PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Theo Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valravn Solefald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Solefald comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Valravn - Koder På Snor kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Matthews
vs
Solefald

225 cm
20
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
21
290 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Theo Matthews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Valravn Solefald!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Solefald shoots in but no luck this time.

Solefald closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Matthews did well to prevent Solefald getting side control.
Matthews is pressing down on Solefald's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Matthews throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Matthews keeping moving, preventing Solefald from controlling successfully.
Matthews keeping full guard, as Solefald tries to pass.
Matthews wants to sweep here but Solefald controlling him for the moment.
Matthews keeping moving, preventing Solefald from controlling successfully.
Solefald postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews looking to hit a scissor sweep but Solefald is one step ahead there.
Solefald stands and throws Matthews's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Solefald has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Matthews!
Matthews is in all sorts of trouble here.
Matthews is squirming around, avoiding Solefald's attempts to control the action.
Matthews slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Matthews looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Solefald trying to control the action but Matthews is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Solefald is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Matthews sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Well, if Solefald is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Solefald passes the guard and advances to mount!
Solefald wants to control the pace but Matthews is squirming around nicely.
Solefald landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Solefald controlling the position easily from mount.
Solefald prevents Matthews from getting the reversal.
Matthews is squirming around, avoiding Solefald's attempts to control the action.
Solefald controlling his opponent.
Solefald 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Solefald unloading with bombs!

Matthews is rocked!
Solefald landing punches.
Oh Matthews is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oooh a big shot lands for Solefald! Matthews is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Valravn Solefald!
A very excited looking Valravn Solefald rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.