PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henry Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brodie Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Dr Dre - The Next Episode . Sinclair has chosen as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Black
vs
Sinclair

178 cm
23
182 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

180 cm
24
187 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
Conviction

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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henry Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brodie Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinclair has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Black finds it's way round the side to connect with Sinclair's head.
Black scores with a jab to the body.
Black throws a leg kick that misses.
Sinclair swings for the body but Black moves out of range.

Black gets caught flat footed, as Sinclair shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sinclair passes Black's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sinclair thows a huge punch but Black dodges it nicely.

Sinclair is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Black defends it well.
Black tries to get to full guard but Sinclair has control of the leg.
Black trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sinclair in particular looking to stall.
Sinclair landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Black avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sinclair.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Black is defending against the submission attempts here by Sinclair.
Sinclair has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Black is staying active underneath Sinclair, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sinclair.
Black keeping moving, preventing Sinclair from controlling successfully.
Black is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Black has Sinclair pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair stopping the sweep attempt from Black.
Sinclair throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Black works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sinclair missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Henry Black has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Sinclair shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sinclair thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Black's head.
Black makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Black.
Sinclair postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Black keeping moving, preventing Sinclair from controlling successfully.
Sinclair with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brodie Sinclair dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sinclair connects with a jab.
Black misses with a hook. Sinclair ducked under it nicely.
Black throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sinclair shoots and misses
and Black counters with a good low kick that Sinclair was not able to check.
Sinclair misses with a left hand
and Black connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sinclair keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Black moves away from the strike by Sinclair.
Sinclair avoids a kick to the body.
Black falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sinclair connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sinclair misses with a straight right.
Black misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Black misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sinclair misses with an uppercut.
Sinclair swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Black thows a body shot but no joy.
Black thuds a left hand into Sinclair's body.
Sloppy strikes from Sinclair. Those never looked like landing.
Sinclair loads up on a big right hand but Black slips the punch.
Sinclair steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Black. That one must have hurt.
Henry Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sinclair doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sinclair is breathing heavily.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sinclair paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black lands with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Black keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Black lands a nice shot to the body.
Sinclair misses with a hook. Black ducked under it nicely.
Black throws a nice inside leg kick.
Black lands with a shot to the body.
Black is looking to wear down Sinclair with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Black fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sinclair.
Black lands a nice shot to the body.
Black throws a leg kick which misses Sinclair's front leg but catches the back leg as Sinclair tries to avoid it.
Black throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Sinclair takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Black ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Black stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Black lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Black throws a head kick that misses.
Black tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sinclair was well out of range. Poor timing from Black.
Sinclair takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Black connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Black bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sinclair's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Black lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sinclair at a distance.
Black lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Sinclair is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Black! Sinclair is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Black!
Our winner, Henry Black, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.