PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jay Black (ranked 4869 p4p, 378 weight class) and Robert Bruce (ranked 2980 p4p, 258 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Black
vs
Bruce

167 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

174 cm
26
145 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

ZZ POPS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jay Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robert Bruce!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruce slips a jab from Black.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bruce.
Jab from Black.
Black throws a hook but Bruce avoids it easily.
Black waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bruce.
Black throws an overhand right that lands on Bruce's shoulder, as Bruce tries to avoid the shot.
Bruce tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bruce fails to land with a series of punches.
Bruce misses with a two punch combination.
A big right from Black misses.
Black jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bruce lands a nice leg kick that just misses Black's sensitive parts.
Black throws an overhand right that lands on Bruce's shoulder, as Bruce tries to avoid the shot.
Black scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Black waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bruce.
Bruce throws a counter combo.
Black missing with a left hand there. Bruce was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bruce steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Black.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Black swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bruce staying out of range there.
Black is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Bruce's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Black slips a straight right by Bruce.
Black scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bruce keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Black.
Black misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from Bruce on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A lazy left from Black finds it's target.
Bruce swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bruce on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Black throws a jab when Bruce was well out of range.
Bruce is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Bruce throws a hook but Black avoids it easily.
Black throws a hook but Bruce avoids it easily.
Black throws an overhand right that lands on Bruce's shoulder, as Bruce tries to avoid the shot.
Bruce is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bruce misses with a few strikes there.
Bruce moves out of range of the strikes.
Bruce avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jay Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Black lands with an overhand left.
Bruce connects with a jab.
Black darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Black throws out a loose jab but Bruce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruce unleashes a big counter combination but Black bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Black throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A swing and a miss from Black.
Black pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce misses with a jab, cross combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Black as he connects with a hook.
Bruce throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bruce misses with a straight left.
A jab from Black finds it's way through Bruce's defenses.
Black lands a really nice looking cross but Bruce seems unphased.
Black looks to land a right hand but Bruce moved out of range.
Black throws an overhand right that lands on Bruce's shoulder, as Bruce tries to avoid the shot.
Black loads up on a big right hand but Bruce slips the punch.
Bruce throws a head kick that misses.
Bruce defending well as Black loads up on a big left hand.
Black pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bruce lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Black blocks the body kick.
Black lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The fighters circling - Bruce throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Black lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Black connects with a single shot there.
Black jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce lands a jab to the nose.
Black pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bruce needs to keep his hands up - Black had a free shot at his head there.
Black loads up on a big right hand but Bruce slips the punch.
Black misses with a looping right.
Black looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bruce lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Black darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bruce staying out of range there.
Bruce uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Black.
Black tests Bruce's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Black misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Black throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Black is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jab from Black.
Black throws a hook but Bruce avoids it easily.
Bruce was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Black throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bruce throws a counter combo.
Black throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bruce sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Black backing away here, and Bruce unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Bruce bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruce misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruce will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Black misses with a straight right.
Bruce ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Black throws a big shot that misses.
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.
Bruce displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Black throws out the jab.
Black looks to land a left hand but Bruce moved out of range nicely.
Black throws the left hand but Bruce avoids the punch easily.
Bruce moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bruce lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Black circles away quickly and effectively.
Black looks to land a left hand but Bruce moved out of range nicely.
Black jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bruce staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good shot there by Black.
Black swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Black misses with an uppercut.
Black throws a hook to the side of Bruce's head but Bruce sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Black is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Black throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bruce on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Black dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bruce walks into a stiff left hand from Black.
Bruce swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bruce throws a jab when Black was well out of range.
Bruce throws a nice looking combination but Black bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A jab from Black finds it's way through Bruce's defenses.
The fighters circling - Black throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bruce is looking for the big counter here.
Black scores with a nice right hand.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Bruce might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Black has got the better of the exchanges.
Bruce moves out of range of the strikes.
Bruce unleashes a big counter combination but Black bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A head kick from Bruce lands but Black takes it in his stride.
Bruce scores with a nice head shot.
No joy there for Bruce, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Black throws a hook to the side of Bruce's head but Bruce sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bruce throws a counter combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good exchange - Black coming out on top.
Bruce has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Black scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bruce misses with a wild body shot.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bruce in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Black connects with a jab.
Black looks to land a left hand but Bruce moved out of range nicely.
Bruce throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big right from Black misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black throws a hook but Bruce avoids it easily.
Bruce uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Black.
Bruce gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bruce defending well as Black loads up on a big left hand.
Black lands an overhand right.
Black with a hook.
Bruce's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Black connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bruce scrambles back to his feet.
Black missing with a left hand there. Bruce was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bruce feints a counter leg kick.
Jay Black is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Black misses.
It seemed like Bruce was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bruce slips a straight right by Black.
Bruce throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bruce moves away from the strike by Black.
Bruce looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Black throws a jab but it's blocked by Bruce.
