PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Liam Machin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edwin Meadows (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meadows has chosen Punky's Whips as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Machin
vs
Meadows

170 cm
27
153 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

172 cm
29
155 lbs
16 - 15 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Liam Machin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Edwin Meadows!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machin scores with a punch to the head.
Machin lands a really nice looking cross but Meadows seems unphased.
Liam Machin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meadows fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meadows tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Machin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Machin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Machin throws a hook to the side of Meadows's head but Meadows sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Meadows avoids a punch combination nicely.
Machin swats away the attempt to clinch by Meadows.
Machin swats away the attempt to clinch by Meadows.
Machin cracks the inside of Meadows's front leg.
Meadows lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Machin misses with a jab to the body

and Meadows counters by clinching up.
Meadows dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Meadows's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meadows with a lazy takedown attempt
and Machin counters with a two punch combo.
Meadows is looking to clinch.
Machin misses with an uppercut.
Meadows closes the distance but Machin moves to the side
and Machin counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Machin throws out a loose jab but Meadows uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meadows misses with a wild combination.
Meadows shoots in and drives through. Machin sprawls well.
A slapping leg kick lands for Machin.
A swing and a miss from Machin.
Machin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Machin wants it to stay on the feet.
Liam Machin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edwin Meadows.
Machin leaves Meadows with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Machin fails to land with a series of punches.
Machin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machin scores with a leg kick.
Meadows throws a lazy right hand but Machin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Meadows wants to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meadows fails with a takedown attempt.
Machin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Meadows is looking to clinch.
Machin thows a body shot but no joy.
Meadows tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A combination from Machin does no damage.
Liam Machin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Machin connects with a jab.
Machin digs a good body shot into Meadows's ribs.
Machin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meadows uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Machin.
Meadows fails to land with a series of punches.
Machin swats away the attempt to clinch by Meadows.
A lazy left from Machin finds it's target.
Machin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meadows lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Meadows.
Decent striking displayed by Machin there.
A big left from Machin misses.
Machin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meadows.
Machin works the jab nicely.
Machin connects with a nice looking jab.
Meadows moves out of range as Machin strikes.
Meadows thows a body shot but no joy.
Meadows fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Meadows closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meadows tries to circle away but Machin has him pinned against the cage.

Machin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Machin swinging wildly here.
Meadows shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Machin sprawls well. Machin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Meadows gets slowly back to his feet.
Meadows shoots in for a takedown but Machin shows good takedown defense.
Meadows fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meadows takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Meadows fails to land with a series of punches.
Machin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Machin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Meadows moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Meadows on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Machin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Machin lands with a good body shot.
Machin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A chopping leg kick lands by Machin.
That kick from Machin tenderised Meadows's leg. Meadows is trying to keep his angry face on.
Machin lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Machin.
Edwin Meadows is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Meadows fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meadows uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Machin.
Meadows shoots in looking for a takedown but Machin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Meadows's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Machin dips to his left and cracks Meadows with an uppercut!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Meadows.
That kick from Machin tenderised Meadows's leg. Meadows is trying to keep his angry face on.
Meadows tries to clinch but Machin moves away
and Machin counters with a low kick, right behind Meadows 's knee.
Machin digs a good body shot into Meadows's ribs.
Meadows looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Machin is fending him off so far but Meadows persists. Nope, Machin circles away and we're back to standing.
Liam Machin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edwin Meadows.
Meadows tries to clinch up but Machin circles away and keeps his distance.
Meadows on the wrong end of a nice hook.
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!
Machin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Meadows needs to keep his hands up - Machin had a free shot at his head there.
Liam Machin is winning the standup battle so far.
Machin stuffs the takedown attempt from Meadows. Meadows gets slowly back to his feet.
Meadows is breathing heavily.
Machin scores with a nice right hand.
Some wild striking there from Machin.
Machin looks to land a combination. Meadows sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Machin lands with a kick to the temple. Meadows shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Machin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Meadows doesn't manage to clinch there - Machin circles away.
Good leg kick by Machin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Meadows wants to clinch up but Machin keeps it at a distance.
Meadows wants to clinch up but Machin keeps it at a distance.
Machin circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machin lands a right hook to the body.
Meadows fails in his attempt to clinch.
Machin scores with a sloppy right hand. Meadows should have avoided that one.
Machin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Meadows's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A swing and a miss from Machin.
A good leg kick by Machin.
Machin feints and then cracks Meadows's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Meadows down.
Machin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Machin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meadows tries to close the distance and clinch but Machin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Machin cracks Meadows with a good jab.
Machin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Machin just misses with a punch to the body.
Meadows has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Meadows there as he acknowledges the shot.
Meadows closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meadows misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Machin.
Machin throws a sloppy head kick and Meadows moves out of range easily.
Machin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice jab there from Machin.
Machin thows a body shot but no joy.
Machin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Machin throws a hook to the side of Meadows's head but Meadows sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Meadows moves out of range of the body kick from Machin.
Machin throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Machin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meadows.
Meadows closes this distance looking for a takedown but Machin circles away.
Meadows lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Meadows.
Meadows is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meadows tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Machin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Meadows thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meadows tries to clinch but Machin moves out of range.

