PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daddy Cool (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Black told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Cool
vs
Black

205 cm
24
300 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

225 cm
23
300 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daddy Cool!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Black!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cool tries to clinch up.
Black tries to clinch but Cool moves out of range.
Cool takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Black throws a series of punches but Cool moves out of range.

Cool forces Black back against the cage and clinches.
Cool looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Black avoids the elbow strike from Cool, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Black's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cool tries a knee to the head but Black blocks it.
Cool has Black pressed against the cage, preventing Black from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cool tries a knee to the head but Black blocks it.
Cool landing knees to the head.
Black is looking to break free of the clinch but Cool has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Black's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cool throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Black blocks it with crossed arms.
Cool unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cool lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Jack Black has been cut.
Cool comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Black is trying to break the clinch but Cool has him pressed against the cage.
Cool using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Black looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black takes an elbow to the temple.
Cool lands an elbow inside.
Black wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cool lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Cool.
Black takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Cool.

That has opened up Jack Black's cut even more.
Cool stalls.
Cool lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Cool.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cool lands an elbow inside that Black shrugs off.
Cool with a knee to the head.
Cool connects with a knee to the head.

Black is rocked!
A bit of stalling here from Cool.

Cool lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Black goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Cool in side control.
Black is still in real trouble! Can Cool finish him?

Cool stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Cool drops Black with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Black looks back up at him and smiles so Cool waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Cool clinches up with Black and pushes him back against the cage.
Black seems to have recovered his senses.
Cool is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cool tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.
Cool comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Black takes an elbow to the temple.
Cool comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cool lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cool using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Black has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cool gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Black is trying to force a seperation but Cool has the dominant position.
Cool tries a knee to the head but Black blocks it.
Knees to the body from Cool.
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!
Cool putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Black in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Black takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cool lands a damaging elbow.
Cool looking to throw knees to the head but Black is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black is looking to break free of the clinch but Cool has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Cool.
Cool lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cool tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.
Black is trying to force a seperation but Cool has the dominant position.
Cool looking to throw knees to the head but Black is blocking nicely.
Black working hard to break the clinch.
Cool lands a knee to the head.
Black is looking to break free of the clinch but Cool has double underhooks.
Black can't break the clinch.
Cool trying to control the position but instead, Black has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cool into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cool.
Black tries to break the clinch but Cool is controlling the position.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Cool keeps him there for the moment.
Black tries to circle away but Cool has him pinned against the cage.
Cool lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

The cut above Jack Black's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Cool putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Black in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cool tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.
Cool lands a damaging elbow.
Cool with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cool trying to control the position but instead, Black has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cool into the cage.

Black escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cool is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Black tries to clinch up but Cool circles away and keeps his distance.
Black shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cool but Cool pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cool tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Black paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cool uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Black.
Cool jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Cool has managed to clinch.
Black wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cool has him pressed against the cage.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cool landing knees to the head.
Black has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cool comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cool lands an elbow inside.
Cool creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Black's defenses.
Cool lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cool lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cool lands a nice elbow.
A knee to the head by Cool.
Cool tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cool connects with a nasty looking knee right to Black's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Cool - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cool has Black pressed against the cage, preventing Black from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Black can't break the clinch.
Cool scores with a knee to the head.
Cool connects with a knee to the head.
Cool lands a nice knee to the body.
Black has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cool tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black working hard to break the clinch.
Cool tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.
Cool keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cool lands an elbow just above Black 's eye.
Cool has Black pressed against the cage, preventing Black from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cool connects with a nasty looking knee right to Black's face.
Cool misses with a knee to the head.
Cool tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.
Black working hard to break the clinch.
Cool lands an elbow inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cool throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Black blocks it with crossed arms.
Cool lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cool throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Black blocks it with crossed arms.
Cool throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Black blocks it with crossed arms.
Cool tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.
Black is trying to force a seperation but Cool has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daddy Cool dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Black's cut.
That's time! Cool's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The fight stays on the outside here - Cool looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Black checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jack Black is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cool tries to clinch but Black is having none of it.
Cool scores with a spinning back kick!
Cool tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Black paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Cool clinches.
Cool with a knee to the head.
Cool with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cool with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cool tries a knee to the head but Black blocks it.
Cool connects with a knee to the head.
Black wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cool lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A frustrated look appears on Black's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Black breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cool tries to bum rush Black with a series of wild strikes but Black uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Black throws a right and a left that both miss.
Black fails with the takedown.
Cool scores with a nice head shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cool tries to close the distance and clinch but Black swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cool displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Black.
Cool dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Black. That did some damage!
Cool misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cool lands a nice leg kick that just misses Black's sensitive parts.
Cool misses with a kick to the body.
Black misses with the combination.
Black looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Cool closes the distance and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cool obliges.
Cool creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Black's defenses.
Daddy Cool has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cool creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Black's defenses.
Cool lands a damaging elbow.
Cool lands an elbow just above Black 's eye.
Cool lands an elbow inside.
Cool has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Cool has Black pushed against the cage.
Cool prevents Black from breaking the clinch.
Cool with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cool gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cool.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Black breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cool steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Black.

