PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dorsey Randolph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Seivard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seivard has chosen Reap and Sow- L'Astronaut as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Randolph
vs
Seivard

201 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

172 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dorsey Randolph!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kyle Seivard!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seivard throws a lazy body kick
enabling Randolph to counter with a crisp jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Randolph.

Seivard drives through and clinches with Randolph against the cage.
Randolph is working for takedown but Seivard is calmly controlling the position for now.
Seivard leaning against his opponent.
Randolph is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Seivard to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dorsey Randolph. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Randolph has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Seivard regains guard immediately.

Seivard pushes Randolph off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Seivard stuffs the takedown.
Randolph really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Randolph gets tackled into the cage by Seivard. Seivard maintains the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Seivard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Seivard dives in and scores a takedown into Randolph's guard.
Seivard is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seivard working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Randolph's head.

Seivard drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Seivard jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Seivard working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Randolph's head.
Seivard chips away with some ground and pound.

Randolph is rocked!
Seivard advances position into side control!
Oh Randolph is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Seivard tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Seivard has hold of Randolph's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Randolph seems comfortable defending it but Seivard has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Randolph is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Randolph is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Seivard couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kyle Seivard!
A victorious Kyle Seivard thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.