PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Redzy Brice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirachi Machita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machita is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: monster. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Brice
vs
Machita

185 cm
23
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Redzy Brice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mirachi Machita!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machita shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Brice as he jumps to the side.
Brice throws a series of punches but Machita avoids them all with ease.

Brice looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Brice trying to control the position from guard on top but Machita is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Machita is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Redzy Brice just wasn't active enough.

Brice dives in and scores a takedown into Machita's guard.
Brice trying to control but Machita is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Redzy Brice just wasn't active enough.

Brice drives through with a takedown into guard.
Brice looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brice is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Brice trying to control the position from guard on top but Machita is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Machita really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brice. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Redzy Brice just wasn't active enough.
Machita avoids the head kick by Brice.

Machita gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machita keeping moving, preventing Brice from controlling successfully.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Brice sitting in guard here, content to control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Redzy Brice.

Brice looking to score a takedown here. Machita is defending well but Brice drives through and ends up in Machita's guard.
Brice stays in close to Machita's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machita looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Redzy Brice wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Brice.

Brice is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Machita knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Redzy Brice dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brice looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Machita!
Brice connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Brice controlling his opponent.
Brice seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Machita for as long as he can get away with.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brice landing strikes from the mount and Machita is in trouble!
Machita is squirming around, avoiding Brice's attempts to control the action.
Brice putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brice throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Brice breaks from Machita's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Machita tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Brice with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Brice dominating with strikes here.

Machita is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brice is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Machita is surviving well by controlling Brice's body position as best he can.
Machita is still in real trouble! Can Brice finish him?
Brice looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Machita covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Redzy Brice!
Redzy Brice seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.