PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexis Machine (ranked 1682 p4p, 1194 weight class) and Roman Reyes (ranked 224 p4p, 170 weight class). Machine kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Satan Is Real. Reyes has chosen Zack Hemsey - Vengeance as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Machine
vs
Reyes

183 cm
30
194
11 - 8 - 1

186 cm
24
184
11 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Fantasy Threads

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 11 - 8 - 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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roman Reyes!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machine takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Reyes, as that shot connected.

Machine closes the distance and pushes Reyes back into the cage.
Machine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Machine managing to block the knees to the body from Reyes.
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.
Reyes blocks the elbow strike.
Reyes looking to stall.
Reyes blocks the elbow strike.
Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Machine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reyes 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.

Reyes breaks the clinch.
Alexis Machine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reyes thuds his right hand into Machine's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Reyes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Machine's head backwards.
Machine tries to clinch but Reyes moves away
and Reyes counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Machine tries to clinch but Reyes moves out of range.
Reyes scores with a three punch combo!
Reyes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Alexis Machine has been cut.
Machine tries to clinch up.
Machine doesn't manage to clinch there - Reyes circles away.
Reyes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Machine is looking to clinch but Reyes is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reyes catches Machine with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Machine tries to clinch but Reyes moves out of range.
Reyes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Machine circles away quickly and effectively.
Machine needs to keep his hands up - Reyes had a free shot at his head there.
Machine is looking to clinch.
Machine wants to clinch
and Reyes counters with a nice uppercut.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reyes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reyes stalks Machine and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Machine's face. Machine staggers backwards, shaken.
Reyes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Reyes lands with an uppercut that bounces Machine off the cage and back into range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Machine takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Reyes swats away the attempt to clinch by Machine.
Reyes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reyes lands a jab-cross combination.
Reyes is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Machine had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Machine tries to clinch there but Reyes circles away.
Machine wants to clinch up but Reyes keeps it at a distance.
Machine walks into a left hand.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reyes throws a push kick but Machine slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Machine is looking to clinch.
Reyes misses with the combination.
Reyes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Machine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Machine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch but Reyes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch but Reyes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Machine tries to clinch but Reyes is having none of it.
Reyes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reyes scores with a jab to the head.
Reyes feints a jab promting Machine to slip. Reyes then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Machine slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A big left from Reyes misses.
Machine tries to clinch up but Reyes circles away and keeps his distance.
Reyes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Machine moves in looking to clinch but Reyes pushes him off.

Machine moves into range and clinches up with Reyes.
Reyes avoids the elbow strike from Machine, against the cage.
Machine throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine.
Machine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reyes's defenses.

Reyes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Machine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reyes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Machine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Machine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Machine tries to clinch up but Reyes circles away and keeps his distance.
Reyes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Reyes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Reyes throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Machine.
Machine tries to clinch up.
Reyes looks to land a right hand but Machine moved out of range.

Machine gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Reyes takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Machine throws an elbow but misses.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reyes is trying to drag Machine to the mat but Machine just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Reyes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Machine is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Reyes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Machine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reyes paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Reyes gets tackled into the cage by Machine. Machine maintains the clinch.
Reyes 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.

Reyes manages to break the clinch.

Machine pushes Reyes up against the cage in a clinch.
Machine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike.
Reyes can't break the clinch.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Machine pushes off an throws an elbow but Reyes 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 blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reyes wants to break free but Machine has control.
Machine lands an elbow that stopped Reyes in his tracks for a moment.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Machine avoiding damage as Reyes throws knees to the body.
Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Reyes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexis Machine's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Machine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Machine fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Machine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reyes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Machine tries to clinch up but Reyes circles away and keeps his distance.
Reyes scores with a nice head shot.
Reyes tries a head kick but it misses.
A slow jab from Reyes misses its intended target.
Reyes lets loose with a powerful body kick. Machine will feel that in the morning.
Reyes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reyes scores with a spinning back kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Machine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Machine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reyes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Machine takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Reyes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Machine is looking to counter the offense by Reyes and move into the clinch.
Reyes keeps the fight on the outside.
Reyes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Roman Reyes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reyes throws a right and a left that Machine avoids nicely.

