PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denard Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kid Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: (Ugly kid joe) Everything about you. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Black
vs
Joe

185 cm
28
210 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

180 cm
32
205 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loan

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 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Denard Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kid Joe!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joe blocks a jab.
Joe throws a front kick that sends Black stumbling back into the cage.
Black avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Joe misses with a looping left.
Black lands with a nice combination. Joe backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Kid Joe has been cut.
Black slips under a jab.
Black doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Black cracks Joe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fight stays on the outside here - Joe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Black misses with a wild combination.
Black throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Black scores with a crisp jab that stopped Joe in his tracks.
Joe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Joe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Black, pushing him back against the cage.
Joe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joe lands an uppercut.
Joe swings wildly with an uppercut but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Black blocking some punches.
Joe swings wildly with an uppercut but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Black blocking some punches.
Black blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Black wants to break the clinch but can't.

Black's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Joe throws a solid leg kick but Black takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Joe.
Black staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joe misses with a body shot.
Joe lands a jab to Black's midsection.
Joe closes the distance looking to clinch
and Black counters with a stiff right hand.
Joe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Joe closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Joe lands in his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Joe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Joe postures up in Black's guard and throws a big left but Black blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe stays in close to Black's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joe wants to stand but Black has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Black is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Joe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Black.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joe.
Joe misses with a punch to the body.

Black escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Joe slips a jab and a cross from Black.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Black.
A jab from Joe misses.
Kid Joe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Black moves away.
Joe lands a front kick.
Joe throws a lazy uppercut
and Black counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joe moves away.
Black smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Black takes a swing at Joe's ribcage but misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Joe lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Black has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Black and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Black connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joe scoring well with a low kick there.
Joe throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Joe jabs at Black's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kid Joe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kid Joe's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Joe tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Black is able to avoid easily.
Joe throws a lazy right hand but Black sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Black with a jab.
Black misses the body punch
and Joe counters with an outside leg kick.
Joe wants to clinch up but Black keeps it at a distance.
Joe doesn't manage to clinch there - Black circles away.
Black looks to land a right hand but Joe moved out of range.

Joe closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Black quickly recovers to half guard.
Black is trying to stand back up but Joe is controlling him
Joe is nestled in close to Black, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Black blocking the ground and pound attempt from Joe.
Joe trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black wants to get back to his feet.
Joe missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Joe looks to land a strike but Black avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Black is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Joe is controlling him.
Joe wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
Joe looking to sit in guard and control but Black gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Black decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Joe fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Black throws a looping overhand right but Joe ducks down to avoid it.
Black is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Black misses with an uppercut.
Black is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Joe scores with a shot to the body.
Joe misses with an uppercut. Black saw that one coming.

Black tries to keep at a distance but Joe has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joe misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Joe throws a punch but it's blocked by Black.
Black blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joe tries a body shot but Black blocks it.

Black pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Black.
Black takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Joe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Black manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Black.
Black misses with a double jab.
Joe is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Black rather than just go for the knockout.
Black moves away from the strike by Joe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black misses with a jab, cross combination.

Black gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Joe to score an easy takedown into full guard.
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!
Joe throws an elbow that misses. Black uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Joe's guard. Nice move by Black!

Black decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Joe, up you get!
Black misses the jab.
Black lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Black throws a body punch but Joe moves out of range.
Black misses with the combination.
Black checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kid Joe will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Kid Joe's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Black throws a poor cross that misses
and Joe counters with a nice uppercut.
Denard Black is winning the standup battle so far.
Black lands a really nice looking cross but Joe seems unphased.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Joe.
Black dips to his left and cracks Joe with an uppercut!
Joe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joe looks to land a right hand but Black moved out of range.

Joe darts in and clinches Black up against the cage.
Joe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joe scores with a shoulder strike.
Joe misses with a punch on the inside.
Joe misses with the head strike.
Joe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Black's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Black breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Black.

That has opened up Kid Joe's cut even more.
Joe throws a right and a left that Black avoids nicely.
Joe swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Joe clinches up with Black and pushes him back against the cage.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Black blocks a body shot from Joe.
Black blocking some punches.
Joe working aggressively here.
Joe throws a head punch that misses.
Black wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Black.
Joe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joe keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Joe fails to land.
Joe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Black's efforts to push away.

Black breaks from the clinch.
Denard Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Black misses with a wild body shot.
Joe fails to land with a series of punches.
Joe avoids a punch combination nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Black misses with a wild combination.
Joe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Black manages to avoid it.
Joe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Black sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Black takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Joe throws a nice looking combination but Black bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jab from Black.
Joe lands with an uppercut that bounces Black off the cage and back into range.
Joe throws a leg kick which misses Black's front leg but catches the back leg as Black tries to avoid it.
Denard Black is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circling - Joe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Black looks to land a left hand but Joe moved out of range nicely.
Joe moves to clinch but Black breaks away
and Black connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Joe misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Black fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Black takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Black waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joe.
Denard Black is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Black takes a swing at Joe's ribcage but misses.
Joe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Black manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Black misses with a combination
and Joe counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joe darts in trying to clinch
and Joe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Denard Black.
I think Joe has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!