PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diamond Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phillips comes to the cage accompanied by Motorhead-King of Kings. Machida has chosen Dawn of the Dead by Does it Offend you, yeah? as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Phillips
vs
Machida

193 cm
26
215 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
196 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diamond Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lyoto Machida!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Machida slips a jab and a cross from Phillips.
Machida throws a jab but it's blocked by Phillips.
Phillips pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Phillips fails to land with a series of punches.
Phillips looks to land a left hand but Machida moved out of range nicely.
Machida is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Phillips.
A telegraphed right hand from Machida misses the target.
Machida gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diamond Phillips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phillips scoring well with a low kick there.
Machida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Phillips defending well as Machida loads up on a big left hand.
Phillips looks to land a right hand but Machida moved out of range.
Phillips avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Phillips slips a straight right by Machida.
Machida misses with an uppercut.
Machida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phillips manages to avoid it.
Machida is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Phillips.
Machida throws a hook but Phillips blocks it.
Phillips throws the left hand but Machida avoids the punch easily.
Machida connects with a good right hand that stumbles Phillips. Phillips circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Phillips swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Machida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Phillips.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips throws a leg kick but Machida moved away.
Machida throws out a loose jab but Phillips uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Phillips!

It looks like Lyoto Machida has been cut.
Phillips uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Machida.
Phillips jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Machida showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Phillips.
Machida scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Phillips doesn't seem bothered though.
Machida dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Machida fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machida works Phillips's body with a nice hook.
Phillips is breathing heavily.
Machida scores with a body shot.
Machida looks to throw the jab but Phillips is out of range.
Machida lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Machida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Machida lands a two punch combo.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Machida! Phillips is backing up but he can't get away as Machida lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Phillips and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lyoto Machida!