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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miklo Velka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machida comes to the cage accompanied by For Whom The Bell Tolls. The crowd seem to be enjoying Velka's choice of entrance music: Cypress Hill - Insane In The Membrane. This should be fireworks!
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205 lbs
39 - 42 - 1 |
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219 lbs
46 - 36 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
39 - 42 - 1, 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
46 - 36 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miklo Velka!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velka connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Machida's hands.
Machida moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Miklo Velka has been cut.
Velka tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Machida is able to avoid easily.
Machida attempts a counter takedown but Velka avoids it well and moves away.
Lyoto Machida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Velka has taken the fight to the clinch.
Machida can't break the clinch.
Velka tries to throw a body punch but Machida avoids it by throwing Velka back against the cage.
Velka keeps control of Machida as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Velka.
Machida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Left hook, right uppercut from Velka.
Velka closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Machida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Machida wants to break free but Velka has control.
Machida tries to break the clinch but Velka is controlling the position.
Machida manages to break the clinch.
Velka misses with an attempted mid kick.
Machida has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Velka.
Velka slips a jab and a cross from Machida.
Velka dodges the punch combination from Machida.
Machida has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad MMA Rio in the buildup to the fight.
Velka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Machida.
Velka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Machida tries to counter with a takedown but Velka is quick to defend against it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Velka circles away quickly and effectively.
Velka just misses with a punch to the body.
Velka throws a hook but Machida avoids it easily.
Machida throws a nice looking combination but Velka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Velka connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Velka does it's job there.
Velka clinches with his opponent.
Machida is trying to break free.
Machida tries to circle away but Velka has him pinned against the cage.
Velka trying to land knees to the body.
Velka tries to land a knee to the head but Machida blocks with his arms.
Machida working hard to break the clinch.
Velka lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Machida backwards.
Machida is trying to push Velka away but Velka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Machida looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Velka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Machida's efforts to push away.
Velka taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Velka tries a knee to the head but Machida blocks it.
Machida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Machida is trying to push Velka away but Velka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Machida.
Machida blocks an elbow strike from Velka.
Velka has Machida pushed against the cage.
Velka keeps control of Machida as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Machida is trying to break the clinch but Velka has him pressed against the cage.
Velka misses with a knee to the head.
Velka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Machida's efforts to push away.
Velka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Machida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Velka misses with an elbow over the top.
Machida breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Velka moves in looking to clinch but Machida pushes him off.
A slow jab from Machida misses its intended target.
Velka wants to counter with a clinch but Machida pushes him away.
Velka throws a hook but Machida blocks it.
Machida checks a leg kick.
Velka takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Velka tries to clinch there but Machida circles away.
Some wild striking there from Machida.
Machida connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Velka moves into range and clinches up with Machida.
Machida is trying to break free.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Velka just misses with a elbow thrown towards Machida's brow.
Nice elbow from Velka.
Machida has had enough of the clinch but Velka keeps him there for the moment.
Velka keeps control of Machida as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Velka taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Machida is looking to break free of the clinch but Velka has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Lyoto Machida has been cut.
Velka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Machida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Velka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Machida breaks the clinch.
Velka fails to land with a series of punches.
Velka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Machida throws a right and a left that both miss.
Velka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Machida.
Velka has Machida up against the cage in a clinch.
Velka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Velka pushes off an throws an elbow but Machida leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Machida looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Velka.
Velka creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machida blocks an elbow strike from Velka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miklo Velka dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Velka gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Machida managing to block the knees to the body from Velka.
A nice left hand lands by Velka.
Machida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Machida tries to circle away but Velka has him pinned against the cage.
Velka keeps control of Machida as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Machida letting Velka take a breather here.
Machida has had enough of the clinch but Velka keeps him there for the moment.
Machida takes an elbow to the temple.
Velka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Machida is defending well for now.
Velka stalls.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Velka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Machida blocks an elbow strike from Velka.
Velka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Machida takes an elbow to the temple.
Machida breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Velka moves into range and clinches up with Machida.
Velka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Machida avoids a wild elbow strike from Velka.
Velka stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Machida avoids the elbow strike from Velka, against the cage.
Velka throws a punch but it's blocked by Machida.
Velka displaying some good clinch control by pressing Machida up against the cage.
Machida avoids a wild elbow strike from Velka.
Machida wants to get back to striking at distance but Velka won't allow it.
Velka misses with a knee strike.
Velka looking to throw knees to the head but Machida is blocking nicely.
Machida pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Machida checks a leg kick.
