PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony O Rangers (ranked 579 p4p, 63 weight class) and Randy Curran (ranked 621 p4p, 68 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think O Rangers might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hold on to you. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

O Rangers
vs
Curran

195 cm
32
265 lbs
20 - 10 - 2

193 cm
32
246 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 20 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Tony O Rangers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randy Curran!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Rangers slips a straight right by Curran.
O Rangers looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Curran misses with a body kick.
Curran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Rangers manages to avoid it.
O Rangers looks to land a right hand but Curran moved out of range.
Curran throws a body shot but no joy.
Curran takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Curran throws a shot from downtown. O Rangers moves away and avoids it.
O Rangers keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
O Rangers lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Curran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Rangers manages to avoid it.

O Rangers looking to score a takedown here. Curran is defending well but O Rangers drives through and ends up in Curran's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Rangers sitting in guard here, content to control.

Curran pushes O Rangers off and gets back to his feet.
Curran blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curran misses with a body kick.
Curran lands a nice leg kick that just misses O Rangers's sensitive parts.
Curran throws a shot from downtown. O Rangers moves away and avoids it.
O Rangers looks to score with a jab to the body but Curran is just out of range.
Curran counters with a body kick.
O Rangers darts in looking for a takedown but Curran gets double underhooks and turns O Rangers into the cage.
Curran appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Curran goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Randy Curran is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O Rangers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Curran lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Curran moves away from the strike by O Rangers.
O Rangers with a lazy takedown attempt
and Curran counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Curran getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Decent striking displayed by Curran there.
O Rangers tries for a takedown but Curran sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony O Rangers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Curran works the jab nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Rangers throws a combination that misses
and Curran counters with a left and a right that stings O Rangers.
O Rangers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Curran circles away quickly and effectively.
O Rangers slips under a jab from Curran.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curran listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Curran misses with a looping left.
O Rangers moves out of range of the body kick.
Curran scores with the left hand. O Rangers knows he should have avoided that one.
O Rangers looks to throw the jab but Curran is out of range.
A big left from Curran misses.
Nice uppercut lands for O Rangers. That snapped Curran's head back.
O Rangers misses with a series of wild punches.
A cross from Curran lands.
Curran is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! O Rangers had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Curran enables O Rangers to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Curran manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Curran is adopting a defensive guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Rangers wants to pass the guard but Curran is keeping the position.
Curran controls O Rangers momentarily but O Rangers frees himself.
Curran 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.
O Rangers wants to control from the top but Curran keeps moving.
O Rangers won't allow Curran to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Curran pulls O Rangers in close to prevent any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

O Rangers drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Curran wants to control but O Rangers postures up.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.

O Rangers goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Curran has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for O Rangers but great work by Curran.
O Rangers tries to bench press Curran off him but Curran keeps the position.
Curran moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Curran dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice defenses there by O Rangers.
A jab from Curran misses.
Curran throws out a loose jab but O Rangers uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Rangers throwing a counter right hand but Curran manages to avoid it.
O Rangers connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Curran has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
O Rangers lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
O Rangers shoots in and drives through. Curran sprawls well.
Curran follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Curran misses its intended target.
Curran connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
O Rangers shoots for a takedown but Curran saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Curran throws out a counter right but O Rangers avoids it with no problem.
A slow jab from Curran misses its intended target.
Curran avoids the body shot from O Rangers.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Rangers looks to land a right hand but Curran moved out of range.
O Rangers takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
O Rangers gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Curran.
Curran lands with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Curran scores with a jab to the head.
A jab lands there for Curran.
Curran has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Rangers drops his hands momentarily and Curran takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Curran misses with a body kick.
Curran with a hook.
O Rangers throws out a loose jab but Curran uses good head movement to avoid it.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Curran. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
O Rangers connects with a nice looking jab.
O Rangers lands with a straight right. Curran didn't see that one coming.
O Rangers ducks under a wild hook from Curran.
O Rangers throws the left hand but Curran avoids the punch easily.
Curran looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Curran throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Curran misses.
Curran throws a jab when O Rangers was well out of range.
Curran throws a hook but O Rangers avoids it easily.
Curran scores with the left hand. O Rangers knows he should have avoided that one.
A right-left combo lands from Curran.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curran lands an overhand right.
O Rangers misses with an uppercut.
O Rangers slips under a jab from Curran.
O Rangers throwing a counter right hand but Curran manages to avoid it.
O Rangers shoots in looking for a takedown but Curran manages to keep the fight standing, pushing O Rangers's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony O Rangers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Curran throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent O Rangers stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
O Rangers takes a swing at Curran's ribcage but misses.
O Rangers loads up on a big right hand but Curran slips the punch.
Curran throws a looping overhand right but O Rangers ducks down to avoid it.
O Rangers cracks Curran with a right hand to the side of the head.
Curran takes a swing at O Rangers's ribcage but misses.
O Rangers is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Curran.
Curran takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Curran tries to move into range but O Rangers moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A slow jab from Curran misses its intended target.
O Rangers takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
O Rangers moves out of range of the leg kick from Curran.
O Rangers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Curran.
A little feinted left hand from O Rangers on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curran fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good standup being displayed there by O Rangers as he connects with a hook.

