PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johann Remarque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Remarque
vs
Black

185 cm
20
159 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

176 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johann Remarque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Black!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Remarque tries to clinch but Black moves out of range.
Remarque tries to clinch up.
Black works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Remarque slips under a jab from Black.

Remarque clinches up with Black and pushes him back against the cage.
Remarque tries to stall but Black uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Remarque unloads a knee to the mid-section. Black lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Remarque.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Remarque misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Remarque connects with a nasty looking knee right to Black's face.
Remarque tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.
Black is trying to break free.
Black blocks a body shot from Remarque.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Remarque with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Remarque scores with a knee to the head.
Black blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Remarque is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Black is keeping busy.
Remarque with a knee to the head.
Remarque landing knees to the body.
Remarque lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Remarque.

Remarque has hold of one of Black's legs. Black is fighting the takedown attempt but Remarque gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Remarque drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Remarque jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Remarque really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Remarque is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Remarque is controlling him.
Black keeping full guard, as Remarque tries to pass.
Black wants to get back to his feet but Remarque is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Remarque drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Black dives on top into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Remarque manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Black manages to get himself to full guard.
Remarque showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Remarque trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Black wants to stand but Remarque is controlling the position.
Black keeping full guard, as Remarque tries to pass.
Remarque wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.

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.
Remarque wants to pass the guard but Black is keeping the position.
Remarque trying to control but Black is working from the bottom.
Remarque pushing down on Black's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Remarque is trying to work for a kimura but Black is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johann Remarque dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Remarque misses with a low kick.
Remarque bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Remarque takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Remarque is looking to clinch but Black is avoiding it.

Remarque darts in and clinches Black up against the cage.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Remarque scores a nice knee to the body.
Remarque landing knees to the body.
Remarque prevents Black from breaking the clinch.
Remarque tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black wants to break free but Remarque has control.
Black wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Black can't break the clinch.
Black tries to break the clinch but Remarque is controlling the position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Remarque.
Remarque landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Remarque tries to score a body lock takedown but Black shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Black wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Remarque tries to land knees in the clinch but Black avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Black is trying to break the clinch but Remarque has him pressed against the cage.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Remarque keeps him there for the moment.
Black tries to break the clinch but Remarque is controlling the position.
Remarque trying to stall but Black improves his position.
Black wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Remarque has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black tries to break the clinch but Remarque is controlling the position.
Remarque prevents Black from breaking the clinch.
Black is looking to break free of the clinch but Remarque has double underhooks.
Remarque landing knees to the body.
Remarque creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Black managing to block the knees to the body from Remarque.
Black tries to break the clinch but Remarque is controlling the position.
Remarque keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Black wants to break free but Remarque has control.
Black is trying to break free.
Remarque keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Black is looking to break free of the clinch but Remarque has double underhooks.
Black wants to get back to striking at distance but Remarque won't allow it.
Remarque lands a nice knee to the body.
Remarque trying to land knees to the body.
Black is trying to break free.
Remarque missing with knees to the body.
Remarque prevents Black from breaking the clinch.
Remarque prevents Black from breaking the clinch.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Remarque keeps him there for the moment.
Black can't break the clinch.
Remarque misses with a knee strike.
Black wants to break free but Remarque has control.
Black wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Black is looking to break free of the clinch but Remarque has double underhooks.
Remarque missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Black is trying to break the clinch but Remarque has him pressed against the cage.
Black is trying to break free.
Remarque throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Black blocks it with crossed arms.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Remarque keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Black tries to break the clinch but Remarque is controlling the position.
Black wants to break the clinch but can't.
Remarque is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Black pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Remarque keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Black tries to break the clinch but Remarque is controlling the position.
Remarque keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Black wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Remarque has him pressed against the cage.
Remarque landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Black wants to break free but Remarque has control.
Remarque tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Black can't break the clinch.

Black manages to break the clinch.
Black connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Black misses with a straight left.
Remarque staying out of range there.
Black lands a nice hook to Remarque's body. Remarque takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Remarque is looking to clinch but Black is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Black swats away the attempt to clinch by Remarque.
A big left from Black misses.
Nice straight punches there by Black. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Black.
Remarque fails with an attempt to clinch.
Black thows a left - swing and a miss!
Black throws a hook but Remarque avoids it easily.

