PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Ngo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry Ngo acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Black
vs
Ngo

185 cm
21
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
190 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Ngo!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black throws a head kick but Ngo moves out of range.
Black takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Henry Ngo has been cut.
Black loads up on a big right hand but Ngo slips the punch.
Black throws a head kick that misses.
Ngo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Black swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ngo.
Black scores with a one two! Ngo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ngo slips a jab and a cross from Black.
Nice sprawl there from Ngo as Black shoots in.
Black throws a combination. Ngo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ngo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Black sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ngo somewhat.
Ngo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Black circles away.
Black defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ngo.
Jack Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Ngo.
Black throws out a leg kick but Ngo moves out of range and Black only half commits.
Ngo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Black throws a nice looking combination but Ngo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Black misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ngo avoids the body shot from Black.
Black looks to land a combination but Ngo avoids it well.
Nice shot lands for Black.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ngo.
Ngo tries to advance to mount but can't.

Ngo is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Black knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Ngo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Black, who protects the arm well.
Black is trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ngo landing a few strikes.
Black wants to get back to his feet but Ngo drags him back down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ngo working the body and head with strikes.
Ngo wants to control but Black is keeping him busy.

Ngo is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Black knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Black looks to move to half guard but instead Ngo has passed into mount! Damn!
Ngo avoids the attempt from Black to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ngo goes for an armbar but Black turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Black.
Black trying to control the position from guard on top but Ngo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Black working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Black trying to control the position from guard on top but Ngo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Black chips away with some ground and pound.
Ngo trying to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black trying to control the position from guard on top but Ngo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Black throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ngo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Black throws a big elbow that misses.
Ngo has control of Black's left arm, preventing Black from doing any damage.
Black postures up in Ngo's guard and throws a big left but Ngo blocks it.
Black looking to sit in guard and control but Ngo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Black wriggles free and stands up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Black dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henry Ngo's cut.
That's time! Black's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Black shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Ngo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Black wants to improve his position but Ngo is controlling well.
Ngo working Black over with strikes.
Black tries to kick Ngo off but Ngo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ngo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Black does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ngo is nestled in close to Black, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ngo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ngo seems to be working for a kimura but Black defends the submission attempt.
Black is trying to get back to full guard.
Ngo throwing shots but Black is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black pushes Ngo off looking to stand but Ngo dives back in and keeps control.
Ngo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Black with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ngo misses with a head shot. Black uses the momentum to regain guard.
Ngo trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ngo postures up.
Ngo forces his way into half guard.
Ngo working the head and body with strikes.
Black avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ngo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ngo winds up and cracks Black with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Ngo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Ngo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Black defends it well.
Black is looking to escape.
Black gets back to full guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ngo wants to pass the guard but Black is keeping the position.
Ngo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ngo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Henry Ngo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ngo trying to control but Black is working from the bottom.
Black looking to control.

Ngo drops back looking for a leg! Black is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Black manages to kick Ngo off! Ngo jumps back into Black's guard.
Ngo won't allow Black to sweep him here.
Ngo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Black working a defensive guard here.
Ngo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Black's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ngo trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Black has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Black looking for a sweep. Not yet Black, not yet.
Ngo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ngo wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Black misses with a jab, cross combination.
A cross from Black lands.
Black swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Ngo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Henry Ngo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Black throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ngo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Black defends it nicely.
Ngo tries to clinch up.
A big right from Black misses.
Black fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Black just misses with a punch to the body.
Black stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Black wants it to stay on the feet.
Black with a hook.
Black misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ngo throws a body punch but Black moves out of range.
Black misses with a series of wild punches.
Black slaps away a takedown attempt from Ngo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jack Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Ngo.
Black defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ngo.
Jack Black is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Black.

Ngo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Black is defending against the submission attempts here by Ngo.
Ngo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ngo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Black's head.
Black on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Black keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ngo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ngo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ngo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Black manages to get to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ngo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ngo landing with the ground and pound.
Ngo wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
Ngo is looking to work some ground and pound but Black has wrist control.
Ngo trying to control but Black is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ngo stopping the sweep attempt from Black.

Ngo drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ngo jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Black manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ngo manages to get himself to full guard.
Ngo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Black's guard.
Black is looking to stand up but Ngo isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ngo is pushing down on Black's leg trying to pass to half guard. Black is fighting to maintain full guard but Ngo has managed to sneak the leg through.
Black looks like he's trying to stand up.

Ngo is trying to work for a kimura but Black is defending well.
Ngo trying to control from half guard but Black is working away.
Black on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Ngo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Ngo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Black sees it coming and defends easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Ngo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ngo 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Ngo!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Henry Ngo waved his t-shirt featuring MMA ANIMAL's logo in front of the cameras.