PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emerald Dream (ranked 1165 p4p, 1672 weight class) and Super Macho Man (ranked 151 p4p, 221 weight class). Macho Man has chosen Ride of the Valkyries as his entrance music. Super Macho Man has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dream
vs
Macho Man

188 cm
21
205
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
210
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emerald Dream!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Super Macho Man!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Ron Honeybunn and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macho Man throws the left hand but Dream avoids the punch easily.
Dream scores with a nice right hand.
Dream connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Super Macho Man has been cut.
Dream looks to land a right hand but Macho Man moved out of range.
Dream clobbers Macho Man with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dream pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dream displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Macho Man throws out the jab.
We've been told by Dream's head coaches at Outlaw MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Dream lands a jab.
A big right from Dream misses.
Macho Man misses with an uppercut.
Macho Man throws an off balance right hand
and Dream counters with a nice uppercut.
Dream throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Macho Man sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Macho Man misses with a looping left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dream ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Macho Man moves away.
Dream jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Macho Man let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Macho Man misses with a hook. Dream ducked under it nicely.
Dream throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macho Man uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dream.
Macho Man avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Macho Man looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Macho Man moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Dream fails to land.
Dream misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dream doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Macho Man blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Dream.
Macho Man misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Dream fails to land.
Dream swings wildly with an uppercut but Macho Man uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dream misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dream lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dream swings wildly with an uppercut but Macho Man uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dream tries to throw a body punch but Macho Man avoids it by throwing Dream back against the cage.
Dream lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Macho Man fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dream wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Dream as the two fighters clinch.
Dream throws a head punch that misses.
Macho Man struggles to land a body shot inside as Dream controls his hands.
Macho Man doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Macho Man digs a right hand into Dream's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dream's gas tank.
Dream lands a body punch.
Macho Man looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A body shot lands from Dream.
Macho Man misses with a punch to the body.
Dream goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dream.
Dream can't find room to land a body shot as Macho Man controls the action.
Dream scores with a shoulder strike.
Dream is leaning against Macho Man and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dream lands an uppercut.
Dream makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dream throws a head punch that misses.
Macho Man looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Macho Man tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dream's elbow.
A short right from Dream on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dream lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Macho Man.
Macho Man swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Macho Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dream can't find room to land a body shot as Macho Man controls the action.
Macho Man misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dream throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Macho Mans head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dream creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dream digs a right hand into Macho Man's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Macho Man's gas tank.
Dream doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Macho Man can't find room to land a body shot as Dream controls the action.
Dream tries a body shot but Macho Man blocks it.
Macho Man presses Dream against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dream tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dream misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dream can't find room to land a body shot as Macho Man controls the action.
Dream misses with some punches.
Macho Man throws a punch but it's blocked by Dream.
Dream lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dream goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Macho Man.
Dream goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Macho Man cracks Dream with a nice body shot.
Dream lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dream pushes Macho Man back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dream working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dream throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Macho Mans head.
Dream misses with the head strike.
Dream misses with a punch on the inside.
Macho Man prevents a body shot from Dream.
A right hand to the body from Dream.

Dream escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A shot to the liver by Dream. Beautiful body shot.
Dream misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Dream.
Macho Man avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Emerald Dream dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Super Macho Man's cut.
That's time! Dream's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Macho Man's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dream connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Macho Man scrambles back to his feet.
Dream scores with the left hand. Macho Man knows he should have avoided that one.
Dream misses with a double jab.
Macho Man misses with an uppercut. Dream saw that one coming.
Emerald Dream seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dream throws an off balance right hand
and Macho Man counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Emerald Dream is winning the standup battle so far.
Macho Man misses with a hook.
Dream rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Macho Man counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A shot to the body from Dream misses
and Dream takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fighters circling - Dream throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Macho Man slips a straight right by Dream.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Macho Man in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Dream lands a jab to the head.
Macho Man moves out of range of the strikes.
Macho Man has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dream finds it's way round the side to connect with Macho Man's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dream misses with a straight right.
Dream lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dream lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macho Man needs to keep his hands up - Dream had a free shot at his head there.
Dream drops Macho Man with a big left hand! Macho Man is injured, injured bad! Dream jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Emerald Dream!
Emerald Dream retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Emerald Dream made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.