PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zachary Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonard Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black has chosen Drowning pool - Bodies as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Love
vs
Black

191 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
205 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light 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, Zachary Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leonard Black!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Black is trying hard to land a takedown here. Love sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Leonard Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Black shoots for a takedown but Love saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zachary Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leonard Black.
Black has a takedown stuffed.

Love rushes Black and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Love looking for a takedown.
Love stalls.

Love jumps guard and drags Black to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Black pushes down on Love's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Love is trying to stand up here but Black is controlling him well.
Love manages to get to full guard.
Black stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Love swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Love throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Love 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.
Love is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Black throwing strikes from guard but Love blocks nicely.
Love looking for a sweep. Not yet Love, not yet.
Black advances to half guard.
Love is looking for a sweep. Black is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Love preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Love has hold of Black's hands but Black slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Black with the ground and pound but Love uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Black passes Love's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Love is breathing heavily.
Love is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Love is trying to maintain the position but Black is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Love is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Black scores with a couple of nice shots.
Black drops an elbow to the side of Love's head.
Love is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Love taking some punishment here, with Black in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Love preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Black accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Black thows a big elbow that misses.
Love is trying to keep Black in close.
Love can't keep his opponent in guard - Black advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Black drops an elbow to the side of Love's head.
Black wants to free his trapped foot but Love is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Love trying to control but Black postures up.
Love blocking the ground and pound attempt from Black.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Black looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Black looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Love with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Black is nestled in close to Love, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Black moves nicely into side control.
Black lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Love is working to avoid the ground and pound but Black connects with a decent elbow.
Black lands some shots froms side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Black dominated that round.
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.

Love keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Black tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Love counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Black is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Black wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance.
Black misses with a takedown attempt

and Love counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Black's guard now.
Love tries to free his leg and advance position but Black is retaining full guard.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Black looking to hit a scissor sweep but Love is one step ahead there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Black is trying to keep Love in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Black scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Love fails with an attempt to clinch.
Love swats away the attempt to clinch by Black.
Black shoots in for a takedown but Love shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Black is defended easily by Love.
Zachary Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leonard Black.
Love looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Black is fending him off so far but Love persists. Nope, Black circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two 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.

Black closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Black lands in his opponent's guard.
Black advances to half guard.
Love is trying to get back to full guard.
Black passes to full mount!
Love in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Black fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Black putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Love regains half guard.
Black lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Black is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Black is pressing down on Love's thigh, looking to free his foot. Love is holding on for now.
Black is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Black thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Love's head.

Black stands up and beckons Love to join him on the feet.
Love misses with a head kick.
Black shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Black shoots in and drives through. Love sprawls well.

Love clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Love pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Love is trying to break the clinch but Black has him pressed against the cage.
Love misses with a punch on the inside.
Black tries for a takedown but Love manages to get underhooks.
Love stops a takedown attempt from Black.

Love tightens his grip and picks Black up, before dumping him to the ground. Black manages to land in guard.
Love preventing the sweep.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Love throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Zachary Love will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Black wants to clinch.
Love leaves Black with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Zachary Love is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Black takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Black misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Black gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Love counters with a right hand to the body.
Zachary Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leonard Black.

Love scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Love looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Love slips a nice elbow through Black's hands, connecting with Black's forehead.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black is not content to let Love control the position.
Love is looking to stall here but Black recovers full guard.
Love is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Love wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.

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 wants to sweep but no luck.
Black is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Black is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Love is controlling him.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Black has his takedown stuffed
and Love counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Love feints and as Black raises his hands in defense, Love changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Love won't allow Black to sweep him here.
Love with a flurry of punches that miss.
Black throwing short punches from the bottom.
Black keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
Black is trying to control the position but Love postures up.
Love stopping the sweep attempt from Black.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love wants to pass the guard but Black is keeping the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Love takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Black shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Leonard Black has got the better of the ground game so far.
Black is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Love looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zachary Love showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Love 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Zachary Love!