PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between chung sing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

sing
vs
Machida

190 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 Tokyo, chung sing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lyoto Machida!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
sing shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Machida as he jumps to the side.
sing shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
sing is trying hard to land a takedown here. Machida sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for chung sing. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Machida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from sing.
sing fails in his attempt to clinch.
Machida keeps the fight on the outside.
sing fails to land the takedown.

sing gets a clinch.
Machida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
sing goes for a takedown in the clinch but Machida prevents it.
Machida is trying to work for a single leg takedown but sing pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Machida tightens his grip and picks sing up, before dumping him to the ground. sing manages to land in guard.

Machida drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Machida jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
sing is trying to keep Machida in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Machida drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Machida as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! sing screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Machida! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Lyoto Machida!