PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eyehate Condoms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randal Pritchard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Condoms
vs
Pritchard

188 cm
18
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
191 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eyehate Condoms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Randal Pritchard!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Condoms's corner calls for a 1-2. Condoms obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Pritchard is looking to clinch but Condoms is avoiding it.

Condoms drives through with a takedown into guard.
Condoms controls from within his opponent's guard.
Pritchard wants to stand and escape but Condoms is having none of it.
Pritchard wants to sweep here but Condoms controlling him for the moment.
Condoms is pushing down on Pritchard's leg trying to pass to half guard. Pritchard is fighting to maintain full guard but Condoms has managed to sneak the leg through.
Still in half guard, Condoms seems content to control.
Condoms wants to free his trapped foot but Pritchard is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Condoms not doing much here.
Pritchard is staying active underneath Condoms, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Condoms prevents Pritchard from standing back up.
Condoms takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Condoms wants to free his trapped foot but Pritchard is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Condoms perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Condoms has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Eyehate Condoms just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Pritchard is looking to clinch but Condoms is avoiding it.
Condoms keeps the fight on the outside.
Condoms misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy left from Condoms finds it's target.
Pritchard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Condoms circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pritchard on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pritchard tries to close the distance and clinch but Condoms swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Condoms keeps the fight on the outside.
Condoms lands a really nice looking cross but Pritchard seems unphased.
Condoms scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Condoms pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pritchard on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pritchard tries to clinch but Condoms moves out of range.
Pritchard tries to clinch up but Condoms circles away and keeps his distance.
Condoms tries to bum rush Pritchard with a series of wild strikes but Pritchard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big left from Condoms misses.
Pritchard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Condoms connects with a crisp jab.
Condoms throws a right and a left that both miss.
Condoms tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Condoms closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pritchard to the mat! Pritchard manages to get full guard.
Pritchard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Condoms is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pritchard looking for a sweep. Not yet Pritchard, not yet.
Condoms sitting in guard here, content to control.
Condoms pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pritchard is keeping the position for now.
Pritchard can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Condoms controls the pace.
Pritchard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Condoms is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eyehate Condoms dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Condoms scores with a punch to the head.
Pritchard is looking to clinch but Condoms is avoiding it.
Pritchard walks into a left hand.
Pritchard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Condoms lands with an overhand left.
Condoms lands with a hook. Pritchard tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pritchard has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pritchard there as he acknowledges the shot.
Condoms scores with a jab. Pritchard acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Condoms feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Condoms won't allow Pritchard to sweep him here.
Condoms is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Condoms stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pritchard swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pritchard can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Condoms controls the pace.
Pritchard is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Condoms wants to pass the guard but Pritchard is keeping the position.
Pritchard tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Condoms controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Condoms trying to control but Pritchard is working from the bottom.
Condoms wants to pass the guard but Pritchard is keeping the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Condoms misses with a two punch combination.
Condoms cracks Pritchard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Condoms ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Eyehate Condoms seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pritchard wants to clinch up but Condoms keeps it at a distance.
Condoms fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pritchard takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Condoms scores with a jab to the body.
Pritchard takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pritchard doesn't manage to clinch there - Condoms circles away.
Condoms fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Pritchard gets caught flat footed, as Condoms shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Pritchard wants to stand and escape but Condoms is having none of it.
Pritchard is breathing heavily.
Condoms preventing the sweep.
Condoms tries to free his leg and advance position but Pritchard is retaining full guard.
Condoms looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Condoms seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Pritchard for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eyehate Condoms dominated that second round.
That's time! Condoms's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Pritchard is looking to clinch but Condoms is avoiding it.
Pritchard tries to clinch there but Condoms circles away.
Condoms swats away the attempt to clinch by Pritchard.
Pritchard tries to clinch there but Condoms circles away.
Pritchard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Condoms uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pritchard has time to react.
Condoms misses with a two punch combination.
Pritchard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Condoms swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Pritchard closes the distance and clinches.
Pritchard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pritchard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Pritchard.
Condoms tries to pull guard but Pritchard won't allow it.
Pritchard throws a head punch that misses.
Pritchard trying to stall but Condoms improves his position.
Pritchard's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pritchard misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pritchard misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Pritchard fails to land.
Pritchard stalling in the clinch but Condoms improves position.
Condoms tries to score a body lock takedown but Pritchard shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Condoms blocking some punches.
Condoms has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pritchard as Condoms tries to tie him up.
Pritchard gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Condoms.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eyehate Condoms. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Condoms tries for a takedown but Pritchard manages to get underhooks.
Condoms blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Condoms.

Condoms breaks the clinch.
Condoms sizes up Pritchard with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Condoms lands an overhand right.
Pritchard walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pritchard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Condoms.
Pritchard on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Condoms is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pritchard misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Pritchard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pritchard moves in looking to clinch but Condoms pushes him off.
Pritchard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Pritchard closes the distance and clinches.
Condoms tries to pull guard but Pritchard won't allow it.
Pritchard taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pritchard is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pritchard misses with a punch on the inside.
Condoms is working for takedown but Pritchard is calmly controlling the position for now.

Condoms pulls guard.
Condoms not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Condoms pulls Pritchard in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pritchard preventing the sweep.
Condoms is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Condoms wants to sweep but no luck.
Condoms trying to control the position here.
Condoms looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pritchard postures up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Condoms misses with a two punch combination.
Randal Pritchard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Condoms swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Condoms stuns Pritchard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Condoms changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Pritchard looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Condoms controlling from side mount.
Condoms trying to control the position but Pritchard is working away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Condoms working away.
Eyehate Condoms is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Condoms controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eyehate Condoms showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Condoms, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eyehate Condoms!