PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ars Moriendi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eliezer Machado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moriendi comes into the arena with Gojira- The Art of Dying blaring out of the sound system. Ars Moriendi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Moriendi
vs
Machado

185 cm
24
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

184 cm
18
218 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ars Moriendi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eliezer Machado!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Machado clinches up against the cage.
Machado stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Machado.
Moriendi fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Moriendi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Machado punishes Moriendi's body with a nice straight punch.
Moriendi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Machado but Machado pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Machado circles away from the clinch attempt.

Machado gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A right hook to the body lands for Machado.
Moriendi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Machado has him pressed against the cage.
Machado has Moriendi pressed against the cage, preventing Moriendi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Machado misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moriendi blocks an uppercut.
Moriendi is trying to push Machado away but Machado has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Moriendi wants to get back to striking at distance but Machado won't allow it.
Machado blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machado throws a punch but it's blocked by Moriendi.
Moriendi is trying to push Machado away but Machado has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Machado pushes Moriendi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Moriendi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Machado tries to throw a body punch but Moriendi avoids it by throwing Machado back against the cage.
Moriendi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Machado lands a hook to the side of the head.
Machado tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Moriendi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eliezer Machado is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Machado gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Moriendi is trying to break free.
Moriendi is trying to break the clinch but Machado is controlling him.
Moriendi wants to get back to striking at distance but Machado won't allow it.

Moriendi manages to break the clinch.
Moriendi tries to clinch but Machado moves away

and Machado moves into the clinch.
Moriendi wants to get back to striking at distance but Machado won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Machado should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Machado has Moriendi pressed against the cage, preventing Moriendi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Machado blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moriendi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Machado's elbow.
Machado digs a right hand into Moriendi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Moriendi's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machado stalls.
Moriendi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ars Moriendi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Still in the clinch, Machado scores with a nice short uppercut.
A body shot lands from Machado.
Machado misses with a punch on the inside.
Moriendi is trying to break the clinch but Machado is controlling him.

Moriendi breaks the clinch.

Machado clinches up with Moriendi and pushes him back against the cage.
Machado is stalling here.
Moriendi is trying to break free.
Moriendi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Moriendi has a couple of punches blocked by Machado.
Moriendi working hard to break the clinch.
Machado prevents a takedown attempt there.
Moriendi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Machado digs a right hand into Moriendi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Moriendi's gas tank.
Machado is leaning against Moriendi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Moriendi is breathing heavily.
Moriendi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moriendi wants to break the clinch but can't.
A bit of stalling here from Machado.
Machado lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Moriendi.
Machado is leaning against Moriendi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Machado stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Machado misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moriendi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Machado smiles and moves away.
Moriendi tries to clinch but Machado is having none of it.
Machado scores with a decent looking hook.
Moriendi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Machado as he jumps to the side.
Moriendi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Machado drives through and clinches with Moriendi against the cage.
Machado softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Machado tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Machado.
Machado pushes Moriendi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Machado - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Moriendi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Machado has him pressed against the cage.
Machado lands a shoulder strike.

Moriendi manages to break the clinch.
Moriendi tries to clinch
and Machado counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Machado displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Moriendi.

Machado closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Moriendi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Machado fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moriendi working hard to break the clinch.
Moriendi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Machado cracks Moriendi with a nice body shot.
Machado leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Machado's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Machado keeps control of Moriendi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Moriendi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eliezer Machado dominated that round.
That's time! Moriendi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Moriendi tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Machado holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Moriendi blocks an uppercut.
Machado stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Machado swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Machado takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Moriendi breaks from the clinch.
Moriendi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Machado as he jumps to the side.
Moriendi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Machado sprawls well. Machado wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Moriendi gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moriendi wants to clinch

and Machado counters by moving into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Machado lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Moriendi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Machado lands a body shot.
Moriendi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Machado blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moriendi fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ars Moriendi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Machado scores with a shot to the side of Moriendi's head.
Machado working aggressively here.
Machado lands a nice shot to the body.
The referee calls for Machado to work.
Machado lands a nice shot to the body.
Come on Machado - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Machado scores with a shot to the side of Moriendi's head.
Moriendi is trying to maintain a safe position but Machado gets an underhook and turns Moriendi into the cage.
Moriendi tries to land knees in the clinch but Machado avoids the damage to the body.
Moriendi misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Moriendi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Moriendi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Machado gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Machado controlling the action here for a moment.
Moriendi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Machado scores with a nice short uppercut.
Moriendi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Machado scores with a nice short uppercut.
Moriendi blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machado digs a right hand underneath Moriendi's ribcage. Moriendi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right hook to the body lands for Machado.
Moriendi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Machado working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Machado tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Machado slowing the pace effectively.
Moriendi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Machado blocking some punches.
Moriendi being controlled against the cage.
Machado has Moriendi pressed against the cage, preventing Moriendi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Machado scores with a shoulder strike.
Moriendi has had enough of the clinch but Machado keeps him there for the moment.
Machado lands with a light punch inside.
Moriendi working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Moriendi's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Moriendi breaks from the clinch.

Machado clinches with his opponent.
Machado works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Moriendi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moriendi is trying to break free.
Machado working aggressively here.
Machado stalling.
Machado works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Moriendi can't break the clinch.
Machado lands a body punch.
Machado lands an uppercut.
Machado works on Moriendi's body with a couple of short punches.
Eliezer Machado seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Machado content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Moriendi takes a shot to the head.

Moriendi is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Machado.
Oh Moriendi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Machado is struggling to control the position.
Machado lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Moriendi to his knees! Machado keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eliezer Machado!