PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Quebra Tudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akao Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Quebra Tudo
vs
Machida

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rodrigo Quebra Tudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Akao Machida!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quebra Tudo takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Machida scores with a head kick.

It looks like Rodrigo Quebra Tudo has been cut.
No luck for Quebra Tudo with that takedown attempt.

Machida clinches up with Quebra Tudo and pushes him back against the cage.
Quebra Tudo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Machida fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Quebra Tudo stuffs the takedown attempt from Machida. Machida gets slowly back to his feet.
Quebra Tudo keeps the fight on the outside.

Machida closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Machida throws a strike aimed at the side of Quebra Tudo's head but Quebra Tudo avoids it well.

Machida stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Machida clinches up against the cage.
Quebra Tudo fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Quebra Tudo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Machida wants a takedown.

Quebra Tudo jumps into guard, dragging Machida to the mat.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Quebra Tudo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Quebra Tudo trying to mount his opponent but Machida defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida wants to get back to his feet.
Quebra Tudo lands with a punch from half guard.

Quebra Tudo is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Machida has managed to free his arm - good work.

Machida looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Machida is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Machida wants to get back to his feet.
Machida looks gassed!

Quebra Tudo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Machida shoots in and bounces Quebra Tudo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Machida is looking to work some ground and pound but Quebra Tudo has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quebra Tudo has a closed guard, preventing Machida from standing up.
Quebra Tudo trying to control the position.
Quebra Tudo looking for a sweep. Not yet Quebra Tudo, not yet.
Machida pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Quebra Tudo is keeping the position for now.
Machida won't allow Quebra Tudo to get back to his feet.
Quebra Tudo keeping full guard, as Machida tries to pass.
Quebra Tudo doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Machida tries for a takedown but Quebra Tudo circles away easily

and Quebra Tudo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Machida goes for a takedown attempt but Quebra Tudo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Machida as Quebra Tudo shoots in.
Machida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Machida wants to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Quebra Tudo or perhaps it was just good defense by Machida which made him look bad.

Machida decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Quebra Tudo is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Machida pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Machida works his foot free and advances to mount.
Quebra Tudo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quebra Tudo is desperately trying to improve his position but Machida has a good base and remains in mount.
Machida working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Quebra Tudo tries to hold on but Machida pushes him away.
Quebra Tudo is working to get back to half guard.
Quebra Tudo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Machida has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Machida with good strikes from the mount here!

Machida is working for a guillotine from mount but Quebra Tudo frees his head quite easily.
Quebra Tudo tries to hold on but Machida pushes him away.
Quebra Tudo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Machida lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Machida connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akao Machida dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Quebra Tudo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Quebra Tudo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Akao Machida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Machida shoots for a takedown but Quebra Tudo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Quebra Tudo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Quebra Tudo lands in his opponent's guard.
Machida avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Machida is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Machida is looking for a kimura but Quebra Tudo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Machida to get the leverage.

Machida is working for a kimura but Quebra Tudo is defending it quite comfortably.

Quebra Tudo has one foot on Machida's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Machida throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Quebra Tudo.
Quebra Tudo tries to clinch up but Machida circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Machida takes the fight into the clinch.

Machida jumps guard and drags Quebra Tudo to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Machida is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Quebra Tudo is controlling him.

Machida has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Quebra Tudo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Quebra Tudo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Quebra Tudo trying to control the position from guard on top but Machida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Quebra Tudo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Quebra Tudo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Machida wants to sweep here but Quebra Tudo controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Machida keeping moving, preventing Quebra Tudo from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Machida looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Quebra Tudo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Machida swivels and escapes.
Machida changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Quebra Tudo tries to avoid it but Machida manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Quebra Tudo to the ground. Quebra Tudo escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Machida shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Machida showed some decent athleticism there.
Quebra Tudo moves into full guard.
Machida stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Quebra Tudo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Machida throws a strike but Quebra Tudo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Quebra Tudo scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quebra Tudo is looking to work some ground and pound but Machida has wrist control.

Quebra Tudo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Quebra Tudo drops back looking for a leg! Machida is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Machida manages to kick Quebra Tudo off! Quebra Tudo jumps back into Machida's guard.

Machida working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Quebra Tudo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Quebra Tudo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Quebra Tudo works over Machida with some ground and pound from guard.
Quebra Tudo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Machida throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quebra Tudo preventing the sweep.

Machida looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Machida 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.
Machida doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Machida is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Quebra Tudo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Machida scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Quebra Tudo is looking to improve his position.
Quebra Tudo trying to hold on to Machida's head to control him but Machida postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akao Machida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Quebra Tudo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Horrible takedown by Machida or perhaps it was just good defense by Quebra Tudo which made him look bad.
Quebra Tudo fails with the takedown.
Machida fails with the takedown

and Quebra Tudo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Machida won't be happy with that.
Quebra Tudo in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Quebra Tudo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Machida has escaped the position, nice work there.
Machida sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Quebra Tudo is working for a submission of some sort.

Quebra Tudo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Quebra Tudo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Quebra Tudo's back!
Quebra Tudo tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

Machida looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Quebra Tudo regains half guard.
Quebra Tudo flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Quebra Tudo is looking for a sweep. Machida is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Quebra Tudo flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Quebra Tudo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Machida uses his free foot to push down on Quebra Tudo's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Quebra Tudo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quebra Tudo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Machida with shots to the head and body - Quebra Tudo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Quebra Tudo working to try and regain half guard.
Quebra Tudo tries to hold on but Machida postures up.

Machida working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Machida looking for a guillotine from mount but Quebra Tudo is having none of it.
Quebra Tudo tries to hold on but Machida postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quebra Tudo is bucking up trying to escape but Machida cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Quebra Tudo tries to control Machida's body but Machida pushes him off. Quebra Tudo squirms to his side and now Machida has his back!
Machida keeps control of the position as Quebra Tudo tries to break free.

Machida is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Quebra Tudo is defending well though. Machida let's go of the attempt for now.
Machida scores with punches from the back.
Quebra Tudo wriggles onto his back under a barage of strikes.
Quebra Tudo tries to hold on but Machida postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quebra Tudo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Machida looking for a guillotine from mount but Quebra Tudo is having none of it.
Quebra Tudo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Quebra Tudo is working hard here to advance position.
Machida landing strikes, looking to finish!
Quebra Tudo is working to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Akao Machida.
Well Machida has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akao Machida!