PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Oscar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and santana machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Oscar
vs
machida

200 cm
22
220 lbs
2 - 8 - 0

185 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George Oscar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, santana machida!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oscar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with machida, pushing him back against the cage.
machida is trying to break the clinch but Oscar has him pressed against the cage.

Oscar has hold of one of machida's legs. machida is fighting the takedown attempt but Oscar gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Oscar wants to control from the top but machida keeps moving.
Oscar has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Oscar cracks machida with a solid left hand.
machida throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
machida throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Oscar tries to free his leg and advance position but machida is retaining full guard.
machida throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
machida looks gassed!
Oscar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oscar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of machida's head.
Oscar chips away with some ground and pound.
Oscar postures up in machida's guard and throws a big left but machida blocks it.
Oscar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
machida thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
machida throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Oscar tries to free his leg and advance position but machida is retaining full guard.
machida doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
machida will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Oscar with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
machida doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
machida trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Oscar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Oscar chips away with some ground and pound.
machida throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Oscar cracks machida with a solid left hand.
Oscar will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Oscar's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
machida keeping full guard, as Oscar tries to pass.
Oscar postures up and lands a big shot to machida's brow.
Oscar wants to stand but machida is controlling his posture from full guard.
machida striking off his back but it's not causing Oscar any problems.
Oscar trying to control but machida is working from the bottom.
Oscar trying to stand up but can't free himself from machida's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oscar is working machida over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
machida throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Oscar moves into the clinch.

Oscar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oscar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oscar moves in looking to clinch but machida pushes him off.
A combination from Oscar does no damage.
Some wild striking there from Oscar.
Oscar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Oscar is looking to clinch but machida is avoiding it.
Oscar throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Oscar tries to clinch but machida moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Oscar. No joy for machida on that attempt.
George Oscar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body kick from Oscar.

Oscar drives through and clinches with machida against the cage.
Oscar scores with a knee to the head.

Oscar gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Oscar preventing the sweep.
Oscar trying to control but machida is working from the bottom.
Oscar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of machida's head.
Oscar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Oscar works over machida with some ground and pound from guard.
machida lands some strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oscar won't allow machida to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oscar landing with the ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Oscar tries to close the distance and clinch but machida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
machida keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Oscar stuffs the takedown.

Oscar has machida up against the cage in a clinch.
Oscar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Oscar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oscar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
machida misses with a takedown attempt

and Oscar holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
George Oscar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of santana machida.

Oscar has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed machida clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oscar throwing damaging strikes from the back! machida could be in trouble here!
Oscar is trying to stick to machida's back but machida is turning into Oscar. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Oscar's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by machida.
machida thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Oscar dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Oscar tries to close the distance and clinch but machida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oscar doesn't manage to clinch there - machida circles away.
machida swats away the attempt to clinch by Oscar.
Nice sprawl there from Oscar as machida shoots in.
machida swats away the attempt to clinch by Oscar.
Oscar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oscar shoots in but machida avoids the takedown attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
machida stuffs the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
machida keeps the fight on the outside.
machida fails with the takedown.
Oscar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
machida misses with a takedown attempt

and Oscar counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
George Oscar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of santana machida.
machida has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Oscar is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Oscar gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
machida trying to strike off his back.
machida has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oscar won't allow machida to sweep him here.
Oscar wants to control from the top but machida keeps moving.
Oscar knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for machida on the ground.
machida throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Oscar postures up and lands a big shot to machida's brow.
machida trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
machida throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Oscar content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Oscar is looking to clinch but machida is avoiding it.

Oscar shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
machida throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Oscar scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Oscar blocks the strikes from machida.
Oscar seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
machida on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
machida gets back to full guard.
machida with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Oscar can't handle though.
Oscar is working machida over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
machida sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

machida gets a takedown into half guard.
Oscar tries to roll over but machida keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oscar keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
machida sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Oscar defending well though.
Oscar wants to get back to his feet.
Oscar wants to improve his position but machida is controlling well.
Oscar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but machida scores with a couple of nice shots.
machida thows a huge punch but Oscar dodges it nicely.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fighters circling - Oscar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oscar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oscar tries for a takedown but machida circles away easily

and machida counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oscar looking to hit a scissor sweep but machida is one step ahead there.
machida cracks Oscar with a solid left hand.
Oscar on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Oscar tries to get out of the position.
machida keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Oscar's head.
machida thows a big elbow that misses.
Oscar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Oscar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Oscar throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
machida shoots and misses

and Oscar counters by clinching up.
Oscar prevents a takedown attempt there.
Oscar pushes machida back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Oscar is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. machida can't fight it off and eventually Oscar manages to take the fight to the floor. machida looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Oscar dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Oscar tries to clinch there but machida circles away.
machida swats away the attempt to clinch by Oscar.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Oscar.
machida shoots in for a double leg but Oscar sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Oscar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but machida manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
machida shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
machida swats away the attempt to clinch by Oscar.
Nice body kick there by Oscar.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oscar closes the distance and clinches.

Oscar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
machida fails to land the takedown.
George Oscar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of santana machida.

Oscar looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for machida!
machida tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Oscar landing strikes from the mount and machida is in trouble!
Oscar working the ground and pound effectively.
Oscar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. machida can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
machida is looking to improve his position but Oscar isn't that keen on the idea.
machida swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
machida is looking to get to half guard.
machida is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
machida flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
machida taking shots to the head.
Oscar with a couple of short strikes.
machida in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oscar in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Oscar is in the full mount, landing strikes.
machida is looking to improve his position but Oscar isn't that keen on the idea.
machida flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
machida working to try and regain half guard.
Oscar lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
machida is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oscar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
machida flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
machida throwing hammer fists to the chest of Oscar. What's that going to do exactly?
Oscar has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of machida's face.
Oscar lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
machida flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Oscar breaks from machida's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Oscar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can machida hang on?
machida working to try and regain half guard.
machida flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Oscar blocks machida's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
machida tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Oscar breaks from machida's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Oscar connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four 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.
machida flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Oscar scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish machida?
George Oscar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
machida keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Oscar lands a big shot there that rocks machida but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
machida regains half guard.
Oscar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Oscar wants to free his trapped foot but machida is holding on for dear life with his legs.
machida flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
machida lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
machida misses with some strikes from the bottom.
santana machida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oscar lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
George Oscar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
machida flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Oscar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oscar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:26
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Oscar!