PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Machado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Machado has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dos Santos
vs
Machado

225 cm
18
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
286 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Machado!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Machado closes the distance and pushes Dos Santos back into the cage.
Dos Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Machado is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Machado scores with a nice hook to the head.
Machado throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dos Santoss head.
Dos Santos tries to work over Machado's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Machado drops Dos Santos onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Dos Santos is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Dos Santos is rocked!
Machado should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machado lands with a left to the head.
Oh Dos Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Machado misses with a short punch on the inside.
Machado fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dos Santos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dos Santos.
Machado throws a punch but it's blocked by Dos Santos.
Machado throws a head punch that misses.
Machado misses with some punches.
Machado swings wildly with an uppercut but Dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Machado swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Machado misses with the head strike.
Machado throws a head punch that misses.
Machado misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dos Santos.
Machado throws a punch but it's blocked by Dos Santos.
Machado misses with the head strike.
Dos Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Machado fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Machado tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dos Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Machado tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dos Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Machado swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Machado working aggressively here.
Machado fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Machado swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Machado misses with the head strike.
Machado misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dos Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Machado drops Dos Santos onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Dos Santos is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Machado lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Dos Santos to his knees! Machado keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Machado!