PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Randall (ranked 25305 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nanda Rizky (ranked 7957 p4p, 0 weight class). Randall comes to the cage accompanied by Jasmine . The crowd seem to be enjoying Rizky's choice of entrance music: Guts Over Fear. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Randall
vs
Rizky

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 14 - 0

191 cm
22
198 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Arcticus University: London

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 0 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Joshua Randall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nanda Rizky!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Randall swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rizky counters with a two punch combo.

Rizky closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Randall's guard.
Rizky is working Randall over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rizky stopping the sweep attempt from Randall.
Rizky lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rizky scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Randall is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rizky is aware though and is defending well.
Rizky is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rizky keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Randall's head.
Rizky stands up over Randall, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rizky prevents Randall from getting back to his feet.
Rizky is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Rizky working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Randall's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Randall working for submissions but it's allowed Rizky to get to half guard.

Rizky is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
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. Rizky connects with a nice short shot to Randall's temple.
Randall wants to get back to his feet.
Rizky frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rizky has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rizky landing strikes from the mount.
Rizky landing strikes from the mount and Randall is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizky putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Feeble punches landing from Randall - he's mounted - they can't hurt.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rizky raining down hammerfists from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rizky blocks Randall's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Randall tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Randall is breathing heavily.
Randall is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Rizky lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Randall hang on?
Randall sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Rizky is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rizky is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Randall is hurt! He's hurt bad - Rizky fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Randall from any more punishment! Congratulations to Rizky! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nanda Rizky!
Nanda Rizky decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.