PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moacyr Domingos De Matos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laz Icarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Matos comes to the cage accompanied by Kick Ass. Icarus is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Flying dutchman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Domingos De Matos
vs
Icarus

195 cm
33
213 lbs
36 - 17 - 0

194 cm
31
221 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 36 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Moacyr Domingos De Matos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Laz Icarus!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Icarus throws a leg kick which misses De Matos's front leg but catches the back leg as De Matos tries to avoid it.
De Matos throws a good cross that connects.
Icarus throws a series of punches but De Matos moves out of range.
De Matos is looking to slow Icarus down with leg kicks.
Icarus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Matos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Icarus.
Icarus fakes a jab and throws a low kick but De Matos checks it well.
De Matos avoids the body shot from Icarus.
Icarus misses with a straight left.
Icarus takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
De Matos lands a nice looking body kick.
Icarus blocks a leg kick.
Icarus misses with a double jab
and De Matos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Icarus misses with a hook. De Matos ducked under it nicely.
That kick from De Matos tenderised Icarus's leg. Icarus is trying to keep his angry face on.
Laz Icarus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Icarus. De Matos does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Matos throws a sloppy head kick and Icarus moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Icarus blocking some punches.
Icarus prevents a body shot from De Matos.
De Matos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from De Matos.
De Matos cracks Icarus with a nice body shot.
Icarus blocking some punches.
De Matos misses with a punch on the inside.
De Matos throws a head punch that misses.
Icarus is trying to stall.
Icarus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Matos.
Icarus taking a breather.
De Matos has a couple of punches blocked by Icarus.
Icarus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Icarus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Matos dodges an elbow strike from Icarus.
Icarus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Icarus struggles to land a body shot inside as De Matos controls his hands.
De Matos swings wildly with an uppercut but Icarus uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from De Matos fails to land.
I was talking to De Matos's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
De Matos lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Icarus.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Matos gets through Icarus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Icarus prevents a body shot from De Matos.
De Matos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Matos works on Icarus's body with a couple of short punches.
De Matos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De Matos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

De Matos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Icarus looks to land a right hand but De Matos moved out of range.
Icarus gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jab from De Matos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Icarus throws a combination that misses
and De Matos counters with a left to the body.
Icarus fails to land with a series of punches.
A lazy left from Icarus finds it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Matos. That's going to slow Icarus down.

Icarus has De Matos up against the cage in a clinch.
Icarus misses with a knee to the head.
De Matos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Icarus just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Matos's brow.
De Matos misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from De Matos.
De Matos lands with a short shot to the head.
Icarus stalling in the clinch but De Matos improves position.
De Matos throws a head punch that misses.
De Matos managing to block the knees to the body from Icarus.
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!
De Matos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Icarus backwards.
Icarus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Matos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Icarus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Matos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Icarus prevents a body shot from De Matos.
Icarus misses with a punch on the inside.
Icarus looking to throw knees to the head but De Matos is blocking nicely.
Icarus looking to stall.
De Matos swings wildly with an uppercut but Icarus uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Matos lands a shoulder strike.
De Matos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Icarus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Icarus throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Icarus trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

De Matos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Icarus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Icarus misses.
De Matos lands a nice shot that snaps Icarus's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moacyr Domingos De Matos dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

