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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo de Sousa Maurinho de Pietro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machida comes to the cage accompanied by Highlights. Ricardo de Sousa Maurinho de Pietro has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lyoto Machida's chin.
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205 lbs
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214 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart |
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Good kicks
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyoto Machida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo de Sousa Maurinho de Pietro!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maurinho de Pietro is looking to clinch.
Machida swats away the attempt to clinch by Maurinho de Pietro.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick that misses.
Machida blocks a head kick by Maurinho de Pietro.
Machida keeps the fight on the outside.
Machida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maurinho de Pietro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ricardo de Sousa Maurinho de Pietro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Machida scores with a sloppy right hand. Maurinho de Pietro should have avoided that one.
Maurinho de Pietro tries to clinch but Machida moves out of range.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick but Machida moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maurinho de Pietro tries a head kick but it misses.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Machida misses with a double jab.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Machida moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maurinho de Pietro tries to clinch up but Machida circles away and keeps his distance.
Maurinho de Pietro misses with a head kick.
Maurinho de Pietro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maurinho de Pietro tries to clinch there but Machida circles away.
Maurinho de Pietro takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Ricardo de Sousa Maurinho de Pietro has been cut.
Maurinho de Pietro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jab from Machida.
Maurinho de Pietro tries to clinch but Machida moves out of range.
Maurinho de Pietro is looking to clinch.
Maurinho de Pietro tries to clinch up.
Machida swats away the attempt to clinch by Maurinho de Pietro.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a lazy head kick
and Machida counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Maurinho de Pietro looks gassed!
Maurinho de Pietro throws a sloppy head kick
and Machida counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Maurinho de Pietro takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Maurinho de Pietro tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Machida counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Machida lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Maurinho de Pietro tries to clinch but Machida moves out of range.
Machida lands with a thumping leg kick.
Machida goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Machida lands a left and a right that sends Maurinho de Pietro crashing to the canvas! Machida dives into mount looking to finish!
Maurinho de Pietro is rocked!
Machida looking to control and managing it successfully.
Maurinho de Pietro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Machida. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Maurinho de Pietro is squirming around, avoiding Machida's attempts to control the action.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Maurinho de Pietro can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida controlling the pace for now.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Lyoto Machida just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick that misses
and Machida counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Machida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Maurinho de Pietro takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick that misses
and Machida counters with a thumping low kick.
Maurinho de Pietro is looking to clinch but Machida is avoiding it.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a lazy head kick
and Machida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Machida feints and then cracks Maurinho de Pietro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maurinho de Pietro down.
Machida throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Machida throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Machida throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Maurinho de Pietro stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Maurinho de Pietro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Machida can pounce on him.
Machida feints and then cracks Maurinho de Pietro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maurinho de Pietro down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machida lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Machida.
Jab, jab by Machida - just one landing.
Machida thuds a left hand into Maurinho de Pietro's body.
Machida uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Maurinho de Pietro has time to react.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Maurinho de Pietro crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Machida - the referee stops the clock and Maurinho de Pietro gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Machida. Maurinho de Pietro manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Maurinho de Pietro has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Maurinho de Pietro moves in looking to clinch but Machida pushes him off.
Maurinho de Pietro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maurinho de Pietro closes the distance but Machida moves to the side
and Machida counters with a low kick, right behind Maurinho de Pietro 's knee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Machida lands an overhand right.
Machida fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A jab lands there for Machida.
Machida lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyoto Machida dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo de Sousa Maurinho de Pietro's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Machida throws a combination. Maurinho de Pietro tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Maurinho de Pietro is still on wobbly legs! Can Machida finish him?
Machida keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick that misses
and Machida counters with a good low kick that Maurinho de Pietro was not able to check.
Machida lands with a thumping leg kick.
Maurinho de Pietro seems to have recovered his senses.
Maurinho de Pietro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Machida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maurinho de Pietro can do to turn this around?
Machida smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Maurinho de Pietro has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
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!
Machida throws a leg kick which misses Maurinho de Pietro's front leg but catches the back leg as Maurinho de Pietro tries to avoid it.
