PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Story (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julius Story has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Black
vs
Story

185 cm
19
215 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

193 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

EFC Clothing

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julius Story!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Black misses with a straight right.
Jab by Black.
Black lands a lovely overhand right.
Black throws a head kick but Story moves out of range.
Black lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Story misses with the combination.
Story looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Black forces Story back against the cage and clinches.
Black lands a shot to the body.
Black lands a body punch.
Black softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Black lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Story is trying to maintain a safe position but Black gets an underhook and turns Story into the cage.
Black scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black lands a body punch in the clinch.
Black lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Story.
Story looking to stall.
Black just leaning against Story, taking a breather.
Black lands with a right to the head.
Story will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Black up against the cage.
Black lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Black on the inside.
Black scores with a shot to the side of Story's head.
Black just leaning against Story, taking a breather.
Stalling in the clinch from Story.
Still in the clinch, Black scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Black on the inside.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Black scores with a nice short uppercut.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Black works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Story is trying to maintain a safe position but Black gets an underhook and turns Story into the cage.
Black pushes Story back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Black is pushing Story up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Black putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Story in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Story looks gassed!
Black lands a left hand that snaps the head of Story backwards.
Black has Story pushed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Black.
A left hand lands to the body for Black.
Black stalling the fight.
Story misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Black creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Black lands a body punch in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Black scores with a shoulder strike.
Black pushes Story back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Black - that landed with a thud.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Black lands a body punch.
Story struggles to land a body shot inside as Black controls his hands.
Story blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Black lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Black working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Story is looking to control Black's arms but Black gets an underhook and turns him. Now Story has his back to the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Black just misses with a elbow thrown towards Story's brow.
Story looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Black throws a left and a right that both miss
and Story counters with a straight right hand.
Story tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Black was well out of range. Poor timing from Story.
Story falls off balance throwing a combination
and Black counters with a right hand to the body.
Black with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Black drives through and clinches with Story against the cage.
Black lands a good knee to the midsection. Story won't want to take too many of those.
Story looking to stall.
Black lands a shot to the body.
Black lands a hook that snaps the head of Story backwards.
Story is breathing heavily.
Black working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Black.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Black.
Black lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Black.
Black throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Black holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Black lands with a right to the head.
Story takes a knee to the side of the body.
Black effectively controlling the action here.
Black throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Black.
Story looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice left hand lands by Black.
Black presses Story against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Story is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Black.
Black lands a nice knee to the body.
Black scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Black lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Black scores with a shoulder strike.
Black lands with a right to the head.
Black is working Story over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Black creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Black stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Black.
Black is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Black presses Story against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Black lands a body shot in the clinch.
Black working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Black throws an elbow but it misses.
Nice body punch from Black - that landed with a thud.
A hook to the body from Black.
Black content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Black.
A right hook to the body lands for Black.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Story blocks with his arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Black.
Black pushes Story back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Black lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Black lands a left hand that snaps the head of Story backwards.
Black is struggling to control the position.
Black lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short body shot lands from Black as the two fighters clinch.
Black lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Black.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Black dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Black.
Black's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Black duly obliges.
Black doesn't manage to clinch there - Story circles away.

Black moves into the clinch successfully.
Black stalling against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Black.
Black works on Story's body with a couple of short punches.
Story takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Story breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Story takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Black tries to clinch but Story is having none of it.
Black fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Story misses with a head kick.
Story missing with a left hand there. Black was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Black is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Story can do to turn this around?
Black throws a right hand that Story ducks under and follows up with a left that Story also avoids with ease.

Black clinches.
Story takes a knee right on the jaw!
Black scores with a nice hook to the head.
Black makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Black throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Black pushes Story back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Black lands a nice uppercut.
Black slows down the pace here.
Nice body punch from Black - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Story backwards.
Story trying to control the position but instead, Black has worked for underhooks and has pushed Story into the cage.
Black throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Storys head.
Black lands a shoulder strike.
Black lands with a light punch inside.
Story tries to break free but Black pushes him back against the cage.
Black leaning against his opponent.
Black pushes Story back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Story working hard to break the clinch.
Black stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Black just leaning against Story, taking a breather.
Black lands a body punch.
Black lands a nice shot to the body.
A short body shot lands from Black as the two fighters clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Black.
Julius Story has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A body shot lands from Black.
Black lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Black.
A body shot lands from Black.
Black digs a right hand into Story's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Story's gas tank.
Mike Black is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Black displaying some good clinch control by pressing Story up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black lands with a left to the head.
Mike Black has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Black lands a body shot in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Black showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Black has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

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