PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hemangio Blastoma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Black
vs
Blastoma

169 cm
21
221 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
270 lbs
3 - 9 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Hemangio Blastoma!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blastoma cracks the inside of Black's front leg.
Blastoma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good leg kick by Blastoma there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Blastoma.
Black misses with a combination
and Blastoma counters with an inside leg kick.
Black fails with a takedown attempt.
Black could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Blastoma lands a front kick.
Blastoma misses with a wild combination.
Blastoma tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Black moves into range and clinches up with Blastoma.
Black blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blastoma misses with a punch on the inside.

Black pulls guard.
Black is trying to control the position but Blastoma postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black controlling Blastoma's posture.
Black working a defensive guard here.
Black tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Black is looking for a triangle but Blastoma pushes his legs off easily.
Black is trying to keep Blastoma in close.
Blastoma preventing the sweep.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Blastoma misses with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Blastoma tries to avoid it but Black manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Blastoma to the ground. Blastoma escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Blastoma rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Black moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Black swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Blastoma counters with a thumping low kick.
Black stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Black wants it to stay on the feet.
Blastoma defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Black.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Black. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Black is breathing heavily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Blastoma.
Blastoma dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Black. That did some damage!
Blastoma lands a body shot.
Blastoma gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Black counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Black looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black forces his way into half guard.

Black gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Eric Black will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Black drives through with a takedown into guard.
Black might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Black thows a big elbow that misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Black here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Blastoma managing to control the position.
Black is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Black trying to control the position from guard on top but Blastoma is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blastoma is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black throwing strikes from guard but Blastoma blocks nicely.
Black throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Blastoma works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Blastoma really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Black. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Blastoma keeping moving, preventing Black from controlling successfully.
Black is stalling in the full guard.
Black wants to control from the top but Blastoma keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Eric Black.

Black is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Blastoma's half guard.
Black passes to side control.
Black is looking to take a break and control but Blastoma is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blastoma is working to avoid the ground and pound but Black connects with a decent elbow.

Black has an Americana. Blastoma didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Black is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Black hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Eric Black!