PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mihawk Montblanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Montblanc comes to the cage accompanied by Through The Looking Glass. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Montblanc
vs
Black

189 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mihawk Montblanc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Black!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Montblanc.
Black tries to bum rush Montblanc with a series of wild strikes but Montblanc uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Montblanc shoots in for a double leg but Black sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jack Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Montblanc shoots for a double leg takedown but Black sprawls well. He's pushed Montblanc's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mihawk Montblanc. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A combination from Black does no damage.
Black fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Montblanc shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Black tries to improve his position but instead Montblanc has taken his back!
Black is trying to get back to his feet but Montblanc has full control of the position and if anything, Black has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Montblanc lands shots from the back.
Montblanc has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Montblanc is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Black has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Black looking very determined here, making life difficult for Montblanc.
Montblanc keeps control of the position as Black tries to break free.
Black breaks Montblanc's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black wants to stand but Montblanc is controlling his posture from full guard.
Black throws and elbow that misses. Montblanc uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Black's guard. Nice move by Montblanc!
Montblanc advances position into side control!
Black manages to get back to half guard.
Black is looking to improve his position.
Black looks gassed!
Montblanc passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Black!
Montblanc forces the positional change into back control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black tries to escape but Montblanc has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Montblanc lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Black.
Montblanc lands punches and elbows.
Black prevents Montblanc from getting a body triangle.

Montblanc working for the choke.
Black wants to escape the position.

Montblanc has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Black has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black tries to roll but Montblanc sticks to his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black is trapped and Montblanc is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Black tries to break free.
Black breaks Montblanc's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Montblanc utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Montblanc working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Black doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Black manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Black would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Black throws a combination. Montblanc tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Montblanc shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Black pinned against the cage. Black gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Montblanc avoids a punch combination nicely.

Montblanc closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Black is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Montblanc is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Black is desperately trying to improve his position but Montblanc has a good base and remains in mount.
Black looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Black is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mihawk Montblanc dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Montblanc fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Montblanc fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Black misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Montblanc closes this distance looking for a takedown but Black circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mihawk Montblanc. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Black misses with a jab, cross combination.
Black misses with a wild combination.
Black throws a right and a left that Montblanc avoids nicely.
Montblanc has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Black tries to bum rush Montblanc with a series of wild strikes but Montblanc uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Montblanc shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Black will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montblanc trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Black wants to sweep but no luck.
Black striking off his back but it's not causing Montblanc any problems.
Black can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Montblanc controls the pace.
Montblanc passes into half guard.
Black is looking to get back to full guard here but Montblanc has managed to pass to side control instead.
Montblanc postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Black looks a forlorn figure.
Montblanc trying to control but Black is having none of it.
Black really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Montblanc. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Black is trying to stand.

That's two 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 punches from his back. He's mounted here but still fighting back.
Black is working to get back to half guard.

Black has left one of his arms exposed and Montblanc doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Black screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mihawk Montblanc!