PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rizoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guy Clould (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rizoto Machida has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Machida
vs
Clould

178 cm
22
174 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

RMC - $ 9 Shorts! Out of shorts

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rizoto Machida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Guy Clould!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clould tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Machida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Machida takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Clould gets the takedown into side control.
Machida is breathing heavily.
Clould trying to control the action but Machida is working from the bottom.

Clould working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Clould cracks Machida with a big right hand but Machida just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clould laying and praying for a moment but Machida takes advantage and regains half guard.
Clould trying to control the action but Machida is working from the bottom.
Clould is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Clould is looking for a kimura here.
Nice strikes from Clould there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Clould seems content to control.
Clould winds up and cracks Machida with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Machida is staying active underneath Clould, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Clould is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Clould connects with a nice short shot to Machida's temple.
Machida is staying active underneath Clould, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clould winds up and cracks Machida with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Clould is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Clould wants to control but Machida is keeping him busy.
Clould takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Clould is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Clould lands strikes from half guard.
Clould is trying to control. Machida wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clould is controlling the pace.
Clould wants to control but Machida is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Guy Clould was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Clould tries to clinch there but Machida circles away.

Clould shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Machida napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Machida on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Machida tries to get out of the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clould moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guy Clould dominated that round.
That's time! Machida's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Clould tries to close the distance and clinch but Machida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clould tries to clinch up but Machida circles away and keeps his distance.

Clould rushes Machida and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Clould lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Clould lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Machida.

Clould wants the takedown. Machida is fighting it off but Clould persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Machida's guard against the cage.
Clould stands up over Machida, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Clould postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Clould trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Clould's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Clould gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Clould shoots in and bounces Machida off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Clould wants to pass the guard but Machida is keeping the position.
Machida working a defensive guard here.
Clould showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clould lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Clould postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Machida keeping moving, preventing Clould from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Clould's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida keeping moving, preventing Clould from controlling successfully.
Clould works over Machida with some ground and pound from guard.
Clould with a flurry of punches that miss.
Machida keeping moving, preventing Clould from controlling successfully.
Clould working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Clould postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clould passes Machida's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Clould lands a nice short elbow.

Machida is rocked!
Clould with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Oh Machida is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Machida might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Clould scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clould lands a big elbow - Machida is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Clould!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Guy Clould!
A relieved looking Guy Clould thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.