PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Han Dardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joel Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Dardy
vs
Black

188 cm
31
181 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

180 cm
28
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Han Dardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joel Black!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dardy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Black tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dardy throws a series of punches but Black avoids them all with ease.

Black lands a left and a right that send Dardy crashing to the mat, dazed. Black thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Dardy is rocked!
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 tries to clinch but Dardy is having none of it.
Oh Dardy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dardy lands a glancing blow to the side of Black's head.
Dardy seems to have got his legs back now.

It looks like Joel Black has been cut.
Black looks to land a right hand but Dardy moved out of range.
Black takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dardy digs a good body shot into Black's ribs.
Black keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dardy.
Black throws a lazy right hand but Dardy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big right from Black misses.
Dardy swinging wildly here.
Black throws out a powerful jab.
Black displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dardy throws out the jab.
Dardy moves out of range as Black strikes.
Han Dardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dardy walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dardy.
Black swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Black with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Black blocks a low kick nicely.
Dardy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dardy throws a lazy right hand but Black sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dardy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dardy misses with a two punch combination.
Black lands with an uppercut that bounces Dardy off the cage and back into range.
Black uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dardy.
Dardy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Black lands a big uppercut and Dardy crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Dardy looks OK. Black waves Dardy back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Black lands with a nice body punch.
Black misses with an uppercut. Dardy saw that one coming.
Black throws a looping overhand right but Dardy ducks down to avoid it.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dardy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Black walks into a stiff left hand from Dardy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black dodges the punch combination from Dardy.
Dardy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Black.
Black takes one to the chin there.
Black steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dardy.
Dardy misses with the combination.
Black misses with a hook.
Dardy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Black.
Dardy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Black. Dardy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dardy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Black smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dardy.
Dardy misses with a body shot.
Dardy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dardy tries to bum rush Black with a series of wild strikes but Black uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dardy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Black cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Black cracks Dardy with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Dardy falls to his knees and Black doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joel Black!