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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John De La Hoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Machida's choice of entrance music: For Whom The Bell Tolls. This should be fireworks!
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190 cm
25
208 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
38
205 lbs
30 - 24 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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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 Rio de Janeiro, John De La Hoya! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
30 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyoto Machida! The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! De La Hoya tries to move into range but Machida moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Machida moves out of range of the strikes. Machida takes one to the side of the head.
De La Hoya misses with a hook. Machida ducked under it nicely. De La Hoya throws a predictable looking body shot
and Machida counters with a head kick. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! De La Hoya misses with an uppercut
and Machida counters with a body kick that stops De La Hoya in his tracks momentarily. De La Hoya throws out a token jab with nothing on it. John De La Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. De La Hoya throws a right hand that misses
and Machida counters with a nice leg kick. Machida with a body punch. A glancing blow. De La Hoya throws a poor cross that misses
and Machida counters with a crisp right that sends De La Hoya to the canvas! Machida follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyoto Machida! Lyoto Machida decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
99% |
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