PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexis Machine (ranked 1435 p4p, 3267 weight class) and Karl Schwarzschild (ranked 212 p4p, 426 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Machine might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Satan Is Real. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Machine
vs
Schwarzschild

183 cm
26
200
5 - 1 - 1

180 cm
26
192
6 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Island Boys Nutrition

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 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Alexis Machine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Karl Schwarzschild!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Machine misses the target.
Schwarzschild avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Schwarzschild fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Schwarzschild scores with a body shot.
Schwarzschild throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Machine is looking to clinch.
Schwarzschild looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Machine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alexis Machine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Machine closes the distance and clinches.

Schwarzschild's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Machine looks to clinch
and Schwarzschild counters with a nice body shot.
Machine wants to clinch but Schwarzschild slips to the side
and Schwarzschild counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Machine tries to clinch up
and Schwarzschild counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Alexis Machine has been cut.
Schwarzschild swats away the attempt to clinch by Machine.
Schwarzschild looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Schwarzschild comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Machine gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Schwarzschild breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Machine throws a poor cross that misses
and Schwarzschild cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Machine tries to clinch but Schwarzschild is having none of it.
Machine throws a poor cross that misses
and Schwarzschild counters with a right hand to the body.
Machine on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Schwarzschild jabs Machine to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Machine takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Schwarzschild circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Schwarzschild counter with a right hand.
Machine misses with a hook. Schwarzschild ducked under it nicely.
Machine blocks a head kick by Schwarzschild.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schwarzschild scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Machine doesn't seem bothered though.
Machine throws an off balance right hand

and Schwarzschild counters by clinching up.
Machine misses with a punch on the inside.
Schwarzschild takes an elbow to the forehead.
Schwarzschild lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schwarzschild lands a left hand.

Schwarzschild escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Schwarzschild pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Schwarzschild scores with a body shot.
Schwarzschild with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Machine to score with a decent uppercut.
Schwarzschild moves away from the strike by Machine.
Schwarzschild fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Machine looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Schwarzschild works the jab nicely.
Schwarzschild throws a half hearted mid kick.
Machine wants to clinch up but Schwarzschild keeps it at a distance.
Schwarzschild lands with a straight right. Machine didn't see that one coming.
Schwarzschild scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Machine doesn't seem bothered though.
Schwarzschild is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Machine rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schwarzschild manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Schwarzschild! But no joy.
Machine has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Schwarzschild.
Machine is breathing heavily.
Machine closes the distance but Schwarzschild moves to the side
and Schwarzschild counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Schwarzschild scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Machine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Schwarzschild.
Decent striking displayed by Schwarzschild there.
Schwarzschild pushes Machine away with a front kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Schwarzschild. Machine shrugs it off though.
Schwarzschild scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Schwarzschild gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Machine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Schwarzschild working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Schwarzschild lands a damaging elbow.
Schwarzschild lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzschild lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Schwarzschild dodges an elbow strike from Machine.
Schwarzschild lands a body punch in the clinch.

Schwarzschild's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Schwarzschild thuds his shin into the meat of Machine's side.
Machine closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Alexis Machine's cut is getting worse.

Schwarzschild clinches up with Machine and pushes him back against the cage.
Schwarzschild scores with a shoulder strike.
Machine takes an elbow to the temple.
Machine takes an elbow to the forehead.

Alexis Machine's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Still in the clinch, Schwarzschild scores with a nice short uppercut.
Machine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Schwarzschild lands a right hand.

Schwarzschild manages to break the clinch.
Schwarzschild lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Machine is rocked!

Jeez, Alexis Machine's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Machine tries to clinch
and Schwarzschild scores with a counter punch that sends Machine to the canvas! Schwarzschild smells blood - he's punishing Machine with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Machine has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Schwarzschild!
A very excited looking Karl Schwarzschild made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.