PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Cassel (ranked 6849 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cameron Mathews (ranked 6577 p4p, 541 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mathews's choice of entrance music: Way Down We Go. Alexandre Cassel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cassel
vs
Mathews

175 cm
25
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
20
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexandre Cassel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cameron Mathews!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mathews scores with a leg kick.
Cassel throws a head kick but Mathews moves out of range.
Cassel lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Mathews closes the distance and clinches.
Mathews can't find room to land a body shot as Cassel controls the action.
Nice body punch from Mathews.
Mathews scores with a shot to the side of Cassel's head.

Mathews breaks the clinch.
Cassel throws a head kick that misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mathews lands a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Mathews.
A body shot lands from Mathews.
Cassel is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Mathews breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice shot by Mathews.
Mathews fails to land with a series of punches.

Mathews clinches up against the cage.

Mathews breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mathews throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cassel's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mathews closes the distance and clinches.
Mathews lands a right hand.
Mathews digs a right hand into Cassel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cassel's gas tank.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mathews.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mathews creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Mathews breaks from the clinch.

Mathews moves into range and clinches up with Cassel.
Mathews scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mathews is leaning against Cassel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mathews throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Mathews breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Mathews has closed the distance and engaged Cassel in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Mathews breaks the clinch.

Mathews lands a left and a right that send Cassel crashing to the mat, dazed. Mathews thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Mathews rushes Cassel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Mathews breaks from the clinch.
Mathews fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cassel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Mathews throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Cassel is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Cameron Mathews!