PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Nogeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Antonio Nogeira was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Machida
vs
Nogeira

183 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, 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 Tokyo, Antonio Nogeira!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogeira shoots in but Machida avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nogeira keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Nogeira does no damage.
Machida tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Machida throws a sloppy head kick and Nogeira moves out of range easily.
Nogeira takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lyoto Machida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Machida throws a sloppy head kick and Nogeira moves out of range easily.
Machida throws a head kick but Nogeira moves out of range.
Nogeira blocks a head kick by Machida.
Machida fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Machida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nogeira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A head kick misses from Machida.
Nogeira shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Machida as he jumps to the side.
Machida throws a right and a left that both miss.
Machida tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Nogeira fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Machida, pushing him back against the cage.

Nogeira drags the fight down to the ground.
Nogeira thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Nogeira throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogeira is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Nogeira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nogeira preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Machida is fighting to break Nogeira's control of his arms but Nogeira is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Nogeira wants to sweep here but Machida controlling him for the moment.
Nogeira looks gassed!
Nogeira has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nogeira looking to hit a scissor sweep but Machida is one step ahead there.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Nogeira holds on and takes a little breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Nogeira is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Machida has his hands clasped together but Nogeira extends an breaks Machida's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Nogeira.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Antonio Nogeira!