PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Matice Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ian Somerhalder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Somerhalder has chosen Clawfinger - God Is Dead as his entrance music. Gregory Matice Jr could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ian Somerhalder's chin.

Matice Jr
vs
Somerhalder

174 cm
20
165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

177 cm
21
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gregory Matice Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ian Somerhalder!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Matice Jr scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Somerhalder trying to control from the bottom.
Matice Jr trying to mount his opponent but Somerhalder defends it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Somerhalder can do anything to dispel that myth.
Matice Jr's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Gregory Matice Jr just wasn't active enough.
Matice Jr shoots in and drives through. Somerhalder sprawls well.
Somerhalder leaves Matice Jr with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Crunch! Matice Jr slams his shin into Somerhalder's torso.

Somerhalder gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Somerhalder breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Somerhalder fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matice Jr closes this distance looking for a takedown but Somerhalder circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gregory Matice Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Somerhalder looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Somerhalder tries to close the distance and clinch but Matice Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Somerhalder wants to clinch

and Matice Jr decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Somerhalder's guard.
Matice Jr sitting in guard here, content to control.
Somerhalder working a defensive guard here.
Matice Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Matice Jr misses with a leg kick.

Matice Jr scores a takedown into full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matice Jr looking to control and managing it successfully.
Somerhalder is bucking up trying to escape but Matice Jr cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Matice Jr controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matice Jr in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Matice Jr controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Matice Jr cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory Matice Jr dominated that round.
That's time! Matice Jr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Matice Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Somerhalder stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Somerhalder wants it to stay on the feet.
Matice Jr bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

It looks like Ian Somerhalder has been cut.
Matice Jr fails with the takedown.
Matice Jr throws a right hand that Somerhalder ducks under and follows up with a left that Somerhalder also avoids with ease.
Matice Jr misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gregory Matice Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Somerhalder looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matice Jr misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Somerhalder tries to clinch up.
Somerhalder doesn't manage to clinch there - Matice Jr circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Somerhalder. Matice Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Matice Jr misses with an uppercut.
Matice Jr shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Somerhalder pinned against the cage. Somerhalder gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Somerhalder wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matice Jr misses with a looping left.
Somerhalder wants to clinch.

Somerhalder fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Matice Jr, pushing him back against the cage.

Matice Jr has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Somerhalder is trying to keep an underhook but Matice Jr manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Matice Jr has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Matice Jr looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matice Jr looking to finish with strikes here!
Somerhalder tries to hold on but Matice Jr postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matice Jr tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Somerhalder is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matice Jr takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Gregory Matice Jr has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Matice Jr misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Matice Jr shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Somerhalder but Somerhalder pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Somerhalder looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matice Jr keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory Matice Jr dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ian Somerhalder's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Matice Jr drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Somerhalder prevents Matice Jr from moving into mount.
Somerhalder is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Matice Jr is controlling him well.
Matice Jr controls the position.
Somerhalder looks to move to half guard but instead Matice Jr has passed into mount! Damn!
Matice Jr controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matice Jr seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Somerhalder for as long as he can get away with.
Gregory Matice Jr overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gregory Matice Jr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Gregory Matice Jr wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Matice Jr fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Somerhalder checks it well.
Somerhalder motions for Matice Jr to come forward. Somerhalder throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Somerhalder misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Matice Jr darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Matice Jr is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matice Jr takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gregory Matice Jr.

Matice Jr shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Somerhalder napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Matice Jr in side control, just content to control the action for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gregory Matice Jr showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Matice Jr, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gregory Matice Jr!