PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Virgil Mays (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slam Randelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mays might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wretches & Kings. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Mays
vs
Randelson

174 cm
27
167 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

175 cm
19
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Virgil Mays!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Slam Randelson!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mays connects with a body shot.
Randelson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Mays has closed the distance and engaged Randelson in a clinch.
Mays scores with a nice hook to the head.
Randelson goes for a takedown attempt but Mays pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Virgil Mays seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Mays closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Randelson tries to pull guard but Mays won't allow it.
Randelson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mays just stands there and leans against the cage.
Virgil Mays has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Slam Randelson.
Mays lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Randelson.
Randelson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mays smiles and moves away.

Randelson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Randelson wants to control for a moment but Mays uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Randelson wants to stand but Mays has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mays is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Randelson is stalling here. Mays is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Randelson seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Mays has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Randelson is trying to improve his position.
Randelson is trying to work for a sweep but Mays has mounted him!
Randelson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Randelson tries to hold on but Mays postures up.
Randelson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mays. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mays prevents Randelson from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mays controlling from the full mount.
Randelson is bucking up trying to escape but Mays cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

It looks like Slam Randelson has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Randelson is squirming around, avoiding Mays's attempts to control the action.
Mays putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Mays 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mays sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mays avoids the attempt from Randelson to control.
Mays controlling the position easily from mount.
Mays lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That has opened up Slam Randelson's cut even more.
Randelson is squirming around, avoiding Mays's attempts to control the action.
Mays prevents Randelson from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randelson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Randelson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mays in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mays prevents Randelson from getting the reversal.
Mays lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Randelson hang on?
Mays controlling his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Randelson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Virgil Mays dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Slam Randelson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Randelson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Mays is trying to control Randelson's posture but Randelson avoids it.
Mays is looking for a sweep.
Randelson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mays keeps working.
Randelson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Mays is trying to improve his position.
Randelson wants to take a breather but Mays manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Randelson.
Mays pulls Randelson in close to his closed guard and prevents Randelson from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mays manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Randelson manages to get himself to full guard.
Randelson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Randelson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Mays is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Randelson keeping moving, preventing Mays from controlling successfully.
Virgil Mays overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mays engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Randelson wants to clinch
and Mays counters with a series of strikes. Randelson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Randelson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mays lands a slapping body shot.
Randelson has his takedown stuffed
and Mays cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mays wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mays swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Randelson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mays to the mat! Mays manages to get full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randelson trying to control but Mays is working from the bottom.
Randelson looking to sit in guard and control but Mays gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Randelson is trying to control the position but Mays postures up.
Mays connects with a couple of short punches.
Randelson looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mays puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Mays landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mays lands strikes from half guard.
Mays trying to control the action but Randelson is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randelson wants to get back to full guard but Mays has mounted him!
Mays can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Randelson is looking to escape.
Randelson can't escape the position.
Mays content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Virgil Mays dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Slam Randelson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Randelson with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Mays to counter with a crisp jab.
Mays fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Randelson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mays but Mays pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mays digs a good body shot into Randelson's ribs.
Randelson throws a body kick the misses
and Mays counters with a good low kick that Randelson was not able to check.
A jab from Mays does it's job there.
Mays ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A nice combination there by Mays.

Mays rushes Randelson and presses him up against the cage.
Randelson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mays just stands there and leans against the cage.
Virgil Mays has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Slam Randelson.

Mays's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A right-left combo lands from Mays.
Mays leaves Randelson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Randelson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mays works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mays connects with a good right hand that stumbles Randelson. Randelson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mays is looking to wear down Randelson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mays wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mays punishes Randelson's body with a nice straight punch.
Mays scores with a nice strike.

Mays moves into the clinch.
Mays lands a right hand that snaps the head of Randelson backwards.
Mays lands a nice shot to the body.
Randelson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Mays pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Mays finds it's target.
Randelson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Mays counters with a nice body shot.
Mays lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Mays fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mays stuns Randelson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mays uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Randelson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Virgil Mays is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Mays forces Randelson back against the cage and clinches.
A body shot lands from Mays.
Randelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Mays uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mays lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Mays scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mays lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Randelson or not.
Mays lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Mays.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mays.
Mays lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mays lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mays lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Randelson backwards.
A short right from Mays.
Mays lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Randelson backwards.
Mays works on Randelson's body with a couple of short punches.
Mays lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randelson stalling in the clinch but Mays improves position.
Mays lands with a light punch inside.
Mays presses Randelson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mays lands a right hand.
Mays lands with a light punch inside.
Mays is working Randelson over against the cage.
Mays working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mays.
A body shot lands from Mays.
A right handed body shot lands from Mays.
Mays is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Randelson can do to turn this around?
Mays lands a left hand.
Mays lands a shot to the body.
Mays lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Randelson.
Mays lands a left hand.
Mays lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Mays.
Mays lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Mays.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mays lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Randelson working hard to break the clinch.

Mays manages to break the clinch.
Virgil Mays is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mays works over Randelson's head and body with a nice combination.
Randelson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mays finds it's way round the side to connect with Randelson's head.
Mays closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mays lands a jab to the nose.
Mays lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Randelson misses with a takedown
and Mays counters with an inside leg kick.
Randelson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mays with a jab.
Mays scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Randelson doesn't seem bothered though.
Mays lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Slam Randelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Randelson misses with a combination
and Mays counters with a straight right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Virgil Mays showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mays 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Virgil Mays!