PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Borg Randall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muhammad Czuczitez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Czuczitez has chosen Pinon Fijo - Chu Chu as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Randall
vs
Czuczitez

172 cm
26
262 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

196 cm
29
242 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Borg Randall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Muhammad Czuczitez!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Randall is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Czuczitez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Randall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Randall throws a body punch but Czuczitez moves out of range.
Borg Randall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Randall throws a hook but Czuczitez avoids it easily.
Randall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A big left from Randall misses.
Czuczitez tries to clinch up.
Horrible takedown by Czuczitez or perhaps it was just good defense by Randall which made him look bad.
Czuczitez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Randall loads up on a big right hand but Czuczitez slips the punch.

Czuczitez clinches up with Randall and pushes him back against the cage.
Randall misses with a punch on the inside.
Czuczitez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Randall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Czuczitez throws an elbow but it misses.
Czuczitez misses with a knee to the head.
Czuczitez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Randall's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Czuczitez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Randall misses with some punches.
Czuczitez told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
A body shot lands from Randall.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Randall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Randall.
Randall throws an elbow that misses.
Randall has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Czuczitez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Randall managing to block the knees to the body from Czuczitez.
Czuczitez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Czuczitez throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Randall.
Czuczitez misses with an elbow over the top.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Czuczitez looking to throw knees to the head but Randall is blocking nicely.
Randall is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Borg Randall. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Czuczitez throws an elbow that misses.
Randall managing to block the knees to the body from Czuczitez.
Czuczitez scores with a knee to the head.
Randall avoids the elbow strike from Czuczitez, against the cage.

Randall lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Czuczitez wants to control but Randall is keeping busy.
Czuczitez has his hands clasped together around Randall's back. He's all about the action.
Czuczitez is trying to get back to full guard.

Czuczitez has one foot on Randall's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

Czuczitez pushes Randall up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Czuczitez.

It looks like Borg Randall has been cut.
Czuczitez is stalling here.
Randall avoiding damage as Czuczitez throws knees to the body.
Randall tries to throw a body punch but Czuczitez avoids it by throwing Randall back against the cage.
Czuczitez trying to control the position but instead, Randall has worked for underhooks and has pushed Czuczitez into the cage.
Randall has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Czuczitez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Czuczitez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Randall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Czuczitez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Czuczitez is pushing Randall up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Czuczitez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Randall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randall lands a shot to the body.
Czuczitez blocks the elbow strike.
Randall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Czuczitez missing with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Czuczitez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Randall's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Czuczitez blocking some punches.
Randall avoids a wild elbow strike from Czuczitez.
Randall prevents Czuczitez from breaking the clinch.
Czuczitez working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Czuczitez.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Randall is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Czuczitez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Randall's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Muhammad Czuczitez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Borg Randall's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Randall fails to land the takedown.
Czuczitez tries to clinch but Randall moves out of range.
Czuczitez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Czuczitez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Randall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Czuczitez tries to clinch but Randall is having none of it.
Czuczitez is looking to clinch.
Czuczitez tries to clinch there but Randall circles away.
Randall closes the distance and clinches up with Czuczitez, looking for a takedown. Randall pushes Czuczitez against the cage but Czuczitez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Czuczitez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Randall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Randall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Randall shoots in but Czuczitez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Randall looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Borg Randall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Randall swats away the attempt to clinch by Czuczitez.
Czuczitez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Czuczitez doesn't manage to clinch there - Randall circles away.

Randall moves into the clinch.
Czuczitez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Czuczitez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Randall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Czuczitez tries to land knees in the clinch but Randall avoids the damage to the body.
Randall scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Randall.
Randall tries a body shot but Czuczitez blocks it.
Czuczitez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Randall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Czuczitez.
Randall lands a shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Randall.
A head punch on the inside from Randall fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Czuczitez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Randall's defenses.
Czuczitez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Randall.
Czuczitez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randall lands a shot to the body.
Randall managing to block the knees to the body from Czuczitez.
Czuczitez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Randall lands a body punch in the clinch.
Czuczitez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Czuczitez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Randall is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Randall as Czuczitez tries to tie him up.
A short body shot lands from Randall as the two fighters clinch.
Randall lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Randall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Czuczitez backwards.
Randall struggles to land a body shot inside as Czuczitez controls his hands.
Randall pushes Czuczitez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Czuczitez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Randall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Czuczitez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Randall turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Randall wants to stand but Czuczitez has his arm trapped.
Czuczitez is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Randall's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Randall is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Czuczitez manages to get to full guard.
Randall controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Randall postures up.
Czuczitez is pulling down on Randall's head to control his posture.
Randall wants to stand but Czuczitez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Czuczitez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Randall wanted to stand there but Czuczitez had control of the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Borg Randall has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Randall keeps the fight on the outside.
Czuczitez wants to clinch up but Randall keeps it at a distance.
Czuczitez tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Randall counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Randall slows the pace down in half guard.
Czuczitez trying to control here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Randall tries to stand and escape but Czuczitez is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Borg Randall dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Borg Randall's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Randall misses the shot to the body.
Czuczitez tries to clinch but Randall is having none of it.
Czuczitez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Randall.
A looping hook to the body misses from Randall. Czuczitez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Randall keeps the fight on the outside.

Czuczitez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Czuczitez takes a shot to the head.
Randall takes a knee right on the jaw!
Czuczitez misses with a knee to the head.
Randall avoiding damage as Czuczitez throws knees to the body.
Randall lands a body punch in the clinch.
Czuczitez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Randall goes for a takedown attempt but Czuczitez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Randall swats away the attempt to clinch by Czuczitez.
Czuczitez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Randall misses with a hook

and Czuczitez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Czuczitez.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Randall.
Randall has Czuczitez pushed against the cage.
Czuczitez trying to stall but Randall improves his position.
A hook to the body from Randall.
Czuczitez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Czuczitez tries to break the clinch but Randall is controlling the position.
Randall scores with a shot to the side of Czuczitez's head.
Randall stalling the fight.
Czuczitez trying to stall but Randall improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randall scores with a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Czuczitez takes a shot to the head.
Randall lands a left hand.
Czuczitez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Czuczitez working aggressively here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Czuczitez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Randall struggles to land a body shot inside as Czuczitez controls his hands.
Randall misses with a body punch.
Randall blocks an elbow strike from Czuczitez.
Randall is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Czuczitez's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Randall dodges an elbow strike from Czuczitez.
Czuczitez trying to stall but Randall improves his position.
Randall has Czuczitez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Czuczitez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A right handed body shot lands from Randall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randall gets through Czuczitez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Randall has hold of one of Czuczitez's legs. Czuczitez is fighting the takedown attempt but Randall gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Randall slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Randall knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Czuczitez on the ground.
Czuczitez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Randall passes Czuczitez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Randall prevents Czuczitez from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randall wants to get back to his feet.
Czuczitez manages to get to full guard.
Czuczitez is trying to control the position but Randall postures up.
Randall is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Randall trying to control the position from guard on top but Czuczitez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Borg Randall.
A jab from Czuczitez does it's job there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Borg Randall showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Randall has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Borg Randall!
During a confident post fight interview, Borg Randall thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.