PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kostas Charalabous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machida comes into a darkened arena with his song building. g6 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Charalabous
vs
Machida

180 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kostas Charalabous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lyoto Machida!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Charalabous.
Machida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Charalabous lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A slow jab from Charalabous misses its intended target.
A combination from Charalabous does no damage.
Charalabous misses with a hook. Machida ducked under it nicely.
Machida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Charalabous moves away.
Charalabous swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Machida gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Machida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Charalabous.
Kostas Charalabous seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Machida staying out of range there.
Charalabous loads up on a big right hand but Machida slips the punch.
Charalabous throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Machida throws an overhand right that lands on Charalabous's shoulder, as Charalabous tries to avoid the shot.
Charalabous waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Machida.
Machida scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Machida ducks under a wild hook from Charalabous.
Charalabous throws a lazy right hand but Machida sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kostas Charalabous is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab by Charalabous.
Charalabous scores with a jab to the head.

Machida is rocked!
Machida blocks a jab.
Charalabous throws a hook but Machida blocks it.
Machida throws a sloppy head kick and Charalabous moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charalabous lands the left hand.
Machida is still on wobbly legs! Can Charalabous finish him?
Charalabous is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Machida throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Charalabous lands with a right and another and another! Machida is in big trouble! Charalabous lands again and this time it's lights out for Machida! A quality knockout there for Charalabous.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kostas Charalabous!