PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Randy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Volkan Xhaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Volkan Xhaka is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Randy
vs
Xhaka

194 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Travis Randy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Volkan Xhaka!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Randy moves into range and clinches up with Xhaka.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Randy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Randy lands a right hand.

Randy breaks from the clinch.
Randy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Randy lands a body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Randy. No joy for Xhaka on that attempt.
Xhaka looks to clinch
and Randy counters with a straight right hand.
Randy lands a nice shot to the body.
Xhaka shoots in and drives through. Randy sprawls well.
Randy went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Xhaka tries to keep at a distance but Randy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Xhaka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Randy avoiding damage.
Randy digs a right hand into Xhaka's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Xhaka's gas tank.

Randy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Randy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Randy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Travis Randy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Xhaka tries to clinch up
and Randy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Randy misses with the combination.
Xhaka fails to land the takedown.
A little feinted left hand from Randy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Travis Randy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Volkan Xhaka.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xhaka looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Randy scores with a jab. Xhaka acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Randy scores with a sloppy right hand. Xhaka should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Randy scores with a body shot.
Xhaka has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Randy finds it's way round the side to connect with Xhaka's head.
Randy is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Xhaka fails to land the takedown.
Xhaka looks winded!
Xhaka tries for a takedown but Randy circles away easily
and Randy counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Xhaka out cold! What a finish! Randy is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Travis Randy!