PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Staal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yokida Matae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Staal might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to We built this city. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Staal
vs
Matae

195 cm
34
230 lbs
35 - 13 - 0

190 cm
36
271 lbs
35 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bad Man Clothing

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Staal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yokida Matae!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matae moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Staal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matae misses with a head kick.
Matae is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Matae misses with a right hand
and Staal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Staal throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Staal.
Staal stuffs the takedown attempt from Matae. Matae gets slowly back to his feet.
Staal pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Matae gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Staal trying to stall but Matae improves his position.
Matae struggles to land a body shot inside as Staal controls his hands.
Staal is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matae goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Staal is trying to maintain a safe position but Matae gets an underhook and turns Staal into the cage.
Matae stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Matae misses with a short punch on the inside.
Staal scores a nice knee to the body.
Matae scores with a nice hook to the head.
Matae throws a punch but it's blocked by Staal.
Staal missing with knees to the body.
Staal blocks a body shot from Matae.
Staal blocks an uppercut.
Matae is looking to break free of the clinch but Staal has double underhooks.
Matae tries to throw a body punch but Staal avoids it by throwing Matae back against the cage.
Staal blocks an uppercut.
Staal lands an uppercut.
Staal slowing the pace effectively.
Matae lands a left hand that snaps the head of Staal backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Staal has a couple of punches blocked by Matae.
Matae tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Matae throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Staal.
Staal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Matae is defending well for now.
Matae misses with a hook from the clinch.
Matae lands with a light punch inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Matae swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Matae lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Staal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matae takes a knee to the side of the body.
Matae tries to work over Staal's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Matae.
Matae being controlled against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Staal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Staal is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Matae is keeping busy.
Matae misses with a punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Staal.
Matae can't find room to land a body shot as Staal controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matae.
Staal takes a shot to the head.
Matae misses with some punches.
Staal lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Yokida Matae has been cut.
Staal crunches a lovely knee into Matae's ribcage.
Staal lands a good knee to the midsection. Matae won't want to take too many of those.
Matae looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Staal slows down the pace here.
Matae is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Staal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Staal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Matae avoids it.
A short right from Matae.
Staal stalling against the cage.
Matae avoids the elbow strike from Staal, against the cage.
Staal prevents Matae from breaking the clinch.
Matae misses with the head strike.
Matae misses with a body punch.
Matae misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Matae creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Matae scores with a shot to the side of Staal's head.
Matae doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Staal blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Staal prevents a body shot from Matae.
Matae holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Staal trying to control the position but instead, Matae has worked for underhooks and has pushed Staal into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Yokida Matae will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yokida Matae's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Staal throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Matae to counter with a crisp jab.
Matae swings widly with a right hand
and Staal counters with a left to the body.
Staal chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Matae goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Staal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matae drops his hands momentarily and Staal takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Staal avoids the body shot from Matae.
Staal misses with a low kick as Matae jumps back.
Matae misses with an uppercut
and Staal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matae tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Staal was well out of range. Poor timing from Matae.
Matae is looking to clinch but Staal is avoiding it.

Staal lands a big head kick that sends Matae tumbling to the mat! Staal takes a step backwards and waves Matae back to his feet - he wants the finish!
John Staal is winning the standup battle so far.

Staal lands a big right hand that sends Matae crashing to the mat! Staal stays standing though and waves Matae back to his feet!

Matae is rocked!

That has opened up Yokida Matae's cut even more.
Matae gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Staal gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Staal!
After winning the bout, John Staal thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.