PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Monty Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hijo Te Chingas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Matthews
vs
Te Chingas

185 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
163 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Monty Matthews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hijo Te Chingas!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matthews looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Matthews looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Te Chingas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Matthews on the side of the head.
Te Chingas closes the distance looking to clinch

and Matthews counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Matthews drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Matthews jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Te Chingas had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Matthews defends it easily.
Matthews is looking to work some ground and pound but Te Chingas has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Matthews drops back looking for a leg! Te Chingas is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Te Chingas manages to kick Matthews off! Matthews jumps back into Te Chingas's guard.
Matthews passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Matthews maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Te Chingas could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Matthews has cracked it and Te Chingas is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Matthews!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Monty Matthews!
Monty Matthews decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.