PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Rando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rando comes to the cage accompanied by Fun Lovin' Criminals: Fun Lovin Criminal. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rando
vs
Henderson

185 cm
23
181 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, William Rando!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rando as he jumps to the side.
Henderson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
William Rando has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Henderson.
Rando fails to land the takedown.
Rando throws a push kick but Henderson slaps the foot to one side.
Henderson misses with a takedown
and Rando counters with a left and a right that stings Henderson.
Henderson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Rando counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Henderson is rocked!
Henderson looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rando works over Henderson with some ground and pound from guard.
Rando controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Rando won't allow Henderson to sweep him here.
Rando sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Henderson's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rando tries to stand and escape but Henderson is controlling the position.
Rando content to control rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henderson has a hand on Rando's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Rando takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Rando sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Henderson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

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.
Rando content just to control the position here.
Rando raining down shots from the mount!
Rando raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rando connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Henderson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rando looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Rando with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Rando content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rando 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.
A nice elbow there by Rando.
Henderson is looking to improve his position but Rando isn't that keen on the idea.
Rando controlling his opponent.
Rando lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Rando looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Rando breaks from Henderson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rando controlling the pace for now.
Henderson looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henderson covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Rando dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rando avoids the head kick by Henderson.
No joy there for Rando, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rando.
Rando lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rando Rushes Henderson and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Henderson is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Rando Piles on the pressure and Henderson crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Rando!