PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Walter Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Lewis (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
Lewis

190 cm
26
197 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

192 cm
30
196 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Walter Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hugo Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black looks to land a left hand but Lewis moved out of range nicely.
Black has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Iron Palace in the buildup to the fight.
Lewis throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Black throws a lazy uppercut
and Lewis counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Black on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Black throws a right hand that misses
and Lewis counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Walter Black has been cut.
Black getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lewis misses with a head kick.
Black scores with a punch to the head.
Black avoids the head kick by Lewis.
Lewis throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lewis slips under a jab from Black.
Lewis wants to counter the offense by Black and move into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lewis.
Lewis moves out of range as Black strikes.
Lewis steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Black misses with an uppercut
and Lewis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big left from Lewis misses.
Black misses with an uppercut. Lewis saw that one coming.
Black throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lewis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Black is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lewis.
Black rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lewis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Black misses with a looping left.
Lewis shapes to counter with a head kick.
Black is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Black throws a shot from downtown. Lewis moves away and avoids it.
Black throws a right hand that misses
and Lewis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lewis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Black.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Black loads up on a big right hand but Lewis slips the punch.
Lewis only half commits to the counter leg kick.

Lewis pushes Black up against the cage in a clinch.
Lewis lands an elbow that stopped Black in his tracks for a moment.
Black jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lewis walks away with a smile on his face. Black gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Black misses with a right hand
and Lewis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Black misses with an uppercut
and Lewis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Black's knee momentarily.
Black misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Black misses with a straight left.
Lewis wants to counter the offense by Black and move into the clinch position.
Lewis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Black throws out the jab.
Lewis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Black's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black missing with a left hand there. Lewis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lewis scoring well with a low kick there.
Black swings widly with a right hand

and Lewis moves into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lewis.
Lewis stops a takedown attempt from Black.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Walter Black. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice elbow from Lewis.
Lewis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lewis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Black's face.
Black blocking some punches.
Lewis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Black takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lewis throws a punch but it's blocked by Black.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis swings wildly with an uppercut but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lewis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Black.
Lewis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Black blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis swings wildly with an uppercut but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lewis lands with a right to the head.
Lewis working aggressively here.
Lewis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lewis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Lewis.

Walter Black's cut is getting worse.
Lewis lands an elbow that stopped Black in his tracks for a moment.
Lewis lands a damaging elbow.

Walter Black's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A short left from Lewis.
Black jumps guard but Lewis turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Lewis lands a left hand.

Black jumps guard and drags Lewis to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugo Lewis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Walter Black's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Black throws a hook but Lewis blocks it.
Lewis looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Black misses with an uppercut. Lewis saw that one coming.
Walter Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lewis closes the distance and clinches.
Lewis lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Lewis.
Black is looking for a takedown.
Lewis lands an elbow just above Black 's eye.
Lewis scores with a shoulder strike.
Lewis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Lewis breaks the clinch.
Lewis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Black.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Black throws a right hand that misses
and Lewis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hugo Lewis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Black throws out a loose jab but Lewis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lewis thinks about the counter body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black throws a jab but it's blocked by Lewis.
Black throws a hook to the side of Lewis's head but Lewis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Black misses with a hook
letting Lewis counter with a right hand.
Lewis explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Lewis clinches.
Black is looking to take this one to the mat.

Lewis breaks the clinch.
Black throws out a loose jab but Lewis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lewis flicks out a counter leg kick but Black steps away.
Black rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lewis counters with a good low kick that Black was not able to check.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lewis. That's going to slow Black down.
A big right from Black misses.
Lewis lets loose with a powerful body kick. Black will feel that in the morning.
Black throws a poor cross that misses
and Lewis counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black misses with a right hand
and Lewis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Black sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Black misses with a lunging right hand
and Lewis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big right from Black misses.
Black backing away here, and Lewis unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Black throws a right hand that misses
and Lewis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Black looks to throw the jab but Lewis is out of range.
Black throws an off balance right hand
and Lewis counters with a nice body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Black misses the target.
Nice uppercut there from Lewis.
Black throws an off balance right hand
and Lewis counters with a good, hard body kick but Black shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Black.
Black throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lewis counters with a body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Black tests Lewis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Black throws a right hand that misses
and Lewis counters with an outside leg kick.
Black throws an overhand right that lands on Lewis's shoulder, as Lewis tries to avoid the shot.
Lewis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Black misses with a lunging right hand
and Black takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Black takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Black throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lewis catches Black with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Jeez, Walter Black's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Lewis moves out of range of the strikes.
Black throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lewis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lewis is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black misses with a straight left.
A big right from Black misses.
Black misses with an uppercut
and Lewis counters with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lewis connects with a solid leg kick.
Black misses with an uppercut
and Lewis counters with a thumping low kick.
Lewis ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Lewis tries to counter by closing the distance.
Black rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Black takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Black throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lewis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Black thows a left - swing and a miss!
Black is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Black tries for a takedown but Lewis circles away easily
and Lewis counters with a lovely straight right hand!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Walter Black's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hugo Lewis!
Hugo Lewis decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.