PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Decision Machine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Razor De Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Costa is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Synphony of Destruction by Megadeth. Decision Machine could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Razor De Costa's chin.

Machine
vs
De Costa

205 cm
21
245 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

200 cm
29
270 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Decision Machine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Razor De Costa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Costa misses with a takedown attempt
and Machine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Razor De Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Costa fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
De Costa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Costa throws a hook but Machine blocks it.
De Costa avoids the head kick by Machine.

De Costa shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Machine regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from De Costa.
De Costa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
De Costa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

De Costa is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Machine is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Machine has escaped and now he's on top!
De Costa keeping moving, preventing Machine from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machine engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Machine wants to control from the top but De Costa keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Decision Machine wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Machine lands a jab to the head.

Machine moves into the clinch.
A short left from De Costa.
Machine blocking some punches.
De Costa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Machine gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from De Costa.
Decision Machine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Razor De Costa.
De Costa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
De Costa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Costa misses with some punches.
De Costa has a couple of punches blocked by Machine.
De Costa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Machine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Costa wants a takedown but no success here.
Machine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Machine pushes De Costa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Machine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Costa's defenses.

It looks like Razor De Costa has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Costa tries to pull guard but Machine holds him up against the cage and eventually De Costa drops back down to his feet.
A nice left hand lands by Machine.
Machine landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Costa looks gassed!
De Costa has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Machine avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Machine lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from De Costa fails to land.
De Costa blocks the elbow strike.
Machine lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Costa backwards.
De Costa throws a head punch that misses.
Machine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Machine.
Machine lands an elbow inside that De Costa shrugs off.
Machine lands a knee to the body.
Machine tries to land knees in the clinch but De Costa avoids the damage to the body.
Machine scores a nice knee to the body.
De Costa managing to block the knees to the body from Machine.
Machine missing with knees to the body.
Machine landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Machine utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Machine.

That has opened up Razor De Costa's cut even more.
Machine lands a damaging elbow.

The cut above Razor De Costa's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
De Costa avoids the elbow strike from Machine, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Machine.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Costa has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Machine avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
De Costa takes an elbow to the forehead.
De Costa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Machine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Costa's defenses.

Razor De Costa's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Razor De Costa's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Decision Machine!