PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kota Punga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Matthews has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Matthews
vs
Punga

176 cm
23
184 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
170 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Matthews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kota Punga!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matthews chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Punga misses the jab.
Punga moves in looking to clinch but Matthews pushes him off.
Matthews changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Punga tries to clinch but Matthews moves out of range.
Matthews with a nice cross.
Punga misses with a leg kick
and Matthews counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Matthews lands a nice leg kick that just misses Punga's sensitive parts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Punga wants to clinch.
Matthews lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Kota Punga has been cut.
Punga fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Matthews darts in and clinches Punga up against the cage.
Matthews throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right handed body shot lands from Matthews.
Punga looks gassed!
Matthews lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Matthews.
Punga takes an elbow to the forehead.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Matthews takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Matthews obliges.
Nice body punch from Matthews.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Matthews.
Matthews digs a right hand into Punga's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Punga's gas tank.
Matthews scores with a shoulder strike.

Punga is rocked!
Punga is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Matthews using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Matthews manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Matthews has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Punga doesn't defend quickly enough and Matthews has managed to lock this one up! Can Punga escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Matthews on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Chris Matthews!