Machin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Machin lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meadows misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meadows is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Machin.
Machin misses with some punches.
Meadows tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Machin blocking some punches.
Machin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Machin works on Meadows's body with a couple of short punches.
A short body shot lands from Machin as the two fighters clinch.
Machin lands a body shot.
A bit of stalling here from Machin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Machin dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Meadows shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Meadows tries to clinch
and Machin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Machin misses with a hook to the body
and Meadows counters with a one-two to the body.
The fighters circling - Machin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sloppy strikes from Meadows. Those never looked like landing.
Machin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Meadows has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Machin swinging wildly here.
Meadows takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Good shot there by Meadows.
Machin misses with a wild body shot.
Machin circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab lands there for Machin.
Machin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Meadows takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meadows tries to close the distance and clinch up but Machin swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meadows misses the shot to the body.
Crunch! Machin slams his shin into Meadows's torso.
Machin lands with an overhand left.
Meadows drops his hands momentarily and Machin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Machin swings for the body but Meadows moves out of range.
Meadows doesn't manage to clinch there - Machin circles away.
Meadows throws a right hand that Machin ducks under and follows up with a left that Machin also avoids with ease.
Meadows takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Machin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Machin thows a body shot but no joy.
Meadows fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meadows rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Machin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Machin connects with a single shot there.
Meadows darts in trying to clinch
and Machin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Edwin Meadows has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machin's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Machin duly obliges.
Machin scores with a decent looking hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Machin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meadows tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Machin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Meadows's head backwards.
Meadows has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Machin finds it's way round the side to connect with Meadows's head.
Meadows tries to clinch but Machin is having none of it.
Meadows ducks right into an uppercut from Machin.

Machin moves into range and clinches up with Meadows.
Machin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Meadows's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Meadows drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Machin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Meadows's head.
Machin throws a nice head kick!
Meadows thows a left - swing and a miss!
Liam Machin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Machin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Machin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Meadows.
Machin feints and then cracks Meadows's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Meadows down.
Meadows on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A jab from Machin finds it's way through Meadows's defenses.
Jab from Machin.
Meadows tries to move into range but Machin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Machin cracks a nice hook into Meadows's ribs.
Meadows uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Machin.
Machin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Meadows can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machin connects with a looping right hand.
Machin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Meadows throws a left and a right that both miss
and Machin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Machin thows a body kick. Meadows tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Meadows looks for a takedown but Machin sprawls well.
Liam Machin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edwin Meadows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meadows fails in his attempt to clinch.
Machin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Machin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Meadows keeps the fight on the outside.
Sloppy strikes from Meadows. Those never looked like landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Machin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Machin throws a good cross that connects.
Meadows looks for a takedown but Machin sprawls well.
Machin with a body punch. A glancing blow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Machin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Machin 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Machin!