PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Leston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leston has chosen . as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Machida
vs
Leston

185 cm
29
185 lbs
20 - 15 - 0

183 cm
23
192 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lyoto Machida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Leston!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leston tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leston tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Machida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Machida thows a body shot but no joy.
Leston looks to clinch
and Machida counters with an inside leg kick.
Leston tries to clinch but Machida moves out of range.
Leston closes the distance looking to clinch
and Machida counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Machida buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Machida swings for the body but Leston moves out of range.
Machida misses with a body shot.
Leston wants to clinch
and Machida counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Leston takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Leston tries to clinch but Machida moves away
and Machida counters with a nice low kick that buckles Leston's knee momentarily.
Machida connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Machida misses with an uppercut.
Leston takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tim Leston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leston tries to clinch up but Machida circles away and keeps his distance.
Leston moves to clinch but Machida breaks away
and Machida counters with a three punch combo that has Leston backing up. Leston nods at Machida to acknowledge the strikes.
Machida fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Leston looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Leston tries to clinch up
and Machida counters with an inside leg kick.
Leston tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leston wants to clinch
and Machida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida throws a looping overhand right but Leston ducks down to avoid it.
Leston tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Machida connects with a good right hand that stumbles Leston. Leston circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Leston instigates a clinch.
Leston managing to block the knees to the body from Machida.
Leston avoids a wild elbow strike from Machida.
Machida is pushing Leston up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Leston leaning against his opponent.
Machida is trying to maintain a safe position but Leston gets an underhook and turns Machida into the cage.
Leston blocks the elbow strike.
Machida has a couple of punches blocked by Leston.
Machida lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leston blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Machida takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Leston has Machida pushed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leston.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Leston avoiding damage as Machida throws knees to the body.
Leston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Machida throws a punch but it's blocked by Leston.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Machida lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Leston blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Machida looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Leston looking to slow down the pace here.
Machida is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Leston is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida has a couple of punches blocked by Leston.
Leston avoiding damage as Machida throws knees to the body.
Machida misses with some punches.
Machida tries to land knees in the clinch but Leston avoids the damage to the body.
Machida stalling the fight.
Leston prevents a body shot from Machida.
Leston just leaning against Machida, taking a breather.
Leston avoids a wild elbow strike from Machida.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Machida.
Machida misses with an elbow strike.
Leston manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Leston avoids the elbow strike from Machida, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A bit of stalling here from Leston.
Machida throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Leston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Leston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Machida misses with a knee strike.
Machida is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leston is defending well for now.
Leston avoids a wild elbow strike from Machida.
Leston blocks an elbow strike.
Machida landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Leston.
Machida swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Machida stalling in the clinch but Leston improves position.
Machida is breathing heavily.
Machida tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Machida is looking to control Leston's arms but Leston gets an underhook and turns him. Now Machida has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyoto Machida dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Leston's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Leston doesn't manage to clinch there - Machida circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight stays on the outside here - Leston looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Leston closes the distance looking to clinch
and Machida counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tim Leston is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leston tries to close the distance and clinch but Machida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Machida throws a body punch but Leston moves out of range.
Leston tries to clinch
and Machida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Machida throws a body punch but Leston moves out of range.
Leston closes the distance but Machida moves to the side
and Machida counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Machida sizes up Leston with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Leston closes the distance but Machida moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Leston slips under a jab from Machida.
Leston wants to clinch
and Machida counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Leston closes the distance and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Machida lands a good knee to the midsection. Leston won't want to take too many of those.
Machida misses with an elbow over the top.
Leston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Machida manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Leston is pushing Machida up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Leston blocks an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Machida seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Leston is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leston avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Machida tries to throw a body punch but Leston avoids it by throwing Machida back against the cage.
Come on Leston - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A head punch on the inside from Machida fails to land.
Machida tries a knee to the head but Leston blocks it.
Machida misses with an elbow strike.
Machida tries to work over Leston's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Machida throws an elbow that misses.
Leston just leaning against Machida, taking a breather.
Machida trying to control the position but instead, Leston has worked for underhooks and has pushed Machida into the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Leston avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on Leston's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tim Leston.
Machida takes a swing at Leston's ribcage but misses.
Leston tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Machida counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Leston thinking.

Leston closes the distance and clinches.
Leston is stalling here.
Machida looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The referee calls for Leston to work.
Machida misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leston.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Machida misses with some punches.
Leston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Machida is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Maybe Machida would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoto Machida.
Leston is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Machida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leston is looking to clinch.
Leston tries to clinch up but Machida circles away and keeps his distance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Leston tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Machida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Machida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leston avoids a kick to the body.
Leston wants to clinch.
Leston is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lyoto Machida will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tim Leston's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Leston is looking to clinch.
Machida misses with a body kick.
Machida circles away from the clinch attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Machida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Machida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Machida misses with a double jab.
Leston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leston moves in looking to clinch but Machida pushes him off.
Machida keeps the fight on the outside.
Machida throws a lazy right hand but Leston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Machida wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Machida swings wildly with an uppercut but Leston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Machida wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Machida tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Leston's elbow.
Machida has a couple of punches blocked by Leston.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Leston.
Machida tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Leston's elbow.
Machida doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Machida avoiding damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Leston takes a knee to the side of the body.
Machida tries to land knees in the clinch but Leston avoids the damage to the body.
Machida displaying some good clinch control by pressing Leston up against the cage.
Machida goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Leston leaning against his opponent.
Machida misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Machida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Machida throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Machida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leston.
Machida is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Machida misses with an elbow over the top.
Leston dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Leston receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Leston blocks an elbow strike from Machida.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Machida.
Leston is struggling to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tim Leston.
Leston wants to clinch but Machida slips to the side
and Machida counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Leston tries to clinch up.
Leston tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leston tries to clinch but Machida moves out of range.

Leston closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Machida misses with an elbow over the top.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Leston.
Machida trying to land knees to the body.
Leston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Leston blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Machida tries to work over Leston's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Leston blocks an uppercut.
Leston manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Machida tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Machida trying to stall but Leston improves his position.
Leston avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Machida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leston will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Machida up against the cage.
Leston blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Leston pressing his opponent against the cage.
Leston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Machida lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leston is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tim Leston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Leston comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Machida has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lyoto Machida!