PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Machado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell has chosen It's Dark and Hell Is Hot as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Machado
vs
Liddell

180 cm
23
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
38
207 lbs
16 - 25 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 Amsterdam, Luiz Machado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chuck Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Machado clinches up against the ropes.

Liddell breaks the clinch.

Liddell fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Machado to the ground. Liddell is now in Machado's guard.
Liddell won't allow Machado to get back to his feet.
Liddell sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Liddell thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Machado is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Liddell is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Machado swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Liddell prevents Machado from getting back to his feet.
Liddell looking to pass the guard.
Liddell is still trying to improve position.
Machado keeping moving, preventing Liddell from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machado wants to get back to his feet but Liddell is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Liddell stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Machado swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Chuck Liddell was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Machado throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Liddell counters with a nice uppercut.
Liddell misses the jab.

Machado gets tackled into the ropes by Liddell. Liddell maintains the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Machado obliges.
Machado has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Machado's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Liddell fails to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Liddell is looking to take this one to the mat.
Machado manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Machado misses with a knee to the head.
Liddell misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Liddell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machado has Liddell pushed against the ropes.
Machado lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Chuck Liddell has been cut.
Machado landing knees to the body.
Machado keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Liddell's efforts to push away.
Machado tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Machado putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Liddell in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Machado's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Luiz Machado will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chuck Liddell's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Liddell gets tackled into the ropes by Machado. Machado maintains the clinch.
Machado is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Liddell is keeping busy.
Machado stalling.
Liddell looking to throw knees to the head but Machado is blocking nicely.
Machado is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Machado lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Liddell.
The referee calls for Machado to work.
Machado tries to land a knee to the head but Liddell blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell managing to block the knees to the body from Machado.
Machado scores with a knee to the head.
Machado with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Machado looking to throw knees to the head but Liddell is blocking nicely.
Liddell leaning against his opponent.
Machado is looking to control Liddell's arms but Liddell gets an underhook and turns him. Now Machado has his back to the ropes.
Machado slowing the pace effectively.
Liddell managing to block the knees to the body from Machado.
Machado throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Liddell blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell tries to land knees in the clinch but Machado avoids the damage to the body.
Liddell is trying to push Machado away but Machado has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Luiz Machado has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Machado lands with a short shot to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Machado.
Liddell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Liddell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Machado taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Luiz Machado.

Liddell moves into range and clinches up with Machado.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Machado drops Liddell with a big knee straight up the middle! Liddell is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Liddell is rocked!
Machado lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Liddell is looking to close the distance but Machado sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Liddell crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Liddell is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Luiz Machado!
After the fight, Luiz Machado was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.