De Matos bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Icarus's head.
Icarus swinging wildly here.
Icarus's jab looks to have found its range, popping De Matos under the eye.
De Matos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Icarus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Matos moves out of range of the body kick.
De Matos lands a jab.
Icarus checks a leg kick.
De Matos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
De Matos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Icarus.
Icarus blocks a head kick by De Matos.
Laz Icarus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Icarus takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Matos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Icarus.
De Matos lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Icarus is predictable there
letting De Matos counter with a right hand.
De Matos with a hook.
De Matos scores with a head kick.
Icarus checks the leg kick.
De Matos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Some wild striking there from Icarus.
Icarus tries to close the distance and clinch but De Matos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Icarus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Matos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Icarus throws a body kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Icarus misses the target.
Icarus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Icarus throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
De Matos punishes Icarus's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Matos.
De Matos works the jab nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts De Matos, as that shot connected.
De Matos bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Icarus's head backwards.
Icarus throws the kick towards the body but De Matos avoids it.
A big left from Icarus misses.
Icarus tries to clinch up.
De Matos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Matos. Icarus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Icarus tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Matos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Matos jabs Icarus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
De Matos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Donk. Icarus catches De Matos right on the button with a cross.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Matos. That's going to slow Icarus down.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Matos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Icarus throws a jab when De Matos was well out of range.
De Matos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Moacyr Domingos De Matos is winning the standup battle so far.
Icarus takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Icarus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Icarus moves forwards but De Matos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
De Matos scoring well with a low kick there.
De Matos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Icarus is breathing heavily.
De Matos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Matos slips a jab from Icarus.
De Matos lands a leg kick that knocks Icarus off balance momentarily.
Icarus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Matos. De Matos obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Matos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Icarus.
Icarus missing with a left hand there. De Matos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Matos throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Matos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Icarus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Matos.
Icarus throws a right hand that De Matos ducks under and follows up with a left that De Matos also avoids with ease.
De Matos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
De Matos lands with a right hand.
Icarus misses with a straight right.
De Matos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Icarus at a distance.
Icarus takes one to the chin there.
De Matos lands a front kick.
De Matos bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Icarus's head backwards.
De Matos is looking to slow Icarus down with leg kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Icarus misses with a two punch combination.
Icarus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Matos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Icarus misses the target.
De Matos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Icarus eats them both and turns towards De Matos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moacyr Domingos De Matos dominated that second round.
That's time! De Matos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

De Matos misses with a wild combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Icarus checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Icarus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Matos. De Matos obviously looking to wear him down.
Icarus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Matos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Icarus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Matos lands a body shot.
De Matos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Icarus thuds a left hand into De Matos's body.
De Matos slips under a jab.
De Matos throws a low kick, looking for Icarus's leg but Icarus calmly moves out of range.
Icarus throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Icarus throws a lazy uppercut
and Icarus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Matos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Matos lands a slapping body shot.
A slow jab from Icarus misses its intended target.
De Matos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A head kick by Icarus misses
and De Matos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Icarus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice shot lands for De Matos.
De Matos blocks a low kick nicely.
De Matos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Icarus is able to avoid easily.
De Matos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Matos.
De Matos thuds a left hand into Icarus's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Icarus misses with a right hand
and De Matos counters with an outside leg kick.
De Matos connects with a looping right hand.
De Matos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The fight stays on the outside here - Icarus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Matos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Moacyr Domingos De Matos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Matos jabs Icarus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Icarus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Matos.
Icarus takes a jab right on the kisser.
A punch combination from Icarus misses.
Icarus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Matos.
Icarus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A cross from De Matos lands.
Laz Icarus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Matos lands a high kick!
De Matos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
De Matos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Icarus moves out of range of the body kick from De Matos.
De Matos moves out of range of the strikes.
De Matos lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Matos works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Icarus fails in his attempt to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Matos.
De Matos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A good leg kick by De Matos.
Icarus misses with a leg kick.
De Matos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Icarus misses with a double jab
and Icarus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Matos works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Icarus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Matos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De Matos throws out a powerful jab.
De Matos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Matos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Icarus misses with a looping left.
De Matos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
De Matos ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Icarus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A good leg kick by De Matos.
Icarus tries to bum rush De Matos with a series of wild strikes but De Matos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De Matos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Icarus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Icarus darts in trying to clinch
and De Matos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De Matos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Matos connects with a leg kick. Icarus looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
De Matos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Icarus can do to turn this around?
Icarus throws a poor cross that misses
and De Matos counters with a nice uppercut.
Icarus misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Moacyr Domingos De Matos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Matos 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moacyr Domingos De Matos!
Moacyr Domingos De Matos thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Laz Icarus was interviewed post fight and said 'It's surely sad to start like this in new org... but. It's life and all I want right now is some decent sleep and 5 shots of Russian Putin Vodka. '.