PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Randale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Riddler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randale comes into the arena with Darude - Sandstorm blaring out of the sound system. Roger Randale has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Randale
vs
Riddler

189 cm
27
257 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

198 cm
25
220 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roger Randale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Riddler!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riddler lands a jab to Randale's midsection.
Riddler cracks Randale with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Riddler thows a body shot but no joy.
Randale avoids the head kick by Riddler.

Riddler closes the distance and clinches.

Riddler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riddler scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick from Riddler lands but Randale takes it in his stride.
Riddler throws a sloppy head kick and Randale moves out of range easily.
Riddler lands a nice looking body kick.
Riddler scoring well with a low kick there.

Randale drives through and clinches with Riddler against the cage.
Riddler wants to get back to striking at distance but Randale won't allow it.
Riddler can't break the clinch.
Riddler wants to break free but Randale has control.
Riddler is trying to push Randale away but Randale has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Randale throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddler is trying to maintain a safe position but Randale gets an underhook and turns Riddler into the cage.

Randale escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Riddler misses with a hook. Randale ducked under it nicely.
Riddler with a hook.

Riddler closes the distance and clinches.
Randale lands a left hand that snaps the head of Riddler backwards.
Randale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riddler takes a knee to the side of the body.
Riddler looks gassed!

Randale breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Randale takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Randale tries to clinch there but Riddler circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Randale fails with an attempt to clinch.
Randale throws a solid leg kick but Riddler takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Randale.
Randale cracks the inside of Riddler's front leg.
Riddler circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randale tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riddler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Randale tries to close the distance and clinch but Riddler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Riddler looks to score with a jab to the body but Randale is just out of range.
Randale ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Riddler scores with a jab to the body.
Randale drops his hands momentarily and Riddler takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Randale tries to clinch up.
Riddler has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Riddler fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Randale wants to clinch but Riddler slips to the side
and Riddler counters with a nice body shot.
Randale throws a one two combo.
Randale moves in looking to clinch but Riddler pushes him off.
Randale tries to clinch up.

Randale clinches with his opponent.
Riddler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddler wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Riddler has had enough of the clinch but Randale keeps him there for the moment.

Riddler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Randale moves into the clinch.
Riddler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Riddler wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Randale has him pressed against the cage.
Randale lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Randale lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Randale keeps control of Riddler as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Randale takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Randale using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Riddler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Randale tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Randale using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Riddler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Randale presses Riddler against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randale connects with a knee to the head.
Riddler stalls.
Randale looking to throw knees to the head but Riddler is blocking nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Riddler wants to break free but Randale has control.
Randale throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Randale.
Riddler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Randale breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Randale pushes Riddler away with a front kick.
Riddler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Riddler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Randale closes the distance and pushes Riddler back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ben Riddler will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Riddler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riddler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Riddler gets tackled into the cage by Randale. Randale maintains the clinch.

Randale breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Randale fails with an attempt to clinch.
Randale throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Randale tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riddler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Riddler scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Randale takes the fight into the clinch.
Randale working Riddler over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Randale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Randale manages to break the clinch.
Riddler is breathing heavily.
Randale misses with a jab, cross combination.
Riddler is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Randale rather than just go for the knockout.
Riddler pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Randale is looking to clinch.
Riddler lands with a kick to the temple. Randale shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The fight stays on the outside here - Randale looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Randale doesn't manage to clinch there - Riddler circles away.
Riddler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Randale cracks Riddler with a good jab.

Randale closes the distance and clinches.
Riddler wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Randale lands an elbow inside that Riddler shrugs off.

It looks like Ben Riddler has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Randale.
Randale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Randale tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riddler's elbow.
Randale looking to throw knees to the head but Riddler is blocking nicely.
Riddler tries to land knees in the clinch but Randale avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Randale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Randale throws a head kick but Riddler moves out of range.
Randale tries to clinch there but Riddler circles away.
Randale tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Riddler paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Randale closes the distance and clinches.
Randale misses with a body punch.
Riddler tries to break the clinch but Randale is controlling the position.
Riddler wants to break free but Randale has control.

Randale breaks from the clinch.
Riddler looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Randale fails in his attempt to clinch.
Riddler misses with a wild body shot.
Randale tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riddler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Randale wants to clinch up but Riddler keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randale tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riddler swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Randale forces Riddler back against the cage and clinches.
Randale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riddler wants to break free but Randale has control.
Randale connects with a knee to the head.
Riddler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riddler scores with a hook to the body.
Randale prevents Riddler from breaking the clinch.
Randale lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Randale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Randale throws a head kick but Riddler moves out of range.
Randale fails in his attempt to clinch.
Randale tries to clinch up but Riddler circles away and keeps his distance.
Danga de danga de dang - Riddler scores with a four punch combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riddler keeps the fight on the outside.

Riddler closes the distance and pushes Randale back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Randale lands a right hand that snaps the head of Riddler backwards.
Riddler is trying to break free.
Randale misses with a knee to the head.
Randale stalling the fight.
Randale landing knees to the head.
Come on Randale - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Riddler wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riddler wants to break the clinch but can't.
Randale unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Roger Randale has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Randale is pushing Riddler up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Randale lands an elbow that stopped Riddler in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Randale dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ben Riddler'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!

A shot to the body from Riddler misses
and Randale counters with a left and a right that stings Riddler.
Riddler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riddler swings for the body but Randale moves out of range.
Randale lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Riddler can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Randale and Riddler drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Randale.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roger Randale!
Roger Randale was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.