PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Genki Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Porto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pete Porto acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Machida
vs
Porto

185 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
191 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Genki Machida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pete Porto!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machida bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A big left from Machida misses.

Porto scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Nice strikes from Porto there.
Machida looks like he's trying to stand up.
Porto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Machida defending well though.
Porto is thwarting Machida's attempts to control the position.
Machida keeping control of the position.
Machida gets full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Machida thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Porto stops Machida from standing up.
Machida striking off his back but it's not causing Porto any problems.
Machida on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Machida tries to get out of the position.
Machida is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Porto is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Machida has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Porto is looking to defend but Machida has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Porto! Machida pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Porto taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Genki Machida!