PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sledge Wrou (ranked 472 p4p, 2040 weight class) and Devon Black (ranked 55 p4p, 197 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wrou
vs
Black

175 cm
23
160
8 - 2 - 0

179 cm
26
162
9 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Sledge Wrou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Devon Black!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wrou throws a hook to the side of Black's head but Black sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Black changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Wrou displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Black.
Wrou is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Black.
Black throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wrou's waist but Wrou gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Black off to one side.
We've been told by Wrou's head coaches at Stormcrow Centre that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Wrou connects with a leg kick.
Wrou bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Black changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wrou tries to avoid it but Black manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wrou to the ground. Wrou escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sledge Wrou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Devon Black.
Wrou throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Black feints the counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black throws an overhand right that lands on Wrou's shoulder, as Wrou tries to avoid the shot.
Black uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wrou.

Black shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Wrou napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Black goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Wrou rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Black's guard! Nice work there by Wrou!
Black controlling Wrou's posture.
Wrou engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Black pulls Wrou in close to his closed guard and prevents Wrou from doing any damage or advancing position.
Black has a closed guard, preventing Wrou from standing up.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wrou sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Black looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Wrou avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Black looking to control.
Wrou looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Black pulls Wrou in close to his closed guard and prevents Wrou from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrou wants to get up but he can't break Black's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Black avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wrou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Black.
A low kick lands for Wrou.
Black uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wrou.
And Black tries to counter it with a takedown but Wrou pushes his down on his head and steps out.

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.
Black checks the leg kick nicely there.
Black drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Wrou defends it well.
The fighters circling - Wrou throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Black looks for a takedown but Wrou sprawls well.
Black blocks the body kick.
Black shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wrou defends it nicely.
Black shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wrou defends it nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wrou cracks Black with an open hand slap.
Black doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Wrou holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wrou blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Black tries a body shot but Wrou blocks it.

Wrou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wrou throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Black sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Black feints the counter takedown.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wrou.
Wrou lands a leg kick that knocks Black off balance momentarily.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wrou throws a nice head kick!
Black shoots in for a takedown but Wrou shows good takedown defense.
Black shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wrou pinned against the cage. Wrou gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Wrou is looking to counter the offense by Black and move into the clinch.
No luck for Black with that takedown attempt.
Wrou takes a swing at Black's ribcage but misses.
Black moves out of range as Wrou throws a body kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Black or perhaps it was just good defense by Wrou, which made it look bad.
Sledge Wrou is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wrou moves away from the strike by Black.
Wrou misses with a low kick.
Black keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Black with the counter takedown but Wrou avoids it easily.
Black fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wrou avoids it really well and circles away.
Black gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wrou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wrou wants to slow Black down by chopping away at his legs.
Black tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Black checks the leg kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wrou misses with a looping right.
Wrou feints and then cracks Black's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Black down.
Black blocks a leg kick.
Black keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wrou's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Black connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wrou scrambles back to his feet.
Black connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Black on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Black changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wrou tries to avoid it but Black manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wrou to the ground. Wrou escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wrou changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Black misses with a takedown attempt - Wrou sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wrou scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wrou cracks Black with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wrou just misses with a punch to the body.
Black with the counter takedown but Wrou avoids it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wrou misses with an uppercut. Black saw that one coming.
Black takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wrou scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Black doesn't seem bothered though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sledge Wrou dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Black.
Wrou seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Black thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wrou tries to counter by clinching up but Black breaks away and moves out of range.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Wrou seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Wrou tries a low kick but Black avoids it.
Black swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wrou wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Wrou takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sledge Wrou is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wrou takes a swing at Black's ribcage but misses.
Black tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Wrou scores with a jab to the body.
Wrou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Black can do to turn this around?
Wrou avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wrou pinned against the cage. Wrou gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Black avoids the body shot from Wrou.
Black tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Black shoots in looking for a takedown but Wrou manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Black's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sledge Wrou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Devon Black.
Black blocks a head kick by Wrou.
Sledge Wrou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Black shoots in and drives through. Wrou sprawls well.
Black fails with the takedown

and Wrou moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wrou.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wrou manages to break the clinch.
Black checks a leg kick.
Black fails with the takedown.
Wrou is looking to score with low kicks.
Black has his takedown stuffed

and Wrou counters by clinching up.
A left hand lands to the body for Wrou.
Wrou lands with a right to the head.

