PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marshal Van Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spud Pace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Black comes to the cage accompanied by Indestructible by Disturbed. Van Black is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Marshal Van Black could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Spud Pace's chin.

Van Black
vs
Pace

193 cm
22
245 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
22
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Primal Instinct Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marshal Van Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Spud Pace!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pace shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Van Black is breathing heavily.
Van Black swinging wilding here.
Pace tries to clinch there but Van Black circles away.
Pace lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Van Black backs up against the cage.

Pace moves into the clinch.
Pace looking to stall.
Pace is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Pace jumps into guard, dragging Van Black to the mat.
Van Black trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pace's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pace is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pace is pressing down on Van Black's thigh, looking to free his foot. Van Black is holding on for now.
Pace passes the guard and advances to mount!
Van Black on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Van Black tries to get out of the position.
Pace trying to control but Van Black is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Black throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Pace landing shots from mount.
Pace looking to finish Van Black with some ground and pound. This is bad for Van Black!
Pace wants to control the pace but Van Black is squirming around nicely.
Pace might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Van Black kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Pace has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pace is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Pace unloading with bombs!
Pace trying to control but Van Black is having none of it.
Pace sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pace lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Van Black hang on?

Pace looking for a guillotine from mount but Van Black is having none of it.
Pace scoring with strikes but Van Black is staying in there.
Pace tries to control but Van Black wriggling away.

Van Black somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Van Black swats away the attempt to clinch by Pace.
Pace moves in looking to clinch but Van Black pushes him off.
Van Black is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pace is looking to clinch.
Van Black stuffs the takedown attempt from Pace. Pace gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pace will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Marshal Van Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Spud Pace.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Black looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pace shoots in but no luck this time.
Pace looks to clinch

and Van Black counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pace is trying to stand back up but Van Black is controlling him
Pace trying to control but Van Black postures up.
Pace works his way to full guard. Good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Pace looking for a guillotine here but Van Black defends easily.
Pace controls Van Black momentarily but Van Black frees himself.
Pace has a closed guard, preventing Van Black from standing up.
Pace working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Black trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Van Black avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Black is looking to stand up but Pace won't let him.
Pace is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pace is pressing down on Van Black's thigh, looking to free his foot. Van Black is holding on for now.
Van Black is trying to stand up here but Pace is controlling him well.
Pace is looking to take a break and control but Van Black is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pace blocks the strikes from Van Black.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pace is trying to control the action in half guard but Van Black is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Pace stands up out of the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spud Pace dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pace fails with the takedown.
Pace shoots in but Van Black avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pace shoots in but Van Black avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Marshal Van Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Spud Pace.
Van Black wants to clinch.
Pace shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Van Black but Van Black pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Van Black thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pace fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pace fails to land the takedown.
Pace misses with a kick to the body.
Van Black loads up on a big right hand but Pace slips the punch.
An inside leg kick from Pace misses.
Pace tries to clinch up but Van Black circles away and keeps his distance.
Pace looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pace is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Black tries to clinch but Pace moves out of range.
Pace rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Black moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pace lands a nice looking kick to the body. Van Black takes a step back to recover.
Van Black shoots in and drives through. Pace sprawls well.
Pace fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Van Black looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Van Black is thwarting Pace's attempts to control the position.
Pace moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Pace keeping full guard, as Van Black tries to pass.
Pace not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pace bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Van Black's guard.
Pace wants to control from the top but Van Black keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pace won't allow Van Black to get back to his feet.
Pace trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pace prevents Van Black from getting back to his feet.
Van Black keeping moving, preventing Pace from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Van Black throws out a loose jab but Pace uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pace tries to clinch but Van Black moves out of range.
Pace is looking to clinch but Van Black is avoiding it.
Pace shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Van Black but Van Black pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Van Black wants to clinch up but Pace keeps it at a distance.

Pace rushes Van Black and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pace has had enough of the clinch but Van Black keeps him there for the moment.

Van Black breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marshal Van Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pace clinches with his opponent.

Van Black breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pace moves in looking to clinch but Van Black pushes him off.

Van Black shoots in and bounces Pace off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Van Black wanted to stand there but Pace had control of the position.
Van Black knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pace on the ground.

Pace is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Pace is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Van Black wanted to stand there but Pace had control of the position.
Pace trying to keep a closed guard but Van Black is proving a slippery customer.
Pace keeping full guard, as Van Black tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pace has a closed guard, preventing Van Black from standing up.
Pace manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Van Black is squirming around, avoiding Pace's attempts to control the action.
Van Black working to try and regain half guard.
Van Black is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Van Black working to try and regain half guard.

Pace is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Van Black is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Spud Pace!