Velka closes the distance and clinches.
Machida wants to get back to striking at distance but Velka won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida is trying to break free.
Machida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Velka has him pressed against the cage.
Velka has Machida pressed against the cage.
Velka has Machida pressed against the cage, preventing Machida from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Velka lands an elbow that stopped Machida in his tracks for a moment.
Velka lands a good knee to the midsection. Machida won't want to take too many of those.
Machida blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Velka throws an elbow but it misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Velka missing with knees to the body.
Velka working Machida over with knees to the body.
Velka misses with an elbow strike.
Machida avoiding damage as Velka throws knees to the body.
Velka creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machida looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Machida is trying to break free.
Velka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Machida is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velka has a couple of punches blocked by Machida.
Miklo Velka seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Velka misses with an elbow strike.
Velka prevents Machida from breaking the clinch.
Machida tries to break the clinch but Velka is controlling the position.
Velka will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Machida up against the cage.
Velka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Machida working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Velka throws an elbow but misses.
Machida wants to get back to striking at distance but Velka won't allow it.
Machida is trying to force a seperation but Velka has the dominant position.
Velka missing with knees to the body.
Machida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Machida ducks under a wild hook from Velka.
Some wild striking there from Machida.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velka misses with a hook. Machida ducked under it nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Velka.
Velka cracks Machida with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Machida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Velka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Machida lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Velka dodges the punch combination from Machida.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Machida misses with a wild combination.
Velka throws a leg kick but Machida checks it.
Machida works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Velka slips a jab and a cross from Machida.
Velka lands with a nice body punch.
Velka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Velka throws a chopping leg kick but Machida manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Velka tries to clinch there but Machida circles away.
Machida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Velka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miklo Velka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Machida lands with a nice combination. Velka backs away looking to recover.
Velka throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Velka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Machida was well out of range. Poor timing from Velka.
Velka has managed to clinch.
Machida pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Donk. Machida catches Velka right on the button with a cross.
Velka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Velka rushes Machida and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Velka scores with a nice short uppercut.
Machida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Machida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Velka moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Velka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Machida's efforts to push away.
Velka trying to control the position but instead, Machida has worked for underhooks and has pushed Velka into the cage.
Velka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Velka pressing his opponent against the cage.
Machida being controlled against the cage.
Machida has had enough of the clinch but Velka keeps him there for the moment.
Velka lands a knee to the body.
Machida blocks an elbow strike from Velka.
Machida breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Velka wants to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Machida. Those never looked like landing.
A nice combination there by Machida.
Machida throws a series of punches but Velka moves out of range.
Machida needs to keep his hands up - Velka had a free shot at his head there.
Velka scores with a sloppy right hand. Machida should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Machida uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Velka has time to react.
That has opened up Miklo Velka's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Velka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Velka tests Machida's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Machida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Velka tries a head kick but it misses.
Machida moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Velka closes the distance and clinches.
Machida takes an elbow to the temple.
Machida wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Machida tries to break free but Velka pushes him back against the cage.
Velka lands an elbow inside that Machida shrugs off.
Machida is trying to push Velka away but Velka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Velka leaning his opponent against the cage.
Machida wants to break free but Velka has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida takes an elbow to the temple.
Machida is trying to push Velka away but Velka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Velka has Machida pressed against the cage, preventing Machida from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Machida has had enough of the clinch but Velka keeps him there for the moment.
Machida managing to block the knees to the body from Velka.
Velka trying to control the position but instead, Machida has worked for underhooks and has pushed Velka into the cage.
Machida tries to circle away but Velka has him pinned against the cage.
Machida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Machida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Velka moves into the clinch.
Machida tries to circle away but Velka has him pinned against the cage.
Velka is struggling to control the position.
Machida manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velka scores with a sloppy right hand. Machida should have avoided that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Velka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Velka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Velka dodges the punch combination from Machida.
Velka digs a good hook to Machida's body.
Machida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice shot lands for Velka.
Sloppy strikes from Machida. Those never looked like landing.
Machida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Velka.
Machida is looking to counter punch.
Lyoto Machida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Velka gets a clinch.
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!
Velka unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Velka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Machida has had enough of the clinch but Velka keeps him there for the moment.
Velka lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lyoto Machida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Miklo Velka is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Velka prevents a body shot from Machida.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miklo Velka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Velka winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miklo Velka!
Miklo Velka made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Yo homes....I dedicate this win to Magic....La Onda essa! Hey Red Rider shut your mouth...if you want to scrap meet me at El Pino!'.
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energy
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hype
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