PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Machado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Burishkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burishkov has chosen Not a step back as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Viktor Burishkov is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Machado
vs
Burishkov

189 cm
24
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
29
210 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Sparta Fightware

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fabio Machado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Viktor Burishkov!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burishkov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Machado moves out of range as Burishkov strikes.
Burishkov misses with a takedown attempt - Machado sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Machado rushes Burishkov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Burishkov breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Burishkov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Machado doesn't seem phased though.
Burishkov misses with a lunging right hand
and Machado counters with a head kick. That will keep Burishkov thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Burishkov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Machado to score with a decent uppercut.
Viktor Burishkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burishkov lands a nice looking kick to the body. Machado takes a step back to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Machado tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burishkov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Machado pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Burishkov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Machado scores with a hook to the body. Burishkov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Burishkov cracks Machado with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A combination from Burishkov does no damage.
Machado turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Machado.
Machado moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burishkov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Fabio Machado has been cut.
Burishkov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burishkov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Fabio Machado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Viktor Burishkov.
Machado bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Machado uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burishkov.
Machado throws a half hearted mid kick.

Burishkov has closed the distance and engaged Machado in a clinch.

Burishkov manages to break the clinch.
Machado lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Burishkov tries to clinch up but Machado circles away and keeps his distance.
Machado throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Machado misses with a few strikes there.
Machado tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burishkov was well out of range. Poor timing from Machado.
The fight stays on the outside here - Burishkov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Machado is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Burishkov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burishkov dips to his left and cracks Machado with an uppercut!
Machado looks up at the clock. Bad move! Burishkov lands a right hand from hell, dropping Machado. Burishkov pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Viktor Burishkov!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Viktor Burishkov made sure he mentioned Sparta Fightware, along with how happy he was to win his fight.