PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quentin Keersmaekers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quentin Keersmaekers has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Big Black's chin.

Black
vs
Keersmaekers

194 cm
23
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Big Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Quentin Keersmaekers!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black lands a head shot.
Black comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Black jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
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!

Keersmaekers shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Black is trying to defend but Keersmaekers finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Black is trying to stand.
Keersmaekers sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Black defending well though.
Keersmaekers thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Black on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Black tries to get out of the position.
Keersmaekers throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Keersmaekers not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Keersmaekers is looking to take a break and control but Black is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Black is looking for a sweep. Keersmaekers is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Keersmaekers not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keersmaekers trying to control from half guard but Black is working away.
Keersmaekers trying to mount his opponent but Black defends it.
Keersmaekers is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Black!
Keersmaekers throws a wild left hand from mount and Black manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
Keersmaekers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Black keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Keersmaekers throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Keersmaekers missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Black has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Keersmaekers is working away from the top position though.
Keersmaekers drops an elbow to the side of Black's head.
Keersmaekers has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keersmaekers is looking to advance position but Black won't allow it.
Keersmaekers is keen to just control but Black is a slippery customer.
Black wants to get back to his feet.
Keersmaekers sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Black defending well though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Black keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Keersmaekers working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Black avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Keersmaekers.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keersmaekers throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Keersmaekers lands a nice short elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Keersmaekers connects with a nice short shot to Black's temple.
Keersmaekers is looking to advance position but Black won't allow it.
Black keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Black knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Keersmaekers on the ground.
Keersmaekers scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Keersmaekers throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Keersmaekers seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Keersmaekers thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Black's head.
Keersmaekers thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Keersmaekers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Keersmaekers not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keersmaekers missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Keersmaekers uses his free foot to push down on Black's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Black.
Black is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keersmaekers trying to control but Black is having none of it.
Black tries to hold on but Keersmaekers postures up.
Keersmaekers with a couple of short strikes.
Black is squirming around, avoiding Keersmaekers's attempts to control the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Keersmaekers with good strikes from the mount here!
Keersmaekers lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quentin Keersmaekers dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Black has managed to clinch.
Black struggles to land a body shot inside as Keersmaekers controls his hands.

Black's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Keersmaekers.
Black throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Black connects with a body shot that sends Keersmaekers's belly button to the back.
Black fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice shot by Black.
Black scores with a nice right hand.
No joy there for Black, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Black has closed the distance and engaged Keersmaekers in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Black prevents a takedown attempt there.
Keersmaekers drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Black gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Keersmaekers jumps guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black looking to sit in guard and control but Keersmaekers gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Keersmaekers passes Black's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Black keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Black avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Keersmaekers.
Keersmaekers wants to control but Black is keeping him busy.
Black trying to get back to full guard but Keersmaekers takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Keersmaekers scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Black?
Quentin Keersmaekers has got the better of the ground game so far.
Keersmaekers thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keersmaekers throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Keersmaekers breaks from Black's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Keersmaekers misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Black is working to get back to half guard.
Black taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keersmaekers punching from mount but Black doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Keersmaekers scoring with strikes but Black is staying in there.
Keersmaekers lands a nice shot to the head.
Poor strikes thrown by Keersmaekers there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Keersmaekers lands with some strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keersmaekers trying to control but Black is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black blocking the ground and pound.
Keersmaekers sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Keersmaekers scores with a couple of good head shots there.
BOOM! Keersmaekers connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Keersmaekers thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Black blocking the ground and pound.
Keersmaekers fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Keersmaekers looking to ground and pound but Black is blocking nicely.
Keersmaekers wants to control the pace but Black is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keersmaekers working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keersmaekers cracks Black with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Keersmaekers is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Black avoids a series of strikes thrown by Keersmaekers.
Keersmaekers lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Black is rocked!
Keersmaekers postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Black bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Keersmaekers and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Quentin Keersmaekers!