PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Deejay Vendetta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vendetta comes to the cage accompanied by Soilwork - Nerve. Deejay Vendetta has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vendetta
vs
Black

177 cm
26
180 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
178 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Crashforce Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Deejay Vendetta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Black!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Black misses.
Black throws a lazy right hand but Vendetta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Black throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vendetta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vendetta connects with an inside leg kick.
A jab from Black does it's job there.
Black looks to throw the jab but Vendetta is out of range.
Vendetta throws an overhand right that lands on Black's shoulder, as Black tries to avoid the shot.
Vendetta lands with a kick to the temple. Black shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Vendetta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Vendetta fails with the takedown.
Black throws an overhand right that lands on Vendetta's shoulder, as Vendetta tries to avoid the shot.
Vendetta misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.
Vendetta misses with a hook. Black ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Black throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
No joy there for Vendetta, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vendetta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Black checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Deejay Vendetta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vendetta moves away from the strike by Black.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vendetta.
Vendetta moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Black misses with a straight right.
Black swats away the attempt to clinch by Vendetta.
Black misses with a two punch combination.
Vendetta misses with a kick to the body.
Black stuffs the takedown.
Black throws a hook but Vendetta avoids it easily.
Vendetta throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fighters circling - Vendetta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Black lands with a shot to the body.

Vendetta drives through and clinches with Black against the cage.
Vendetta cracks Black with a nice body shot.
Vendetta tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black scores with a shoulder strike.
Black works on Vendetta's body with a couple of short punches.
Black lands a body shot.
Vendetta misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Vendetta.
Black wants to get back to striking at distance but Vendetta won't allow it.
Black is pressed up against the cage. Vendetta has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Black down to the mat. Black avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Deejay Vendetta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vendetta closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Vendetta is looking to chop away at Black's legs.
Vendetta lands with a shot to the body.
Vendetta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Vendetta throws a big shot that misses.
Vendetta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vendetta on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Vendetta with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Black to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Black.
Michael Black is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Black misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vendetta.
Vendetta sizes up Black with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Black keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vendetta closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Black to the mat! Black manages to get full guard.
Vendetta trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Black has his hands on Vendetta's head, controlling the position.
Vendetta wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Black is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Vendetta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vendetta blocks a jab.
Vendetta lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Black at a distance.
Black throws a jab but it's blocked by Vendetta.
Vendetta's corner calls for a 1-2. Vendetta obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A jab from Black misses.
Vendetta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Vendetta.
Nice defenses there by Black.
Vendetta swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vendetta misses with a body kick.
Vendetta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vendetta takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vendetta misses with an uppercut. Black saw that one coming.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vendetta!
Vendetta waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Black.
Black uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vendetta.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Michael Black will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Vendetta misses with a double jab
and Black counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vendetta plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Vendetta goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Black works Vendetta's body with a nice hook.
Vendetta lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Black throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Vendetta shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Vendetta was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Black wants to control but Vendetta is having none of it.
Black keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Vendetta looking to control but Black is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Vendetta throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black gets back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Black tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Vendetta has advanced to mount. Uh oh.

Vendetta is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Black to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Black shrugs it off.
Black tries to hold on but Vendetta pushes him away.
Vendetta throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Vendetta looking to ground and pound but Black is blocking nicely.
Vendetta is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black is working to get back to half guard.
Black is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Vendetta with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Vendetta jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Black manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Vendetta trying to control the position but Black is working away.
Black is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vendetta content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Vendetta looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Black is avoiding damage well.
Vendetta has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Black tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Vendetta wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Black is not content to let Vendetta control the position.
Vendetta throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Vendetta is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Black knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Vendetta is looking to take a break and control but Black is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four 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.
Vendetta scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Black to see if he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Vendetta thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Black manages to get back to half guard.
Vendetta seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Black does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Vendetta with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Deejay Vendetta dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Black missing with a left hand there. Vendetta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Black paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Black avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vendetta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vendetta feints and then cracks Black's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Black down.
Black changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vendetta scores with a hook.
Vendetta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vendetta bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Black's head.
Black uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vendetta.
Black moves away from the strike by Vendetta.
A jab from Black does it's job there.
Vendetta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vendetta misses with a wild body shot.
Black avoids the head kick by Vendetta.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vendetta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Black moves out of range as Vendetta throws a body kick.
Vendetta avoids the body shot from Black.
Black throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Michael Black seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vendetta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vendetta slips under a jab from Black.
A looping hook to the body misses from Black. Vendetta does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Vendetta.
A telegraphed right hand from Vendetta misses the target.
Vendetta displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Vendetta fails to land with a series of punches.
Black misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Black moves out of range of the leg kick from Vendetta.
Black keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vendetta.
Black lands a glancing blow to the side of Vendetta's head.
Vendetta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black checks a leg kick.
Vendetta thows a body shot but no joy.
Black might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Vendetta fails with the takedown
and Black connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vendetta.
Black ducks under a wild hook from Vendetta.
Vendetta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vendetta misses with a leg kick.
Black slips under a jab from Vendetta.
Vendetta keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Black.
Black looks to throw the jab but Vendetta is out of range.
Black misses with a looping right.
Vendetta blocks a jab.
Vendetta misses with an uppercut. Black saw that one coming.
Nice shot lands for Black.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black checks a low kick from Vendetta.
A combination from Vendetta does no damage.
Black takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Black cracks Vendetta with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vendetta jabs at Black's body.
Vendetta defending well as Black loads up on a big left hand.
Vendetta slips a jab from Black.
Black throws a series of punches but Vendetta avoids them all with ease.
A jab lands there for Vendetta.
Vendetta throws a sloppy head kick and Black moves out of range easily.
Black's corner calls for a 1-2. Black obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Vendetta ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Black misses with a jab to the body
and Vendetta counters with a thumping low kick.
Vendetta throws an overhand right that lands on Black's shoulder, as Black tries to avoid the shot.
Vendetta connects with a right hand. Black shakes it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vendetta misses with a wild body shot.
Vendetta thows a left - swing and a miss!
Black swats away the attempt to clinch by Vendetta.
Vendetta with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Black jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Black avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slapping body kick lands there for Vendetta.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.
Vendetta shoots in but no luck this time.
Vendetta connects with a single shot there.
Vendetta throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Black's waist but Black gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vendetta off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Deejay Vendetta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vendetta throws a sloppy body shot
and Black counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut there from Black.
Black blocks a head kick by Vendetta.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Black comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Black has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Michael Black!