PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Whitney Fletcher (ranked 6684 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Black (ranked 4929 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Fletcher
vs
Black

204 cm
24
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Whitney Fletcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Austin Black!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Black closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Black not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Black trying to mount his opponent but Fletcher defends it.
Black trying to control from half guard but Fletcher is working away.
Fletcher keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Black trying to control from half guard but Fletcher is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black trying to advance position but Fletcher counters by regaining guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fletcher is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fletcher is controlling the pace.
Black wants to control but Fletcher is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Fletcher looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Fletcher prevents Black from improving his position.

Fletcher is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Fletcher seems to be working for a kimura but Black defends the submission attempt.

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 tries to get to full guard but Fletcher has control of the leg.
Fletcher lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fletcher prevents Black from improving his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Fletcher in particular looking to stall.
Black is looking to improve his position.

Fletcher is working for a submission of some sort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black trying to hold on to Fletcher's head to control him but Fletcher postures up.

Fletcher is working for an americana but Black has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Fletcher was thinking about the submission.
Fletcher scoring with punches to the head and body.
Black looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Black has his foot on Fletcher's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fletcher works his way back into a safe position though.
Fletcher lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fletcher trying to control but Black is working from the bottom.
Fletcher keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Black's head.
Fletcher trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fletcher throws a big right hand that misses.
Fletcher trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Black is looking for a triangle but Fletcher pushes his legs off easily.
Black is pulling down on Fletcher's head. It's preventing any offense from Fletcher, at least for the moment.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Black gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Fletcher counters with a nice double leg into side control. Black won't be happy with that.
Black is looking for a sweep.

Fletcher looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Black is looking to regain half guard here but Fletcher keeps moving and retains side control.
Black looks winded!
Fletcher is looking to take a break and control but Black is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Whitney Fletcher will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Fletcher misses with a body kick.
Fletcher looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Black is fending him off so far but Fletcher persists. Nope, Black circles away and we're back to standing.
Black drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Fletcher defends it well.
Black fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Fletcher avoids it really well and circles away.
Fletcher lands a jab-cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fletcher fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Black avoids it really well and circles away.
It seemed like Black was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fletcher.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black throws out a loose jab but Fletcher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fletcher throws a series of punches but Black moves out of range.
Fletcher blocks a head kick by Black.
A head kick misses from Black.
Black lands a nice looking body kick.
Fletcher fails in his attempt to clinch.

Black looking to score a takedown here. Fletcher is defending well but Black drives through and ends up in Fletcher's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fletcher being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a big right hand that misses.
Black looking to sit in guard and control but Fletcher gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Black is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Fletcher drops back looking for a leg! Black is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Black manages to kick Fletcher off! Fletcher jumps back into Black's guard.
Fletcher scoring with some ground and pound.
Black wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black trying to keep a closed guard but Fletcher is proving a slippery customer.
Fletcher stopping the sweep attempt from Black.
Black is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fletcher is controlling him.

Fletcher drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Fletcher as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Black screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Fletcher! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Whitney Fletcher!