PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jayson Randall (ranked 4952 p4p, 5127 weight class) and Khumbo Khumbo Iii (ranked 0 p4p, 223 weight class). Jayson Randall had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Randall
vs
Khumbo Iii

220 cm
25
270
0 - 1 - 0

192 cm
19
265
2 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jayson Randall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Khumbo Khumbo Iii!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Ron Honeybunn and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Khumbo Iii moves into the clinch.

Randall gets control of Khumbo Iii's arms and successfully pulls guard. Randall will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Khumbo Iii drops back looking for a leg! Randall is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Randall manages to kick Khumbo Iii off! Khumbo Iii jumps back into Randall's guard.
Randall knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Khumbo Iii on the ground.
Khumbo Iii is fighting to break Randall's control of his arms but Randall is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Khumbo Iii drops back looking for a leg! Randall is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Randall manages to kick Khumbo Iii off! Khumbo Iii jumps back into Randall's guard.
Khumbo Iii passes Randall's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Randall works his way to full guard. Good work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Randall 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.

Khumbo Iii thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Randall on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Randall tries to get out of the position.

Khumbo Iii is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khumbo Iii drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Khumbo Iii jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Randall wants to sweep but no luck.
Khumbo Iii tries to free his leg and advance position but Randall is retaining full guard.
Randall will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Khumbo Iii thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Khumbo Iii is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Khumbo Iii thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Khumbo Iii drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Khumbo Iii jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Khumbo Iii is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randall wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Khumbo Iii prevents Randall from getting back to his feet.
Randall wants to sweep here but Khumbo Iii controlling him for the moment.

Khumbo Iii is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Randall has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Khumbo Iii thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Khumbo Iii is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randall pulls Khumbo Iii in close to prevent any damage.

Khumbo Iii drops back looking for a leg! Randall is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Randall manages to kick Khumbo Iii off! Khumbo Iii jumps back into Randall's guard.

Khumbo Iii drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Khumbo Iii seems to have locked his on tight now - Randall screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Khumbo Iii, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Khumbo Khumbo Iii!