PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Junior Marijuano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince Randall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randall has chosen Lloyd Banks ft Juelz Santana- Beamer Benz or Bentley as his entrance music. Vince Randall struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 137.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Marijuano
vs
Randall

175 cm
21
140 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

169 cm
25
147 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Marijuano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vince Randall!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marijuano shoots in for a takedown but Randall shows good takedown defense.

Randall closes the distance and clinches.
Marijuano is trying to break free.
Marijuano is looking to control Randall's arms but Randall gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marijuano has his back to the cage.

Randall has clasped his hands together around Marijuano's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Randall content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Marijuano can't do much from the bottom here.
Marijuano tries to escape but Randall is in control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Randall controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like Randall might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

Randall looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Marijuano gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Marijuano is squirming around, avoiding Randall's attempts to control the action.

Randall quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Randall but it's paid off an Marijuano is forced to tap! Nice work by Randall.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vince Randall!
Vince Randall is the new bantamweight champion!
After the fight, Vince Randall was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.