PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Norman Bates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Garcia Qwendolyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bates's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Go Into The Water - Dethklok. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Bates
vs
Qwendolyn

188 cm
20
210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
20
215 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Norman Bates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Garcia Qwendolyn!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Qwendolyn tries to clinch up but Bates circles away and keeps his distance.

Qwendolyn moves into the clinch.
Bates misses with an elbow strike.
Bates throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Qwendolyn looking to throw knees to the head but Bates is blocking nicely.
Bates working aggressively here.
Qwendolyn tries to pull guard but Bates won't allow it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bates creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Qwendolyn has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Bates uses from the top position.
Bates tries to free his leg and advance position but Qwendolyn is retaining full guard.
Bates stops Qwendolyn from standing up.
Qwendolyn keeping moving, preventing Bates from controlling successfully.
Bates content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Qwendolyn is wriggling around but Bates manages to pass to half guard.
Qwendolyn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bates.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Qwendolyn is trying to stand.
Bates missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bates thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bates not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bates is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Qwendolyn kicks Bates off and gets back to his feet.
Qwendolyn looks gassed!
Qwendolyn fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Bates closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bates.
Bates misses with an elbow strike.
Qwendolyn tries to score a body lock takedown but Bates shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Norman Bates has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Garcia Qwendolyn.
Qwendolyn blocks an elbow strike from Bates.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bates blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bates misses with an elbow over the top.
Bates dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bates lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Garcia Qwendolyn has been cut.
Bates is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Qwendolyn is defending well for now.
Bates misses with an elbow over the top.
Bates utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bates lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bates.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bates unloads a knee to the mid-section. Qwendolyn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bates utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Qwendolyn misses with a punch on the inside.
Bates using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bates lands an elbow just above Qwendolyn 's eye.
Bates with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bates gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bates comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bates landing knees to the head.
Bates lands a nice elbow.
Bates lands an elbow inside.
Bates looking to throw knees to the head but Qwendolyn is blocking nicely.
Qwendolyn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bates is defending well for now.
Bates lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bates lands an elbow just above Qwendolyn 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bates lands an elbow inside that Qwendolyn shrugs off.
Bates landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Qwendolyn takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bates gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bates misses with an elbow strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bates.
Qwendolyn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bates connects with a nasty looking knee right to Qwendolyn's face.
Bates is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Qwendolyn jumps guard but Bates stands there with Qwendolyn around his waist. Qwendolyn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Qwendolyn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Qwendolyn has a couple of punches blocked by Bates.
Bates throws an elbow that misses.
Bates tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Bates.
Bates lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Qwendolyn dodges an elbow strike from Bates.
Qwendolyn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Qwendolyn lands a shoulder strike.
Qwendolyn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Batess head.
Qwendolyn jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bates walks away with a smile on his face. Qwendolyn gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bates tries to clinch there but Qwendolyn circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bates buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bates tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Qwendolyn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bates keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bates lands a with a good body shot.
Bates throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Qwendolyn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bates is looking to clinch.
Qwendolyn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bates throws a head kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bates is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bates tries to clinch up.
A shot to de liver by Bates. Beautiful body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norman Bates dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Garcia Qwendolyn's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bates tries to clinch but Qwendolyn is having none of it.
Nice cross by Bates.

Bates darts in and clinches Qwendolyn up against the cage.
Qwendolyn misses with an elbow over the top.
Bates pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bates trying to land knees to the body.
Qwendolyn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bates looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bates lands a nice elbow.
Bates lands a knee to the body.
Bates scores a nice knee to the body.
Qwendolyn blocks an elbow strike.
Bates landing knees to the body.
Qwendolyn takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bates creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Qwendolyn's defenses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bates.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Qwendolyn takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bates.
Bates lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bates scores a nice knee to the body.
Norman Bates has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bates lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bates misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Qwendolyn takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Qwendolyn jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bates walks away with a smile on his face. Qwendolyn gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Bates has Qwendolyn up against the cage in a clinch.
Bates lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bates throws an elbow but misses.
Bates lands a damaging elbow.
Bates lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bates lands an elbow inside that Qwendolyn shrugs off.
Bates gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Qwendolyn is rocked!
Bates lands a nice knee to the body.
Qwendolyn is still on wobbly legs! Can Bates finish him?
Nice elbow from Bates.
Bates lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Bates.
Bates creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Qwendolyn's defenses.
Qwendolyn takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bates effectively controlling the action here.
Bates lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bates unloads a knee to the mid-section. Qwendolyn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Qwendolyn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bates smiles and moves away.

Bates fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Qwendolyn, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bates lands an elbow that stopped Qwendolyn in his tracks for a moment.
Bates will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Qwendolyn up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bates.
Bates lands an elbow that stopped Qwendolyn in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Bates.
Qwendolyn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bates lands an elbow inside.
Bates landing knees to the head.
clinched against the cage, Bates lands a big elbow that drops Qwendolyn! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Qwendolyn is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Norman Bates!