PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Day (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jayson Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Day comes to the cage accompanied by BIG JOHN. John Day has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Day
vs
Black

196 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Day!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jayson Black!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Day fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Black misses with the combination.
Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Day throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Day just misses with a punch to the body.
Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jayson Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Black pushes Day up against the cage in a clinch.

Black breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Black rushes Day and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Black drops down looking for an ankle pick but Day pulls his leg out and moves away.
Black throws a right and a left that Day avoids nicely.
Day scores with a shot to the body.
Black lands with a nice combination. Day backs away looking to recover.
Black misses with the combination.

Day looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Day pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Black is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Day forces his way into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Day wants to pass the guard but Black is defending well.
Day works his way into side control.
Day is staying tight to Black's torso, preventing him from escaping.

Day stands up.
Black looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black doesn't manage to clinch there - Day circles away.
Day slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Day lands a right hook to the body.
Black takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Black tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Day scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Black doesn't seem bothered though.
Day throws a nice inside leg kick.

Day closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Day tries to pass the half guard into mount. Black knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Day is looking for a kimura but Black is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Day to get the leverage.
Day tries to pass the half guard into mount. Black knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Day is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Day moves into full mount! Black won't be happy about that!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black is trying to escape the mount but Day keeps good control and instead manages to take Black's back.

Day is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Black with him. Black is trying to defend but Day has an arm under the chin now! Black grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). John Day!