PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marius Matei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucky Mussiono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Matei
vs
Mussiono

182 cm
28
194 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

182 cm
22
190 lbs
6 - 6 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Untouchable Fight Nutrition

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marius Matei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lucky Mussiono!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mussiono with a nice cross.

Matei has managed to clinch.
Mussiono lands a hook that snaps the head of Matei backwards.
Matei lands a good knee to the midsection. Mussiono won't want to take too many of those.
Matei tries to land a knee to the head but Mussiono blocks with his arms.
Mussiono avoiding damage as Matei throws knees to the body.
Mussiono is looking to take this one to the mat.
Matei putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mussiono in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mussiono is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Mussiono - that landed with a thud.
Mussiono is trying to break the clinch but Matei is controlling him.
Matei lands an elbow inside that Mussiono shrugs off.
Mussiono is working Matei over against the cage.
Matei tries to land a knee to the head but Mussiono blocks with his arms.
Matei missing with knees to the body.
Mussiono managing to block the knees to the body from Matei.
Mussiono wants a takedown but no success here.
Matei misses with an elbow over the top.
Matei trying to stall but Mussiono improves his position.
Mussiono takes a knee to the side of the body.
Matei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mussiono is defending well for now.
Mussiono takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mussiono has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mussiono managing to block the knees to the body from Matei.
Mussiono lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mussiono wants a takedown.
Marius Matei has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucky Mussiono.
Matei is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mussiono looks winded!
Mussiono takes a knee right on the jaw!
Matei putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mussiono in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mussiono blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matei lands an elbow just above Mussiono 's eye.
Mussiono avoiding damage as Matei throws knees to the body.
Matei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mussiono.
Mussiono looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mussiono letting Matei take a breather here.
Matei scores a nice knee to the body.
Mussiono avoiding damage as Matei throws knees to the body.
Matei throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matei utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mussiono takes a knee to the side of the body.

Mussiono has clasped his hands together around Matei's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Matei can't do much from the bottom here.
Matei is looking to regain half guard here but Mussiono keeps moving and retains side control.
Matei manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Mussiono is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Matei sees it coming and defends easily.
Mussiono is thwarting Matei's attempts to control the position.
Mussiono working Matei over with strikes.
Matei tries to get to full guard but Mussiono has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Matei looking for submissions off his back.
Mussiono moves into full mount! Matei won't be happy about that!
Mussiono controlling the pace for now.
Matei is controlling an arm, preventing Mussiono from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Matei tries to reverse the position but Mussiono maintains control.
Mussiono wants to take Matei's back but he can't do it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matei is looking to improve his position but Mussiono isn't that keen on the idea.
Matei is working hard here to advance position.
Matei manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Matei wants to improve his position but Mussiono is controlling well.
Mussiono is controlling the pace.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matei tries to roll over but Mussiono keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marius Matei dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mussiono connects with a looping right hand.
Mussiono moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mussiono is defended easily by Matei.
Matei throws out a loose jab but Mussiono uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mussiono was well out of range. Poor timing from Matei.
Matei missing with a left hand there. Mussiono was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Matei throws a hook to the side of Mussiono's head but Mussiono sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Matei throws a right and a left that both miss.
Matei misses with a double jab.
Matei throws out a loose jab but Mussiono uses good head movement to avoid it.

Mussiono looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Matei is trying to hold Mussiono in close to prevent damage but Mussiono has managed to pass into half guard.

Mussiono seems to be working for a kimura but Matei defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mussiono is trying to control. Matei wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Matei is trying to get back to full guard.
Matei is trying to stand.
Matei moves into full guard.
Mussiono passes Matei's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Mussiono is looking for a kimura here.
Matei is looking for a sweep. Mussiono is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mussiono slows the pace down in half guard.
Matei moves into full guard.
Mussiono wants to control from the top but Matei keeps moving.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Matei is looking for a triangle but Mussiono pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matei looking to control but Mussiono passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mussiono stalling.
Let's hope that Mussiono 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.

Mussiono is looking for submissions but instead, Matei has regained full guard.
Matei tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mussiono is fighting to break Matei's control of his arms but Matei is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matei looking for a sweep. Not yet Matei, not yet.
Mussiono showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Mussiono drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mussiono jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Matei is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mussiono trying to control but Matei is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mussiono's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucky Mussiono showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Matei is looking to score with low kicks.
Matei takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Matei misses with a double jab.
Mussiono scores with a hook to the body. Matei takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Matei walks into a jab.
Matei throws a lazy right hand but Mussiono sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Mussiono drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Mussiono landing a few strikes.
Matei manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Mussiono gets back to full guard.
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!
Mussiono lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Matei!
Matei sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matei wants to improve his position but Mussiono is controlling well.
Mussiono works his way into side control.
Mussiono in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Matei can't do much from the bottom here.
Matei is trying to improve his position.
Matei struggling a bit here.
Lucky Mussiono has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matei tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mussiono wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mussiono connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Matei some visible discomfort.
Matei is trying to improve his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Mussiono thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Mussiono wants to lay and pray for a moment but Matei keeps working.
Matei wants to control but Mussiono postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matei is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mussiono is looking to take a break and control but Matei is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Matei is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Matei trying to control from the bottom.
Mussiono looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Matei with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Matei is staying active underneath Mussiono, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Mussiono is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Matei is looking for a sweep. Mussiono is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Mussiono is looking for a kimura but Matei is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Mussiono to get the leverage.
Mussiono is looking to take a break and control but Matei is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mussiono trying to pass the guard but Matei defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matei wants to get back to full guard but Mussiono has mounted him!
Matei is looking to get to half guard.
Mussiono tries to control but Matei wriggling away.
Matei is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Matei has given up his back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Mussiono is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Matei defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Matei tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucky Mussiono comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mussiono has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucky Mussiono!
Lucky Mussiono thanked the fans post fight for their support.