PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matteo Claessens (ranked 6081 p4p, 568 weight class) and Moese Daldo (ranked 6326 p4p, 580 weight class). Matteo Claessens could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Moese Daldo's chin.

Claessens
vs
Daldo

180 cm
25
162 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matteo Claessens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Moese Daldo!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Daldo.
Daldo shoots for a takedown but Claessens saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Claessens scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Daldo has a takedown stuffed.
Claessens lands with a hook. Daldo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Daldo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Claessens pinned against the cage. Claessens gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Matteo Claessens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Moese Daldo.
Claessens rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Daldo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A shot to the liver by Claessens. Beautiful body shot.
Claessens fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Claessens lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Daldo at a distance.
Claessens scores with a shot to the body.
Claessens misses with a body shot.
Daldo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Claessens counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Claessens scores with a body shot.
Claessens lands a nice looking body shot.
Daldo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Claessens avoids it really well and circles away.
Claessens ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Daldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Claessens throwing a counter right hand but Daldo manages to avoid it.
Daldo misses with a takedown
and Claessens counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Claessens misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daldo unleashes a big counter combination but Claessens bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Daldo is defended easily by Claessens.
Daldo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Daldo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Claessens cracks Daldo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Claessens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Daldo.
Claessens looks to score with a jab to the body but Daldo is just out of range.
Daldo shoots in for a takedown but Claessens shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Claessens lands a jab-cross combination.
Claessens connects with a nice looking jab.
Claessens displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Claessens swings for the body but Daldo moves out of range.
Daldo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Claessens.
Claessens fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Daldo on the side of the head.
Claessens scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Claessens!
Daldo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Claessens lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A head kick by Daldo misses
and Daldo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Claessens stalks Daldo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Daldo's face. Daldo staggers backwards, shaken.

Daldo is rocked!
Matteo Claessens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daldo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Daldo is still on wobbly legs! Can Claessens finish him?
Claessens dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Claessens lands an impressive looking overhand right. Daldo doesn't seem phased though.
Claessens lands a jab-cross combination.
Daldo shoots in for a double leg but Claessens sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Daldo looks winded!
Claessens lands a head shot.
Daldo tries to clinch there but Claessens circles away.
Claessens is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Claessens digs a good body shot into Daldo's ribs.
Daldo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Claessens blocks a head kick by Daldo.
Daldo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Claessens fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Daldo to the ground. Claessens is now in Daldo's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Claessens scoring with punches to the head and body.
Daldo seems to have recovered his senses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Claessens throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Claessens throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daldo keeping moving, preventing Claessens from controlling successfully.
Daldo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Claessens is one step ahead there.
Claessens throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Daldo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Daldo is looking for a triangle but Claessens pushes his legs off easily.
Daldo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Claessens's guard.

Claessens looking to hit a scissor sweep but Daldo is one step ahead there.
Claessens keeping full guard, as Daldo tries to pass.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Claessens throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Daldo passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matteo Claessens dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Claessens ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Claessens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Claessens sets himself, and Daldo steps forward looking for the clinch! Claessens avoids it this time.
Claessens jabs Daldo right on the nose. Daldo blinks but takes it well.
Claessens throws a series of punches but Daldo avoids them all with ease.
Daldo tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Claessens connects with a body shot that sends Daldo's belly button to the back.
Claessens lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Claessens.
Claessens dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Claessens steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Daldo.
Claessens lands a slapping body shot.
Daldo tries to clinch up
enabling Claessens to counter with a crisp jab.
Claessens catches Daldo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Daldo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Claessens.
Daldo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Claessens displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Daldo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daldo takes one on the button.
Matteo Claessens is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Daldo walks into a left hand.
Claessens thuds a left hand into Daldo's body.
Claessens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Claessens is looking to wear down Daldo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Claessens works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Claessens lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Daldo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Claessens is working the combinations to good effect here.
Daldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Daldo has a takedown stuffed.

Daldo moves into the clinch.
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!

Claessens pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daldo shoots for a takedown but Claessens saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Matteo Claessens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Moese Daldo.
Claessens ducks under a wild hook from Daldo.
Claessens is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Daldo can do to turn this around?
Claessens connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Daldo momentarily.
Claessens throws a right hand that Daldo ducks under and follows up with a left that Daldo also avoids with ease.
A shot to the liver by Claessens. Beautiful body shot.
Claessens looks to land a combination but Daldo avoids it well.

Claessens closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Claessens is stalling here. Daldo is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Claessens seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Daldo has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Claessens is not content to let Daldo control the position.
Claessens tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Daldo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Daldo lands an elbow.
Daldo has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Claessens!
Claessens is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daldo looking to control but Claessens is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Claessens reaches up to try and control the position but Daldo seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Claessens rolls and tries to escape and now Daldo has his back!
Claessens covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Daldo throwing sloppy strikes.
Daldo trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Claessens wants to control his opponent's hands but Daldo gets his hands free.
Claessens is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Daldo is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Claessens is trying to break free.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Daldo controlling the positon.
Claessens tries to escape the position.
I would not like to be Claessens right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Daldo is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Claessens taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Daldo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Moese Daldo!
Matteo Claessens spoke after the fight, saying 'I will think about retirement.'.