PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quinton Randleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Machado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machado comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Thunderstruck kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ricardo Machado was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Randleman
vs
Machado

179 cm
21
243 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

198 cm
26
280 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Freebok (85% Laundry)
King of Clothes

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Quinton Randleman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricardo Machado!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Randleman looking to score a takedown here. Machado is defending well but Randleman drives through and ends up in Machado's guard.
Randleman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Machado can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Randleman controls the pace.
Randleman preventing the sweep.
Randleman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Machado really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Randleman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Randleman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Randleman throwing strikes from guard but Machado blocks nicely.
Randleman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Randleman lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machado has momentary wrist control but Randleman slips an elbow through the middle.
Randleman is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Machado wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Randleman manages to pass to side control.
Machado taking some punishment here, with Randleman in his half guard.
Randleman is taking a breather. Machado says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Randleman lands strikes from half guard.
Randleman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Randleman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Randleman takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Randleman controlling the action here.
Machado wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randleman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Randleman content to control rather than advance.
Randleman throwing shots but Machado is blocking nicely.
Randleman is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Ground and pound from Randleman.
Randleman is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Randleman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Still in half guard, Randleman seems content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randleman has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Randleman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Machado blocking the ground and pound attempt from Randleman.
Randleman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Randleman is controlling the pace.
Randleman working the head and body with strikes.
Machado tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Randleman has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Randleman controlling the position easily from mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Machado can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randleman looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Randleman with a couple of short strikes.
Randleman takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Machado in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Machado keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Randleman controlling the position easily from mount.
Randleman is landing with some decent strikes but Machado is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

It looks like Ricardo Machado has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Randleman landing strikes from the mount and Machado is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quinton Randleman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Machado's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Randleman lands with an overhand left.
Machado lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Randleman circles away quickly and effectively.
Randleman moves away from the strike by Machado.
Machado gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Randleman lands a nice hook to Machado's body. Machado takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Randleman avoids the body shot from Machado.
It looked like Randleman was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Machado.
Machado misses with a hook
and Randleman counters with a straight right hand.
Randleman shoots in for a double leg but Machado sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Randleman closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Machado quickly recovers to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Randleman in particular looking to stall.
Machado scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Randleman manages to mount him!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machado in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Randleman landing strikes from the mount and Machado is in trouble!
Randleman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Machado's face.
Randleman scoring with strikes but Machado is staying in there.
Machado is in a horrible position here. Randleman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Machado is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Quinton Randleman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Randleman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Randleman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Randleman takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Randleman here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
The referee warns Machado that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That has opened up Ricardo Machado's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Randleman content just to control the position here.
Randleman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Machado is rocked!

Ricardo Machado's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Quinton Randleman!
Quinton Randleman retains his heavyweight title!
In his post fight interview, Quinton Randleman started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.