PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Khan Dharma (ranked 4348 p4p, 4625 weight class) and Mateusz Mateusz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mateusz has chosen Marcin Najman-ostatnia walka as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dharma
vs
Mateusz

168 cm
24
152
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
135
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khan Dharma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mateusz Mateusz!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mateusz looking to score a takedown here. Dharma is defending well but Mateusz drives through and ends up in Dharma's guard.
Mateusz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Dharma is looking for a triangle but Mateusz pushes his legs off easily.

Dharma working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Mateusz has passed into half guard!

Dharma actively working from the bottom here.
Dharma tries to roll over but Mateusz keeps him under control.
Dharma is working hard here to advance position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dharma is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mateusz's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mateusz's back!
Mateusz covering up well under a barage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mateusz trying to control but not successfully.
Will Dharma go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Dharma has Mateusz flattened out and is raining down punches.
Mateusz looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

Dharma patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
I really don't envy Mateusz right now.
Dharma lands shots from the back.
Mateusz tries to roll but Dharma sticks to his back.
Mateusz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dharma. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mateusz showing good submission defense here.
Mateusz prevents Dharma from getting a body triangle.
Dharma avoiding Mateusz 's attempts to control his hands.
Mateusz is in bad spot here.
Dharma is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Dharma gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Dharma gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Dharma apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Dharma feints and as Mateusz raises his hands in defense, Dharma changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dharma scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dharma engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dharma working some strikes from top position.
Dharma stays in close to Mateusz's body and controls the position.
Mateusz looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Dharma puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Dharma is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mateusz is trying to control but can't.
Dharma is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Dharma with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dharma fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dharma scoring with strikes but Mateusz is staying in there.
Dharma wants to control the pace but Mateusz is squirming around nicely.
Dharma lands a heavy elbow.
Dharma landing punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mateusz is looking to get to half guard.
Dharma lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dharma fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dharma cracks Mateusz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khan Dharma dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dharma defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mateusz.
Mateusz looks to clinch

and Dharma counters with a single leg into guard. Mateusz didn't expect that.
Dharma has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mateusz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dharma lands a couple of digs.
Mateusz will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Dharma advances position into side control!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mateusz can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mateusz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Mateusz Mateusz has been cut.
Dharma is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mateusz can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dharma wants to control but Mateusz is keeping him busy.
Khan Dharma overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dharma cracks Mateusz with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dharma working the head with strikes.

Mateusz is rocked!

Dharma is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Mateusz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Dharma is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Mateusz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Dharma scores with a couple of short elbows.
Dharma is working Mateusz over with some ground and pound from side control.
Dharma trying to control the action but Mateusz is working from the bottom.
Dharma advances to full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dharma wants to control the pace but Mateusz is squirming around nicely.
Mateusz's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Dharma putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Dharma goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Mateusz turns into him and now he's in Dharma's guard.

Dharma is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mateusz defends well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Mateusz got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dharma has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mateusz has managed to get both his arms back between Dharma's legs - danger averted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mateusz wants to get up but he can't break Dharma's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Dharma is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dharma not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Dharma looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mateusz looking to sit in guard and control but Dharma gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dharma passes Mateusz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mateusz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dharma is working away from the top position though.
Dharma prevents Mateusz from improving his position.
Mateusz is breathing heavily.
Mateusz trying to control from the bottom.

Mateusz is defending against the submission attempts here by Dharma.
Dharma is trying to control the action in half guard but Mateusz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khan Dharma dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mateusz Mateusz's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Mateusz checks the leg kick.
Dharma throws a jab when Mateusz was well out of range.
Dharma tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mateusz tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dharma throws a looping overhand right but Mateusz ducks down to avoid it.
Mateusz with the counter takedown but Dharma avoids it easily.

Dharma rushes Mateusz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Dharma.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mateusz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mateusz keeps control of Dharma as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dharma wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mateusz is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dharma to keep the fight standing.

Mateusz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown attempt by Mateusz or perhaps it was just good defense by Dharma, which made it look bad.
Dharma feinted with a counter takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mateusz defending well as Dharma loads up on a big left hand.
Mateusz lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Mateusz moves to clinch but Dharma breaks away

so Dharma counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Dharma is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dharma missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dharma throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mateusz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dharma's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mateusz looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Dharma puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Dharma working Mateusz over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Dharma there.
Mateusz moves into full guard.
Khan Dharma is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mateusz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dharma advances to half guard.
Mateusz tries to get to full guard but Dharma has control of the leg.
Mateusz has hold of Dharma's hands but Dharma slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mateusz punching from the bottom.
Mateusz taking some punishment here, with Dharma in his half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dharma wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mateusz keeps working.
Mateusz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dharma keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dharma seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Mateusz for as long as he can get away with.
Dharma lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dharma is taking a breather. Mateusz says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Dharma wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mateusz keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dharma is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dharma not doing much here.
Dharma trying to control from half guard but Mateusz is working away.
Dharma looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mateusz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mateusz is in trouble now - Dharma has advanced to mount!
Mateusz Mateusz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dharma with a couple of short strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Khan Dharma showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dharma has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight for Khan Dharma!
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight for Khan Dharma!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Khan Dharma!

Khan Dharma wins by unanimous decision!