Maurinho de Pietro takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Machida lands with a nice body kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Machida scores with a four punch combination!
Machida scores with a kick to the body.
Machida scores with a three punch combo!
Maurinho de Pietro is breathing heavily.
Machida throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Maurinho de Pietro on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Maurinho de Pietro. That did some damage!
Machida digs a good hook to Maurinho de Pietro's body.
Machida is working the combinations to good effect here.
Machida shoots in for a takedown but Maurinho de Pietro shows good takedown defense.
Lyoto Machida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Machida scores with a nice right hand.
Machida stuns Maurinho de Pietro with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Machida goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a lazy head kick
and Machida counters with an outside leg kick.
Maurinho de Pietro tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Machida. That's going to slow Maurinho de Pietro down.
Machida thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Maurinho de Pietro if he has to take too many more of those.
Machida lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A low kick from Maurinho de Pietro is predictable there
and Machida counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Danga de danga de dang - Machida scores with a four punch combination!
A decent looking cross lands there for Machida.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maurinho de Pietro is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Machida.
Maurinho de Pietro tries to clinch but Machida moves out of range.
Maurinho de Pietro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maurinho de Pietro wants to clinch but Machida slips to the side
and Machida counters with a straight right hand.
Machida scores with a spinning back kick!
Machida scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Machida has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Maurinho de Pietro tries to move into range but Machida moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Machida throws a series of strikes that have Maurinho de Pietro backpedaling.
Machida paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Maurinho de Pietro's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Maurinho de Pietro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Machida. Machida obviously looking to wear him down.
A head kick by Maurinho de Pietro misses
and Machida counters with a low kick, right behind Maurinho de Pietro 's knee.
Maurinho de Pietro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Machida throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida dips to his left and cracks Maurinho de Pietro with an uppercut!
Maurinho de Pietro has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Machida.
A good leg kick by Machida.
Machida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Maurinho de Pietro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Machida can pounce on him.
Machida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Machida connects with a crisp jab.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick that misses
and Machida counters with a left to the body.
Machida lands a nice looking body kick.
Machida connects with a solid leg kick.
Machida thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Maurinho de Pietro if he has to take too many more of those.
Machida scores with a head kick.
Machida throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a head kick that misses
enabling Machida to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machida throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Maurinho de Pietro's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick by Maurinho de Pietro misses
and Machida counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Maurinho de Pietro is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Machida swats away the attempt to clinch by Maurinho de Pietro.
A head kick by Maurinho de Pietro misses
and Machida counters with a good low kick that Maurinho de Pietro was not able to check.
Maurinho de Pietro takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Machida lands a head kick. Maurinho de Pietro smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Machida scores with a jab to the body.
Maurinho de Pietro is looking to clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Machida, as that shot connected.
Machida slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Machida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Maurinho de Pietro has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Maurinho de Pietro is looking to clinch.
Maurinho de Pietro is looking to clinch but Machida is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyoto Machida dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo de Sousa Maurinho de Pietro's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Maurinho de Pietro throws a lazy head kick
and Machida counters with a stiff right hand.
Maurinho de Pietro tries to close the distance and clinch but Machida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Machida lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Machida to counter with a crisp jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Maurinho de Pietro crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Machida - the referee stops the clock and Maurinho de Pietro gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Machida. Maurinho de Pietro manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Machida lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Machida connects with a single shot there.
Machida throws a nice outside leg kick.
Machida lands a jab-cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Machida lets loose with a powerful body kick. Maurinho de Pietro will feel that in the morning.
Maurinho de Pietro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Machida.
Maurinho de Pietro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Machida throws a head kick that half lands.
Machida thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Maurinho de Pietro if he has to take too many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Machida lands a lovely overhand right.
Machida circles away from the clinch attempt
and Machida makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A cross from Machida lands.
Maurinho de Pietro throws a sloppy head kick
and Machida counters with an inside leg kick.
Machida with a jab.
A good leg kick by Machida.
Machida thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Maurinho de Pietro if he has to take too many more of those.
Maurinho de Pietro takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Maurinho de Pietro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Machida displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Maurinho de Pietro drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Machida follows Maurinho de Pietro to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyoto Machida!
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