PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Decision Machine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Gzrel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gzrel has chosen Warriors Dance as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Decision Machine had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Machine
vs
Gzrel

205 cm
24
245 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

193 cm
25
278 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Gesundheit Designs

160!
Gesundheit Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Decision Machine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gabriel Gzrel!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machine takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Machine is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gzrel misses with a left hand
and Machine counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Machine throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gzrel misses with a left hand
and Machine counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gzrel thinking.
Machine cracks the inside of Gzrel's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gzrel on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A nice leg kick lands there from Machine.
Machine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gzrel looks gassed!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gzrel crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Machine - the referee stops the clock and Gzrel gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Machine. Gzrel manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A shot to the liver by Machine. Beautiful body shot.
Machine lands with a right hand.

It looks like Gabriel Gzrel has been cut.
A solid body kick from Machine.
Machine lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gzrel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Machine scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gzrel doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machine connects with the punch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Machine.

Machine gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Machine scores a nice knee to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Machine.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gzrel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Machine lands a left hand.
Gzrel looking to stall.
Machine lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gzrel or not.
Machine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gzrel avoids it.
Machine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Machine scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gzrel missing with knees to the body.
Machine comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A left hand lands to the body for Gzrel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gzrel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Machine lands a shot to the body.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Gzrel being controlled against the cage.
Machine lands an uppercut.
Gzrel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Machine avoids it.
Machine tries a body shot but Gzrel blocks it.
Gzrel is trying to stall.
Gzrel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gzrel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Machine.
Gzrel is stalling here.
Machine lands an uppercut.

That has opened up Gabriel Gzrel's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machine scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Machine.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Machine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gzrel is trying to break the clinch but Machine has him pressed against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Machine.
Gzrel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Machine slows down the pace here.
Machine is trying to stall.
Gzrel avoids the elbow strike from Machine, against the cage.
Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Machine landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gzrel struggles to land a body shot inside as Machine controls his hands.
Machine lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gzrel backwards.
Nice body punch from Machine.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Machine.
Gzrel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Machine lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Machine lands an uppercut.
Machine has Gzrel pushed against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Machine as the two fighters clinch.
Machine misses with a body punch.
Gzrel creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short left from Machine.
Machine tries to work over Gzrel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Machine lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Machine leaning his opponent against the cage.
Machine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gzrel backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Decision Machine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gabriel Gzrel's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Machine with a jab.
Machine scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Machine connects with a solid leg kick.
Machine misses with a body shot.
Machine chopping away at his opponent's legs.
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!
Machine connects with a body shot.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Machine here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gzrel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Machine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gzrel was well out of range. Poor timing from Machine.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Machine - that will leave a mark!
Machine is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Machine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Machine as he connects with a hook.
Gzrel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Gzrel is rocked!

The cut above Gabriel Gzrel's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gzrel is breathing heavily.
Machine feints a jab and as Gzrel dips his head, Machine unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Gzrel right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Gzrel falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Machine smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Decision Machine!
Decision Machine seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.