O Rangers throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Curran tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. O Rangers is in Curran's guard.
Curran keeping full guard, as O Rangers tries to pass.
O Rangers passes into half guard.
Curran wants to get back to full guard.
Curran keeping control of the position.
O Rangers has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Curran manages to get to full guard.
Tony O Rangers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curran tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Curran holds on and takes a little breather.
O Rangers is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Curran lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Curran showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jab by O Rangers.
A big left from O Rangers misses.
O Rangers dodges the punch combination from Curran.
O Rangers connects with a single shot there.
O Rangers throws a looping overhand right but Curran ducks down to avoid it.
Curran scores with a kick to the body.
O Rangers jabs Curran to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Curran cracks O Rangers with a good jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curran misses with a wild combination.
Curran is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
O Rangers throws a shot from downtown. Curran moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curran's jab looks to have found its range, popping O Rangers under the eye.
Curran takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A jab from Curran misses.
A big right from O Rangers misses.
O Rangers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Curran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Rangers takes a swing at Curran's ribcage but misses.
Curran looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O Rangers throws the left hand but Curran avoids the punch easily.
Curran looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Curran throws a looping overhand right but O Rangers ducks down to avoid it.
Curran takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Curran throws out a loose jab but O Rangers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curran tests O Rangers's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice defenses there by Curran.

O Rangers moves into the clinch successfully.
O Rangers lands a nice shot to the body.
Randy Curran is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Curran takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
O Rangers tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Curran smiles and moves away.
Curran looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Rangers throws a looping overhand right but Curran ducks down to avoid it.
Curran let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Curran cracks O Rangers with a right hand to the side of the head.
Good exchange - Curran coming out on top.
O Rangers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
O Rangers looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Curran feints a jab promting O Rangers to slip. Curran then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. O Rangers slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Curran throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Curran tries to keep at a distance but O Rangers has taken the fight into the clinch.
O Rangers's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tony O Rangers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Curran lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Rangers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Curran misses with a hook to the ribs.

Curran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
O Rangers throws a lazy right hand but Curran sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Curran slips a jab and a cross from O Rangers.
Curran thows a left - swing and a miss!
Curran blocks a jab.

O Rangers gets a clinch.
The referee calls for O Rangers to work.
Curran stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Rangers throws a punch but it's blocked by Curran.
Curran misses with a punch on the inside.
O Rangers is looking to control Curran's arms but Curran gets an underhook and turns him. Now O Rangers has his back to the cage.
Curran tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Rangers's elbow.
O Rangers is struggling to control the position.
O Rangers misses with a punch to the body.
O Rangers has a couple of punches blocked by Curran.
O Rangers misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from O Rangers fails to land.
O Rangers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
O Rangers is trying to maintain a safe position but Curran gets an underhook and turns O Rangers into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tony O Rangers.
I think Curran has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Curran!
An out of breath Randy Curran thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.