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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by You're The Best. Machida has chosen For Whom The Bell Tolls as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Joe Young had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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223 lbs
12 - 10 - 0 |
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205 lbs
21 - 15 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyoto Machida!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young closes the distance looking to clinch
and Machida counters with a slapping leg kick.
Young wants to clinch up but Machida keeps it at a distance.
Young tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Machida counters with a good, hard body kick but Young shrugs it off.
Young tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Machida counters with a nice uppercut.
Machida scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young tries to clinch up.
Young doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Young moves to clinch but Machida breaks away
and Machida counters with a thumping low kick.
Machida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Young wants to clinch but Machida slips to the side
and Machida counters with a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Machida.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Machida circles away from the clinch attempt
and Machida counters with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Machida looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Machida tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Machida circles away.
Young forces Machida back against the cage and clinches.
Young slows down the pace here.
Young pushes Machida back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Young pressing his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
Young working aggressively here.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young lands with a light punch inside.
Young misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young controlling the action here for a moment.
Young struggles to land a body shot inside as Machida controls his hands.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
Machida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Machida controls the action.
Young stalls.
Young comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Machida dodges an elbow strike from Young.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Machida.
Young stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyoto Machida dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Young tries to clinch up
and Machida counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Lyoto Machida seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Young closes the distance looking to clinch
and Machida counters with a head kick that drops Young to the mat! Young scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Machida counters with a left to the body.
Young closes the distance looking to clinch
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young wants to clinch up but Machida keeps it at a distance.
Machida tries a head kick but it misses.
Machida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young circles away quickly and effectively.
Machida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Joe Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young closes the distance looking to clinch
and Machida counters with a head kick that drops Young to the mat! Young scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Young is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young tries to clinch up but Machida circles away and keeps his distance.
Machida misses the shot to the body.
Machida throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Young tries to clinch but Machida moves away
letting Machida counter with a right hand.
Young fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Machida, pushing him back against the cage.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young 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.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young lands a hook that snaps the head of Machida backwards.
Machida breaks the clinch.
Machida throws a head kick but Young moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young avoids the head kick by Machida.
Machida misses with a double jab
and Young counters by clinching up.
Machida tries to break free but Young pushes him back against the cage.
Young working aggressively here.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Machida's elbow.
Machida letting Young take a breather here.
Machida takes an elbow to the temple.
Young lands an elbow that stopped Machida in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Lyoto Machida has been cut.
Machida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Machida is trying to break the clinch but Young is controlling him.
Young struggles to land a body shot inside as Machida controls his hands.
Machida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Young lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Machida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Machida blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young lands with a right to the head.
Young stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyoto Machida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lyoto Machida'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. This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Machida.
Machida keeps the fight on the outside.
Young blocks a head kick by Machida.
Young fails in his attempt to clinch.
Young closes the distance looking to clinch
and Machida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A head kick misses from Machida.
Young tries to clinch
and Machida counters with a thumping low kick.
Machida looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Machida keeps the fight on the outside.
Machida throws a right and a left that Young avoids nicely.
Machida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Machida misses.
Machida lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Machida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Joe Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Machida connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Young wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida catches Young with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Young tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Machida counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young is looking to clinch but Machida is avoiding it.
Young 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.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to clinch up
and Machida counters with a left and a right that stings Young.
Machida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young wants to clinch but Machida slips to the side
and Machida makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Young has Machida up against the cage in a clinch.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Young.
A nice left hand lands by Young.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Machida's elbow.
Machida blocks the elbow strike.
Young stalling in the clinch.
Young throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Young working aggressively here.
Young misses with an elbow over the top.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Machida breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Joe Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young tries to clinch there but Machida circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lyoto Machida comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Machida winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Lyoto Machida!
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Lyoto Machida!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Lyoto Machida!
Lyoto Machida wins by unanimous decision!
Lyoto Machida was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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