PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Saint Randy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Wiggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Brandon Saint Randy has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Saint Randy
vs
Wiggins

173 cm
22
150 lbs
6 - 18 - 0

165 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brandon Saint Randy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nathan Wiggins!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint Randy throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Saint Randy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wiggins displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Saint Randy.

Wiggins scores a takedown into full mount!
Saint Randy is trying desperately to improve position.
Wiggins looking to control but Saint Randy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saint Randy is looking to get to half guard.

Wiggins swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Saint Randy is now in Wiggins's guard. A big mistake from Wiggins there, giving up the dominant position!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Randy advances to half guard.
Saint Randy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wiggins throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Saint Randy stops Wiggins from getting back to his feet.
Saint Randy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Saint Randy sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Saint Randy trying to control from half guard but Wiggins is working away.
Wiggins wants to control but Saint Randy is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint Randy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wiggins moves into full guard.
Wiggins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Saint Randy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Saint Randy stands up from Wiggins's guard - Saint Randy perhaps looking for a knockout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wiggins dodges the punch combination from Saint Randy.
Nice sprawl there from Wiggins as Saint Randy shoots in.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Saint Randy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wiggins trying to hold on to Saint Randy's head to control him but Saint Randy postures up.
Wiggins looks gassed!
Saint Randy frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Saint Randy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Saint Randy landing strikes, looking to finish!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Saint Randy working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Wiggins is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saint Randy controlling the position easily from mount.
Saint Randy lands a big elbow.
Saint Randy tries to control but Wiggins wriggling away.
Saint Randy lands with some strikes.
Saint Randy cracks Wiggins with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Saint Randy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saint Randy controlling from the full mount.
Saint Randy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Saint Randy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Saint Randy dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Wiggins bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wiggins really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Saint Randy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Wiggins decides to take the fight back to the feet.
A good leg kick by Saint Randy.
Saint Randy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Saint Randy dives in and grabs Wiggins's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wiggins pushes down on Saint Randy's head and hops out.
Wiggins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Saint Randy.

Saint Randy gets caught napping as Wiggins dives in and scores a takedown. Saint Randy manages to retain guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Saint Randy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wiggins working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Saint Randy's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Saint Randy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wiggins doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wiggins manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Wiggins got a little sloppy there for a moment and Saint Randy has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wiggins has managed to get both his arms back between Saint Randy's legs - danger averted.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wiggins postures up and lands a big shot to Saint Randy's brow.
Wiggins wants to get up but he can't break Saint Randy's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Saint Randy is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Wiggins frees his head nicely. Oh but Saint Randy has switched to an armbar! Wiggins is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Brandon Saint Randy!