Remarque closes the distance and pushes Black back into the cage.
Black blocking some punches.
Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Remarque lands a nice knee to the body.
Black blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Remarque with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black tries to break the clinch but Remarque is controlling the position.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Black wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Black wants to get back to striking at distance but Remarque won't allow it.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Remarque keeps him there for the moment.
Remarque tries to land knees in the clinch but Black avoids the damage to the body.

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.
Remarque prevents Black from breaking the clinch.
Remarque tries to land knees in the clinch but Black avoids the damage to the body.
Black can't break the clinch.

Remarque drags the fight down to the ground.

Remarque looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Remarque working for a triangle but Black defends it easily.

Remarque throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Johann Remarque will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Black lands with an uppercut that bounces Remarque off the cage and back into rage.
Remarque uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Black.
Remarque tries to clinch there but Black circles away.
The fighters circling - Black throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Remarque uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Black.
Remarque tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Black moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jack Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Black bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Black misses with a straight left.
Remarque tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice uppercut lands for Black. That snapped Remarque's head back.
Remarque takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Remarque tries to close the distance and clinch up but Black swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Remarque closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Black blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Black wants to break free but Remarque has control.

Remarque pulls guard effortlessly.
Remarque trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Remarque is working an open guard so Black takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Remarque is looking to clinch but Black is avoiding it.
The fighters circling - Black throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jack Black is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Remarque moves in looking to clinch but Black pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Remarque looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Remarque ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Black lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Black throws a hook but Remarque blocks it.
Remarque moves out of range as Black strikes.
Remarque wants to clinch up but Black keeps it at a distance.
Remarque tries to clinch up.
Black connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black staying out of range there.
Black might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Remarque has taken the fight to the clinch.
Black wants to get back to striking at distance but Remarque won't allow it.
Remarque prevents Black from breaking the clinch.
Black wants to break free but Remarque has control.
Remarque keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Remarque.
Black tries to break the clinch but Remarque is controlling the position.
Remarque crunches a lovely knee into Black's ribcage.
Remarque lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Black wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Black wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Remarque keeps him there for the moment.
Remarque landing knees to the body.
Black wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Remarque has him pressed against the cage.
Black wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Black can't break the clinch.
Remarque using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Black has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Black wants to break the clinch but can't.
Remarque scores with a knee to the head.
Black wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Black wants to break the clinch but can't.
Remarque landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Remarque trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black takes a knee right on the jaw!
Black is looking to break free of the clinch but Remarque has double underhooks.
Remarque doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Remarque tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Remarque keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Remarque missing with knees to the body.
Black is trying to break free.
Black is trying to break free.
Black can't break the clinch.
Black is looking to break free of the clinch but Remarque has double underhooks.
Remarque looking to slow down the pace here.
Remarque using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Black wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Remarque drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Black is looking to break free of the clinch but Remarque has double underhooks.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Remarque keeps him there for the moment.
Black wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Remarque scores with a knee to the head.
Black wants to get back to striking at distance but Remarque won't allow it.
Black is trying to break the clinch but Remarque has him pressed against the cage.
Remarque using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Black is trying to break the clinch but Remarque has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Black can't break the clinch.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Remarque keeps him there for the moment.
Remarque is trying to drag Black to the mat but Black just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black looking to slow down the pace here.
Remarque using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Black wants to get back to striking at distance but Remarque won't allow it.
Black wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Black takes a knee right on the jaw!
Black is trying to break the clinch but Remarque has him pressed against the cage.
Remarque lands a nice knee to the body.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Remarque keeps him there for the moment.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Remarque keeps him there for the moment.
Black wants to break the clinch but can't.
Black wants to break free but Remarque has control.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Remarque.
Black can't break the clinch.
Remarque scores with a knee to the head.
Remarque lands a knee to the head.
Jack Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johann Remarque is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Black tries to work over Remarque's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Remarque scores with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Black comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Remarque has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!