PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Matiss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noel Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matiss's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy of Gold. Smith comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Duality - Slipknot kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Matiss
vs
Smith

186 cm
39
210 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

191 cm
38
224 lbs
34 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Reaper Combatwear
SP Ultimate Nutrition

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 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mario Matiss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 22 - 0, fighting out of New York, Noel Smith!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith looks to land a right hand but Matiss moved out of range.
It looked like Matiss was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Smith keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Smith takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Smith thumps Matiss with a low kick.

Matiss moves into the clinch successfully.
Matiss unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Matiss misses with a knee to the head.
Smith leaning against his opponent.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Matiss.
A head punch on the inside from Matiss fails to land.
Smith avoiding damage as Matiss throws knees to the body.
A short right from Matiss.
Matiss missing with knees to the body.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Matiss.
Smith looks winded!
A short uppercut from Matiss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matiss tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Matiss creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Matiss tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matiss lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Matiss working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Smith is pushing Matiss up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Smith can't find room to land a body shot as Matiss controls the action.
Matiss tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Matiss lands with a left to the head.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Matiss throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Matiss has him pressed against the cage.

Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matiss lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Matiss connects with an inside leg kick.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Matiss.
Smith slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matiss keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matiss feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smith's calf.
Matiss tries a low kick but Smith avoids it.
Matiss bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Smith's head.
Smith throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Matiss counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Matiss.
Matiss throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Matiss.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Matiss is keeping busy.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Matiss is controlling him.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Matiss lands a nice shot to the body.
Smith working aggressively here.
Matiss slowing the pace effectively.
Smith is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch on the inside from Matiss fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Matiss is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Matiss.
Matiss missing with knees to the body.
Matiss misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith stalling in the clinch.
Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Matiss tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Matiss misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Matiss fires out a quick counter leg kick but Smith just manages to avoid it.
Smith changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Matiss lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Matiss wants to slow Smith down by chopping away at his legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matiss dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Noel Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Matiss looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Smith lands a right hook to the body.
Matiss throws a nice outside leg kick.
Smith avoids a kick to the body.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smith throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Matiss counter with a right hand.
Good work by Smith as he checks the leg kick.
Smith throws a body shot but no joy.
Matiss appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Matiss connects with a single shot there.
Matiss connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Smith's hands.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
enabling Matiss to counter with a crisp jab.
Mario Matiss is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Matiss uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.

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

Smith is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matiss fakes the body blow, causing Smith to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Smith goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mario Matiss!
Our winner, Mario Matiss, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.