PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Carragher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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
Carragher

192 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brandon Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jamie Carragher!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black throws a sloppy head kick and Carragher moves out of range easily.
Carragher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carragher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carragher tries to clinch but Black is having none of it.

Black clinches.
Carragher tries to pull guard but Black holds him up against the cage and eventually Carragher drops back down to his feet.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Carragher fails to pull guard.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Carragher blocks with his arms.
Black gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Carragher.
Brandon Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamie Carragher.
Carragher has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Black is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Black scores with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carragher blocks it with crossed arms.
Carragher tries to pull guard but Black holds him up against the cage and eventually Carragher drops back down to his feet.
Black with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Black lands a knee to the body.
Black gets underhooks to prevent Carragher's takedown attempt.
Carragher tries to pull guard but Black holds him up against the cage and eventually Carragher drops back down to his feet.
Carragher takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carragher tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carragher goes for a takedown attempt but Black pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Black slips a jab and a cross from Carragher.
Black throws a head kick that misses.
Black tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carragher tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Black counters with a head kick. That will keep Carragher thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Black is breathing heavily.
Black misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Carragher misses with a takedown attempt - Black sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Black tries to clinch up but Carragher circles away and keeps his distance.
Carragher with a lazy takedown attempt
and Black counters with a head kick.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch but Carragher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carragher misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black doesn't manage to clinch there - Carragher circles away.
Black wants to clinch.
Brandon Black is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carragher shoots in for a takedown but Black shows good takedown defense.
Black uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carragher.
No luck for Carragher with that takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Black looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carragher looks to clinch

and Black counters by clinching up.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black scores with a knee to the head.
Black lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carragher is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Black tries a knee to the head but Carragher blocks it.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carragher blocks it with crossed arms.
Carragher wants a takedown.
Black lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black looking to throw knees to the head but Carragher is blocking nicely.
Carragher tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Black just stands there and leans against the cage.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Black comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Black landing knees to the head.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Carragher blocks with his arms.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black keeps control of Carragher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Black lands an elbow inside that Carragher shrugs off.
Black tries a knee to the head but Carragher blocks it.
Carragher is trying to maintain a safe position but Black gets an underhook and turns Carragher into the cage.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Carragher has had enough of the clinch but Black keeps him there for the moment.
Black looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Black.
A short left from Carragher.
Black lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Black misses with a knee strike.
Black tries a knee to the head but Carragher blocks it.
Carragher takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Black.
Black with a knee to the head.
Black unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carragher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Black lands an elbow inside.
Carragher drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Black gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Carragher fails to pull guard.
Black unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carragher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Black landing knees to the head.
Black using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Black.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carragher takes a knee right on the jaw!
Black gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Black with a knee to the head.
Carragher fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Black tries a knee to the head but Carragher blocks it.
Black scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Black dominated that round.
That's time! Black's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jab by Carragher.
Black tries to clinch up but Carragher circles away and keeps his distance.
Carragher clinches but Black breaks the clinch
and Black counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Jamie Carragher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carragher doesn't manage to clinch there - Black circles away.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch but Carragher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Carragher.
Carragher wants to clinch
and Black counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Carragher connects with a nice looking jab.
Black tries to clinch up.
Carragher is breathing heavily.
Carragher lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jamie Carragher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Black moves into the clinch successfully.
Black tries a knee to the head but Carragher blocks it.

Carragher turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Carragher thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Carragher wants to lay and pray for a moment but Black keeps working.

Carragher is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Black has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Carragher thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Carragher tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Carragher has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Carragher is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Black has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carragher in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Carragher is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Black looks calm but he's in trouble here. Carragher gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Black is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Carragher lets go of the hold and Black can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jamie Carragher!