PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexis Machine (ranked 1478 p4p, 2162 weight class) and Anthony Ruiz (ranked 194 p4p, 277 weight class). Machine comes to the cage accompanied by Satan Is Real. Ruiz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. DB7 - Squid Game Drill kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Machine
vs
Ruiz

183 cm
29
194
9 - 6 - 1

188 cm
29
192
9 - 5 - 1

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Fantasy Threads

Shadow Realm NYC

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 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexis Machine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Ruiz!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Alyssa Summers and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Machine has Ruiz up against the cage in a clinch.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Ruiz blocks the elbow strike.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz lands a good knee to the midsection. Machine won't want to take too many of those.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Machine lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Ruiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Machine lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Anthony Ruiz has been cut.
Machine blocking some punches.
Machine throws an elbow that misses.
Machine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Machine.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Ruiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Machine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ruiz avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Machine is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruiz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Alexis Machine has been cut.
A knee to the head by Ruiz.
Ruiz lands a knee to the head.
Ruiz landing knees to the head.
Ruiz with a knee to the head.
Ruiz misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz misses with a knee strike.
Ruiz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Machine avoids it.
Machine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Machine avoids it.
Ruiz avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but Machine blocks it.
A knee to the head by Ruiz.
Ruiz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike from Machine.
Machine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ruiz misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Machine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ruiz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Machine managing to block the knees to the body from Ruiz.
Ruiz takes an elbow to the temple.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ruiz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Machine is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ruiz dodges an elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz avoids the elbow strike from Machine, against the cage.
Machine throws an elbow that misses.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
I was talking to Machine's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but Machine blocks it.
Machine comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machine misses with an elbow over the top.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Ruiz avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruiz's defenses.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Machine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Machine lands an elbow that stopped Ruiz in his tracks for a moment.
Ruiz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz blocks the elbow strike.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Ruiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Ruiz misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Machine.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but Machine blocks it.
Ruiz avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine.
Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ruiz landing knees to the head.
Ruiz misses with the head strike.
Ruiz lands a knee to the head.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike.
Machine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruiz's defenses.
Ruiz scores a nice knee to the body.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike from Machine.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Machine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ruiz's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiz lands a good knee to the midsection. Machine won't want to take too many of those.
Ruiz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Ruiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Machine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ruiz missing with knees to the body.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Ruiz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ruiz avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz blocks the elbow strike.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Ruiz blocks the elbow strike.
Machine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Machine lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ruiz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Ruiz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ruiz trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruiz blocks the elbow strike.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ruiz blocks an elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ruiz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Machine seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ruiz can turn it around.
Ruiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alexis Machine will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Machine moves into range and clinches up with Ruiz.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ruiz misses with a knee strike.
Ruiz lands a shoulder strike.
Ruiz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Machine blocks it with crossed arms.
Machine lands an elbow inside that Ruiz shrugs off.
Ruiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Machine avoids it.
Ruiz looking to throw knees to the head but Machine is blocking nicely.
Machine lands an elbow that stopped Ruiz in his tracks for a moment.
Machine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ruiz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Machine lands an elbow just above Ruiz 's eye.

That has opened up Anthony Ruiz's cut even more.
Ruiz misses with a knee strike.
Machine lands an elbow just above Ruiz 's eye.

Ruiz is rocked!

The cut above Anthony Ruiz's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ruiz misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruiz is still on wobbly legs! Can Machine finish him?
Ruiz trying to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Machine misses with an elbow over the top.
Ruiz is breathing heavily.
Machine lands an elbow that stopped Ruiz in his tracks for a moment.
Machine misses with an elbow over the top.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Machine avoiding damage as Ruiz throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machine lands a nice elbow.

Anthony Ruiz's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ruiz dodges an elbow strike from Machine.
Ruiz blocks the elbow strike.
Ruiz dodges an elbow strike from Machine.
Machine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruiz's defenses.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Anthony Ruiz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alexis Machine!
Alexis Machine took some time post fight to say the following; 'Well, well, well, feed me crack and call me a bitch!'.