PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jojo Ang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ang
vs
Matthews

178 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
23
216 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jojo Ang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anton Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Matthews decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Matthews works his way into full mount!
Ang wants to control but Matthews is having none of it.
Matthews lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ang hang on?
Matthews tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Matthews with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Matthews.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matthews landing punches.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Matthews cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Matthews connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Matthews fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ang could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews lands a big shot there that rocks Ang but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ang tries to hold on but Matthews pushes him away.
Matthews working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Matthews content just to control the position here.
Matthews has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Matthews is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Matthews controlling the position easily from mount.
Matthews putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ang is desperately trying to improve his position but Matthews has a good base and remains in mount.
Matthews has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ang's face.
Ang is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matthews controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ang in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Matthews with good strikes from the mount here!
Ang takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Matthews connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Matthews working the ground and pound effectively.
Matthews controlling his opponent.
Matthews lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Matthews pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by Matthews.
Matthews is landing with some decent strikes but Ang is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Matthews sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Matthews lands a heavy elbow.
Matthews pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
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!
Matthews scoring with strikes but Ang is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthews controlling his opponent.
Matthews landing punches.
Matthews working the ground and pound effectively.
Ang is in a horrible position here. Matthews smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Matthews landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matthews lands a big shot there that rocks Ang but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ang knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Matthews on the ground.
Matthews connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Matthews lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Matthews gets the takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ang gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Matthews with good strikes from the mount here!
Matthews takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Matthews putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
BOOM! Matthews connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Matthews controlling from mount.
Matthews connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Matthews working the ground and pound effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews controlling the position easily from mount.
Matthews lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Matthews controlling from the full mount.
Matthews's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Matthews putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Matthews has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Matthews in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Matthews pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Matthews lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ang hang on?
Matthews controlling from mount.
Matthews scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matthews dominating with strikes here.
Matthews controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Matthews lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Matthews tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Let's hope that Matthews has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Matthews with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ang is in a horrible position here. Matthews smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Matthews scoring with strikes but Ang is staying in there.
BOOM! Matthews connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Anton Matthews has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matthews dominating with strikes here.

Ang is rocked!
Matthews unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Ang wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Matthews celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anton Matthews!