PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Radon Randell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francesco Luongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luongo has chosen Alexisonfire - The Northern as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Randell
vs
Luongo

181 cm
29
183 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

185 cm
29
171 lbs
23 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

5th Round Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Radon Randell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Francesco Luongo!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Franklyn Lucas and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Randell misses with a looping right.
Randell scores with a leg kick.
Luongo keeps the fight on the outside.
Francesco Luongo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Randell looks to score with a jab to the body but Luongo is just out of range.
Luongo with a lazy takedown attempt
and Randell counters with a nice leg kick.

Luongo shoots in and gets a takedown into Randell's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Luongo trying to control but Randell is working from the bottom.
Luongo's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Luongo trying to control but Randell is working from the bottom.
Randell wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Luongo forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luongo wants to take a breather but Randell is having none of it.
Luongo is stalling here. Randell is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Luongo seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Randell has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Luongo can't do much from the bottom here.
Luongo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Luongo can't do much from the bottom here.
Randell working the body and head with strikes.
Luongo is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luongo wants to control but Randell postures up.
Luongo sneaks back into half guard.
Randell lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Randell is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Luongo trying to hold on to Randell's head to control him but Randell postures up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Randell trying to mount his opponent but Luongo defends it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Randell 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.
Luongo wants to control the action here but instead Randell manages to pass to full mount!
Luongo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Luongo wants to control but Randell is keeping busy and won't allow it.

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

Randell looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Randell missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Luongo is concentrating on defense, preventing Randell from advancing position.
Randell is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Luongo is trying to control but Randell passes into side control!
Luongo parries the strikes from Randell easily there. Randell is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Luongo to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luongo is trying to get back to half guard.
Randell misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Luongo gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Randell drops an elbow to the side of Luongo's head.
Randell throwing shots but Luongo is blocking nicely.
Randell not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luongo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Randell.

Randell is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Luongo is just riding it out for now. Randell eventually gives up the hold.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Randell connects with a nice short shot to Luongo's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Radon Randell will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Randell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Luongo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Randell tries to score with a low kick but Luongo moves his leg out of the way.
Luongo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Randell.
Randell tries to clinch but Luongo is having none of it.
Luongo has his takedown stuffed
and Randell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Luongo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luongo with a lazy takedown attempt
and Randell counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Luongo fails in his attempt to clinch.

Luongo gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Randell can't do much from the bottom here.
The ground and pound from Luongo seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Randell tries to improve position but can't.
Luongo tries to move to full mount but Randell actually manages to regain half guard.
Luongo is looking to advance position but Randell won't allow it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Randell manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Randell is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randell is pulling down on Luongo's head. It's preventing any offense from Luongo, at least for the moment.
Luongo wants to pass the guard but Randell is keeping the position.
Luongo is looking to advance position but Randell has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Randell raining down hammerfists from mount.

It looks like Francesco Luongo has been cut.
Randell wants to control the pace but Luongo is squirming around nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luongo gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luongo regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Randell.

Luongo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Luongo looking for a guillotine here but Randell defends easily.
Randell wants to control from the top but Luongo keeps moving.
Luongo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Luongo keeping moving, preventing Randell from controlling successfully.

Luongo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Randell doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Randell manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randell lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Randell trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Randell trying to control but Luongo is working from the bottom.
Luongo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Randell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Luongo is keeping the position for now.
Randell throwing strikes from guard but Luongo blocks nicely.
Randell throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Randell is stalling in the full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Randell slips nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Radon Randell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Francesco Luongo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Randell.
Decent striking displayed by Randell there.
Luongo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Randell connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Luongo scrambles back to his feet.
Luongo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Randell keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Luongo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Randell throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Luongo doesn't manage to clinch there - Randell circles away.

Luongo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Luongo lands in his opponent's guard.
Randell looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luongo throws an elbow that misses. Randell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Luongo's guard. Nice move by Randell!

Luongo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Randell doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Randell manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Randell scoring with some ground and pound.
Randell trying to control but Luongo is working from the bottom.
Randell trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Randell wants to control from the top but Luongo keeps moving.

Luongo looking for subs off his back but Randell has passed one foot through into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randell working Luongo over with strikes.
Luongo trying to control here.
Randell throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Randell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Luongo defending well though.
Randell working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Randell missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Luongo wants to get back to full guard.
Luongo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Randell.
Radon Randell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Randell is trying to control. Luongo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luongo is trying to control but can't.
Randell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Luongo keeps working.
Randell seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Luongo trying to control but Randell postures up.
Randell thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Luongo trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Randell manages to pass to mount!
Luongo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Randell working the ground and pound effectively.

Luongo is rocked!

That has opened up Francesco Luongo's cut even more.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Randell! Luongo is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Radon Randell!
Radon Randell seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.