PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Natural (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Mousasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Natural comes to the cage accompanied by back in black - ACDC. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Natural
vs
Mousasi

185 cm
25
225 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
212 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Natural!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Mousasi!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mousasi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Natural wants to clinch up but Mousasi keeps it at a distance.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mousasi.
Natural throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Natural misses the shot to the body.
Mousasi misses with a series of wild punches.

Natural has taken the fight to the clinch.
Natural throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mousasi blocks it with crossed arms.
Natural tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Natural with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Natural tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mousasi is looking to break free of the clinch but Natural has double underhooks.
Mousasi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mousasi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch but Natural keeps him there for the moment.
Natural misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mousasi is looking to break free of the clinch but Natural has double underhooks.
Natural misses with some punches.
Natural keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mousasi's efforts to push away.
Mousasi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mousasi wants to get back to striking at distance but Natural won't allow it.
Mousasi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mousasi tries to break the clinch but Natural is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousasi misses with the head strike.
Natural missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Natural.
Mousasi can't break the clinch.
Natural with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Natural working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Natural with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mousasi is looking to break free of the clinch but Natural has double underhooks.
Natural throws a head punch that misses.
Mousasi prevents a body shot from Natural.
Natural keeps control of Mousasi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mousasi tries to circle away but Natural has him pinned against the cage.
Mousasi managing to block the knees to the body from Natural.
Natural lands a nice uppercut.
Natural misses with a hook from the clinch.
Natural connects with a knee to the head.
Natural misses with a knee to the head.
Natural has a couple of punches blocked by Mousasi.
A short left from Natural.
Natural tries to throw a body punch but Mousasi avoids it by throwing Natural back against the cage.
Natural scores with a shoulder strike.
Natural prevents Mousasi from breaking the clinch.
Natural looking to throw knees to the head but Mousasi is blocking nicely.
Mousasi working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mousasi is trying to break the clinch but Natural is controlling him.
Mousasi tries to circle away but Natural has him pinned against the cage.
Natural is working Mousasi over against the cage.
Mousasi blocks an uppercut.
Natural tries to throw a body punch but Mousasi avoids it by throwing Natural back against the cage.
Mousasi is trying to break the clinch but Natural is controlling him.
Mousasi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Natural tries for a takedown. No joy.
Natural prevents Mousasi from breaking the clinch.
Natural prevents Mousasi from breaking the clinch.
Natural throws a punch but it's blocked by Mousasi.
Natural with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Natural lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Natural creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mousasi tries to break free but Natural pushes him back against the cage.
Natural tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mousasi blocking some punches.
Natural is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mousasi is defending well for now.
Mousasi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mousasi is trying to stall.
Mousasi is looking to break free of the clinch but Natural has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mousasi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mousasi avoids the body shot from Natural.
Natural swings for the body but Mousasi moves out of range.

Natural rushes Mousasi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Natural tightens his grip and picks Mousasi up, before dumping him to the ground. Mousasi manages to land in guard.
Mousasi is looking to stand up but Natural isn't so interested in that idea.
Natural postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Natural is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Mousasi keeping moving, preventing Natural from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mousasi uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Natural moves into the clinch.
Mousasi tries to circle away but Natural has him pinned against the cage.
Natural lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A short body shot lands from Mousasi as the two fighters clinch.
Natural lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mousasi backwards.
Natural misses with a punch on the inside.
Natural lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mousasi backwards.
Mousasi blocks an uppercut.
Natural misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Natural creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Natural lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mousasi.
Mousasi looks gassed!
Natural lands a nice uppercut.

Natural has Mousasi pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Natural pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Mousasi tumbling to the mat - Natural dives into Mousasi's guard.
Mousasi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Natural.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Natural dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mousasi takes one on the button.
Natural looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Natural ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mousasi moves away.
Natural ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mousasi moves away.
Natural is looking to land body kicks.
Mousasi misses with a few strikes there.
Natural wants to clinch up but Mousasi keeps it at a distance.
Mousasi swinging wilding here.
No joy there for Mousasi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Natural tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mousasi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mousasi misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Natural on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Natural with a hook.
Mousasi throws a one two combo.
Mousasi is breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Natural looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Natural lands a with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natural scores with a hook to the body. Mousasi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mousasi avoids the body shot from Natural.
Natural misses the shot to the body.

