PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Carl Black (ranked 2142 p4p, 241 weight class) and Paddy Fagan (ranked 2235 p4p, 253 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carl Black
vs
Fagan

179 cm
35
166 lbs
16 - 9 - 2

180 cm
31
159 lbs
16 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 9 - 2, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Carl Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paddy Fagan!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carl Black bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fagan's head backwards.

Carl Black clinches up against the cage.
Carl Black tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fagan avoids it.
Fagan effectively controlling the action here.
Carl Black tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fagan blocks a body shot from Carl Black.
Fagan blocking some punches.
Knees to the body from Carl Black.
Fagan has a couple of punches blocked by Carl Black.
Carl Black blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Carl Black fails to land.
Carl Black throws a head punch that misses.
Fagan connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carl Black.
Carl Black blocking some punches.
Carl Black lands a nice shot to the body.
Fagan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carl Black lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carl Black misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carl Black throws a punch but it's blocked by Fagan.
Carl Black dodges an elbow strike from Fagan.
Fagan tries to land a knee to the head but Carl Black blocks with his arms.
Fagan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Carl Black tries to land knees in the clinch but Fagan avoids the damage to the body.
Fagan lands with a left to the head.
Carl Black tries to land knees in the clinch but Fagan avoids the damage to the body.
Carl Black misses with the head strike.
Carl Black scores with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Fagan.
Carl Black presses Fagan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Carl Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fagan blocks it with crossed arms.
Fagan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fagan misses with a punch on the inside.
Carl Black makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fagan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carl Black.
Carl Black scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hook to the body lands for Fagan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carl Black tries to throw a body punch but Fagan avoids it by throwing Carl Black back against the cage.
Carl Black is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fagan is defending well for now.
Carl Black throws a punch but it's blocked by Fagan.
Fagan has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Carl Black swings wildly with an uppercut but Fagan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fagan.
Fagan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fagan misses with some punches.
Fagan scores with a shoulder strike.
Fagan is working Carl Black over against the cage.
Carl Black lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fagan takes a shot to the head.
Fagan missing with knees to the body.
Carl Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fagan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Carl Blacks head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fagan.
Carl Black lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carl Black lands with a light punch inside.
Carl Black missing with knees to the body.
Carl Black scores a nice knee to the body.
Fagan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Carl Black makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fagan lands an elbow inside that Carl Black shrugs off.
Fagan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fagan.
Carl Black blocks an elbow strike from Fagan.
Fagan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Carl Black throws a head punch that misses.
Carl Black misses with a punch on the inside.
Fagan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carl Black prevents a body shot from Fagan.
Fagan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fagan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carl Black tries a body shot but Fagan blocks it.
Fagan scores with a hook to the body.
Carl Black tries a knee to the head but Fagan blocks it.
Carl Black lands a knee to the head.
Carl Black blocks an uppercut.
Carl Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fagan blocks it with crossed arms.
Fagan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carl Black tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carl Black tries a knee to the head but Fagan blocks it.
A hook to the body from Fagan.
Carl Black unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fagan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fagan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Carl Black lands a right hand.
Fagan is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Carl Black dominated that round.
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.

