PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bio Hazzard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Machida Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hazzard comes into the arena with Sweating Bullets blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hazzard
vs
Machida Alves

178 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

190 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bio Hazzard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lyoto Machida Alves!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hazzard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hazzard is looking to clinch but Machida Alves is avoiding it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Machida Alves.
Hazzard fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hazzard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Hazzard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hazzard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Machida Alves.
Hazzard putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Machida Alves in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hazzard unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hazzard looking to throw knees to the head but Machida Alves is blocking nicely.
Hazzard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hazzard landing knees to the body.
Hazzard just leaning against Machida Alves, taking a breather.
Hazzard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Machida Alves.
Hazzard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Machida Alves.
Machida Alves fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hazzard utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hazzard scores a nice knee to the body.
Machida Alves looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hazzard lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida Alves is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nice elbow from Hazzard.
Hazzard cracks Machida Alves with a nice body shot.
Hazzard lands a knee to the body.
Hazzard drops down looking for an ankle pick but Machida Alves pulls his leg out and moves away.

Hazzard moves into the clinch successfully.
Hazzard throws a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hazzard lands an elbow inside that Machida Alves shrugs off.
Hazzard has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Machida Alves is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hazzard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hazzard trying to land knees to the body.
Hazzard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hazzard misses with a punch on the inside.
Hazzard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Machida Alves avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hazzard lands an uppercut.
Hazzard lands a knee to the body.
Hazzard lands a good knee to the midsection. Machida Alves won't want to take too many of those.

Hazzard pulls guard.
Machida Alves loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Hazzard pushes Machida Alves off and scrambles back to his feet.
Jab by Machida Alves.
Hazzard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Machida Alves bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hazzard's head.
Hazzard is looking to clinch.
Hazzard tries to close the distance and clinch but Machida Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Machida Alves lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hazzard stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hazzard wants it to stay on the feet.
Bio Hazzard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyoto Machida Alves.

Hazzard moves into the clinch.
Machida Alves takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hazzard lands an elbow that stopped Machida Alves in his tracks for a moment.
Machida Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Hazzard.
Hazzard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hazzard throws an elbow but it misses.
Machida Alves avoids a wild elbow strike from Hazzard.
Hazzard prevents the takedown attempt.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hazzard just misses with a elbow thrown towards Machida Alves's brow.
Hazzard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hazzard lands a knee to the body.
Machida Alves wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hazzard missing with knees to the body.
Hazzard misses with an elbow strike.
Hazzard tries a knee to the head but Machida Alves blocks it.
Hazzard landing knees to the head.
Hazzard misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazzard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Machida Alves.
Hazzard throws an elbow that misses.
Machida Alves has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hazzard avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hazzard prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hazzard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Machida Alves blocks it with crossed arms.
Hazzard misses with a knee strike.

Machida Alves pulls guard successfully.
Machida Alves bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hazzard's guard.
Machida Alves passes Hazzard's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Machida Alves thows a huge punch but Hazzard dodges it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Machida Alves has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hazzard wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Machida Alves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bio Hazzard dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hazzard looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hazzard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hazzard tries to clinch there but Machida Alves circles away.
Hazzard is looking to clinch but Machida Alves is avoiding it.

Hazzard moves into the clinch.
Machida Alves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nice elbow from Hazzard.
Hazzard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hazzard missing with knees to the body.
Hazzard misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hazzard misses with a knee strike.
Machida Alves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Machida Alves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Machida Alves takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hazzard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Hazzard - that landed with a thud.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Hazzard.
Hazzard lands a knee to the head.
Machida Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Machida Alves jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hazzard walks away with a smile on his face. Machida Alves gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Hazzard enables Machida Alves to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Hazzard manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Hazzard wants to stand up but Machida Alves is controlling him.
Hazzard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Machida Alves on the ground.
Machida Alves sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hazzard's guard.
Machida Alves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hazzard keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida Alves is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Lyoto Machida Alves was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Machida Alves shoots for a takedown but Hazzard saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hazzard wants to clinch but Machida Alves slips to the side

and Machida Alves counters with a shoot takedown. Hazzard fights it but they end up in guard.
Machida Alves won't allow Hazzard to get back to his feet.
Hazzard might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Machida Alves is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida Alves is looking to work some ground and pound but Hazzard has wrist control.
Machida Alves looking to pass the guard.
Machida Alves postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Machida Alves controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Machida Alves wants to control from the top but Hazzard keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Machida Alves postures up in Hazzard's guard and throws a big left but Hazzard blocks it.
Hazzard keeping moving, preventing Machida Alves from controlling successfully.
Machida Alves stops Hazzard from standing up.
Machida Alves postures up in Hazzard's guard and throws a big left but Hazzard blocks it.
Machida Alves stops Hazzard from standing up.
Machida Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Hazzard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Machida Alves tries to free his leg and advance position but Hazzard is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyoto Machida Alves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hazzard closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bio Hazzard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hazzard drops his hands momentarily and Machida Alves takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Machida Alves shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hazzard as he avoids it easily.
Machida Alves misses with a takedown

and Hazzard counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hazzard tries to land knees in the clinch but Machida Alves avoids the damage to the body.
Machida Alves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Hazzard manages to break the clinch.
Hazzard fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck for Machida Alves with that takedown attempt.
Bio Hazzard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyoto Machida Alves.

Hazzard has Machida Alves up against the cage in a clinch.
Machida Alves is trying to drag Hazzard to the mat but Hazzard just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Machida Alves takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hazzard unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazzard crunches a lovely knee into Machida Alves's ribcage.
Hazzard unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hazzard lands a body punch.
Hazzard using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hazzard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hazzard lands a damaging elbow.
Machida Alves drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hazzard with a knee to the head.
Bio Hazzard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hazzard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Machida Alves backwards.
Hazzard landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Hazzard.
Hazzard lands a good knee to the midsection. Machida Alves won't want to take too many of those.

Hazzard breaks from the clinch.
Hazzard wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Machida Alves has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hazzard wants to clinch but Machida Alves slips to the side

and Machida Alves counters with a shoot takedown. Hazzard fights it but they end up in guard.
Hazzard wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Machida Alves manages to pass to side control.
Machida Alves thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hazzard's head.
Hazzard tries to kick Machida Alves off but Machida Alves keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Machida Alves is pressing down on Hazzard's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hazzard is holding on for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida Alves passes to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hazzard is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Machida Alves asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Hazzard parries the strikes from Machida Alves easily there. Machida Alves is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hazzard to escape.
Machida Alves in side control, throwing shots but Hazzard defends.
Machida Alves throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Machida Alves cracks Hazzard with a big right hand but Hazzard just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machida Alves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hazzard keeps working.
Machida Alves has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Machida Alves works to advance to full mount. Hazzard defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Machida Alves throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Machida Alves unloads with some shots from mount but Hazzard bucks and avoids them well.
Machida Alves misses with a head shot.
Machida Alves trying to control but he's not successful this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lyoto Machida Alves.
I think Machida Alves has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29

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