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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joey Chandler (ranked 1004 p4p, 763 weight class) and Wanderson Machado (ranked 102 p4p, 81 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joey Chandler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 46 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderson Machado!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machado is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Chandler looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Machado!
Chandler lands an elbow.
Chandler with the ground and pound but Machado regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Machado trying to control but Chandler postures up.
Ground and pound from Chandler.
Chandler throwing shots but Machado is blocking nicely.
Chandler is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Chandler looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Machado with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Chandler working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machado is not content to let Chandler control the position.
Chandler sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Machado defending well though.
Chandler throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Machado controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Chandler throwing shots but Machado is blocking nicely.
Chandler drops an elbow to the side of Machado's head.
Chandler looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Machado with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Chandler throws a strike but Machado avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Machado not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Chandler looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chandler works over Machado with some ground and pound from guard.
We've been hearing that Chandler has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Chandler 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.
Machado keeping moving, preventing Chandler from controlling successfully.
Chandler postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Chandler throws a big elbow that misses.
Chandler distracts Machado with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Chandler wants to control from the top but Machado keeps moving.
Machado utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Machado is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Machado wants to sweep here but Chandler controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machado not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Chandler advances position into side control!
Machado is looking to reverse the position.
Chandler looks up at the clock and then as Machado takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Chandler smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Chandler in side control lands a decent elbow.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chandler lands a nice forearm strike.
Chandler wants to control but Machado is keeping him busy.
Chandler is trying to ground and pound but Machado uses the momentary lack of control by Chandler to regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chandler trying to control the action but Machado is working from the bottom.
Machado wants to control the action here but instead Chandler manages to pass to full mount!
Chandler lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Machado tries to lock up and control but Chandler gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Chandler connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
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!
Chandler lands a big shot there that rocks Machado but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Machado wants to control but Chandler is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chandler lands a big elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Chandler dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Machado misses with a few strikes there.
Machado throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chandler dives in and scores a takedown into Machado's guard.
Chandler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Machado can do to turn this around?
Chandler stands up over Machado, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Chandler landing with the ground and pound.
Chandler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Chandler throws a big right hand that misses.
Chandler throwing strikes but missing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chandler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Machado works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Chandler lands a couple of digs.
Chandler throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chandler working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Chandler is looking to work some ground and pound but Machado has wrist control.
Chandler trying to control the position from guard on top but Machado is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chandler stays in close to Machado's body and controls the position.
Chandler preventing the sweep.
Chandler missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Chandler is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Machado working a defensive guard here.
Chandler wants to control from the top but Machado keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Machado working a defensive guard here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Machado utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Chandler throws a big right hand that misses.
Chandler is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Chandler throwing strikes but missing.
Chandler lands a couple of digs.
Chandler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Machado works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Chandler pushing down on Machado's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chandler not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Joey Chandler overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chandler is trying to control the action in half guard but Machado is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Chandler missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Chandler lands strikes from half guard.
Machado wants to control but Chandler is keeping busy.
Chandler trying to control the action but Machado is working from the bottom.
Chandler looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Chandler wants to lay and pray for a moment but Machado keeps working.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Machado gets the takedown into side control.
Machado wants to control but Chandler is keeping him busy.
Chandler struggling a bit here.
Chandler gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chandler is looking to control Machado's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Chandler avoid being mounted?
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Chandler dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Chandler just misses with a punch to the body.
Joey Chandler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chandler moves out of range of the strikes.
Chandler with a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Chandler. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Chandler.
Chandler blocks a leg kick.
Chandler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Machado manages to avoid it.
Machado slips under a jab from Chandler.
Chandler misses with a takedown attempt - Machado sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Machado on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab by Chandler.
Chandler goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Chandler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Machado moves away.
Chandler scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
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!
Machado wants to control but Chandler is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chandler is controlling the pace.
Machado is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Chandler perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Chandler seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Machado for as long as he can get away with.
Chandler's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Wanderson Machado has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Machado gets caught napping as Chandler dives in and scores a takedown. Machado manages to retain guard.
Machado pulls Chandler in close to prevent any damage.
Chandler sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chandler tries to free his leg and advance position but Machado is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chandler is stalling in the full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Joey Chandler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chandler misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Machado gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Danga de danga de dang - Machado scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Joey Chandler has been cut.
Machado misses with a straight right.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chandler cracks Machado with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Chandler tries for a takedown but Machado circles away easily
and Machado cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Chandler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice cross by Chandler.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Chandler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chandler has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Chandler!
Joey Chandler seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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