PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Randall (ranked 5781 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Styles (ranked 6857 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Randall
vs
Styles

180 cm
24
204 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
21
217 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Randall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Benny Styles!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Randall is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Styles's half guard.

Styles makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Styles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Randall drives through and clinches with Styles against the cage.
We've been hearing reports that Randall has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Randall is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Styles is defending well.

Styles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Styles throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No joy there for Styles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Randall seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Styles lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Randall sprawling to the canvas. Styles follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Randall hang on?

Randall is rocked!

It looks like James Randall has been cut.
Styles prevents Randall from improving his position.
Oh Randall is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Styles gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Randall could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Styles feints a jab and as Randall dips his head, Styles unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Randall right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Randall falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Styles smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Benny Styles!