PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ima Punchon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Punchon
vs
Black

182 cm
22
187 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
200 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Blood Bank ($10)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ima Punchon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Black!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punchon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
No joy there for Punchon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Left hook, right uppercut from Punchon.

It looks like Jack Black has been cut.
Black uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Punchon throws a series of punches but Black moves out of range.
Punchon scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Black misses with a jab, cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Black takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Black stuffs the takedown attempt from Punchon. Punchon gets slowly back to his feet.
Black leaves Punchon with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Punchon slips a jab from Black.
Punchon ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Punchon misses with a two punch combination.
Black closes the distance and clinches up with Punchon, looking for a takedown. Black pushes Punchon against the cage but Punchon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Black looks to throw the jab but Punchon is out of range.

Black drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Punchon wants to stand but Black is controlling the position.
Black postures up in Punchon's guard and throws a big left but Punchon blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Punchon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Black cracks Punchon with a solid left hand.
Black is looking to work some ground and pound but Punchon has wrist control.
Black throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Punchon on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Punchon tries to get out of the position.
Black landing with the ground and pound.
Punchon keeping moving, preventing Black from controlling successfully.
Black trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Punchon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Black slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Black fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Black lands a nice forearm strike.
Punchon knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Black on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Punchon some visible discomfort.
Punchon managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Black.
Black scoring with punches from side control.
Black lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Black working the head and body with strikes.
Black working the head with strikes.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Black tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Punchon struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punchon is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Black is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Punchon is looking for a sweep.

Black working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Punchon takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Black scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Punchon to see if he's OK.
Black in side control lands a decent elbow.
Black has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Punchon dodges the ground and pound from Black.
Black connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Punchon some visible discomfort.

Punchon is rocked!
Black working the ground and pound.
Oh Punchon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Punchon takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Black in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Punchon looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Black turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Black!
Jack Black seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.