PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yang Terbaik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleksandr Matviyko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Terbaik might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I Want to Conquer the World - Bad Religion. Oleksandr Matviyko has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Terbaik
vs
Matviyko

187 cm
29
186 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

185 cm
27
200 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Namunamu Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yang Terbaik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oleksandr Matviyko!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matviyko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matviyko swings for the body but Terbaik moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Terbaik, right into the meat.
Matviyko throws a good cross that connects.
Matviyko lands the left hand.
A punch lands to the side of Terbaik 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Matviyko thuds a left hand into Terbaik's body.
Terbaik moves out of range as Matviyko strikes.
Matviyko missing with a left hand there. Terbaik was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Matviyko lands with a cross.
A big left from Terbaik misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Matviyko checks a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matviyko. Terbaik does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Matviyko misses.
Matviyko takes one on the button.

It looks like Oleksandr Matviyko has been cut.
Terbaik lands with an uppercut that bounces Matviyko off the cage and back into range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matviyko keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Terbaik ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matviyko throws a low kick, looking for Terbaik's leg but Terbaik calmly moves out of range.
Matviyko lands a right hook to the body.
Terbaik seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Matviyko swings for the body but Terbaik moves out of range.
Matviyko ducks under a wild hook from Terbaik.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Terbaik.
Matviyko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Matviyko fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Terbaik avoids the head kick by Matviyko.
Oleksandr Matviyko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Terbaik.
Terbaik jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Terbaik wants to land a leg kick but Matviyko is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Terbaik pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Terbaik. That's going to slow Matviyko down.
Matviyko lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Matviyko lands a jab to the head.
Matviyko blocks a low kick nicely.
Terbaik throws a leg kick but Matviyko moved away.
Matviyko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Matviyko bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Terbaik's head.
Terbaik lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Matviyko misses with a wild body shot.
Terbaik misses with an uppercut. Matviyko saw that one coming.
Matviyko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Terbaik moves away.
Terbaik needs to keep his hands up - Matviyko had a free shot at his head there.
Matviyko throws a jab when Terbaik was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Terbaik lands a big head kick that sends Matviyko tumbling to the mat! Terbaik takes a step backwards and waves Matviyko back to his feet - he wants the finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Terbaik buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Matviyko cracks Terbaik with a good jab.
Terbaik misses with a lunging right hand
and Terbaik takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Terbaik looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Matviyko throws a hook but Terbaik blocks it.
Matviyko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Terbaik misses with a straight right.
Matviyko throws a sloppy head kick and Terbaik moves out of range easily.
Matviyko just misses with a punch to the body.
Matviyko checks a leg kick nicely.
Matviyko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Terbaik throws a hook but Matviyko avoids it easily.
Matviyko looks to score with a jab to the body but Terbaik is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matviyko checks a low kick from Terbaik.
Terbaik lands a nice looking kick to the body. Matviyko takes a step back to recover.
Matviyko throws an overhand right that lands on Terbaik's shoulder, as Terbaik tries to avoid the shot.
Terbaik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Matviyko.
Terbaik fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Matviyko swings for the body but Terbaik moves out of range.
Terbaik avoids the body shot from Matviyko.
Matviyko thuds a left hand into Terbaik's body.
Terbaik lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Terbaik fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Matviyko has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Matviyko attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Terbaik throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yang Terbaik dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oleksandr Matviyko's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A solid body kick from Terbaik.
Matviyko checks a leg kick.
Matviyko throws a head kick that misses.
A left lands for Matviyko.
Terbaik lands a nice leg kick that just misses Matviyko's sensitive parts.
A big right from Matviyko misses.
Terbaik misses with a low kick as Matviyko jumps back.
Terbaik is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matviyko.
Terbaik buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Terbaik feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Matviyko's calf.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Terbaik throws a nice inside leg kick.
Matviyko tries to move into range but Terbaik moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Matviyko is breathing heavily.
Terbaik fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matviyko manages to avoid it.
Matviyko on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terbaik throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matviyko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Matviyko ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Terbaik throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Terbaik moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Matviyko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Matviyko blocks the leg kick.
Matviyko looks to land a combination but Terbaik avoids it well.
Matviyko misses with an uppercut. Terbaik saw that one coming.
Matviyko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Terbaik moves away.
Matviyko moves out of range of the leg kick from Terbaik.
Matviyko throws a body punch but Terbaik moves out of range.
Terbaik throws a half hearted mid kick.
Matviyko misses with a body kick.
Matviyko's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matviyko swings for the body but Terbaik moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Terbaik.
Matviyko moves away from the strike by Terbaik.
Matviyko connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A swing and a miss from Matviyko.
Terbaik does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Matviyko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Terbaik attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Matviyko's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Matviyko duly obliges.
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!
Matviyko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matviyko with a nice cross.
Matviyko swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Terbaik counters with a right hand to the body.
Matviyko swings for the body but Terbaik moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matviyko misses with a straight left.
Matviyko misses with a straight right.
A solid body kick from Terbaik.
The fighters circling - Terbaik throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Matviyko tried to score with a low kick but Terbaik checks it.
Matviyko lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Matviyko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Terbaik was well out of range. Poor timing from Matviyko.
Matviyko sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Terbaik bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A head kick misses from Terbaik.
Terbaik gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice shot lands for Terbaik.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matviyko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matviyko takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Terbaik thumps Matviyko with a low kick.

Terbaik lands a big uppercut and Matviyko crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Matviyko looks OK. Terbaik waves Matviyko back to his feet!

Matviyko is rocked!
Terbaik throws a head kick but Matviyko moves out of range.
Matviyko is still on wobbly legs! Can Terbaik finish him?
Terbaik fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matviyko manages to avoid it.
Matviyko seems to have recovered his senses.
Terbaik with a nice cross.
Terbaik throws a push kick but Matviyko slaps the foot to one side.
Matviyko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matviyko gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Yang Terbaik!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Yang Terbaik waved his t-shirt featuring Namunamu Clothing 's logo in front of the cameras.
In defeat, Oleksandr Matviyko stepped up to the mic, saying 'Yang is a very good fighter. I tried my best, and I am here to earn my way back to the top.'.