PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bishop Rome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Black
vs
Rome

185 cm
23
200 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

190 cm
22
190 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Fast

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bishop Rome!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Rome counter with a right hand.
Black moves out of range of the strikes.
An inside leg kick from Black misses.
Black lands a jab.
Black misses with a series of wild punches.
Black misses the shot to the body.
Rome jabs at Black's body.
Rome slips a jab from Black.
Rome uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rome throws the left hand but Black avoids the punch easily.
Black is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rome sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Black closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rome did well to prevent Black getting side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Black missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Black not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Black thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
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.
Black wants to control but Rome is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rome is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Black scores with a couple of nice shots.
Black sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rome defending well though.
Black throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Black sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rome defending well though.
Black is thwarting Rome's attempts to control the position.
Black lands strikes from half guard.
Black thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rome's head.
Black throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rome blocking the ground and pound attempt from Black.
Rome is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Black scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Black scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Black throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rome taking some punishment here, with Black in his half guard.
Rome is looking to improve his position.
Black not doing much here.
Black throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ground and pound from Black.
Black missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black winds up and cracks Rome with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Black not doing much here.
Black working over Rome with some ground and pound. Rome looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Black not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Black winds up and cracks Rome with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Black seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Rome is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jack Black!
Jack Black decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.