PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henry Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxence Laurentian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black comes to the cage accompanied by Dr Dre - The Next Episode . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Black
vs
Laurentian

178 cm
29
182 lbs
17 - 5 - 1

177 cm
36
181 lbs
31 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henry Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maxence Laurentian!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Black slips a jab and a cross from Laurentian.
Laurentian misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laurentian. Black does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laurentian thows a left - swing and a miss!
Laurentian misses with a hook
and Black counters with a nice body kick.
Black scores with a hook to the body. Laurentian takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Laurentian throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Black.
Laurentian scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Black misses with a wild body shot.
Laurentian swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Black counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laurentian avoids a kick to the body.
Laurentian throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laurentian looks to score with a jab to the body but Black is just out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Laurentian.
Black throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laurentian. Black does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good leg kick by Black there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Black lands with a nice body punch.
Black scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laurentian throws the left hand but Black avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laurentian. Black does a little dance to reset his feet.
Black throws a quick inside leg kick.
Laurentian looks winded!
Laurentian missing with a left hand there. Black was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Laurentian throws an overhand right that lands on Black's shoulder, as Black tries to avoid the shot.
Black checks a low kick from Laurentian.
Black dodges the punch combination from Laurentian.
Black punishes Laurentian's body with a nice straight punch.
Black tries to clinch there but Laurentian circles away.
Laurentian misses with a looping left.
Black moves out of range as Laurentian strikes.
Laurentian lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Black circles away quickly and effectively.
Laurentian misses with a wild combination.
Black thuds his right hand into Laurentian's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Laurentian swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Black counters with a nice low kick that buckles Laurentian's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laurentian on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Black scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Laurentian doesn't seem bothered though.
Black lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Maxence Laurentian has been cut.

Black clinches with his opponent.
Laurentian prevents a body shot from Black.
Laurentian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black struggles to land a body shot inside as Laurentian controls his hands.
Black working aggressively here.
Black lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Black lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Black.
Black lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Laurentian or not.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Black.
Laurentian stalling in the clinch but Black improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black lands with a left to the head.
Laurentian wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Black has him pressed against the cage.
Black lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Laurentian backwards.
Laurentian looking to stall.
Black looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right from Black.
Black pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Laurentian avoids the elbow strike from Black, against the cage.
Laurentian tries to work over Black's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Black cracks Laurentian with a nice body shot.
Black utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Black lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laurentian backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Black scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hand to the body from Black.
Laurentian scores with a nice hook to the head.
Black working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Laurentian.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Laurentian has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Laurentian tries to circle away but Black has him pinned against the cage.
Black is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Laurentian prevents a body shot from Black.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Black lands a nice uppercut.
Black misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Black dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maxence Laurentian's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Black throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Black just misses with a punch to the body.
Maxence Laurentian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Black scores with a kick to the body.
Laurentian misses with a kick to the body.
Black moves out of range of the strikes.
Laurentian pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Black back to the cage. Laurentian follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Laurentian looks to land a combination but Black avoids it well.
Laurentian takes one to the side of the head.
Black lands a leg kick that knocks Laurentian off balance momentarily.
Laurentian slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Black lands a head kick!
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!
Laurentian takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Laurentian is rocked!
Black stuns Laurentian with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Laurentian is still on wobbly legs! Can Black finish him?
Black chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Black is looking to wear down Laurentian with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Laurentian is breathing heavily.
Black shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Laurentian takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Black sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Laurentian bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Henry Black!
In his post fight interview, Henry Black gave a big smile as he said 'Aint a man alive that can hang with Henry Black when Im on my game. Belie-dat.'.