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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kendall Sweet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Black is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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140 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kendall Sweet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Black!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sweet throws the kick towards the body but Black avoids it.
Black looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Black looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sweet is fending him off so far but Black persists. Nope, Sweet circles away and we're back to standing.
Sweet tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Black moves into the clinch successfully.
Sweet gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sweet is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sweet stops Black from getting back to his feet.
Black is looking to control Sweet's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Black avoid being mounted?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sweet thows a huge punch but Black dodges it nicely.
Sweet thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Black's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sweet prevents Black from improving his position.
Sweet sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Black defending well though.
Black wants to improve his position but Sweet is controlling well.
Sweet scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Black trying to hold on to Sweet's head to control him but Sweet postures up.
Black taking some punishment here, with Sweet in his half guard.
Black is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Black is concentrating on defense, preventing Sweet from advancing position.
Black wants to get back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Sweet there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sweet not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sweet stops Black from getting back to his feet.
Black trying to control but Sweet postures up.
Sweet 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.
Sweet lands with a punch from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sweet connects with a nice short shot to Black's temple.
Sweet wants to stand up but Black is controlling the position.
Sweet winds up and cracks Black with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Black is looking to control Sweet's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Black avoid being mounted?
Black wants to control but Sweet passes into side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Sweet working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sweet working the ground and pound from side control.
Sweet working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Black tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sweet has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sweet working the body and head with strikes.
Black takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Black takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Black is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black taking a bit of punishment here - Sweet scoring with strikes.
Sweet cracks Black with a big right hand but Black just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sweet stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Sweet is looking to chop away at Black's legs.
Sweet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Black swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Black tries to clinch up but Sweet circles away and keeps his distance.
Black just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSweet.
Black shoots in and drives through. Sweet sprawls well.
Black looks winded!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Black is defended easily by Sweet.
Kendall Sweet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Black.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Black tries for a takedown but Sweet sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
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!
Sweet throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kendall Sweet dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sweet avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sweet throws a wild body kick that Black sees coming a mile off.
Black buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sweet tries a head kick but it misses.
Sweet has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Black 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 Sweet has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sweet and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Black shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sweet as he jumps to the side.
Black circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sweet avoids it really well and circles away.
Black digs a good body shot into Sweet's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sweet avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sweet fails with an attempt to clinch.
Black tries to counter by closing the distance.
Black misses with a takedown attempt - Sweet sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kendall Sweet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Black.
Sweet stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sweet wants it to stay on the feet.
Black is breathing heavily.
Sweet clinches up against the cage.
Black breaks from the clinch.
Black moves out of range as Sweet throws a body kick.
A head kick misses from Sweet.
Sweet displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Black.
Jack Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
so Sweet counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Black is looking to stand back up but Sweet counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Black.
Sweet looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Black with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sweet lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sweet is trying to work for a kimura but Black is defending well.
Sweet lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sweet is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweet 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.
Sweet looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sweet is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Black is trying to maintain the position but Sweet is very close to passing his half guard.
Sweet is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Black can do to turn this around?
Sweet lands with a punch from half guard.
Sweet lands with a punch from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sweet connects with a nice short shot to Black's temple.
Sweet takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sweet seems to be looking for submissions.
Black is trying to control but can't.
Sweet slips a nice elbow through Black's hands, connecting with Black's forehead.
Sweet is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sweet connects with a nice short shot to Black's temple.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sweet landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sweet 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kendall Sweet dominated that second round.
That's time! Sweet's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Black looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sweet is fending him off so far but Black persists. Nope, Sweet circles away and we're back to standing.
Black has a takedown stuffed.
Sweet forces Black back against the cage and clinches.
Sweet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sweet clinches with his opponent.
Black can't get the takedown.
Kendall Sweet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Black.
Sweet stalls.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sweet breaks the clinch.
A jab from Black does it's job there.
Black tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sweet sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Black somewhat.
Black takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black tries to keep at a distance but Sweet has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sweet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sweet tries to clinch up but Black circles away and keeps his distance.
Black fails with a takedown attempt.
Black tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sweet sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Black somewhat.
Sweet appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sweet shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Black appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Black throws a hook but Sweet avoids it easily.
Black fails with a takedown attempt.
Sweet tries to counter with a takedown but Black is quick to defend against it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sweet - that will leave a mark!
Sweet avoids the head kick by Black.
Sweet tries to counter by clinching up but Black breaks away and moves out of range.
Sweet closes the distance and clinches.
Sweet leaning against his opponent.
Sweet manages to break the clinch.
Black looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A low kick from Sweet is predictable there
and Black holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweet has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Black clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Sweet softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Sweet is punishing Black with some ground and pound.
Sweet is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Black fending off the submission attempt from Sweet.
Sweet scores with punches and elbows.
Sweet is punishing Black with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sweet has Black flattened out and is raining down punches.
Sweet keeps control of the position as Black tries to break free.
Sweet throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Black!
Black is taking damage to the body and head.
Sweet lands with a hammerfist to the side of Black's head.
Black tries to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sweet has Black flattened out and is raining down punches.
Jack Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kendall Sweet is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sweet scores with punches to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kendall Sweet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sweet has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kendall Sweet!
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RATING
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