PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jason Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tapda Mattus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott comes to the cage accompanied by White Rabbit. Mattus has chosen My heart as his entrance music. Jason Scott has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Scott
vs
Mattus

180 cm
29
144 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

168 cm
30
145 lbs
13 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Experienced

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tapda Mattus!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A thudding body kick lands there by Scott!
Scott avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scott throws a head kick but Mattus moves out of range.
Scott misses with a wild body shot.

Mattus gets caught flat footed, as Scott shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Scott throws a big elbow that misses.
Scott passes into half guard.
Mattus trying to control but Scott postures up.
Mattus wants to improve his position but Scott is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mattus is looking to control Scott's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mattus avoid being mounted?
Scott is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Scott has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mattus is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mattus tries to roll over but Scott keeps him under control.
Mattus punching from the bottom.
Scott is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Scott working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mattus trying to control but Scott postures up.
Scott content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Scott lands a nice short elbow.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Scott in particular looking to stall.
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.
Mattus wants to improve his position but Scott is controlling well.

Mattus looking for submissions off his back.
Nice strikes from Scott there.
Mattus punching from the bottom.
Scott working Mattus over with strikes.
Mattus is trying to get back to full guard.
Scott lands with a punch from half guard.
Mattus is trying to maintain the position but Scott is very close to passing his half guard.

Mattus looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mattus trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Scott is working for a submission of some sort.
Mattus really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Scott. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mattus is trying to maintain the position but Scott is very close to passing his half guard.
Mattus is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Scott scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mattus missing with punches from the bottom.
Scott is trying to control the action in half guard but Mattus is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Scott looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mattus with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Scott connects with a nice short shot to Mattus's temple.
Mattus misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Scott is looking for a kimura but Mattus is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Scott to get the leverage.
Scott is thwarting Mattus's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott drops an elbow to the side of Mattus's head.
Scott landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Scott looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Scott moves into full mount! Mattus won't be happy about that!
Mattus is desperately trying to improve his position but Scott has a good base and remains in mount.
Scott working Mattus over with strikes here.
Mattus is working to get back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mattus gets back to half guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Mattus is looking to control Scott's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mattus avoid being mounted?
Scott seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Scott landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mattus is looking to control Scott's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mattus avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Scott dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mattus fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
It looked like Scott was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Mattus gets caught flat footed, as Scott shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Mattus is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Scott is in close to Mattus's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Scott lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mattus will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Scott scoring with some ground and pound.

Mattus working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Scott doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Scott manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Scott lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Mattus throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Scott chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Scott connects with a couple of short punches.

Mattus is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Scott is aware though and is defending well.
Scott passes Mattus's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Scott is looking to take a break and control but Mattus is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Scott working the head and body with strikes.
Mattus has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Scott is working away from the top position though.

Mattus looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Scott takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Mattus looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Scott scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Scott will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Scott looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mattus strikes from the bottom but Scott passes into mount!
Mattus tries to reverse the position but Scott maintains control.
Scott lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mattus is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Scott is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mattus can do to turn this around?
BOOM! Scott connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scott lands a couple of good shots and Mattus has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Mattus covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.

Scott looking for the choke from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.

Mattus is rocked!
Mattus wants to escape the position.
Mattus is still in real trouble! Can Scott finish him?
Mattus just trying to survive but Scott is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Mattus seems to have recovered his senses.
Scott is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Scott gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Scott gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Scott apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Scott has closed the distance and engaged Mattus in a clinch.
Scott is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mattus is defending well for now.
Scott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mattus blocks an uppercut.
Scott lands an elbow inside that Mattus shrugs off.
Mattus tries for a takedown but Scott manages to get underhooks.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but Mattus blocks with his arms.
Scott lands a knee to the body.
Scott connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Scott just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mattus's brow.
Scott throws an elbow but it misses.
Mattus is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Scott to keep the fight standing.
Jason Scott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tapda Mattus.
Mattus takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scott lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Scott throws an elbow but misses.
Scott throws a head punch that misses.
Mattus blocks the elbow strike.
Mattus slowing the pace effectively.
Scott misses with an elbow over the top.
Scott really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Scott crunches a lovely knee into Mattus's ribcage.
Scott lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Scott dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Scott scores with a decent looking hook.

Scott moves into the clinch.
Scott misses with a knee to the head.
Mattus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mattus avoids a wild elbow strike from Scott.
Scott misses with some punches.
Scott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mattus's elbow.
Scott connects with a knee to the head.
Mattus avoiding damage as Scott throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mattus backwards.
Scott tries to land a knee to the head but Mattus blocks with his arms.
Mattus tries to pull guard but Scott won't allow it.

Mattus wants the takedown. Scott is fighting it off but Mattus persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Scott's guard against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mattus scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mattus trying to control but Scott is working from the bottom.
Scott is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Scott is working for a kimura but Mattus is defending it quite comfortably.
Scott winds up and cracks Mattus with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Scott works his way into full mount!
Scott fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Scott avoids the attempt from Mattus to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mattus is in all sorts of trouble here.
Scott landing punches.
Mattus tries to hold on but Scott postures up.
Scott working Mattus over with strikes here.
Jason Scott overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Scott with good strikes from the mount here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Scott cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Scott with the ground and pound from mount.
Scott in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mattus is desperately trying to improve his position but Scott has a good base and remains in mount.
Mattus flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Scott landing strikes, looking to finish!
Scott lands a nice shot to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mattus can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mattus is working to get back to half guard.
Mattus tries to lock up and control but Scott gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mattus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mattus is trying to escape the mount.
Scott breaks from Mattus's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mattus is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Scott with shots to the head and body - Mattus looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jason Scott is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mattus wants to control but Scott is having none of it.
Scott wants to control the pace but Mattus is squirming around nicely.
Scott landing strikes from the mount and Mattus is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Scott lands a nice shot to the head.
Scott avoids the attempt from Mattus to control.
Scott postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mattus looks a forlorn figure.
Mattus swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Scott working away from the top, dropping strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mattus is looking to get to half guard.
Mattus is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Scott dominating with strikes here.
Tapda Mattus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scott raining down hammerfists from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Scott showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Scott has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 30:25
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:26
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Scott!
Our winner, Jason Scott, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.