PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wanderson Machado (ranked 3900 p4p, 428 weight class) and Al Briscoe (ranked 25738 p4p, 625 weight class). Briscoe is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Venom. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Machado
vs
Briscoe

175 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

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 London, Wanderson Machado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Al Briscoe!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machado tries to clinch but Briscoe moves out of range.
Briscoe feints the counter takedown.
Machado fails with an attempt to clinch.
Machado slaps away a takedown attempt from Briscoe, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Machado tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Machado moves in looking to clinch but Briscoe pushes him off.
Machado tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Briscoe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Briscoe drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Machado defends it well.
Machado lands a lovely overhand right.

Briscoe closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Machado's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Briscoe lands a couple of digs.
Machado managing to control the position.
Briscoe lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machado utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Briscoe is looking to pass into half guard but Machado pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Machado is in guard.

Machado could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Briscoe looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Machado passes into side control.
Briscoe is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Briscoe is looking to escape.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Machado controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briscoe tries to kick Machado off but Machado keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Machado moves nicely into side control.
Machado is looking to take a break and control but Briscoe is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Briscoe is trying to buck Machado off.
Machado working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machado wants to lay and pray for a moment but Briscoe keeps working.
Machado taking a breather here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Briscoe is not content to let Machado control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Machado just misses with a punch to the body.
And Briscoe tries to counter it with a takedown but Machado pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Machado clinches with his opponent.
Machado gets through Briscoe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Machado stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Machado tries to work over Briscoe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Machado.
Machado tries a body shot but Briscoe blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Machado.
Machado pushes Briscoe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Machado works on Briscoe's body with a couple of short punches.
Machado gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Briscoe.
Briscoe is working for takedown but Machado is calmly controlling the position for now.
Wanderson Machado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Al Briscoe.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Machado works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Briscoe looks winded!
Machado lands with a short head shot on the inside.

It looks like Al Briscoe has been cut.
Briscoe has Machado pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Machado manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderson Machado dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Al Briscoe's cut.
That's time! Machado's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Briscoe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Briscoe drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Machado defends it well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Briscoe.
Machado is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Briscoe can do to turn this around?
Briscoe swats away the attempt to clinch by Machado.
Briscoe feints the counter takedown.
Machado keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Briscoe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Machado tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Briscoe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Machado tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Briscoe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Briscoe drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Machado defends it well.
Machado throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Machado tries to clinch but Briscoe moves out of range.
Machado tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Briscoe drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Machado defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machado scores with a sloppy right hand. Briscoe should have avoided that one.
Machado is looking to clinch but Briscoe is avoiding it.

Machado cracks Briscoe with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Machado has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Briscoe to stand back up!

Briscoe is rocked!
Briscoe walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Briscoe limp body while Machado jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Wanderson Machado!