PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Morgan Brand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Newman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan Brand had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Brand
vs
Newman

190 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
212 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Morgan Brand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randy Newman!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Newman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brand.

Brand gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Newman is trying to break the clinch but Brand has him pressed against the cage.
Brand stalling.
Newman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Newman wants to get back to striking at distance but Brand won't allow it.
Newman is trying to break free.
Newman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Brand takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Newman is trying to break the clinch but Brand has him pressed against the cage.
Brand keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Newman's efforts to push away.

Brand manages to break the clinch.
Newman lands with a hook. Brand tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Brand moves forwards but Newman connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Newman lands a left and a right that send Brand crashing to the mat, dazed. Newman thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Brand is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Newman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brand doesn't seem bothered though.
Oh Brand is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Newman closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Brand out cold! Brand corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Randy Newman!