PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lue Randle (ranked 2673 p4p, 2890 weight class) and Jerman Christ (ranked 407 p4p, 333 weight class). Lue Randle has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Randle
vs
Christ

181 cm
29
178
11 - 7 - 0

195 cm
25
205
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lue Randle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jerman Christ!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Randle misses.
Christ looks for a takedown but Randle sprawls well.
An attempted straight right counter from Randle misses the target.
Christ shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Randle makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Randle walks into a stiff left hand from Christ.
Randle scores with a hook.
Randle throws a leg kick but Christ sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Christ tries to counter by closing the distance.
Randle lands with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Randle defends well and Christ ends up having to push Randle into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Lue Randle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerman Christ.
Christ is looking to clinch.
Randle misses with an uppercut.
Nice sprawl there from Christ as Randle shoots in.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ throws a series of punches but Randle avoids them all with ease.
Christ tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Randle swivels and escapes.
A quick step to the side and Randle tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christ moves to clinch but Randle breaks away
and Randle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Randle misses with a hook. Christ ducked under it nicely.
Christ shoots and misses
and Randle counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Christ thinking.
Jerman Christ seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christ misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Randle throws a front kick aimed at Christ's knee but Christ avoids it well.
Randle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Christ just misses with a punch to the body.
Randle changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Randle throws a left and a right that both miss
and Christ counters with a nice body shot.
Christ throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ misses with a takedown
and Randle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Randle is looking to clinch.
Christ shoots for a double leg takedown but Randle sprawls well. He's pushed Christ's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Randle stuffs the takedown attempt from Christ. Christ gets slowly back to his feet.
Christ misses with a few strikes there.
Christ takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Randle keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Randle feints and as Christ raises his hands in defense, Randle changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Randle accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Christ escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Randle gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Christ working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Randle.
Randle working some strikes from top position.
Randle cracks Christ with a solid left hand.
Randle chips away with some ground and pound.
Randle cracks Christ with a solid left hand.
Christ wants to sweep but no luck.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Christ can do anything to dispel that myth.
Randle connects with a couple of short punches.
Randle trying to control but Christ is working from the bottom.
Randle throwing strikes from guard but Christ blocks nicely.
Christ wants to stand but Randle is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ looking for a sweep. Not yet Christ, not yet.
Randle trying to control the position from guard on top but Christ is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Randle wants to pass the guard but Christ is keeping the position.

Christ is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Randle is aware though and is defending well.

Christ is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Randle is aware though and is defending well.
Christ looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Randle loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Christ has control of Randle's left arm, preventing Randle from doing any damage.
Randle throwing strikes but missing.
Randle trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lue Randle dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Christ fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Christ works the jab nicely.
Christ doesn't manage to clinch there - Randle circles away.
Christ has his takedown stuffed
and Randle counters with a straight right hand.
Christ changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Randle tries to avoid it but Christ manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Randle to the ground. Randle escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lue Randle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerman Christ.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Randle shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Randle missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Christ avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Randle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lue Randle overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Randle not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Christ has hold of Randle's hands but Randle slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Randle trying to control the action but Christ is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Randle is thwarting Christ's attempts to control the position.
Christ is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Randle scores with a couple of nice shots.
Randle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Randle takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Randle sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Christ defending well though.
Christ tries to roll over but Randle keeps him under control.
Christ pushes Randle off looking to stand but Randle dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Christ's head.
Randle prevents Christ from improving his position.
Christ felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Randle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Christ trying to control but Randle postures up.
Randle trying to mount his opponent but Christ defends it.
Randle prevents Christ from standing back up.

Randle is working for a kimura but Christ is defending it quite comfortably.
Christ trying to control but Randle postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Randle is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Randle takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Randle throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Christ is refusing to be controlled, as Randle sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Christ controlling the position well.
Randle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Randle throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Randle 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.
Randle 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.
Randle is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randle throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Christ in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Randle throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Christ because Randle loaded up on that one.
Randle unloading with bombs!
Randle trying to control but Christ is having none of it.
Randle is landing with some decent strikes but Christ is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
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!
Christ is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Randle is landing with some decent strikes but Christ is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Randle in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Christ is rocked!
Randle postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Christ bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Randle and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lue Randle!
After the fight, Lue Randle was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.