PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shirley Eaton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Randall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Randall's choice of entrance music: Jasmine . This should be a great matchup!

Eaton
vs
Randall

219 cm
19
214 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Shirley Eaton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Joshua Randall!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Randall closes the distance and pushes Eaton back into the cage.
Eaton stops a takedown attempt from Randall.
Randall jumps guard but Eaton stands there with Randall around his waist. Randall gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Eaton is trying to trip Randall. He has hold of a leg but Randall is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Eaton persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Eaton will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Eaton drops back looking for a leg! Randall is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Randall manages to kick Eaton off! Eaton jumps back into Randall's guard.
Randall is looking to sweep but instead, Eaton has passed into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Eaton postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Randall to stand up.

Eaton throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Randall tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Eaton is in Randall's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Randall has his foot on Eaton's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Eaton works his way back into a safe position though.
Randall tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Randall looks winded!
Eaton with a nice head shot there.
Eaton working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Eaton stands up over Randall, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Eaton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Eaton is in close to Randall's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Eaton decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Eaton feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Randall is wriggling around but Eaton manages to pass to half guard.
Eaton really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Eaton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Eaton postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Randall to stand up.
Eaton tries a head kick but it misses.

Randall gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Eaton to score an easy takedown into full guard.
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!
Eaton landing with the ground and pound.

Eaton gets to his feet. Randall looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Randall enables Eaton to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Randall manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Eaton is standing up over Randall. Randall looks to escape but Eaton dives into side control.

Eaton is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Randall looks calm but he's in trouble here. Eaton gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Randall is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Eaton lets go of the hold and Randall can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Shirley Eaton!