PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Carneiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marius Matei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marius Matei has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Carneiro
vs
Matei

186 cm
28
192 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

182 cm
26
194 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rafael Carneiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marius Matei!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matei dodges the punch combination from Carneiro.
A lazy left from Matei finds it's target.

Matei cracks Carneiro with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Matei has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Carneiro to stand back up!

Carneiro is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carneiro checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Oh Carneiro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Matei throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Carneiro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Carneiro seems to have got his legs back now.
Matei bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Carneiro's head backwards.

Carneiro gets tackled into the cage by Matei. Matei maintains the clinch.
Matei creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Carneiro's defenses.
Matei is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Matei's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Matei scores with a kick to the midsection.
Carneiro is breathing heavily.
Matei fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Carneiro to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Carneiro looks to clinch but Matei throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Carneiro taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Marius Matei!
Marius Matei very nearly forgot to thank CEC Nutrition Q160 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.