trudeau working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miles Trudeau dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Trudeau shoots in for a double leg but Matthews sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Trudeau shoots in looking for a takedown. Matthews tries to sprawl out of it but Trudeau keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Matthews manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Matthews tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Miles Trudeau is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Trudeau misses with a few strikes there.

Matthews instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Trudeau fails to land.

Trudeau breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Trudeau tries to close the distance and clinch up but Matthews swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Matthews takes the fight into the clinch.

Matthews breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matthews staying out of range there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Trudeau drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Trudeau scoring with some ground and pound.
Matthews has a closed guard, preventing Trudeau from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Matthews uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Matthews throws a series of punches but Trudeau avoids them all with ease.
Matthews tries to clinch up but Trudeau circles away and keeps his distance.
Matthews scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Trudeau scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Matthews pushes Trudeau away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Trudeau gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Matthews throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Trudeau is looking to clinch.
Trudeau swats away the attempt to clinch by Matthews.
A nice leg kick lands there from Trudeau.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trudeau connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Trudeau fails to land with a series of punches.

Matthews rushes Trudeau and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Matthews lands a nice uppercut.

Trudeau breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Trudeau fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miles Trudeau. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trudeau bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Trudeau scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Matthews takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Trudeau circles away from the clinch attempt.

Matthews gets a clinch.
Matthews lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards.
Trudeau is trying to break the clinch but Matthews has him pressed against the cage.
Matthews is looking to break free of the clinch but Trudeau has double underhooks.
Trudeau wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Matthews gets through Trudeau's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Trudeau tries to score a body lock takedown but Matthews shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Trudeau prevents Matthews from breaking the clinch.
Matthews lands with a short shot to the head.
Matthews working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Matthews wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Matthews breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matthews looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Trudeau scores with a one two! Matthews had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Trudeau throws a series of punches but Matthews avoids them all with ease.
Trudeau shoots in for a takedown but Matthews shows good takedown defense.
Trudeau fails to land the takedown.
Matthews misses with a double jab.
Trudeau scores with a one two! Matthews had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Mitrione Matthews has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matthews lands with a nice body kick.
Trudeau will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Trudeau shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Matthews bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Trudeau's head.

Trudeau forces Matthews back against the cage and clinches.
Trudeau fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Trudeau has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Matthews avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Trudeau wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Matthews working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Matthews lands with a right to the head.
Matthews lands a hook to the side of the head.

Trudeau manages to break the clinch.
Matthews throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Trudeau counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Trudeau breaks the clinch.
Trudeau shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Matthews as he avoids it easily.
Trudeau defending well as Matthews loads up on a big left hand.
Trudeau throws a nice looking combination but Matthews bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Matthews will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Trudeau.
Trudeau misses with a series of wild punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mitrione Matthews.
I think Trudeau has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miles Trudeau!