PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Smith Wesson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wesson has chosen Annie Get Your Gun as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Black
vs
Wesson

185 cm
25
215 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

188 cm
27
210 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

1337 ANZAC

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 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Smith Wesson!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wesson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Black pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Black misses with a wild body shot.

Black takes the fight into the clinch.

Black's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Black cracks the inside of Wesson's front leg.

Black moves into range and clinches up with Wesson.
Black is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Black breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wesson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Black counters with a thumping low kick.

Black gets a clinch.
Black tries a body shot but Wesson blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black lands a body punch.
Wesson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Black gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
Black scores with a hook to the body.

Black escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Black throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Black there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wesson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Black counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Smith Wesson has been cut.
Black with a nice cross.
Black lands with a thumping leg kick.
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 misses with a head kick.
Mike Black is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wesson misses with a takedown
and Black counters with a low kick, right behind Wesson 's knee.
Wesson looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Black.
Black dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Black dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wesson. That did some damage!
Black lands with an overhand left.
Black works the jab nicely.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Wesson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Black.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Black. Wesson shrugs it off though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Black is pressed up against the cage. Wesson 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.
Mike Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Smith Wesson.
Wesson tries for a takedown but Black circles away easily
and Black counters with a thumping low kick.

Black clinches up with Wesson and pushes him back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Black.
A short body shot lands from Black as the two fighters clinch.

Black pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wesson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Black.
Donk. Black catches Wesson right on the button with a cross.
Black throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Black throws a head kick that misses.
Black connects with an inside leg kick.
Black with a jab.
Black circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Wesson drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Black follows Wesson to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Black!