PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wanderson Machado (ranked 96 p4p, 365 weight class) and Joseph DeAngelo (ranked 12 p4p, 49 weight class). Machado comes to the cage accompanied by El Barrio. On his way into the cage it seems that Wanderson Machado has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Wanderson Machado seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Machado
vs
DeAngelo

175 cm
26
187
16 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
180
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Mile High
Vegan Gains

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wanderson Machado!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joseph DeAngelo!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machado chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Machado misses with an uppercut. DeAngelo saw that one coming.
Machado changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
DeAngelo misses with a looping left.
Machado quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Machado thows a left - swing and a miss!
DeAngelo misses with a wild body shot.
DeAngelo throws a lazy uppercut
and Machado counters with an outside leg kick.
Machado lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Machado looks to score with a jab to the body but DeAngelo is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Machado lands with a nice body punch.
Machado avoids the body shot from DeAngelo.
It appears Machado was looking to counter with a kick there.
Machado slips under a jab from DeAngelo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! DeAngelo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Machado - the referee stops the clock and DeAngelo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Machado. DeAngelo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Machado misses with a wild body shot.
DeAngelo moves out of range of the body kick.
DeAngelo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Machado connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between DeAngelo's hands.
DeAngelo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Machado counters with a straight right hand.

Machado feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends DeAngelo sprawling to the canvas! DeAngelo rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Machado finish him?!

DeAngelo is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slapping body kick lands there for Machado.
DeAngelo is still on wobbly legs! Can Machado finish him?
Joseph DeAngelo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
DeAngelo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Machado misses with a body kick.
Machado moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
DeAngelo seems to have recovered his senses.
Machado throws a shot to the body.
Machado digs a good body shot into DeAngelo's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machado pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It seemed like DeAngelo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Decent striking displayed by Machado there.
Machado misses with a wild body shot.
Machado throws a body kick that misses.
DeAngelo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
DeAngelo missing with a left hand there. Machado was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little feinted left hand from Machado on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
DeAngelo lands with an uppercut that bounces Machado off the cage and back into range.
DeAngelo throws a lazy uppercut
and Machado counters with a left to the body.
Machado throws a hook to the side of DeAngelo's head but DeAngelo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
DeAngelo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Machado with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Machado.
DeAngelo swings away with a body shot that misses
and DeAngelo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machado throws a lazy body kick
and Machado takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
DeAngelo misses with a left hand
and Machado counters with a straight right hand.
DeAngelo throws out a loose jab but Machado uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Machado throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from DeAngelo! But no joy.
DeAngelo connects with a right hand. Machado shakes it off.
DeAngelo misses with a straight left.
DeAngelo throws a lazy right hand but Machado sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Machado is looking to counter punch.
Machado moves out of range of the strikes.
Machado walks into a straight right hand from DeAngelo.
DeAngelo misses with a lunging right hand
and Machado counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machado misses with a wild body shot.
Machado just misses with a punch to the body.
Machado scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from DeAngelo misses.
DeAngelo connects with a crisp jab.
Machado rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and DeAngelo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
DeAngelo lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Wanderson Machado has been cut.
Machado misses with a right hand
enabling DeAngelo to counter with a crisp jab.
DeAngelo misses with a looping right.
DeAngelo scores with the left hand. Machado knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
DeAngelo misses with an uppercut
and Machado counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderson Machado dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wanderson Machado's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Machado feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits DeAngelos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
DeAngelo takes a swing at Machado's ribcage but misses.
DeAngelo might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
DeAngelo swings widly with a right hand
and Machado counters with a body kick that stops DeAngelo in his tracks momentarily.
Machado takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A swing and a miss from Machado.
DeAngelo misses with a hook. Machado ducked under it nicely.
DeAngelo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Machado throws a solid leg kick but DeAngelo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Machado.
Machado lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Machado throws a lazy uppercut
and DeAngelo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machado scores with a hook to the body. DeAngelo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A nice leg kick from Machado, right into the meat of the thigh.
DeAngelo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Machado throwing a counter right hand but DeAngelo manages to avoid it.
Machado misses with a straight left.
DeAngelo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Machado.
DeAngelo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
DeAngelo throws a shot from downtown. Machado moves away and avoids it.
Machado connects with a leg kick.
Machado is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that DeAngelo can do to turn this around?
Machado blocks a jab.
Nice cross by DeAngelo.
DeAngelo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeAngelo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Machado misses with a hook.
Machado avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Machado tries to close the distance and clinch but DeAngelo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
DeAngelo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Machado was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Machado slips a jab from DeAngelo.
Machado swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
DeAngelo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Machado doesn't seem bothered though.
Machado bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice shot by Machado.
Machado lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeAngelo throws the left hand but Machado avoids the punch easily.
DeAngelo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Machado lands a big uppercut and DeAngelo crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but DeAngelo looks OK. Machado waves DeAngelo back to his feet!
DeAngelo defending well as Machado loads up on a big left hand.
Machado wants to clinch.
DeAngelo lands a jab to the nose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeAngelo looks up at the clock. Bad move! Machado lands a right hand from hell, dropping DeAngelo. Machado pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wanderson Machado!
Wanderson Machado retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Wanderson Machado thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.