Wrou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Black throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wrou misses with a lunging right hand

and Black counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrou has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Wrou has his feet on Black's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Wrou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Black takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wrou throws a half hearted mid kick.
Black is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Black stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wrou.
Black walks forward, straight into a front kick from Wrou.
Black slips under a jab from Wrou.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrou fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Black.
Black moves away from the strike by Wrou.
Black feints the counter takedown.
Wrou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice leg kick from Wrou, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wrou. That's going to slow Black down.
Wrou scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wrou ducks right into an uppercut from Black.
Wrou throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Black stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Black checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Black feints the counter takedown.
Wrou cracks a nice hook into Black's ribs.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wrou connects with the punch.
Black takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Black gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Wrou counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wrou.
Wrou lands a left hand.
Black goes for a takedown attempt but Wrou pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Wrou tries to work over Black's front leg with a kick but Black checks it.
Black on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wrou throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Black.
Black moves out of range of the body kick.
And Black tries to counter it with a takedown but Wrou pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wrou has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wrou there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wrou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wrou tries to score with a low kick but Black moves his leg out of the way.
Black uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wrou.
Black changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Wrou throws a low kick but Black avoids it.
Black with the counter takedown but Wrou avoids it easily.
Black throws a lazy uppercut

and Wrou holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wrou struggles to land a body shot inside as Black controls his hands.
Wrou is pressed up against the cage. Black has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wrou down to the mat. Wrou avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Black blocks the leg kick.
Wrou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wrou connects with a good right hand that stumbles Black. Black circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wrou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wrou moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wrou looks to score with a jab to the body but Black is just out of range.
Wrou steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Black.
Wrou lands a nice looking kick to the body. Black takes a step back to recover.
Wrou leaves Black with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wrou scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wrou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Black moves away.
A low kick lands for Wrou.
Black's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Black throws a big shot that misses.
Wrou tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Black manages to circle out of the way.
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.
Wrou fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Black manages to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Wrou - just one landing.
Black shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Black doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Wrou counters by moving into the clinch.

Wrou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wrou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Black moves away.
And Black tries to counter it with a takedown but Wrou pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wrou dodges the punch combination from Black.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Wrou.
Black takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wrou thows a leg kick but Black checks it

and Black decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Wrou's guard.
Black in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Black is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wrou keeping moving, preventing Black from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sledge Wrou dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

A cross from Wrou lands.
A slow jab from Black misses its intended target.
Wrou throws a shot to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wrou, as that shot connected.
Wrou uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Black.
As Black tries to get set, Wrou tries to push him back and clinch up but Black manages to avoid the attempt.
Black fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wrou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wrou scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wrou circles away quickly and effectively.
Black takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wrou needs to keep his hands up - Black had a free shot at his head there.
Wrou throws a low kick but Black avoids it.
Wrou uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Black.
Black ducks under a wild hook from Wrou.
Black is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Black takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Black takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wrou cracks Black with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wrou takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrou throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wrou tries to land a leg kick but Black saw it coming and moves away.

Black shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wrou tries to get to full guard but Black has control of the leg.
Black throws a strike but Wrou avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Black is in close to Wrou's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black trying to control the position from guard on top but Wrou is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wrou is pulling down on Black's head to control his posture.
Wrou wants to stand up but Black is controlling him.
Black working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Black trying to control but Wrou is working from the bottom.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Black's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wrou connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Black scrambles back to his feet.
Black will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wrou is looking to counter the offense by Black and move into the clinch.
Wrou lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wrou tries to land a front kick but Black steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Black tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Black scores with a decent looking hook.
Wrou slips a jab from Black.

Black feints and as Wrou raises his hands in defense, Black changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wrou being controlled here, momentarily.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Black trying to move into half guard but instead Wrou has managed to sweep!

Wrou engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Wrou trying to control but Black is working from the bottom.
Wrou wants to pass the guard but Black is keeping the position.
Black looking to control.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Black throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Black is trying to control the position but Wrou postures up.
Wrou has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Black is proving hard to escape from.
Black not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Black looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Wrou puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Black is looking to improve his position.
Wrou is pressing down on Black's thigh, looking to free his foot. Black is holding on for now.
Black makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Black.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wrou is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Black throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wrou has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wrou is looking to stand up but Black won't let him.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Black keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Black missing with a left hand there. Wrou was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As Black tries to get set, Wrou tries to push him back and clinch up but Black manages to avoid the attempt.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Black moves out of range as Wrou strikes.
Wrou looks to score with a jab to the body but Black is just out of range.
Black feints the counter takedown.
Black blocks a head kick by Wrou.
Black with the counter takedown but Wrou avoids it easily.
Wrou ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wrou throws a chopping leg kick but Black manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wrou stuns Black with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wrou uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Black has time to react.
Black shoots in looking for a takedown but Wrou manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Black's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sledge Wrou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Devon Black.
Black misses with a takedown

and Wrou counters by moving into the clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wrou tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wrou lands with a short shot to the head.

Black breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wrou.
Black fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wrou manages to avoid it.
Black checks the leg kick nicely there.
Black with a lazy takedown attempt

and Wrou counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Wrou prevents a body shot from Black.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Black tries to throw a body punch but Wrou avoids it by throwing Black back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Wrou.
Devon Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Black takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Wrou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wrou looks to score with a jab to the body but Black is just out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sledge Wrou showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wrou, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sledge Wrou!
Sledge Wrou spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.