PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Clayton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black comes to the ring accompanied by The Pixies - Hey. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Black
vs
Clayton

195 cm
23
255 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
238 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Clayton!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Bruno Lombardi and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black throws a nice inside leg kick.
Clayton avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Black misses the target.
Clayton looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Black misses with a kick to the body.
Some wild striking there from Black.
Black steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clayton.
Black misses with a hook. Clayton ducked under it nicely.
Clayton throws a head kick but Black moves out of range.
Clayton throws a chopping leg kick but Black manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Black lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Tommy Clayton has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Black misses with a straight left.
Black pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Black drops Clayton with a beautiful combination! Clayton stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Black is looking for the KO!

Clayton is rocked!
Clayton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Black.
Frank Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Black tries a head kick but it misses.
Clayton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Clayton steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Black. That one must have hurt.
Clayton looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Black.
Black tries a head kick but it misses.
Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Clayton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Black scores with a crisp jab that stopped Clayton in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clayton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Black.
Black connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Black misses with a body kick.
Black throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Black moves out of range of the leg kick from Clayton.
Black throws a head kick but Clayton moves out of range.
Black throws the left hand but Clayton avoids the punch easily.
Black lands a head kick!
Clayton blocks the body kick.
Black misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a jab but it's blocked by Clayton.
Black misses with a head kick.
Black steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clayton.
Clayton throws a series of punches but Black avoids them all with ease.
Nice cross by Black.
Frank Black is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Clayton bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Clayton is putting a hurting on Black here, landing some big shots from side control.

Clayton decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Clayton scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Black tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Black wants to get back to his feet.
Clayton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Black keeps working.

Clayton is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clayton looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Clayton is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Black is just riding it out for now. Clayton eventually gives up the hold.
Black punching from the bottom.
Black avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Clayton.
Black striking from the bottom.
Black throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Clayton prevents Black from standing back up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Clayton lands strikes from half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Black catches Clayton with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black misses with a wild combination.
Clayton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Black.
Black throws a wild body kick that Clayton sees coming a mile off.
A head kick by Black misses
and Clayton counters with a nice low kick that buckles Black's knee momentarily.

Clayton rushes Black and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Black jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Clayton walks away with a smile on his face. Black gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Clayton scores with the left hand. Black knows he should have avoided that one.
Clayton misses with a low kick.

Clayton closes the distance and clinches.
Black fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Black's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clayton avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clayton just misses with a punch to the body.
Black throws a head kick that misses.
Black thuds his right hand into Clayton's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Clayton gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Clayton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Black is looking to chop away at Clayton's legs.
Frank Black is winning the standup battle so far.
Black throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Clayton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Black lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Black is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Clayton can do to turn this around?
Black clobbers Clayton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A combination from Clayton does no damage.
Black ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Clayton rushes Black and presses him up against the ropes.
Clayton working hard to break the clinch.

Black escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Black slips under a jab from Clayton.
Black checks the leg kick nicely there.
Clayton tries to clinch but Black moves out of range.

Clayton shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Black keeping moving, preventing Clayton from controlling successfully.
Black striking off his back but it's not causing Clayton any problems.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Clayton advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Clayton looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Black is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Black missing with punches from the bottom.
Clayton working the head and body with strikes.
Black missing with punches from the bottom.
Black is not content to let Clayton control the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Black wants to get back to full guard.
Black is working hard here to advance position.

Black is defending against the submission attempts here by Clayton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Clayton missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Clayton blocks a head kick by Black.
Black pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Black throws a lazy head kick
and Clayton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Clayton lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Clayton decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Clayton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Black keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clayton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Clayton prevents Black from standing back up.

Black makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
A jab lands there for Black.
Clayton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Clayton ducks right into an uppercut from Black.
Black pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Clayton pivots, looking for a leg kick but Black is out of range and Clayton settles back down.
Black throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Black staying out of range there.
Clayton moves out of range of the body kick.
Black tries to land a front kick but Clayton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Black tries a head kick but it misses.
Clayton lands a nice looking body shot.
Black checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Clayton thumps Black with a low kick.

Clayton changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Black looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Clayton wants to control but Black is keeping him busy.

Clayton tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Clayton has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Black throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Black throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee asks Clayton politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Clayton prefers to stall for the moment though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Black is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Clayton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tommy Clayton's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Black throws a head kick but Clayton moves out of range.
Clayton just misses with a punch to the body.
Clayton tries to clinch but Black moves out of range.
Clayton takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Black lands with a cross.
Clayton tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Black scores with a jab.
No joy there for Black, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Black tries to bum rush Clayton with a series of wild strikes but Clayton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clayton lands a two punch combo.
Black is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clayton.
Black misses with a wild combination.
Black throws a sloppy head kick

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

Clayton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Black steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clayton.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black fakes the leg kick and cracks Clayton in the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Black lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Clayton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Black. That did some damage!
Black pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Clayton throws a leg kick but Black checks it.
Black checks a low kick from Clayton.
Black is looking to slow Clayton down with leg kicks.
A jab from Clayton misses.
Clayton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Black.
Clayton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Black moves away.

Clayton feints and as Black raises his hands in defense, Clayton changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Black doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Clayton passes into half guard.
Black wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Clayton is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Clayton is trying to control. Black wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Black throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Black looks like he's trying to stand up.

Clayton is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Black is just riding it out for now. Clayton eventually gives up the hold.
Black punching from the bottom.

Clayton is working for a kimura but Black is defending it quite comfortably.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black tries to kick Clayton off but Clayton keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Black missing with punches from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Black swats away the attempt to clinch by Clayton.
Black connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Clayton momentarily.
Black misses with the body kick

and Clayton counters with a shoot takedown. Black fights it but they end up in guard.
Clayton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Black keeping moving, preventing Clayton from controlling successfully.
Clayton prevents Black from getting back to his feet.
Black throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clayton controls from within his opponent's guard.
Clayton is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Clayton looking to pass the guard.
Clayton stands up over Black, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A combination from Black does no damage.
Black circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clayton throws a body punch but Black moves out of range.
Clayton avoids the head kick by Black.
Clayton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clayton has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Black finds it's way round the side to connect with Clayton's head.
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 plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Clayton misses with an uppercut. Black saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Black showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Black has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28

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