Cool gets a clinch.
Cool lands an elbow inside.
Cool with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cool tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.
Cool keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cool misses with a knee strike.
Black wants to get back to striking at distance but Cool won't allow it.

Black's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cool looks to clinch
and Black counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cool.

Black is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Cool's half guard.
Black missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Black is trying to control. Cool wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Cool has one foot on Black's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Cool throws a right and a left that Black avoids nicely.
Black looks to clinch

and Cool counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cool.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cool throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Black blocks it with crossed arms.
Black is trying to break the clinch but Cool has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Cool.
Black tries to circle away but Cool has him pinned against the cage.
Black can't break the clinch.
Cool landing knees to the head.
Cool misses with a knee strike.
Black takes a knee right on the jaw!
Black tries to circle away but Cool has him pinned against the cage.
Cool lands a knee to the head.

Black's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cool connects with a solid leg kick.

Cool gets a clinch.
Black has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Black tries to break free but Cool pushes him back against the cage.
Cool with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cool with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cool using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Black has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Black tries to circle away but Cool has him pinned against the cage.
Cool is looking to control Black's arms but Black gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cool has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A frustrated look appears on Black's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Black can't break the clinch.
Black wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cool connects with a knee to the head.
Cool lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Black tries to break the clinch but Cool is controlling the position.
Cool scores with a knee to the head.
Black can't break the clinch.
Cool lands an elbow inside that Black shrugs off.

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

Cool gets a clinch.
Black takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cool gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cool gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Black is trying to break the clinch but Cool is controlling him.
Black wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cool has him pressed against the cage.
Cool landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Black takes an elbow to the temple.
Cool comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cool tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cool landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Black tries to break the clinch but Cool is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daddy Cool dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jack Black's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Black wants to clinch up but Cool keeps it at a distance.
Cool is looking to clinch.
A big right from Cool misses.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cool paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cool looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Black misses with a series of wild punches.

Cool darts in and clinches Black up against the cage.
Black wants to get back to striking at distance but Cool won't allow it.
Black takes an elbow to the temple.
A knee to the head by Cool.
Cool looking to throw knees to the head but Black is blocking nicely.
Cool keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Black's efforts to push away.
Cool is struggling to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cool keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Black's efforts to push away.
Black takes an elbow to the temple.
Cool throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Black blocks it with crossed arms.
Black is trying to break the clinch but Cool has him pressed against the cage.
Black is trying to break the clinch but Cool has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cool tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.
Cool lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cool keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Black's efforts to push away.
Cool lands a knee to the body.
Cool is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Black can do to turn this around?
Black tries to break free but Cool pushes him back against the cage.
Cool scores with a knee to the head.
Cool looking to throw knees to the head but Black is blocking nicely.
Black working hard to break the clinch.
Black has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Black's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cool lands an elbow inside that Black shrugs off.
Cool stalls.
Black wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cool tries a knee to the head but Black blocks it.
Cool with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cool throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Black blocks it with crossed arms.
Cool keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cool keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Black takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cool misses with a knee to the head.
Cool tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.

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

Cool moves into range and clinches up with Black.
Cool tries a knee to the head but Black blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cool throws an elbow but it misses.
Black has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cool using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Black has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Cool keeps him there for the moment.
Cool lands a damaging elbow.
Black can't break the clinch.
Cool comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A frustrated look appears on Black's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Black takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice elbow from Cool.
Cool lands a knee to the head.
Black blocks an elbow strike from Cool.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cool prevents Black from breaking the clinch.
Cool throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Black blocks it with crossed arms.
Black wants to get back to striking at distance but Cool won't allow it.
Black looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cool using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cool misses with a knee to the head.
Cool tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Black working hard to break the clinch.
Cool throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cool misses with a knee to the head.
Cool keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Black's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Cool.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cool using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Black has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Black wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cool throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cool keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Black's efforts to push away.
Cool crunches a lovely knee into Black's ribcage.
Black has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cool looking to throw knees to the head but Black is blocking nicely.
Black takes an elbow to the temple.
Cool putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Black in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cool throws an elbow but it misses.
Cool has Black pressed against the cage, preventing Black from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cool with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Black takes a knee to the side of the body.

Black's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cool throws a series of strikes that have Black backpedaling.
Black connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cool will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Cool misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cool doesn't manage to clinch there - Black circles away.
Black is looking to clinch but Cool is avoiding it.
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cool tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Black uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cool.
Cool lands the left hand.
Jack Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cool lands a front kick.
Black throws a right hand that Cool ducks under and follows up with a left that Cool also avoids with ease.

Cool closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cool has Black pressed against the cage, preventing Black from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cool.
Cool misses with a knee to the head.
Cool misses with a knee to the head.
Cool throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Black blocks it with crossed arms.
Cool lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Black lands an uppercut.

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

Cool instigates a clinch.
Black takes an elbow to the forehead.
Daddy Cool is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cool throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Black.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daddy Cool showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cool, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Daddy Cool!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Daddy Cool!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Daddy Cool!

Daddy Cool wins by unanimous decision!