PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Machado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leif Nygard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nygard comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Metallica - Creeping Death kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Machado
vs
Nygard

180 cm
21
196 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
20
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricardo Machado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leif Nygard!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Machado does no damage.
Machado throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nygard blocks the body kick.
Nygard throws the left hand but Machado avoids the punch easily.
Machado throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nygard.
Machado will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Machado misses with a two punch combination.
Nygard slips under a jab from Machado.
Machado throws a right hand that Nygard ducks under and follows up with a left that Nygard also avoids with ease.
Nygard throws a looping overhand right but Machado ducks down to avoid it.
Machado rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nygard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nygard sizes up Machado with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Machado throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nygard.
Machado fails to land with a series of punches.
Nygard lands a jab to Machado's midsection.
Nygard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Machado throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Machado throws a leg kick but Nygard moved away.
Machado misses with a looping left.
Machado avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ricardo Machado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nygard misses with a looping left.
Machado lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nygard with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Machado misses with the combination.
Machado will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Machado checks a leg kick.
Machado misses with a double jab.
Machado pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Nygard back to the cage. Machado follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nygard throws a body punch but Machado moves out of range.
Nygard fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Machado has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Machado misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nygard lands a leg kick that knocks Machado off balance momentarily.
Nygard scores with a jab to the body.
Machado misses with a hook. Nygard ducked under it nicely.
Machado throws a hook to the side of Nygard's head but Nygard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nygard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Nygard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A bone on bone clash there as Nygard blocks the leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Machado.
Machado misses with a two punch combination.
Machado tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nygard misses with a straight left.
Nygard scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nygard lands a nice hook to Machado's body. Machado takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Machado is breathing heavily.
Machado misses with a double jab.
Machado gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nygard lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Machado drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nygard is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Machado.
Nygard keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Machado needs to keep his hands up - Nygard had a free shot at his head there.
A swing and a miss from Machado.
Nygard throws out a powerful jab.
Nygard lunges at Machado with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Machado's hand.
Machado throws a hook to the side of Nygard's head but Nygard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machado will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Machado gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Machado shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nygard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nygard does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nygard cracks Machado with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nygard misses with a hook.
Machado moves forwards but Nygard connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Machado tries to bum rush Nygard with a series of wild strikes but Nygard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Machado takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Machado on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nygard misses with an uppercut.
Nygard staying out of range there.
Nygard connects with a body shot that sends Machado's belly button to the back.
Nygard connects with the punch.
Machado throws a hook to the side of Nygard's head but Nygard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machado has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nygard.
Nygard cracks Machado with a good jab.
Machado misses with an uppercut.
Nygard moves into range and connects with a jab.

Nygard moves into the clinch.
Nygard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Machado's defenses.
Nygard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Machado is trying to break the clinch but Nygard has him pressed against the cage.
Nygard scores with a shoulder strike.
Machado tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nygard's elbow.
Machado tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice elbow from Nygard.

It looks like Ricardo Machado has been cut.
Nygard lands an elbow just above Machado 's eye.
Nygard lands a nice elbow.
Machado takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Machado takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nygard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Machado tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nygard.
Nice elbow from Nygard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leif Nygard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Machado's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Machado throws a sloppy head kick and Nygard moves out of range easily.
Machado misses with a double jab.
Machado sizes up Nygard with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nygard avoids a kick to the body.
Nygard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Nygard drops Machado with a beautiful combination! Machado stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Nygard is looking for the KO!

Machado is rocked!
Machado throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nygard just misses with a punch to the body.
Machado missing with a left hand there. Nygard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nygard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Machado shoots in and drives through. Nygard sprawls well.
Machado is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nygard.
Machado avoids the body shot from Nygard.
Machado misses with a jab, cross combination.
Leif Nygard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Machado on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Machado takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
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!
Machado misses with a wild combination.
Nygard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Machado looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nygard's jab looks to have found its range, popping Machado under the eye.
Nygard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Machado fails to land with a series of punches.

Nygard moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nygard.
Nygard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nygard prevents a body shot from Machado.
Machado takes an elbow to the temple.
Nygard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nygard pushes Machado back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nygard prevents a body shot from Machado.
Nygard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Machado's defenses.
Nygard lands an elbow just above Machado 's eye.
Nygard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Machado takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nygard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nygard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Machado is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nygard lands an elbow inside.
Nygard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Machado backwards.
Nice elbow from Nygard.
Oh Machado is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nygard.
Machado takes an elbow to the temple.
Nygard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nygard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nygard managing to block the knees to the body from Machado.
Machado tries a body shot but Nygard blocks it.
Machado seems to have got his legs back now.
Machado takes an elbow to the temple.
Nygard lands an elbow just above Machado 's eye.
Machado misses with the head strike.
Machado blocks an elbow strike.
Nygard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Machado takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Nygard.
Nygard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Machado wants to get back to striking at distance but Nygard won't allow it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nygard.
Nygard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Nygard.
Nygard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Machado's defenses.
Machado has a couple of punches blocked by Nygard.
Nygard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Machado's defenses.

Ricardo Machado's cut is getting worse.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nygard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Machado's defenses.
Nygard lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Machado to his knees! Nygard keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leif Nygard!