PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Vovchanchyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Vovchanchyn might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to the game. Machida has chosen Calm Like a Bomb as his entrance music. Wanderlei Vovchanchyn has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Vovchanchyn
vs
Machida

177 cm
38
208 lbs
26 - 15 - 0

180 cm
28
210 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wanderlei Vovchanchyn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Machida!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Bruno Lombardi and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machida throws a series of punches but Vovchanchyn avoids them all with ease.
Mark Machida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Machida throws a left and a right that both miss
and Vovchanchyn counters with a series of strikes. Machida will be more careful next time no doubt.
Some wild striking there from Machida.
A cross from Vovchanchyn lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vovchanchyn misses with a few strikes there.
Machida lands a two punch combo.
Machida scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Machida throws a lazy right hand but Vovchanchyn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vovchanchyn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Machida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vovchanchyn moves away.
Vovchanchyn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vovchanchyn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Machida misses with a two punch combination.
Vovchanchyn throws a series of punches but Machida avoids them all with ease.
Machida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vovchanchyn circles away quickly and effectively.
Machida misses with a series of wild punches.
Machida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Machida misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vovchanchyn lands a left and a right that send Machida crashing to the mat, dazed. Vovchanchyn thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Machida is rocked!

It looks like Mark Machida has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Machida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Machida fails to land with a series of punches.
Vovchanchyn lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Machida out cold! Machida is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the cage! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Wanderlei Vovchanchyn!
An out of breath Wanderlei Vovchanchyn thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.