PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tank Abobo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denard Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Denard Black will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Abobo
vs
Black

188 cm
27
210 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

185 cm
23
210 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tank Abobo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Denard Black!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black looks to land a combination but Abobo avoids it well.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Black, as that shot connected.
A combination from Black does no damage.
Abobo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Black lands a nice hook to Abobo's body. Abobo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Abobo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Black's waist but Black gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Abobo off to one side.
Horrible takedown by Abobo or perhaps it was just good defense by Black which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tank Abobo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Black misses with a wild combination.
Black dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Abobo is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black fails to land with a series of punches.
Denard Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Black moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Tank Abobo has been cut.
Black keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black connects with a single shot there.
Black grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Abobo takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Black cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Denard Black!