PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Macho Randy (ranked 691 p4p, 84 weight class) and Tel Britton (ranked 1580 p4p, 173 weight class). Macho Randy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tel Britton's chin.

Randy
vs
Britton

225 cm
41
271 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

220 cm
39
267 lbs
36 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Macho Randy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tel Britton!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Randy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Randy looks to score with a jab to the body but Britton is just out of range.
Britton's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Randy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Britton scrambles back to his feet.
Randy misses with a wild body shot.
Britton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Britton walks into a straight right hand from Randy.
Randy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Macho Randy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Randy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A cross from Randy lands.
Britton cracks Randy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Britton's corner calls for a 1-2. Britton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Randy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Britton with a nice cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A cross from Britton lands.
Randy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Britton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Randy.
Britton scores with the left hand. Randy knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Randy looks to land a body kick but Britton moved away.
Randy misses with a low kick.
Britton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Randy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Britton's sensitive parts.
Randy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Randy walks into a jab.
Britton slips a straight right by Randy.
Randy scores with a sloppy right hand. Britton should have avoided that one.
Randy swings widly with a right hand
and Britton counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Randy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Britton.
Randy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Britton.
A nice inside leg kick there by Randy. That's going to slow Britton down.
Randy really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Britton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Randy.
Randy fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Randy slips a straight right by Britton.
Macho Randy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Britton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Randy.
Randy tries a head kick but it misses.
Randy misses with a body shot.
Britton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Randy.
Randy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Randy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Britton counters with a stiff right hand.
Britton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Randy clinches up with Britton and pushes him back against the cage.
Britton tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Randy just stands there and leans against the cage.

Britton jumps into guard, dragging Randy to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randy is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Randy's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Randy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Britton is keeping the position for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Randy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Britton looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Randy misses with a hook. Britton ducked under it nicely.
Britton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Randy is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Randy misses with a looping right.
Randy throws a head kick but Britton moves out of range.
Britton looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Randy looks to score with a jab to the body but Britton is just out of range.
Britton now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Britton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Randy.
Britton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Britton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Randy tries to land a body kick
and Britton counters with a three punch combo that has Randy backing up. Randy nods at Britton to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice body kick from Randy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Macho Randy will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Randy darts in and clinches Britton up against the cage.
Randy lands an elbow just above Britton 's eye.

It looks like Tel Britton has been cut.
Randy can't find room to land a body shot as Britton controls the action.
Randy looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Britton.
Britton jumps guard but Randy stands there with Britton around his waist. Britton gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Randy lands an uppercut.
Randy misses with some punches.

Britton decides to pull guard.
Randy sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Britton looking to control.
Randy wanted to stand there but Britton had control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Randy 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.
Randy controls from within his opponent's guard.
Britton keeping full guard, as Randy tries to pass.
Randy is pushing down on Britton's leg trying to pass to half guard. Britton is fighting to maintain full guard but Randy has managed to sneak the leg through.
Randy is taking a breather. Britton says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two 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.
Britton wants to improve his position but Randy is controlling well.
Randy perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Randy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Randy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Britton doesn't seem bothered though.
Britton missing with a left hand there. Randy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It appears Randy was looking to counter with a kick there.
Randy lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randy misses with a few strikes there.
Britton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Randy's corner calls for a 1-2. Randy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Randy tries to clinch
and Britton counters with a two punch combo.
Britton throws a body punch but Randy moves out of range.
Randy just misses with a punch to the body.
Britton is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Randy lands a jab to Britton's midsection.
Britton throws a looping overhand right but Randy ducks down to avoid it.
Britton misses with an uppercut.
Randy scores with a sloppy right hand. Britton should have avoided that one.
Britton avoids the body shot from Randy.
Britton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Randy throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Randy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Britton.
Britton scores with a nice head shot.
Randy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Britton can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Randy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Britton's head.
Randy throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Randy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Randy cracks a nice hook into Britton's ribs.
Randy digs a good hook to Britton's body.
Randy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Britton on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Britton is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Macho Randy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tel Britton's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Randy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Britton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Randy misses with a looping left.
Randy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Randy defending well as Britton loads up on a big left hand.
Randy throws a good cross that connects.
Britton might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Randy connects with a nice looking jab.

Britton is rocked!
Randy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Britton at a distance.
Randy wants to clinch.
Britton appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Randy wants to clinch.
Britton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Randy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Britton throws out a counter right but Randy avoids it with no problem.
Britton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Britton swats away the attempt to clinch by Randy.
Britton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice straight punches there by Randy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Randy.
Britton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Randy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Britton lands a jab to Randy's midsection.
A shot to the liver by Randy. Beautiful body shot.
Britton on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Randy throws a right and a left that Britton avoids nicely.
It seemed like Britton was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randy cracks Britton with a right hand to the side of the head.
Randy thuds a left hand into Britton's body.
The fighters circling - Britton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Britton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Randy can pounce on him.
Randy thuds a left hand into Britton's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Randy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Randy takes a swing at Britton's ribcage but misses.
Randy misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Britton! But no joy.
Randy tries to clinch but Britton moves out of range.
Britton works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Good work by Britton as he checks the leg kick.
Randy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Randy.
Britton has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Randy slips a straight right by Britton.

Randy drives through and clinches with Britton against the cage.
Britton has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Randy avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Britton tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Randy just stands there and leans against the cage.
Macho Randy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tel Britton.
Britton has Randy pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Randy manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Britton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Randy lands a shoulder strike.
Randy lands a nice shot to the body.
Britton takes a shot to the head.
Randy lands a left hand.
Britton is still on wobbly legs! Can Randy finish him?

Randy lands a vicious elbow to the side of Britton's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Randy tries to finish him with strikes but Britton still seems able to defend himself so Randy steps back and lets Britton get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
and Randy counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Britton! He's just covering up as Randy starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Macho Randy!
A very excited looking Macho Randy rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
Tel Britton spoke after the fight, saying '...Next time.'.