PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Beugina Unki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Mattews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mattews's choice of entrance music: Killing in the name. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Unki
vs
Mattews

170 cm
29
144 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

176 cm
22
135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Beugina Unki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bob Mattews!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Unki fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Mattews to the ground. Unki is now in Mattews's guard.
Unki's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Mattews is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Unki 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.
Unki throwing strikes from guard but Mattews blocks nicely.
Unki sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Beugina Unki just wasn't active enough.

Unki shoots in and gets a takedown into Mattews's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Unki seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Unki throwing strikes from guard but Mattews blocks nicely.
Unki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mattews is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Unki works over Mattews with some ground and pound from guard.
Unki is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unki postures up and lands a big shot to Mattews's brow.
Unki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mattews is keeping the position for now.

Mattews escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Unki gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Unki passes Mattews's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Unki with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Unki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mattews is looking for a sweep. Unki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Unki is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Unki with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Unki lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Unki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mattews looks like he's trying to stand up.
Mattews is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Unki scores with a couple of nice shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Unki 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.

Mattews is rocked!
Unki is taking a breather. Mattews says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Mattews is still in real trouble! Can Unki finish him?
Unki throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mattews seems to have recovered his senses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Unki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Unki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Unki performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Unki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Unki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Unki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mattews with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Unki is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Unki landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Unki slips a nice elbow through Mattews's hands, connecting with Mattews's forehead.
Unki with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mattews is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Unki scores with a couple of nice shots.
Unki lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Mattews quite badly. Mattews pulls Unki in close trying to recover. Unki postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Mattews on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Mattews doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Beugina Unki!