PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ed Eleci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Machini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eleci's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Die For Metal. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Eleci
vs
Machini

189 cm
20
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ed Eleci!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Machini!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eleci fails with an attempt to clinch.
Machini closes the distance and clinches up with Eleci, looking for a takedown. Machini pushes Eleci against the cage but Eleci circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Machini is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Machini misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Eleci.
Eleci misses with a takedown

and Machini counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Eleci strikes from his own guard.
Machini preventing the sweep.
Machini wants to control from the top but Eleci keeps moving.

Eleci looking for a guillotine here but Machini defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Machini accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Machini content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Eleci looking to control.
Machini slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machini slips nicely into half guard.
Eleci slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Eleci utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Eleci is trying to control the position but Machini postures up.
Machini in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Machini makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Machini slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Eleci taking a bit of punishment here - Machini scoring with strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Machini.
Eleci is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machini lands a few punches from side control.
Machini tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Machini is looking to take a break and control but Eleci is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Eleci managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Machini.
Machini working the body and head with strikes.
Eleci is trying to improve his position.
Eleci is breathing heavily.
Eleci takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Eleci struggling a bit here.
You can see the frustration on Eleci's face as Machini controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machini lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Eleci down.
Eleci tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Machini wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Machini is putting a hurting on Eleci here, landing some big shots from side control.
Eleci gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Eleci taking shots to the head.
Machini landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Machini.
Machini with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Machini.
A nice elbow there by Machini.
Machini scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Eleci?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machini landing punches.
Machini working the ground and pound effectively.
Machini landing strikes from the mount.
Machini controlling from mount.
Let's hope that Machini has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Machini breaks from Eleci's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Eleci tries to hold on but Machini postures up.
A nice elbow there by Machini.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Machini dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Machini fails with the takedown
and Eleci counters with a low kick, right behind Machini 's knee.
Machini fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Eleci gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Machini counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Eleci gets caught flat footed, as Machini shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Machini must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Machini is looking to work some ground and pound but Eleci has wrist control.
Eleci is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Machini passes Eleci's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Eleci is looking to control Machini's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Eleci avoid being mounted?
Machini is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eleci is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Machini lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Joe Machini has got the better of the ground game so far.
Machini frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Machini connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Machini fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Machini is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Eleci can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Eleci swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Machini pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machini breaks from Eleci's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Machini in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Eleci tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Machini.
A nice elbow there by Machini.
Machini scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Eleci is in all sorts of trouble here.
Machini with good strikes from the mount here!
Eleci is trying desperately to improve position.
Machini pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Eleci is bucking up trying to escape but Machini cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machini in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Machini is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Eleci tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Machini scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Eleci?
Eleci can't escape the position.
Machini lands a heavy elbow.
Machini lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Machini dominating with strikes here.
Machini unloading with bombs!
Eleci tries to hold on but Machini postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Eleci is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Eleci tries to hold on but Machini postures up.
The referee warns Eleci that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Machini landing punches.
Machini takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Machini raining down shots from the mount!
Machini working the ground and pound effectively.
Machini dominating with strikes here.
Machini breaks from Eleci's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Machini showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Machini fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Eleci sprawls well initially but Machini persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Machini missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Machini throwing shots but Eleci is blocking nicely.
Eleci is trying to get back to full guard.
Machini throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Machini seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Machini passes to side control.
Eleci takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Eleci manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Eleci trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machini is taking a breather. Eleci says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Machini works his way into full mount!
Machini is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Eleci can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Eleci really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Machini cracks Eleci with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Machini working the ground and pound effectively.
Eleci wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's two 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.

Machini looking to secure an arm triangle but Eleci defends it well.
Machini is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Eleci can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Machini lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Eleci hang on?
Machini looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Eleci bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Eleci preventing the sweep.
Machini has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Eleci has passed into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eleci tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
You can see the frustration on Machini's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Eleci tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Machini is trying to get back to his feet.

Eleci stands up.
Eleci misses with a takedown
and Machini counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

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.
Machini looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Machini looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Eleci is fending him off so far but Machini persists. Nope, Eleci circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Machini.
Ed Eleci has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Machini.
Machini looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Eleci shoots in and drives through. Machini sprawls well.
Eleci connects with a nice looking jab.

Machini darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Eleci won't allow Machini to pass to mount.
Eleci is trying to get back to full guard.
Ed Eleci has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eleci is trying to stand up here but Machini is controlling him well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Machini comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Machini 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Machini!