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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Eugemia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Machado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machado has chosen Arcade Fire - Power Out as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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147 lbs
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145 lbs
13 - 10 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, John Eugemia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo Machado!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Eugemia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Machado tries to counter with a clinch but Eugemia shakes him off and moves away.
We've been told by Eugemia's head coaches at Bonsai Club MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Machado slaps away a takedown attempt from Eugemia, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Eugemia gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Machado is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Machado is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Machado with a nice cross.
Eugemia throws a sloppy body shot
and Machado counters by clinching up.
Eugemia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Machado's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eugemia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Machado.
Machado lands a right hand.
Machado throws an elbow but it misses.
Machado throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Machado.
Eugemia has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Machado is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machado has Eugemia pressed against the cage, preventing Eugemia from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Eugemia holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Eugemia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Machado scores with a crisp jab that stopped Eugemia in his tracks.
Machado jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Eugemia seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Eugemia shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Eugemia shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Machado wants to clinch up but Eugemia keeps it at a distance.
Machado dodges the punch combination from Eugemia.
Machado has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Eugemia on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rodrigo Machado is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Eugemia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eugemia misses with the body kick
and Machado moves into the clinch.
Machado throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short left from Machado.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eugemia dodges an elbow strike from Machado.
A right hook to the body lands for Eugemia.
Machado pushes off an throws an elbow but Eugemia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Eugemia is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Machado misses with an elbow over the top.
Machado softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Machado keeps control of Eugemia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Eugemia breaks from the clinch.
Eugemia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Machado.
Eugemia drops down looking for a counter takedown but Machado sprawls and moves away.
Eugemia misses the jab.
Eugemia defending well as Machado loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machado lunges at Eugemia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Eugemia's hand.
Eugemia shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Machado pinned against the cage. Machado gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Eugemia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Eugemia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Machado moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Machado uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Eugemia.
Machado tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eugemia attempts a counter takedown but Machado avoids it well and moves away.
Eugemia throws a series of punches but Machado moves out of range.
Eugemia slips under a jab from Machado.
Machado fails with an attempt to clinch.
Machado clobbers Eugemia with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A slow jab from Machado misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eugemia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Eugemia gets tackled into the cage by Machado. Machado maintains the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eugemia.
Machado lands a right hand.
Machado misses with a punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eugemia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Machado tries to clinch but Eugemia moves out of range.
Machado looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Eugemia scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Eugemia looks to land a right hand but Machado moved out of range.
Eugemia sets himself, and Machado steps forward looking for the clinch! Eugemia avoids it this time.
Eugemia throws a body punch but Machado moves out of range.
Eugemia throws a looping overhand right but Machado ducks down to avoid it.
As Eugemia backs off Machado throws a huge counter combo but Eugemia manages to avoid it all.
Machado has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Machado dominated that 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.
Machado throws an off balance right hand
and Eugemia counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Good shot there by Machado.
Eugemia keeps the fight on the outside.
Machado throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Eugemia counters with a stiff right hand.
Machado has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Eugemia lands with a cross.
A jab from Machado does it's job there.
Eugemia dives in and scores a takedown into Machado's guard.
Eugemia controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Machado controlling Eugemia's posture.
Machado keeping moving, preventing Eugemia from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eugemia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Machado keeping moving, preventing Eugemia from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Machado gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Eugemia missing with knees to the body.
Eugemia gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Machado just misses with a elbow thrown towards Eugemia's brow.
Eugemia is looking to break free of the clinch but Machado has double underhooks.
A short left from Machado.
Machado misses with a hook from the clinch.
Machado lands a nice uppercut.
Rodrigo Machado seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Machado lands an uppercut.
Eugemia is rocked!
Machado keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eugemia's efforts to push away.
Oh Eugemia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Eugemia lands an elbow just above Machado 's eye.
Machado keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eugemia's efforts to push away.
Machado pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Eugemia seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Machado fails to land.
Eugemia is trying to force a seperation but Machado has the dominant position.
Machado misses with an elbow strike.
Machado throws a punch but it's blocked by Eugemia.
Machado has a couple of punches blocked by Eugemia.
Eugemia has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Eugemia blocking some punches.
Eugemia is looking to take this one to the mat.
Machado lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Machado lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Machado throws an elbow but it misses.
Eugemia wants to get back to striking at distance but Machado won't allow it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Eugemia is looking for a takedown.
Machado letting Eugemia take a breather here.
Eugemia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eugemia throws the kick towards the body but Machado avoids it.
Machado scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Machado cracks Eugemia with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Eugemia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Eugemia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Machado finds it's way round the side to connect with Eugemia's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eugemia throws out a loose jab but Machado uses good head movement to avoid it.
Machado lands a lovely overhand right.
Machado ducks under a wild hook from Eugemia.
Eugemia blocks a jab.
Machado getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Eugemia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Machado.
Rodrigo Machado seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Machado throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Eugemia on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Machado showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Machado misses with a hook.
Machado bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Eugemia's head.
Machado moves away from the strike by Eugemia.
Eugemia lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Eugemia cracks a nice hook into Machado's ribs.
Machado uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Eugemia.
Eugemia takes a swing at Machado's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Machado lands a lovely overhand right.
Machado ducks under a wild hook from Eugemia.
Machado tries to counter by closing the distance.
Eugemia has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Eugemia there as he acknowledges the shot.
Eugemia walks into a straight right hand from Machado.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machado tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Eugemia counters with a straight right hand.
Eugemia looks to throw the jab but Machado is out of range.
Eugemia goes for a double leg but Machado avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Machado continues to drive forward.
Machado works the jab nicely.
Eugemia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Machado closes the distance and pushes Eugemia back into the cage.
Eugemia looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Eugemia avoids the elbow strike from Machado, against the cage.
Eugemia tries to circle away but Machado has him pinned against the cage.
Machado keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eugemia's efforts to push away.
Machado throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machado lands a hook that snaps the head of Eugemia backwards.
Machado throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Eugemia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Eugemia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Machado.
Eugemia misses with a combination
and Eugemia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Eugemia dodges the punch combination from Machado.
It looked like Eugemia wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eugemia moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Eugemia. Machado does a little dance to reset his feet.
Machado tries to counter by closing the distance.
Eugemia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machado moves out of range as Eugemia strikes.
Machado wants to counter the offense by Eugemia and move into the clinch position.
Eugemia slips under a jab.
Eugemia walks into a stiff left hand from Machado.
Eugemia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Machado.
Eugemia walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Machado is looking to clinch but Eugemia is avoiding it.
Eugemia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Machado.
Eugemia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Machado just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromEugemia.
Eugemia throws a sloppy head kick and Machado moves out of range easily.
Machado is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Machado there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Eugemia 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Eugemia throws a left and a right that both miss
and Machado counters with a huge left! Eugemia is in big trouble! He's backing up but Machado isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Eugemia from any more damage. A dominating finish by Machado!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodrigo Machado!
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