PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Sotomayor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lyoto Machida told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Sotomayor
vs
Machida

191 cm
18
203 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Sotomayor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyoto Machida!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sotomayor swats away the attempt to clinch by Machida.
Sotomayor will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Machida shoots and misses

and Sotomayor counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Sotomayor turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Sotomayor manages to end up in side control.
Machida is being controlled here.
Sotomayor looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Machida is avoiding damage well.
Sotomayor misses with the ground and pound.
Sotomayor in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sotomayor sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Machida is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Machida tries to buck Sotomayor off but Sotomayor is having none of it.
Machida is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Machida takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Machida tries to buck Sotomayor off but Sotomayor is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotomayor lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Sotomayor looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Machida parries the strikes from Sotomayor easily there. Sotomayor is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Machida to escape.
Sotomayor controlling the position from side mount.
Machida is not content to let Sotomayor control the position.
Machida is looking for a sweep.
A lull in the action here.
Sotomayor lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotomayor passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Machida!
Sotomayor with a couple of short strikes.
Machida looks gassed!
Sotomayor cracks Machida with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sotomayor unloading with bombs!
Sotomayor controlling from mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Machida takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotomayor in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sotomayor lands a big elbow.
Sotomayor trying to control but Machida is having none of it.
Sotomayor has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Machida's face.
Sotomayor cracks Machida with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sotomayor controlling his opponent.
Machida in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Machida takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sotomayor putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Machida is rocked!
Sotomayor controlling from mount.
Machida is still in real trouble! Can Sotomayor finish him?
Sotomayor is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Machida can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sotomayor landing shots from mount.
Machida seems to have recovered his senses.
Sotomayor unloading with bombs!
Sotomayor is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Machida can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sotomayor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Machida tries to lock up and control but Sotomayor gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee warns Machida that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sotomayor breaks from Machida's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Sotomayor looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Sotomayor dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Machida throws a head kick that misses

and Sotomayor decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Machida's guard.
Machida keeping moving, preventing Sotomayor from controlling successfully.
Sotomayor stands up over Machida, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Machida is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Machida keeping moving, preventing Sotomayor from controlling successfully.
Sotomayor landing some decent shots from guard.
Sotomayor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sotomayor landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotomayor works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sotomayor is controlling the pace.
Bruno Sotomayor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sotomayor scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sotomayor is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Still in half guard, Sotomayor seems content to control.
Sotomayor scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Machida actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Machida looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Machida looking for submissions off his back.
Sotomayor sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Sotomayor stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Machida circles away from the clinch attempt

and Machida counters with a single leg into guard. Sotomayor didn't expect that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sotomayor is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Machida has his hands clasped together but Sotomayor extends an breaks Machida's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Sotomayor.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bruno Sotomayor!