PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gesias Cavalcante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machida is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I Can Transforn Ya. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Cavalcante
vs
Machida

185 cm
22
194 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
22
197 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Mundo Green - World Verde

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gesias Cavalcante!
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 Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machida connects with a looping right hand.
Cavalcante tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machida paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Machida gets the takedown into side control.
Machida lands a few punches from side control.
Cavalcante wants to control but Machida postures up.
Cavalcante striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Cavalcante misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Who's going to make the next move?
Cavalcante wants to control but Machida postures up.
Cavalcante is looking for a sweep.
Cavalcante can't do much from the bottom here.
Machida throws an elbow but Cavalcante slips to the side and avoids it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Horrible takedown by Cavalcante or perhaps it was just good defense by Machida which made him look bad.

Machida gets caught flat footed, as Cavalcante shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Cavalcante trying to control but Machida is working from the bottom.

Machida looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Machida trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cavalcante stands up out of Machida's guard for a moment - Machida manages to land a nice upkick.
Cavalcante looking to pass the guard.

Machida looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cavalcante wants to control from the top but Machida keeps moving.
Cavalcante works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Machida is refusing to be controlled, as Cavalcante sits in half guard.
Machida tries to get to full guard but Cavalcante has control of the leg.
Machida pushes Cavalcante off looking to stand but Cavalcante dives back in and keeps control.

Machida is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Cavalcante pulls his head out easily.
Machida looks gassed!

Machida is defending against the submission attempts here by Cavalcante.
Machida is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cavalcante scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Machida tries to get to full guard but Cavalcante has control of the leg.
Cavalcante looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Machida with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cavalcante lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cavalcante moves nicely into side control.

Cavalcante stands up.

Cavalcante shoots in and bounces Machida off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Cavalcante looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida striking off his back but it's not causing Cavalcante any problems.

Machida throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cavalcante scoring with some ground and pound.
Cavalcante wants to control from the top but Machida keeps moving.
Cavalcante pushes down on Machida's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cavalcante scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Machida looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cavalcante working over Machida with some ground and pound. Machida looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Nice strikes from Cavalcante there.
Cavalcante drops an elbow to the side of Machida's head.
Machida is looking for a sweep. Cavalcante is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Machida actively working from the bottom here.

Cavalcante looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Cavalcante is working for a submission of some sort.
Cavalcante 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 is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gesias Cavalcante dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Machida fails to land with a series of punches.
Machida with a poor takedown

and Cavalcante counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Machida!
Cavalcante scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cavalcante raining down shots from the mount!
Cavalcante landing strikes, looking to finish!

Machida is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cavalcante unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Machida wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Cavalcante celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gesias Cavalcante!