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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Machida The Coward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nike Adonis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Coward comes to the cage accompanied by machida the best. Adonis is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Flight of the Valkyries. Nike Adonis will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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190 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Machida The Coward!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nike Adonis!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adonis takes a swing at The Coward's ribcage but misses.
The Coward throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Adonis misses with a wild body shot.
Adonis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Coward uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Adonis.
The Coward misses with an uppercut. Adonis saw that one coming.
Adonis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Coward.
The Coward throws a leg kick that is checked
and Adonis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Adonis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The Coward swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adonis lands with a shot to the body.
Adonis throws a right hand that misses
and The Coward counters with a slapping leg kick.
The Coward throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A telegraphed right hand from Adonis misses the target.
The Coward misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Adonis is predictable there
and The Coward counters with an inside leg kick.
The Coward misses with a jab to the body
and Adonis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The Coward takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Adonis swings and misses with a shot to the body
and The Coward counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A low kick from The Coward misses
and Adonis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps The Coward thinking.
The Coward moves away from the strike by Adonis.
The Coward throws out a leg kick but Adonis moves out of range and The Coward only half commits.
Adonis misses the shot to the body.
Adonis scores with a decent looking hook.
The Coward throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Coward throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Coward throws a leg kick but Adonis checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adonis scores with a body shot.
The Coward gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Adonis counter with a right hand.
The Coward lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Coward scores with the left hand. Adonis knows he should have avoided that one.
A low kick from Adonis is predictable there
and The Coward counters with a good low kick that Adonis was not able to check.
The Coward throws a head kick that misses
letting Adonis counter with a right hand.
The Coward connects with a leg kick. Adonis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Adonis motions for The Coward to come forward. Adonis throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Adonis throws a right hand that The Coward ducks under and follows up with a left that The Coward also avoids with ease.
The Coward misses with a low kick.
The Coward fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Adonis throws a lazy uppercut
and The Coward counters with a nice body kick.
Adonis is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Adonis looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Coward throws a low kick but Adonis avoids it.
The Coward throws a body punch but Adonis moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Adonis darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The Coward throws a low kick but it's checked well by Adonis.
The Coward lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The Coward fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adonis manages to avoid it.
Adonis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Coward connects with a solid leg kick.
Adonis throws a predictable looking body shot
and The Coward counters with a slapping leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Adonis blocks the low kick.
The Coward throws a sloppy head kick and Adonis moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Coward works Adonis's body with a nice hook.
Adonis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Coward misses with a kick to the body.
The Coward throws a body punch but Adonis moves out of range.
The Coward throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Coward falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Adonis counter with a right hand.
The Coward looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Adonis catches The Coward with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Coward.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donk. Adonis catches The Coward right on the button with a cross.
Adonis thows a leg kick but The Coward checks it
and The Coward counters with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Machida The Coward dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Adonis throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The Coward throws a leg kick but Adonis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The Coward scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nike Adonis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Coward.
Adonis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Adonis slips a jab and a cross from The Coward.
Adonis dodges the punch combination from The Coward.
The Coward scoring well with a low kick there.
The Coward scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Adonis is breathing heavily.
The Coward lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Coward swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Coward throws a leg kick which misses Adonis's front leg but catches the back leg as Adonis tries to avoid it.
The Coward lands with a good body shot.
The Coward cracks Adonis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The Coward looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Adonis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The Coward tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adonis was well out of range. Poor timing from The Coward.
Adonis swings widly with a right hand
and The Coward counters with a leg kick.
The Coward misses with a kick to the body.
The Coward connects with a solid leg kick.
The Coward throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Coward throws a leg kick but Adonis moved away.
The Coward throws a wild body kick that Adonis sees coming a mile off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adonis blocks the body kick.
Adonis misses with a hook to the body
and The Coward counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Adonis swings widly with a right hand
and The Coward counters with a low kick, right behind Adonis 's knee.
The Coward is looking to wear down Adonis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Coward misses with a hook.
