PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hamood Hallak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Black
vs
Hallak

193 cm
27
207 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

184 cm
21
223 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hamood Hallak!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black shoots in for a takedown but Hallak shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Black doesn't manage to clinch there - Hallak circles away.
Black doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hallak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hallak tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hallak scores with a crisp jab that stopped Black in his tracks.
Horrible takedown by Black or perhaps it was just good defense by Hallak which made him look bad.
Hallak fails with the takedown.
Black closes the distance and clinches up with Hallak, looking for a takedown. Black pushes Hallak against the cage but Hallak circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Black. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hallak moves in looking to clinch but Black pushes him off.
Hallak thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hallak misses with a looping left.
Hallak steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Black.
Black feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hallaks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black misses with a double jab
and Hallak counters with a left to the body.
Hallak looks to land a combination but Black avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hallak cracks Black with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Jack Black has been cut.
Hallak moves away from the strike by Black.
Hallak tries to land a leg kick but Black saw it coming and moves away.
Hamood Hallak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch lands to the side of Black 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Black shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hallak pinned against the cage. Hallak gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Black throws a right and a left that Hallak avoids nicely.
Black with a poor takedown
letting Hallak counter with a right hand.

Hallak drives through with a takedown into Black's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hallak trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hallak stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Black swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Black is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hallak slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Hamood Hallak.
Hallak swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hallak takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sloppy strikes from Hallak. Those never looked like landing.
Hallak scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Black fails with a takedown attempt.
Hallak pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hallak keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hallak connects with a crisp jab.

Black is rocked!
Hallak ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Black's jaw. Black's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Hallak does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hamood Hallak!
Hamood Hallak thanked the fans post fight for their support.