PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denard Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Tavarius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tavarius comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Eminem - Almost Famous kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Black
vs
Tavarius

185 cm
24
210 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
220 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

[CBK] Legal Highs ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Denard Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard Tavarius!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tavarius takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tavarius wants to clinch.
Tavarius wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tavarius cracks Black with a good jab.
Black swings for the body but Tavarius moves out of range.
Tavarius fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tavarius connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Richard Tavarius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Black. Those never looked like landing.
Tavarius throws a lazy right hand but Black sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Black throws a right hand that Tavarius ducks under and follows up with a left that Tavarius also avoids with ease.
Tavarius lands with an uppercut that bounces Black off the cage and back into range.
Tavarius slips a straight right by Black.
Tavarius pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tavarius tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Black was well out of range. Poor timing from Tavarius.
Tavarius swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No joy there for Black, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Black takes one to the side of the head.
Tavarius tries to clinch but Black is having none of it.
Black takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tavarius smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tavarius scores with a jab to the body.
Tavarius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Black manages to avoid it.
Tavarius misses with a body shot.
Black throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tavarius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Black.
Tavarius with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Black to score with a decent uppercut.
Tavarius looks to land a right hand but Black moved out of range.
Tavarius takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tavarius on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Black connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavarius loads up on a big right hand but Black slips the punch.
Black lands with a right hand.
Black misses with a few strikes there.
Tavarius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Black moves away.
Black steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tavarius.
Tavarius takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tavarius lands with a hook. Black tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab from Black misses.
Black lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tavarius circles away quickly and effectively.
Black misses with a hook.
A big left from Black misses.
Tavarius is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Black had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

Black gets tackled into the cage by Tavarius. Tavarius maintains the clinch.
Black blocks an uppercut.
Tavarius misses with the head strike.
Tavarius fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Black escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a right and a left that both miss.
Black throws a nice looking combination but Tavarius bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tavarius thows a left - swing and a miss!
Black punishes Tavarius's body with a nice straight punch.

Tavarius closes the distance and pushes Black back into the cage.
Tavarius swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tavarius throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Tavarius - that landed with a thud.
Tavarius doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tavarius misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tavarius lands a shot to the body.
Tavarius scores with a shot to the side of Black's head.
Black blocks a body shot from Tavarius.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavarius misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tavarius misses with a short punch on the inside.
Black working hard to break the clinch.
Black has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tavarius misses with the head strike.
Tavarius has a couple of punches blocked by Black.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tavarius misses with a punch on the inside.
Tavarius misses with a punch to the body.
Tavarius lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Black breaks the clinch.
Tavarius scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A left and a right from Black both land. Nice combination.
Black lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Denard Black will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tavarius swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tavarius lunges at Black with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Black's hand.
Tavarius connects with a body shot that sends Black's belly button to the back.
Tavarius steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Black.
Tavarius throws a hook but Black avoids it easily.
Black misses the jab.
Black lands a glancing blow to the side of Tavarius's head.
Black misses with a series of wild punches.
Tavarius with a hook.
Black throws a shot to the body.
Black throws a combination that misses
and Tavarius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tavarius lands with a shot to the body.
Tavarius misses with a hook.
A combination from Black does no damage.
Jab, jab by Black - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavarius lands with a good body shot.
Tavarius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tavarius throws the left hand but Black avoids the punch easily.
Black slips a straight right by Tavarius.
Black falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tavarius counters with a straight right hand.
Denard Black is winning the standup battle so far.
Black keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tavarius.
Tavarius lands a really nice looking cross but Black seems unphased.
A swing and a miss from Tavarius.
Black lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Black tries to move into range but Tavarius moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Black takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A decent looking cross lands there for Black.
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!
Tavarius avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Black displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tavarius throws out the jab.
Tavarius misses with a left hand
and Black counters with a left and a right that stings Tavarius.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tavarius counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tavarius jabs Black to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Black thows a body shot but no joy.
Tavarius throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Black on the side of the head.
Black throws a hook to the side of Tavarius's head but Tavarius sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tavarius takes a swing at Black's ribcage but misses.
Tavarius defending well as Black loads up on a big left hand.
Tavarius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Black moves away.
Black circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from Tavarius does it's job there.
Black lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tavarius swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Black lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tavarius circles away quickly and effectively.
Tavarius slips a jab and a cross from Black.
Black rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tavarius moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavarius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Black.
Black throws a one two combo.
Tavarius takes a swing at Black's ribcage but misses.
Black misses with a hook.
Black moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Black tries to bum rush Tavarius with a series of wild strikes but Tavarius uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Black misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Black takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tavarius scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tavarius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Black manages to avoid it.
Tavarius works Black's body with a nice hook.
Black steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tavarius.
Tavarius misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Black counters with a left to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tavarius throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Black takes one to the chin there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tavarius. Black does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tavarius connects with a looping right hand.
Tavarius lands with a straight right. Black didn't see that one coming.
Tavarius moves out of range of the strikes.
Tavarius misses the jab.
Black looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tavarius looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Black misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tavarius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Black moves away.
Tavarius is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Black.
Tavarius avoids a punch combination nicely.
Black misses with a series of wild punches.
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 Denard Black will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Tavarius throws an off balance right hand
and Black counters with a straight right hand.
A right-left combo lands from Black.
A nice combination there by Black.
Black lands a nice looking body shot.
Black lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Denard Black is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Black lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tavarius doesn't seem phased though.

Tavarius is rocked!
Black tries to bum rush Tavarius with a series of wild strikes but Tavarius uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tavarius is still on wobbly legs! Can Black finish him?
Black slips under a jab.
Tavarius throws a hook to the side of Black's head but Black sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tavarius seems to have recovered his senses.
Black lands with a cross.
Black scores with the left hand. Tavarius knows he should have avoided that one.
Black throws an overhand right that lands on Tavarius's shoulder, as Tavarius tries to avoid the shot.
Black keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tavarius.
A jab from Tavarius does it's job there.

Tavarius closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Black.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavarius tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Black's elbow.
Black tries to break the clinch but Tavarius is controlling the position.
Tavarius working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Tavarius.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tavarius struggles to land a body shot inside as Black controls his hands.
Tavarius lands a left hand.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Tavarius keeps him there for the moment.
Tavarius misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tavarius lands a hook to the side of the head.
Black is trying to push Tavarius away but Tavarius has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tavarius tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavarius is working Black over against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tavarius misses with a short punch on the inside.
Black tries to circle away but Tavarius has him pinned against the cage.
Tavarius misses with a body punch.
Black blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tavarius.
Tavarius lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Black or not.
A shot in the inside from Tavarius.
Tavarius working aggressively here.
Tavarius tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Black is trying to break free.
Tavarius lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Black backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Tavarius as the two fighters clinch.
Tavarius misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Tavarius fails to land.
Tavarius lands a left hand that snaps the head of Black backwards.
Tavarius misses with the head strike.
Tavarius has a couple of punches blocked by Black.
Tavarius working aggressively here.
A body shot lands from Tavarius.
A short uppercut from Tavarius.
Tavarius misses with a punch to the body.
Denard Black is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavarius working aggressively here.
Tavarius goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Richard Tavarius seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Black is looking to break free of the clinch but Tavarius has double underhooks.
Tavarius swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tavarius misses with a punch on the inside.
Tavarius struggles to land a body shot inside as Black controls his hands.
Tavarius working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Black prevents a body shot from Tavarius.
Tavarius lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tavarius misses with a punch on the inside.
Tavarius misses with some punches.
Richard Tavarius has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tavarius.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Tavarius comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Black 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!