Carl Black connects with a looping right hand.
Fagan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carl Black.
Carl Black's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fagan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Carl Black scrambles back to his feet.
Carl Black tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fagan is able to avoid easily.
Carl Black throws a hook to the side of Fagan's head but Fagan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fagan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Carl Black clinches.
Carl Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fagan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Carl Black throws a head punch that misses.
Carl Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fagan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carl Black has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carl Black tries to land knees in the clinch but Fagan avoids the damage to the body.
Carl Black takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fagan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carl Black.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fagan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Carl Black misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carl Black tries to land a knee to the head but Fagan blocks with his arms.
Carl Black throws a punch but it's blocked by Fagan.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carl Black.
Fagan working aggressively here.
Fagan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Carl Black backwards.
Fagan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fagan lands an elbow inside that Carl Black shrugs off.
Carl Black scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fagan.
Fagan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carl Black letting Fagan take a breather here.
Carl Black blocks an elbow strike.
Carl Black tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fagan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Carl Black misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carl Black struggles to land a body shot inside as Fagan controls his hands.
Carl Black is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Carl Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carl Black doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carl Black takes a shot to the head.
Fagan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fagan scores with a hook to the body.
Carl Black lands a right hand.
A body shot lands from Fagan.
Fagan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carl Black struggles to land a body shot inside as Fagan controls his hands.
Fagan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fagan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fagan takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fagan.
Fagan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fagan misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carl Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fagan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fagan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Carl Black.
Fagan tries to throw a body punch but Carl Black avoids it by throwing Fagan back against the cage.
Fagan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Carl Black backwards.
Carl Black lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fagan tries to work over Carl Black's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fagan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Carl Black misses with the head strike.
Jimmy Carl Black has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Carl Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carl Black.
Carl Black throws a head punch that misses.
Carl Black tries to throw a body punch but Fagan avoids it by throwing Carl Black back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Carl Black.
A hook to the body from Carl Black.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fagan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carl Black's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carl Black takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fagan blocks an uppercut.
Fagan lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carl Black takes a knee to the side of the body.
A head punch on the inside from Carl Black fails to land.
Carl Black has a couple of punches blocked by Fagan.
Carl Black blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carl Black blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fagan swings wildly with an uppercut but Carl Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fagan swings wildly with an uppercut but Carl Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fagan prevents a body shot from Carl Black.
Fagan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fagan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fagan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carl Black.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Paddy Fagan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Fagan misses the shot to the body.
Fagan misses with a body shot.

Carl Black drives through and clinches with Fagan against the cage.
Fagan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carl Black tries to throw a body punch but Fagan avoids it by throwing Carl Black back against the cage.
Fagan landing knees to the body.
Carl Black takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fagan taking a breather.
Fagan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Carl Black backwards.
Carl Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fagan working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fagan tries to work over Carl Black's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carl Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fagan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carl Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fagan lands a left hand.
Carl Black lands a right hand.
Carl Black throws a punch but it's blocked by Fagan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carl Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Carl Black lands with a left to the head.
Carl Black scores with a shoulder strike.
Carl Black misses with a punch on the inside.
Fagan lands a damaging elbow.
Fagan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fagan.
Carl Black can't find room to land a body shot as Fagan controls the action.
Carl Black misses with some punches.
Fagan scores a nice knee to the body.
Fagan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fagan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carl Black misses with a punch to the body.
Carl Black tries to work over Fagan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fagan lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carl Black misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carl Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carl Black tries to work over Fagan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A hook to the body from Fagan.
Fagan throws a punch but it's blocked by Carl Black.
Fagan leaning his opponent against the cage.
Carl Black avoids the elbow strike from Fagan, against the cage.
Fagan working aggressively here.
Carl Black blocks a body shot from Fagan.
Carl Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fagan prevents a body shot from Carl Black.
Fagan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Carl Black.
Carl Black misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fagan.
Carl Black throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fagans head.
Carl Black swings wildly with an uppercut but Fagan uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carl Black lands a nice uppercut.
Fagan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fagan lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Carl Black fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Fagan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fagan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Carl Black goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carl Black lands a nice shot to the body.
Carl Black can't find room to land a body shot as Fagan controls the action.
Carl Black lands a nice shot to the body.
Fagan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Carl Black doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fagan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carl Black working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fagan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fagan tries to land a knee to the head but Carl Black blocks with his arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fagan.
Carl Black misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carl Black avoids a wild elbow strike from Fagan.
Fagan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Carl Black missing with knees to the body.
Carl Black doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Fagan on the inside.
Fagan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carl Black is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fagan is defending well for now.
Fagan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Carl Black fails to land.
Fagan lands an elbow that stopped Carl Black in his tracks for a moment.
Fagan pushes Carl Black back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Carl Black tries a knee to the head but Fagan blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paddy Fagan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fagan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paddy Fagan!
Paddy Fagan managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing, into his post fight interview.