PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between krzysztof soszynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think soszynski might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to job for a cowboy. Matthews has chosen Bleed It Out as his entrance music. Vincent Matthews has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

soszynski
vs
Matthews

189 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, krzysztof soszynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Vincent Matthews!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
soszynski tries to clinch there but Matthews circles away.
Matthews slips a jab and a cross from soszynski.
A head kick misses from Matthews.
soszynski misses with a straight right.

Matthews fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. soszynski sprawls well initially but Matthews persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Matthews seems content to control.

Matthews decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Matthews is trying hard to land a takedown here. soszynski sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Matthews has closed the distance and engaged soszynski in a clinch.
Matthews avoiding damage.

Matthews manages to break the clinch.
Matthews showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from soszynski.
Matthews avoids the head kick by soszynski.
Matthews is looking to clinch.
soszynski looks to land a combination but Matthews avoids it well.
A big left from Matthews misses.

Matthews has closed the distance and engaged soszynski in a clinch.
soszynski throws a knee to the head but misses.
soszynski wants to break free but Matthews has control.
Matthews with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
soszynski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
soszynski tries to circle away but Matthews has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
soszynski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
soszynski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Matthews using the Thai plumb to throw knees but soszynski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
soszynski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Matthews has him pressed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Matthews takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Matthews manages to break the clinch.
soszynski avoids the head kick by Matthews.

Matthews moves into the clinch successfully.

soszynski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
soszynski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
soszynski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
soszynski is breathing heavily.
Matthews showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from soszynski.

Matthews closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Matthews with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Matthews lands a knee to the body.
soszynski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Matthews avoids it.
soszynski lands an elbow inside that Matthews shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews with an attempt at a knee that misses.
soszynski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
soszynski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Matthews using the Thai plumb to throw knees but soszynski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
soszynski lands a nice knee to the body.
Matthews tries to land a knee to the head but soszynski blocks with his arms.

soszynski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Matthews darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Matthews slips a jab and a cross from soszynski.
soszynski tries to bum rush Matthews with a series of wild strikes but Matthews uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Matthews drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matthews wants to control from the top but soszynski keeps moving.
Matthews controls from within his opponent's guard.
Matthews won't allow soszynski to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Matthews gets to his feet. soszynski looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

soszynski darts in and clinches Matthews up against the cage.
Matthews with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on soszynski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
soszynski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Matthews landing knees to the head.

soszynski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
soszynski takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
soszynski misses with a low kick.
Matthews buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
soszynski is looking to clinch.
soszynski looks to throw the jab but Matthews is out of range.

Matthews shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
soszynski is trying to stand back up but Matthews is controlling him
Matthews missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Matthews trying to control from soszynski's half guard. soszynski has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Matthews wanted to stand there but soszynski had control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincent Matthews dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

soszynski takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
soszynski tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab, jab by soszynski - just one landing.
soszynski blocks a head kick by Matthews.
Matthews walks into a jab.

Matthews shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Matthews showed some decent athleticism there.
soszynski pushes Matthews off looking to stand but Matthews dives back in and keeps control.
Matthews keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Matthews wants to control but soszynski is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Matthews stalling away here and it's allowed soszynski to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

soszynski wriggles free and stands up.
soszynski lands a glancing blow to the side of Matthews's head.
soszynski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Matthews instigates a clinch.
Matthews putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has soszynski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
soszynski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Matthews lands an elbow that stopped soszynski in his tracks for a moment.
Matthews with a knee to the head.
soszynski is trying to break free.
soszynski tries to break free but Matthews pushes him back against the cage.

Matthews pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Matthews scores with a hook to the body. soszynski takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
soszynski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Matthews.

soszynski shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than soszynski was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Matthews tries to reverse the position but soszynski maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
soszynski lands a big shot there that rocks Matthews but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
soszynski unloads with some shots from mount but Matthews bucks and avoids them well.
BOOM! soszynski connects with a massive shot to the dome!
soszynski throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
soszynski working Matthews over with strikes here.
soszynski throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
soszynski throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
soszynski thowing shots but they're missing.
soszynski punching from mount but Matthews doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Matthews tries to hold on but soszynski postures up.
Matthews really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
soszynski 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.
soszynski punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews wants to control but soszynski is having none of it.
soszynski lands a nice shot to the head.
Matthews is trying desperately to improve position.
Matthews in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
soszynski is in the full mount, landing strikes.

soszynski is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Matthews has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Matthews!
Matthews stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. soszynski swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Matthews stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Matthews throws a nice head kick!
soszynski throws a right and a left that both miss.
soszynski uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Matthews has time to react.
Matthews looks to land a combination but soszynski avoids it well.
Matthews fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but soszynski is out of range.
Matthews throws a sloppy head kick and soszynski moves out of range easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Matthews.
soszynski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Matthews counters with a two punch combo.
soszynski tries to close the distance and clinch but Matthews swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Matthews takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Matthews darts in and clinches soszynski up against the cage.
soszynski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Matthews changes levels and goes for a takedown here. soszynski fights it off and pushes away nicely.
soszynski throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that krzysztof soszynski will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

soszynski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Matthews dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Matthews misses the shot to the body.
soszynski throws a sloppy head kick and Matthews moves out of range easily.
Matthews pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A shot to de liver by Matthews. Beautiful body shot.

Matthews closes the distance and clinches.

Matthews decides to pull guard.
soszynski thows a big elbow that misses.
Matthews is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
soszynski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

soszynski avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
soszynski passes into half guard.
Vincent Matthews has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
soszynski is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
soszynski throwing shots but Matthews is blocking nicely.
Matthews avoiding damage under a succession of punches from soszynski.
soszynski trying to control from half guard but Matthews is working away.
Matthews is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Matthews works his way to full guard. Good work.

Matthews had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. soszynski is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Matthews Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take soszynski's back instead.
soszynski holding both Matthews 's hands and preventing any damage.
Matthews has soszynski flattened out and is raining down punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Matthews is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Matthews missing with strikes from the back.
soszynski covering up well and avoiding damage.

Matthews is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but soszynski has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews controlling from the back.
Matthews's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Matthews is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
soszynski wants to get back to his feet.

soszynski defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Matthews's arms.
soszynski has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vincent Matthews comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Matthews 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vincent Matthews!