PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Natural (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sloppy Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Natural comes to the cage accompanied by back in black - ACDC. Sloppy Joe struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Natural
vs
Joe

185 cm
25
225 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
220 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Natural!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sloppy Joe!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natural lands a right hook to the body.
Joe tries to close the distance and clinch but Natural swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joe throws a jab when Natural was well out of range.
No joy there for Joe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Joe closes this distance looking for a takedown but Natural circles away.

Natural takes the fight into the clinch.
Joe tries for a takedown. No joy.

Natural has Joe pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Natural pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Joe tumbling to the mat - Natural dives into Joe's guard.
Natural is stalling in the full guard.
Natural postures up in Joe's guard and throws a big left but Joe blocks it.
Natural wants to pass the guard but Joe is keeping the position.
Natural throwing strikes but missing.
Natural preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natural is stalling in the full guard.
Natural pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Joe is keeping the position for now.
Joe tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Natural lands a slapping body shot.
Natural moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Good shot there by Natural.
Joe takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Natural stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Joe darts in trying to clinch

and Natural holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Natural manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Natural gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Joe regains guard.
Joe thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Natural pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Joe is keeping the position for now.
Joe controls Natural momentarily but Natural frees himself.
Natural looking to pass the guard.
Natural trying to control but Joe is working from the bottom.
Joe throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Joe looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joe looks gassed!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Joe tries for a takedown but Natural circles away easily
and Natural counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Randy Natural has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sloppy Joe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Joe tries to keep at a distance but Natural has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Natural.
Natural prevents a takedown attempt there.
A right hand to the body from Natural.
A knee to the head by Natural.
Natural pushes Joe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Natural as the two fighters clinch.
Natural working Joe over with knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Natural.
Natural landing knees to the body.
A short right from Natural.
Natural lands a knee to the body.
Natural connects with a nasty looking knee right to Joe's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Natural.
Natural controlling the action here for a moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Natural with a knee to the head.
Natural landing knees to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short body shot lands from Natural as the two fighters clinch.
Natural landing knees to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Natural working Joe over with knees to the body.
Natural works on Joe's body with a couple of short punches.
Joe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Natural connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Natural dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Joe is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Natural.
Natural scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Joe doesn't seem bothered though.
Natural scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Natural fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Natural shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Joe is trying to defend but Natural finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Natural is looking to advance position but Joe won't allow it.
Joe trying to hold on to Natural's head to control him but Natural postures up.
Joe is breathing heavily.
Natural controlling the action here.
Natural 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe is staying active underneath Natural, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Natural 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.
Joe trying to control from the bottom.
Joe is trying to get back to full guard.
Natural seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Natural controlling the action here.
Natural passes to side control.
Joe tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Joe is in a horrible position here. Natural smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Natural has control of Joe's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Joe regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Natural is working for a guillotine from mount but Joe frees his head quite easily.
Natural trying to control but Joe is having none of it.
Natural in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Joe is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Joe tries to lock up and control but Natural gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Natural is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Joe can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Natural is working for a guillotine from mount but Joe frees his head quite easily.

Natural is going olschool here, as he tries to force Joe to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Joe shrugs it off.
Joe tries to lock up and control but Natural gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Joe gets back to half guard.
Joe taking some punishment here, with Natural in his half guard.
Joe is trying to control but can't.
Natural passes to side control.
Natural tries to advance to mount but Joe denies him.
Joe manages to work his way to half guard, despite Natural's best efforts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natural prevents Joe from improving his position.
Joe is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Natural works his way into full mount!
Natural connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Natural lands a big elbow.
Joe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Natural avoids the attempt from Joe to control.
Natural controlling from the full mount.

Natural looking for a guillotine from mount but Joe is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Natural dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Natural clinches with his opponent.
Natural scores with a hook to the body.
Natural lands a hook to the side of the head.
Natural lands a body shot.
Natural lands a left hand that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Natural content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Joe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Natural lands with a short shot to the head.
Natural is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joe can do to turn this around?
Natural lands with a left to the head.
Natural lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Natural connects with a nasty looking knee right to Joe's face.
Natural scores with a knee to the head.
Natural presses Joe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Randy Natural has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natural crunches a lovely knee into Joe's ribcage.
Joe takes a knee to the side of the body.
Natural with a knee to the head.
Natural tries to land a knee to the head but Joe blocks with his arms.
Natural lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Come on Natural - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Natural connects with a knee to the head.
Natural prevents a takedown attempt there.

Natural has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Joe is trying to keep an underhook but Natural manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Natural is trying to control the action in half guard but Joe is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Natural not doing much here.
Joe wants to control but Natural is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natural is looking to advance position but Joe won't allow it.
Joe trying to control but Natural postures up.
Joe wants to sweep but Natural has passed to side control!
Joe trying to remain calm as Natural controls from the top position.
Natural advances to mount.
Natural avoids the attempt from Joe to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natural tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Joe is working to get back to half guard.
Natural controlling the pace for now.
Randy Natural is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Joe tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Natural takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Natural raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Natural.
Natural with shots to the head and body - Joe looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sloppy Joe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natural controlling his opponent.

Natural jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Joe manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Joe wants to control but Natural postures up.
A lull in the action here as Natural stalls from top position.
Natural has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Natural showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Natural has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:25
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Natural!