Machine clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike from Machine.
Reyes blocks the elbow strike.
Reyes misses with an elbow strike.
Reyes drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Machine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Machine avoids the elbow strike from Reyes, against the cage.
Reyes taking a breather.
Machine lands a damaging elbow.
Machine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Machine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reyes's brow.
Alexis Machine has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Reyes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Machine wants to clinch up but Reyes keeps it at a distance.
Machine avoids the head kick by Reyes.
Reyes throws a shot from downtown. Machine moves away and avoids it.
Machine is looking to counter the offense by Reyes and move into the clinch.

Machine gets a clinch.
Reyes blocks the elbow strike.
Machine misses with an elbow over the top.
Reyes avoids the elbow strike from Machine, against the cage.
Reyes throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes trying to land knees to the body.
Reyes stalling in the clinch but Machine improves position.
Reyes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Machine looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reyes 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.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Machine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reyes's brow.
Reyes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Machine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Reyes turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Reyes manages to end up in side control.
Machine is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Reyes asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Machine tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.

Reyes is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Machine can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Reyes pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes looking to control but Machine is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Machine is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Reyes looking to control but Machine is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Machine is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Reyes raining down shots from the mount!
Reyes fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Machine really wants to buck Reyes off and get back to his feet.
Reyes dominating with strikes here.
Reyes has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Machine's face.
Machine is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Machine trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Reyes unloading with bombs!
Machine knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reyes on the ground.
Reyes landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machine wants to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roman Reyes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Reyes cracks Machine with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Machine on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Machine tries to get out of the position.
Reyes is landing with some decent strikes but Machine is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Machine taking shots to the head.
Machine is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Reyes.
Reyes trying to control but Machine is having none of it.
Machine tries to buck Reyes off but he can't manage it.
Reyes scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Machine?
Reyes cracks Machine with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Reyes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alexis Machine's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Machine moves in looking to clinch but Reyes pushes him off.

Machine moves into range and clinches up with Reyes.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike.
Reyes missing with knees to the body.
Machine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Machine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reyes can't get the takedown.
Reyes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Machine prevents it.
Reyes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Machine lands a nice elbow.
Reyes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reyes is trying to maintain a safe position but Machine gets an underhook and turns Reyes into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Reyes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reyes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Machine misses with an elbow strike.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Machine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Machine throws an elbow but misses.

Reyes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Reyes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Reyes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch but Reyes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Machine wants to clinch.
Machine tries to close the distance and clinch but Reyes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reyes swats away the attempt to clinch by Machine.
Machine tries to clinch there but Reyes circles away.
Machine tries to clinch up but Reyes circles away and keeps his distance.
Reyes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Machine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reyes throws a wild body kick that Machine sees coming a mile off.
Reyes tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Machine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alexis Machine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Machine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Machine tries to clinch up.
Despite the aggression on Reyes's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Machine moves in looking to clinch but Reyes pushes him off.
Reyes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Machine tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Reyes manages to circle out of the way.
Machine tries to clinch there but Reyes circles away.
Machine moves in looking to clinch but Reyes pushes him off.
Reyes fails to land with a series of punches.
Machine moves in looking to clinch but Reyes pushes him off.
Reyes throws a series of punches but Machine moves out of range.
Reyes misses with a body kick.
Machine tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Reyes manages to circle out of the way.
Reyes looks to land a right hand but Machine moved out of range.
Machine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reyes throws a hook but Machine blocks it.
Machine wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Machine tries to clinch up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reyes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Machine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reyes.
Reyes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reyes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Reyes circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Reyes duly obliges.
Reyes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Machine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Reyes gets tackled into the cage by Machine. Machine maintains the clinch.
Reyes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Reyes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the cage, Machine throws an elbow but misses.
Reyes trying to control the position but instead, Machine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reyes into the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Reyes dodges an elbow strike from Machine.
Machine lands an elbow that stopped Reyes in his tracks for a moment.
Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Machine misses with an elbow over the top.
Machine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reyes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reyes blocks an elbow strike from Machine.

Reyes has Machine pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Reyes pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Machine tumbling to the mat - Reyes dives into Machine's guard.
Reyes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reyes is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Machine wants to stand and escape but Reyes is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Machine is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Reyes dives into side control.
Reyes landing a few strikes.
Reyes cracks Machine with a big elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Reyes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Reyes winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roman Reyes!
Roman Reyes decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.