PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man comes to the cage accompanied by All My Life. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Man
vs
Black

175 cm
25
160 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

170 cm
21
160 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Black!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Black drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Man has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Black can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Black missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Man wants to sweep here but Black controlling him for the moment.
Man avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Man is trying to control the position but Black postures up.
Black throwing strikes from guard but Man blocks nicely.
Black looking to pass the guard.

Man looking for a guillotine here but Black defends easily.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Black moves in looking to clinch but Man pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Man displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Black throws out the jab.
Black throws a series of punches but Man moves out of range.
Man walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Black checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Man throws a leg kick but Black checks it.
Black throws a body punch but Man moves out of range.
Good work by Black as he checks the leg kick.
Black blocks a head kick by Man.
Man throws a low kick but Black avoids it.
Black fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Man keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Joe Man has been cut.
Man is breathing heavily.
Man throws a head kick that misses.
Black will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Black paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Man tries to keep at a distance but Black has taken the fight into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Black lands a body shot.
Man stalls.
Man misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Black.
Man is trying to break free.
Man with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black lands a left hand.
Man creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Black softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Black wants the takedown. Man is fighting it off but Black persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Man's guard against the cage.
Black throwing strikes from guard but Man blocks nicely.
Black keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Man's head.
Black working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Man keeping full guard, as Black tries to pass.
Black makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man has momentary wrist control but Black slips an elbow through the middle.
Black lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man keeping full guard, as Black tries to pass.
Black is looking to work some ground and pound but Man has wrist control.
Black throws a big right hand that misses.
Black advances to half guard.
Black tries to pass the half guard into mount. Man knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Black is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Black misses with a head shot. Man uses the momentum to regain guard.
Black throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Black dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Man'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.

Black shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Man napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Black scores with punches from side control.
Black lands an elbow.

Black tries for a kimura but Man is defending well.
The strikes coming from Black are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Black tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Black sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Man is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Black throws an elbow but Man slips to the side and avoids it well.
The ground and pound from Black seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
You can see the frustration on Man's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man tries to escape but Black is in control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Black fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Black.
Man scores with a sloppy right hand. Black should have avoided that one.
Black avoids the head kick by Man.

Black bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Black lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
An elbow from Black crashes against the mat.
Black has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Black with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Black avoids the attempt from Man to control.
Black working the ground and pound effectively.
Black scoring with strikes but Man is staying in there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Black scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Black fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Black has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Black dominating with strikes here.
Black lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Man is rocked!
Black is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Oh Man is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Black in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black looking to finish Man with some ground and pound. This is bad for Man!
Black lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Black working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Man seems to have got his legs back now.
Black putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Black with the ground and pound from mount.
Black scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Black with good strikes from the mount here!
Man is bucking up trying to escape but Black cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Black looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
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!
Black lands a big shot there that rocks Man but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Black working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Black lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Black.
Black landing shots from mount.
BOOM! Black connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Black lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Man hang on?
Black postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Man looks a forlorn figure.
Man can't escape the position.
Black landing strikes from the mount.
Black looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Black in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Man is trying desperately to improve position.
Man wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Black showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joe Man's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Black throws a right and a left that both miss.
Man misses with a head kick.
A right-left combo lands from Man.
Black shoots in for a double leg but Man sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Man takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Joe Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Black tries to clinch there but Man circles away.
Man misses with a low kick.
Man tries a head kick but it misses.
Black looks to land a combination. Man sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Black shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Man napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Black working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black cracks Man with a big right hand but Man just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Black landing strikes.
Black is putting a hurting on Man here, landing some big shots from side control.
Black misses with the ground and pound.
Black in side control lands a decent elbow.
Black scoring with punches and elbows.
The strikes coming from Black are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Black working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Man is working to avoid the ground and pound but Black connects with a decent elbow.
Jack Black is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Man's face as Black controls the position.
Black's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Man is trying to improve his position.
Black taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man wants to get back to his feet but Black drags him back down.
Black taking a breather here.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jack Black just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Black wants to clinch up but Man keeps it at a distance.
Man swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Black shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Man manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Man controls Black momentarily but Black frees himself.
Man being controlled here, momentarily.
Joe Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Black comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Black has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 26:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Black!