Black connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bruce buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Robert Bruce is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Black catches Bruce with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bruce momentarily.
Bruce steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Black.
Black throws a hook to the side of Bruce's head but Bruce sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black slips a jab and a cross from Bruce.
Bruce misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.
Bruce moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Black misses.
Bruce moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bruce throws a head kick but Black moves out of range.
Bruce takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A jab from Black misses.
Black uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bruce has time to react.
A punch lands to the side of Bruce 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bruce displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Black throws out the jab.
Bruce throws a series of punches but Black avoids them all with ease.
Bruce takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Black loads up on a big right hand but Bruce slips the punch.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.
Bruce misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It seemed like Bruce was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Black is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bruce can do to turn this around?
A slow jab from Bruce misses its intended target.
Bruce lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bruce slips a straight right by Black.
Black moves away from the strike by Bruce.
Bruce throws a hook but Black blocks it.
Bruce bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It seemed like Bruce was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
An inside leg kick lands from Bruce.
A telegraphed right hand from Bruce misses the target.
Bruce slips under a jab.
Black scores with a punch to the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Black as he connects with a hook.
Black keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Black cracks Bruce with an open hand slap.
Bruce gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bruce lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from Bruce misses.
Bruce fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Black.
Bruce uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Black.
Bruce takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Black throws a jab when Bruce was well out of range.
Black throws a hook but Bruce avoids it easily.
Black is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Black tests Bruce's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Black looks to throw the jab but Bruce is out of range.
Bruce throws out a counter right but Black avoids it with no problem.
Bruce throws a looping overhand right but Black ducks down to avoid it.
Bruce takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bruce throws a low kick but Black avoids it.
Bruce throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Black misses with a straight left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Black misses the jab.
A big left from Black misses.
Black connects with a jab.
Bruce looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Black dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bruce's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Black connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bruce scrambles back to his feet.
Black rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Bruce counter with a right hand.
Black scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bruce moves out of range of the strikes.
Black getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A punch combination from Bruce misses.
Bruce ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Black moves away.
A swing and a miss from Black.
Black jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bruce takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Black throws a hook but Bruce blocks it.
Black with a jab.
Black throws a hook to the side of Bruce's head but Bruce sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bruce ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Bruce throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Black.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A lazy left from Black finds it's target.
Bruce gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Black.
Bruce lands with a nice body kick.
Black waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bruce.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black slips under a jab from Bruce.
Black paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Black lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A head kick misses from Bruce.
Black uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bruce.
Bruce's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Black connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bruce scrambles back to his feet.
Black lands with a straight right. Bruce didn't see that one coming.
Black throws out a loose jab but Bruce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruce is looking for the big counter here.
Bruce bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Black takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bruce ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bruce takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bruce throws a head kick that misses.
Black throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bruce sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bruce throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bruce fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Black misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce needs to keep his hands up - Black had a free shot at his head there.
A jab from Black misses.
A big right from Black misses.
Bruce closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bruce tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Black throws a jab but it's blocked by Bruce.
Bruce takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Black misses the jab.
The fighters circling - Black throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bruce scores with a head kick. Black tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bruce slips under a jab.
Bruce throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bruce uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Black.
Black backing away here, and Bruce unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Bruce throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Bruce does no damage.
Bruce slips a straight right by Black.
Bruce pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Bruce. Those never looked like landing.
Black throwing a counter right hand but Bruce manages to avoid it.
Jay Black is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Black.
Black lands with a right hand.
Bruce looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bruce throws a nice looking combination but Black bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Black jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bruce defending well as Black loads up on a big left hand.
Black smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bruce moves away from the strike by Black.
Bruce staying out of range there.
Black throws a hook to the side of Bruce's head but Bruce sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Black throws a shot from downtown. Bruce moves away and avoids it.
Black looks to land a right hand but Bruce moved out of range.
Black scores with a decent looking hook.
Bruce uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Black.
Black throws a shot from downtown. Bruce moves away and avoids it.
Bruce steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Black.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a hook but Bruce blocks it.
Black throws an overhand right that lands on Bruce's shoulder, as Bruce tries to avoid the shot.
Bruce lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bruce uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Black.
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!
Black uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bruce.
A telegraphed right hand from Black misses the target.
Bruce throws a counter combo.
Black misses the jab.
Black takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bruce defending well as Black loads up on a big left hand.
Black throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bruce sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bruce bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bruce unleashes a big counter combination but Black bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Black misses with a looping left.
Bruce tries a quick counter leg kick but Black is wise to it.
Bruce gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Black.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bruce misses with an uppercut. Black saw that one coming.
Black lands an overhand right.
Bruce throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Black.
Robert Bruce has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bruce walks into a left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Black showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Black 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 David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Black!
After the fight, Jay Black was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.