PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam McCullen (ranked 827 p4p, 114 weight class) and Xander Machado (ranked 647 p4p, 96 weight class). McCullen's entrance music is The Foggy Dew. A fine choice. Machado has chosen Latin Thugs as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sam McCullen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

McCullen
vs
Machado

195 cm
31
225 lbs
18 - 14 - 1

196 cm
32
208 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Sam McCullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Xander Machado!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machado dives in and grabs McCullen's left leg, looking for a takedown. McCullen pushes down on Machado's head and hops out.
McCullen throwing a counter right hand but Machado manages to avoid it.
McCullen stuffs the takedown.
McCullen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Machado uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCullen.
Machado lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Machado gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and McCullen counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Machado! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sam McCullen!
Sam McCullen bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Xander Machado spoke after the fight, saying 'No Worries Homies, Gonna Train Hard And Win Next Fight'.