PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyrian Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cyrian Black has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bruce Black's chin.

Black
vs
Black

195 cm
24
165 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

172 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cyrian Black!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cyrian Black throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bruce Black moves out of range as Cyrian Black strikes.
Cyrian Black looks to land a combination but Bruce Black avoids it well.
A nice combination there by Cyrian Black.
Bruce Black throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cyrian Black misses with a combination

so Bruce Black counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Bruce Black thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bruce Black distracts Cyrian Black with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bruce Black stands and throws Cyrian Black's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Cyrian Black takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bruce Black lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruce Black takes a little break here. Cyrian Black wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bruce Black working the head with strikes.
Bruce Black will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bruce Black working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cyrian Black throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Bruce Black lands a few punches from side control.
Bruce Black moves into full mount!
Cyrian Black slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Cyrian Black taking some punishment here, with Bruce Black in his half guard.
Bruce Black seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Bruce Black winds up and cracks Cyrian Black with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bruce Black winds up and cracks Cyrian Black with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bruce Black tries to pass to full mount but Cyrian Black defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cyrian Black punching from the bottom.
Bruce Black is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cyrian Black gets back to full guard.
Bruce Black scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce Black throwing strikes but missing.
Cyrian Black wants to sweep here but Bruce Black controlling him for the moment.
Bruce Black really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cyrian Black will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Bruce Black bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bruce Black is breathing heavily.

Bruce Black thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Cyrian Black tries to improve position but can't.
Cyrian Black is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cyrian Black manages to get back to half guard.

Bruce Black is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Cyrian Black tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Cyrian Black punching from the bottom.
Bruce Black blocks the strikes from Cyrian Black.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bruce Black is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cyrian Black dips to his left and cracks Bruce Black with an uppercut!
Cyrian Black throws out a loose jab but Bruce Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bruce Black.
Cyrian Black throws out a loose jab but Bruce Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cyrian Black stuns Bruce Black with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bruce Black keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cyrian Black.
Cyrian Black misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cyrian Black lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cyrian Black misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cyrian Black misses with a double jab

and Bruce Black counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Cyrian Black!
Bruce Black connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cyrian Black keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bruce Black with good strikes from the mount here!
Bruce Black scoring with strikes but Cyrian Black is staying in there.
Cyrian Black is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bruce Black trying to control but Cyrian Black is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bruce Black landing strikes from the mount.
Cyrian Black keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Black dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cyrian Black swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Bruce Black holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Bruce Black pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Cyrian Black gets caught flat footed, as Bruce Black shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bruce Black overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bruce Black keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cyrian Black's head.
Bruce Black connects with a couple of short punches.
Bruce Black keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cyrian Black's head.
Bruce Black cracks Cyrian Black with a solid left hand.
Cyrian Black trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Bruce Black lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cyrian Black throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Bruce Black trying to control the position from guard on top but Cyrian Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cyrian Black jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bruce Black uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cyrian Black.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bruce Black takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A swing and a miss from Cyrian Black.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce Black uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cyrian Black.
Nice jab there from Cyrian Black.
Cyrian Black swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Bruce Black counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Cyrian Black gets back to full guard.
Cyrian Black tries to strike from the bottom.
Bruce Black landing some decent shots from guard.
Bruce Black throws a big right hand that misses.
Cyrian Black keeping moving, preventing Bruce Black from controlling successfully.
Bruce Black preventing the sweep.
Bruce Black is stalling in the full guard.
Bruce Black postures up and lands a big shot to Cyrian Black's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce Black postures up in Cyrian Black's guard and throws a big left but Cyrian Black blocks it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bruce Black ducks under a wild hook from Cyrian Black.
Cyrian Black lands with a nice body punch.
Cyrian Black misses with a hook to the body

and Bruce Black counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Cyrian Black on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cyrian Black wants to get back to full guard.
Cyrian Black manages to get to full guard.
Bruce Black scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cyrian Black thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Cyrian Black throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bruce Black not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cyrian Black keeping moving, preventing Bruce Black from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce Black won't allow Cyrian Black to get back to his feet.
Cyrian Black trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Bruce Black 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.
Cyrian Black keeping moving, preventing Bruce Black from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cyrian Black throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cyrian Black throws a jab when Bruce Black was well out of range.

Bruce Black bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bruce Black grinds an elbow into Cyrian Black's temple.
Bruce Black in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Bruce Black tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bruce Black has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cyrian Black misses with a strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bruce Black looks up at the clock and then as Cyrian Black takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bruce Black smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Bruce Black trying to control the position but Cyrian Black is working away.
Cyrian Black throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Bruce Black scores with punches from side control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bruce Black defending well as Cyrian Black loads up on a big left hand.
Cyrian Black misses with a double jab.
Cyrian Black misses with a looping left.
Bruce Black misses with a few strikes there.

Bruce Black closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bruce Black working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Cyrian Black tries to improve position but can't.
Cyrian Black taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bruce Black lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Cyrian Black down.
Cyrian Black is not content to let Bruce Black control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Black dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Left hook, right uppercut from Cyrian Black.
Cyrian Black looks to land a left hand but Bruce Black moved out of range nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bruce Black is working for takedown but Cyrian Black is calmly controlling the position for now.

Bruce Black has clasped his hands together around Cyrian Black's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Cyrian Black is trying to get back to half guard.
Cyrian Black sneaks back into half guard.
Cyrian Black flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bruce Black is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bruce Black is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Cyrian Black punching from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cyrian Black is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bruce Black takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bruce Black lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Cyrian Black misses with a combination

and Bruce Black decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cyrian Black's guard.
Bruce Black working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bruce Black trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bruce Black sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bruce Black wants to pass the guard but Cyrian Black is keeping the position.
Cyrian Black punching from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cyrian Black wants to sweep here but Bruce Black controlling him for the moment.
Bruce Black distracts Cyrian Black with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bruce Black controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cyrian Black throws a jab but it's blocked by Bruce Black.
Cyrian Black misses with a shot to the body

and Bruce Black counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Cyrian Black's guard now.
Bruce Black works over Cyrian Black with some ground and pound from guard.
Cyrian Black throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bruce Black's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cyrian Black throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Bruce Black is pushing down on Cyrian Black's leg trying to pass to half guard. Cyrian Black is fighting to maintain full guard but Bruce Black has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cyrian Black is refusing to be controlled, as Bruce Black sits in half guard.

Bruce Black seems to be looking for submissions.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cyrian Black showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bruce Black.
Bruce Black defending well as Cyrian Black loads up on a big left hand.
Cyrian Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cyrian Black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bruce Black.

Bruce Black decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cyrian Black wants to get back to full guard.
Bruce Black looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cyrian Black with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four 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.
Bruce Black throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cyrian Black is trying to stand up here but Bruce Black is controlling him well.
Cyrian Black is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bruce Black scores with a couple of nice shots.
Cyrian Black is trying to stand.
Bruce Black working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bruce Black lands a nice short elbow.
Bruce Black is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Cyrian Black looks to land a combination. Bruce Black sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bruce Black lands with a slapping head kick.
Bruce Black on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cyrian Black swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cyrian Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bruce Black blocks a jab.
Cyrian Black misses with a two punch combination.
Bruce Black moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Bruce Black feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Black showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bruce Black, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Black!