Natural forces Mousasi back against the cage and clinches.
Natural slows down the pace here.
Natural stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Natural landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Natural lands a hook to the side of the head.
Natural tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Natural digs a right hand into Mousasi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mousasi's gas tank.
Natural throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mousasi blocks it with crossed arms.
Natural lands a knee to the head.
Natural lands a body punch in the clinch.
Natural lands with a right to the head.
Natural is pushing Mousasi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Natural lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natural tries to land a knee to the head but Mousasi blocks with his arms.
Natural lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Natural on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Natural.
Natural lands a nice uppercut.
Natural using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mousasi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Natural lands a knee to the head.
Natural putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mousasi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Natural misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mousasi.
Mousasi blocks an uppercut.
Natural tries a knee to the head but Mousasi blocks it.
Natural throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mousasi blocks it with crossed arms.
Natural with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mousasi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Natural has Mousasi pressed against the cage, preventing Mousasi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Natural missing with knees to the body.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mousasi looking to slow down the pace here.
Good body shot from Natural.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natural throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mousasi blocks it with crossed arms.
Mousasi is trying to break the clinch but Natural has him pressed against the cage.
Mousasi tries to break the clinch but Natural is controlling the position.
Natural tries to land a knee to the head but Mousasi blocks with his arms.

Mousasi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Natural throws a jab when Mousasi was well out of range.
Mousasi moves out of range as Natural strikes.
Natural misses with an uppercut. Mousasi saw that one coming.
Mousasi throws a right hand that Natural ducks under and follows up with a left that Natural also avoids with ease.
Natural bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mousasi's head.
Natural looks to land a combination. Mousasi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A combination from Mousasi does no damage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Natural, as that shot connected.
Mousasi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Natural.
Natural thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natural thows a body shot but no joy.
Natural wants to clinch up but Mousasi keeps it at a distance.
Natural's corner calls for a 1-2. Natural obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mousasi throws a jab when Natural was well out of range.
Natural tests Mousasi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mousasi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Natural works Mousasi's body with a nice hook.
Natural scores with a nice strike.
Natural lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Natural ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mousasi ducks under a wild hook from Natural.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Natural throws a body punch but Mousasi moves out of range.
Mousasi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Natural misses with a wild body shot.
Natural lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Natural dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Mousasi walks into a stiff left hand from Natural.
Natural with a jab.
Mousasi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Natural swings for the body but Mousasi moves out of range.
Mousasi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Natural counters with a straight right hand.
Natural just misses with a punch to the body.
Natural throws a body punch but Mousasi moves out of range.
Natural moves in looking to clinch but Mousasi pushes him off.
Fedor Mousasi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Natural throws a body punch but Mousasi moves out of range.
Natural is looking to wear down Mousasi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Natural digs a good hook to Mousasi's body.
Natural scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Natural throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Natural misses with a wild body shot.
Natural throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mousasi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Natural blocks a jab.
Mousasi misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natural fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mousasi manages to avoid it.

Natural clinches up with Mousasi and pushes him back against the cage.
Mousasi can't break the clinch.
Natural lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mousasi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Natural has him pressed against the cage.
A short left from Natural.
Mousasi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Natural tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mousasi managing to block the knees to the body from Natural.
Natural has a couple of punches blocked by Mousasi.
Mousasi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Natural has him pressed against the cage.
Mousasi wants to break free but Natural has control.
Natural tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Natural working aggressively here.
Natural throws a head punch that misses.
Natural lands a left hand.
Mousasi is trying to break the clinch but Natural is controlling him.
Natural with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Natural lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mousasi backwards.
Natural lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

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.
Natural effectively controlling the action here.
Natural can't find room to land a body shot as Mousasi controls the action.
Natural working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch but Natural keeps him there for the moment.
Natural looking to throw knees to the head but Mousasi is blocking nicely.
Mousasi tries to break the clinch but Natural is controlling the position.
Natural tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Natural is leaning against Mousasi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Natural changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Mousasi fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Mousasi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Natural ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mousasi moves away.
Natural throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mousasi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Natural tries to clinch but Mousasi is having none of it.
Natural throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Natural throws a looping overhand right but Mousasi ducks down to avoid it.
Natural looks to throw the jab but Mousasi is out of range.
Mousasi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mousasi lands with a nice combination. Natural backs away looking to recover.
Natural lands a nice looking body shot.
Natural lands a with a good body shot.
Natural takes a swing at Mousasi's ribcage but misses.
Natural loads up on a big right hand but Mousasi slips the punch.
Natural lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Natural.
Mousasi looks to land a combination but Natural avoids it well.
Mousasi avoids a kick to the body.
Mousasi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mousasi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mousasi lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Natural scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi misses with a double jab.
Randy Natural seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Natural closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Natural utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Natural misses with a knee to the head.
Natural unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mousasi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Natural trying to control the position but instead, Mousasi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Natural into the cage.
Natural has Mousasi pressed against the cage, preventing Mousasi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fedor Mousasi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Randy Natural is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Natural lands a left hand.
Natural prevents Mousasi from breaking the clinch.
Natural keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mousasi's efforts to push away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mousasi is looking to break free of the clinch but Natural has double underhooks.
Natural tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Natural crunches a lovely knee into Mousasi's ribcage.
Mousasi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Natural.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Natural showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Natural has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Natural!