PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard de Von Rang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Runar Mathisen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

de Von Rang
vs
Mathisen

210 cm
24
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
22
240 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Nemesis Cage Clothing

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Richard de Von Rang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Runar Mathisen!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

de Von Rang tries to keep at a distance but Mathisen has taken the fight into the clinch.
de Von Rang looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Mathisen stalling in the clinch but de Von Rang improves position.
Mathisen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mathisen is trying to maintain a safe position but de Von Rang gets an underhook and turns Mathisen into the cage.

Mathisen jumps into guard, dragging de Von Rang to the mat.
Mathisen wants to stand and escape but de Von Rang is having none of it.
de Von Rang would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
de Von Rang will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Mathisen pushes de Von Rang off and scrambles back to his feet.
Mathisen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from de Von Rang.

de Von Rang has managed to clinch.
Mathisen lands a knee to the body.
Mathisen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mathisen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mathisen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. de Von Rang is defending well for now.
Mathisen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Mathisen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mathisen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and de Von Rang counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathisen tries to clinch up but de Von Rang circles away and keeps his distance.
Mathisen tries to clinch but de Von Rang moves out of range.
Mathisen is looking to clinch.
Mathisen tries to close the distance and clinch up but de Von Rang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mathisen tries to clinch but de Von Rang is having none of it.
Mathisen tries to clinch but de Von Rang is having none of it.
de Von Rang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mathisen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but de Von Rang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mathisen wants to clinch

and de Von Rang counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by de Von Rang.
Mathisen lands a knee to the body.
Mathisen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mathisen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mathisen is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and de Von Rang has denied him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Von Rang tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mathisen lands a good knee to the midsection. de Von Rang won't want to take too many of those.
Mathisen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
de Von Rang prevents Mathisen from breaking the clinch.
de Von Rang tries to pull guard but Mathisen holds him up against the cage and eventually de Von Rang drops back down to his feet.

de Von Rang ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. de Von Rang no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Mathisen slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
de Von Rang wants to stand but Mathisen is controlling the position.
Mathisen trying to control but de Von Rang is working from the bottom.

Mathisen gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathisen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mathisen is looking to clinch.
Mathisen tries to clinch but de Von Rang is having none of it.
Mathisen is looking to clinch but de Von Rang is avoiding it.
Mathisen tries to clinch up.
de Von Rang is looking to clinch.
Mathisen is looking to clinch.
de Von Rang with a hook.
Mathisen tries to clinch but fails miserably

and de Von Rang counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Mathisen wants to sweep but no luck.
de Von Rang is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Mathisen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Von Rang working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
de Von Rang is looking to work some ground and pound but Mathisen has wrist control.
de Von Rang won't allow Mathisen to get back to his feet.
de Von Rang keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mathisen's head.
de Von Rang works over Mathisen with some ground and pound from guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mathisen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but de Von Rang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mathisen tries to clinch but de Von Rang moves away

and de Von Rang counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by de Von Rang.
Mathisen wants to sweep here but de Von Rang controlling him for the moment.
de Von Rang distracts Mathisen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Von Rang is stalling in the full guard.
de Von Rang trying to control but Mathisen is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Richard de Von Rang will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Horrible takedown by de Von Rang or perhaps it was just good defense by Mathisen which made him look bad.

Mathisen drives through and clinches with de Von Rang against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
de Von Rang tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mathisen has de Von Rang pressed against the cage.
Mathisen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but de Von Rang gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mathisen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mathisen working de Von Rang over with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mathisen is looking to control de Von Rang's arms but de Von Rang gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mathisen has his back to the cage.
Mathisen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but de Von Rang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mathisen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. de Von Rang fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Mathisen closes the distance but de Von Rang moves to the side

and de Von Rang counters with a takedown into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mathisen can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Von Rang in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Mathisen can't do much from the bottom here.
de Von Rang prevents Mathisen from escaping the position.
de Von Rang scores with punches from side control.
de Von Rang misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
An elbow from de Von Rang crashes against the mat.
Mathisen is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, de Von Rang asserts his dominance and retains side control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
de Von Rang keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Richard de Von Rang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Runar Mathisen.

de Von Rang looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathisen wants to stand up but de Von Rang is controlling him.
Mathisen has a closed guard, preventing de Von Rang from standing up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Mathisen scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Mathisen tries to clinch up

and de Von Rang counters by moving into the clinch.
de Von Rang jumps guard but Mathisen stands there with de Von Rang around his waist. de Von Rang gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mathisen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
de Von Rang jumps guard but Mathisen stands there with de Von Rang around his waist. de Von Rang gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mathisen lands a knee to the head.

de Von Rang decides to pull guard.
de Von Rang bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mathisen's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Von Rang throws and elbow that misses. Mathisen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in de Von Rang's guard. Nice move by Mathisen!
Mathisen wants to stand but de Von Rang has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
de Von Rang keeping moving, preventing Mathisen from controlling successfully.
Mathisen has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of de Von Rang is proving hard to escape from.
de Von Rang trying to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
de Von Rang trying to keep a closed guard but Mathisen is proving a slippery customer.
Mathisen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
de Von Rang 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.
Mathisen trying to stand up but can't free himself from de Von Rang's guard.
de Von Rang keeping moving, preventing Mathisen from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard de Von Rang dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

de Von Rang looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Mathisen wants to get back to full guard.

Mathisen manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Mathisen wants to clinch

and de Von Rang moves into the clinch.

Mathisen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for de Von Rang.
de Von Rang lands a head kick. Mathisen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
de Von Rang swats away the attempt to clinch by Mathisen.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

de Von Rang shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Mathisen wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathisen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
de Von Rang missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mathisen looks like he's trying to stand up.
Mathisen is not content to let de Von Rang control the position.
de Von Rang is nestled in close to Mathisen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
de Von Rang throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mathisen works his way to full guard. Good work.
Mathisen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Mathisen keeping moving, preventing de Von Rang from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
de Von Rang circles away from the clinch attempt
and de Von Rang counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mathisen is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Runar Mathisen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

de Von Rang shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mathisen is trying to defend but de Von Rang finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
de Von Rang is looking to take a break and control but Mathisen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Mathisen makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

de Von Rang rushes Mathisen and presses him up against the cage.
de Von Rang fails to pull guard.
Mathisen lands a nice elbow.
de Von Rang tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mathisen smiles and moves away.
Mathisen doesn't manage to clinch there - de Von Rang circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathisen wants to clinch but de Von Rang slips to the side

and de Von Rang counters with a takedown into side control.
Mathisen tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

de Von Rang tightening his grip on Mathisen, looking for the choke.
de Von Rang has Mathisen flattened out and is raining down punches.
Mathisen looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

de Von Rang tightening his grip on Mathisen, looking for the choke.
de Von Rang softening up his opponent with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Von Rang is looking to control Mathisen but Mathisen is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Mathisen breaks de Von Rang's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
de Von Rang has control of Mathisen's left arm, preventing Mathisen from doing any damage.
de Von Rang trying to control the position.
de Von Rang has a closed guard, preventing Mathisen from standing up.
Runar Mathisen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Richard de Von Rang is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
de Von Rang looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard de Von Rang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for de Von Rang, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard de Von Rang!