A low kick from The Coward misses
and Adonis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The Coward cracks the inside of Adonis's front leg.
A combination from The Coward does no damage.
Adonis throws a predictable looking body shot
and The Coward counters with a thumping low kick.
The Coward misses with a low kick.
Adonis has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The Coward throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The Coward lands with a kick to the temple. Adonis shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Coward swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Coward jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Coward steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Adonis.
The Coward misses with the combination.
Adonis checks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Adonis.
The Coward throws a low kick, looking for Adonis's leg but Adonis calmly moves out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Adonis might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, The Coward has got the better of the exchanges.
Adonis throws an off balance right hand
and The Coward counters with a leg kick.
The Coward throws a low kick but Adonis avoids it.
The Coward goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Adonis misses with a left hand
and The Coward counters with a straight right hand.
Adonis throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Adonis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Coward throws a leg kick but Adonis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A low kick from The Coward misses
and Adonis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Coward lands a glancing blow to the side of Adonis's head.
Adonis throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and The Coward counters with an inside leg kick.
Adonis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Coward tried to score with a low kick but Adonis checks it.
Adonis misses with a body punch
and The Coward counters with a good, hard body kick but Adonis shrugs it off.
Adonis lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Machida The Coward dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Adonis misses with a body kick.
The Coward throws a lazy head kick
and Adonis counters with an inside leg kick.
The Coward takes one on the button.
Adonis throws a lazy body kick
and The Coward counters with a good low kick that Adonis was not able to check.
Adonis looks to score with a jab to the body but The Coward is just out of range.
The Coward misses with an uppercut. Adonis saw that one coming.
Adonis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Adonis ducks under a wild hook from The Coward.
Adonis throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Adonis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Adonis misses with a body punch
and The Coward counters with a nice low kick that buckles Adonis's knee momentarily.
Machida The Coward is winning the standup battle so far.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from The Coward - that will leave a mark!
The Coward is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adonis can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from The Coward.
The Coward thows a body shot but no joy.
Adonis checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The Coward lands a nice leg kick that just misses Adonis's sensitive parts.
The Coward throws a low kick but Adonis avoids it.
Adonis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and The Coward counters with an outside leg kick.
Adonis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The Coward stuns Adonis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Coward.
The Coward dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Adonis. That did some damage!
The Coward throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Coward moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
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!
Some bone on bone action there as Adonis checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Adonis throws a poor cross that misses
and The Coward finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Adonis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Coward connects with a solid leg kick.
The Coward misses with a head kick.
The Coward throws a low kick but Adonis avoids it.
Adonis has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from The Coward.
The Coward just misses with a punch to the body.
The Coward swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Coward wants to slow Adonis down by chopping away at his legs.
A slapping body kick lands there for The Coward.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Coward throws a lazy head kick
and Adonis counters with a nice body shot.
Adonis moves out of range as The Coward throws a body kick.
Adonis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and The Coward counters with a nice leg kick.
Nike Adonis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Coward throws a sloppy head kick and Adonis moves out of range easily.
Adonis misses with a shot to the body
and The Coward counters with a body kick.
The Coward is looking to score with low kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Coward.
The Coward misses with a low kick.
The Coward is looking to slow Adonis down with leg kicks.
Machida The Coward is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Adonis throws a combination that misses
and The Coward counters with a left to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Coward scores with a jab to the head.
Adonis swings away with a body shot that misses
and The Coward makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Adonis throws an off balance right hand
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and The Coward cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Coward misses with a leg kick
and Adonis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Adonis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from The Coward.
The Coward connects with a leg kick. Adonis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Adonis misses with a body punch
and The Coward counters with a body kick.
Adonis misses with a right hand
and The Coward counters with a nice low kick that buckles Adonis's knee momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Coward, right into the meat.
The Coward stuns Adonis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Coward buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Machida The Coward showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The Coward 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight for Machida The Coward!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Machida The Coward!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Machida The Coward!
Machida The Coward wins by unanimous decision!
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