PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Psion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Black's choice of entrance music: Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fist . The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Psion
vs
Black

225 cm
24
285 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

196 cm
24
268 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Psion!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Black!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Psion throws a big shot that misses.
Black closes the distance and clinches up with Psion, looking for a takedown. Black pushes Psion against the cage but Psion circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Psion lands a jab to Black's midsection.
Psion digs a good body shot into Black's ribs.
Psion pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice jab there from Psion.
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!
The fighters circling - Black throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Psion swats away the attempt to clinch by Black.
Black tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Psion bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Psion slips under a jab from Black.
Black defending well as Psion loads up on a big left hand.

Black shoots in and bounces Psion off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Psion is on top in guard.
Psion is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Black being controlled here, momentarily.
Psion is looking to stand up but Black won't let him.
Psion not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Black bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Psion's guard.
Black trying to control the position from guard on top but Psion is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Black scoring with some ground and pound.
Black with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Black in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Black wants to control from the top but Psion keeps moving.
Psion is pulling down on Black's head to control his posture.
Psion looking for a sweep. Not yet Psion, not yet.
Psion keeping moving, preventing Black from controlling successfully.
Black has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Psion is pulling down on Black's head to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Psion displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Frank Black has been cut.
Mike Psion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Psion looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Black throws out a loose jab but Psion uses good head movement to avoid it.
Black bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Psion's head backwards.
Black needs to keep his hands up - Psion had a free shot at his head there.
Black throws a hook but Psion blocks it.
Psion throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Psion has taken the fight to the clinch.
Black wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
Psion misses with a punch on the inside.

Black manages to break the clinch.
Psion is looking to clinch but Black is avoiding it.
Black throws a hook to the side of Psion's head but Psion sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Psion just misses with a punch to the body.
Black misses the body punch
and Psion counters with a nice uppercut.
Black displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Psion throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psion lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Psion uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Black.
Psion throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Black stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Black looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A combination from Psion does no damage.
Psion digs a good hook to Black's body.
A jab from Black misses.
Psion lands a jab-cross combination.
Psion throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Black.
Psion ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Psion pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Black moves out of range of the strikes.
Psion's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Psion duly obliges.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Psion tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Black was well out of range. Poor timing from Psion.
Black on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Black swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Psion counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Psion lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Black circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Psion dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Black's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Black fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch lands to the side of Black 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Psion is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Psion comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Psion lands with a nice combination. Black backs away looking to recover.
Black moves out of range as Psion strikes.
Psion throws a hook but Black avoids it easily.
Black keeps the fight on the outside.
Psion throws a hook to the side of Black's head but Black sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Psion clobbers Black with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Psion has managed to clinch.
Black lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Black.
Psion misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Psion.
Black swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Psion has a couple of punches blocked by Black.
Black working aggressively here.
Black lands a right hand that snaps the head of Psion backwards.
Psion misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Psion fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Psion.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Black manages to break the clinch.
Mike Psion is winning the standup battle so far.
Black on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Black is breathing heavily.
A telegraphed right hand from Psion misses the target.
Psion connects with a right hand. Black shakes it off.
Psion swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Psion swinging wildly here.
A cross from Psion lands.
Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Black keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Black shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Black lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Psion blocking the ground and pound.
Psion takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Psion working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Psion wants to control but Black is having none of it.
Black working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Psion tries to hold on but Black pushes him away.
Psion is working to get back to half guard.
Black working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Black with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black with the ground and pound from mount.
Black raining down shots from the mount!
Black controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black wants to control the pace but Psion is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psion is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Psion tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Psion really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Black lands a big elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Black putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Black breaks from Psion's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Black scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Psion?
Psion on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Psion tries to get out of the position.
Psion is trying desperately to improve position.
Black lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Black wants to control the pace but Psion is squirming around nicely.
Black lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psion is trying desperately to improve position.
Psion takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Psion is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Black looking to control but Psion is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Black is landing with some decent strikes but Psion is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Psion in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Psion is rocked!
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 drops a big elbow. That's hurt Psion! More shots from Black and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Black!
Frank Black is the new heavyweight champion!