PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bret Sane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randal Plimpton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sane might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Domination. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sane
vs
Plimpton

185 cm
27
211 lbs
5 - 12 - 0

190 cm
23
222 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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 5 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bret Sane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randal Plimpton!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Plimpton shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sane as he jumps to the side.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Plimpton turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Plimpton manages to end up in side control.
Plimpton is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Sane is trying to control Plimpton's posture but Plimpton avoids it.

Plimpton stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Sane shoots and misses

and Plimpton counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Plimpton.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Plimpton pulls guard successfully.
Sane in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sane stopping the sweep attempt from Plimpton.
Plimpton controlling the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sane's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Plimpton keeping full guard, as Sane tries to pass.
Plimpton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Plimpton lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sane!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sane wants to hold on but Plimpton pushes him away.
Plimpton tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Let's hope that Plimpton has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Sane is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sane is working hard here to advance position.
Plimpton controlling the pace for now.

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

Plimpton is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Sane is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Sane flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Plimpton anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Sane and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Plimpton slips an arm under Sane chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Plimpton has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Plimpton is squeezing on Sane like an anaconda would it's prey. Sane fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Randal Plimpton!
Randal Plimpton seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.