PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Araujo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Araujo
vs
Norris

186 cm
19
203 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
185 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rickson Araujo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chuck Norris!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norris missing with a left hand there. Araujo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Norris throws a head kick but Araujo moves out of range.
Norris misses with a body kick.
Norris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Araujo.
Norris misses with a low kick.
Norris misses with a few strikes there.
Norris takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Norris throws a lazy head kick
and Araujo counters with a head kick.
Norris closes the distance looking to clinch
and Araujo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Norris thinking.
Norris throws a head kick that misses

and Araujo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Norris manages to break the clinch.
Norris looks to clinch
and Araujo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Norris is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Norris with a poor takedown
and Araujo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Araujo closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Araujo throws an elbow that misses.
Norris blocks an elbow strike from Araujo.
Norris avoiding damage as Araujo throws knees to the body.
Norris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Araujo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Norris's brow.
Araujo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Araujo has Norris pressed against the cage, preventing Norris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Norris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Araujo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Norris throws a lazy body kick
and Araujo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Araujo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Norris wants to clinch up but Araujo keeps it at a distance.
Norris throws a head kick that misses
and Araujo counters with a stiff right hand.
A combination from Norris does no damage.
Norris tries to clinch up

and Araujo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Araujo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A body shot lands from Araujo.
Norris looks gassed!
Araujo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Norris's face.
Araujo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Norris creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Norris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Norris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Araujo.
Araujo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Araujo tries to land a knee to the head but Norris blocks with his arms.
Norris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Araujo connects with a knee to the head.
Norris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Norris tries to circle away but Araujo has him pinned against the cage.

Araujo manages to break the clinch.
Araujo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Norris throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Araujo to counter with a crisp jab.
Araujo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Norris throws a lazy head kick
and Araujo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Norris is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Norris misses
and Araujo counters with a low kick, right behind Norris 's knee.

Araujo forces Norris back against the cage and clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Araujo.
Norris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Norris avoids a wild elbow strike from Araujo.
A short body shot lands from Araujo as the two fighters clinch.
Araujo throws an elbow but it misses.
Norris takes a knee right on the jaw!

Araujo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Araujo swinging wilding here.
Araujo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick by Norris misses
and Araujo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A head kick misses from Araujo.
Norris misses with a leg kick
and Araujo counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Araujo lands a high kick!
Araujo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Araujo scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick by Norris misses
and Araujo counters with a good low kick that Norris was not able to check.
Araujo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Araujo lands a jab to Norris's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Araujo throws a head kick that misses.
Norris avoids a punch combination nicely.

Araujo darts in and clinches Norris up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Norris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Araujo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Araujo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Araujo breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rickson Araujo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Araujo clinches.
Norris tries to break the clinch but Araujo is controlling the position.
Norris has had enough of the clinch but Araujo keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Araujo fails to land.
Araujo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Araujo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Norris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Norris tries to clinch

and Araujo counters by moving into the clinch.
Norris pushes off an throws an elbow but Araujo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Norris blocks an elbow strike.
Norris is trying to break the clinch but Araujo is controlling him.
Araujo looking to throw knees to the head but Norris is blocking nicely.
Araujo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Araujo swings wildly with an uppercut but Norris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Norris avoids a wild elbow strike from Araujo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norris tries to break the clinch but Araujo is controlling the position.
Norris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Norris tries to break free but Araujo pushes him back against the cage.
Araujo keeps control of Norris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Norris is breathing heavily.
Norris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Araujo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Norris fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Araujo keeps control of Norris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Norris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Norris looks to land a right hand but Araujo moved out of range.
Norris misses with a combination
and Araujo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Norris is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Norris throws a lazy head kick
and Araujo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Araujo lands a head kick!

Araujo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Norris blocks the elbow strike.
Araujo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Norris.
Norris wants to break free but Araujo has control.
Araujo tries to land a knee to the head but Norris blocks with his arms.

Norris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Norris connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris thows a body kick. Araujo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Norris is looking to clinch but Araujo is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Araujo.
Araujo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Norris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A lazy body kick from Norris
and Araujo counters with a body kick that stops Norris in his tracks momentarily.
A left and a right from Norris both land. Nice combination.
Araujo throws a series of strikes that have Norris backpedaling.
Norris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Araujo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Norris throws a head kick that misses
and Araujo counters with a three punch combo that has Norris backing up. Norris nods at Araujo to acknowledge the strikes.

Araujo has closed the distance and engaged Norris in a clinch.
Araujo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris is trying to force a seperation but Araujo has the dominant position.
Araujo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Norris looking for a takedown.
Rickson Araujo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuck Norris.
Araujo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Araujo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Norris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Norris looking to stall.
Norris blocks the elbow strike.
Araujo tries a knee to the head but Norris blocks it.
Araujo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Norris breaks the clinch.
Norris throws a sloppy head kick
and Araujo counters with a series of strikes. Norris will be more careful next time no doubt.
Araujo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Norris throws a head kick that misses
and Araujo counters with a big head kick but Norris shrugs it off.
Norris has a takedown stuffed.
Araujo scores with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A head kick by Norris misses
and Araujo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rickson Araujo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Norris blocks a head kick by Araujo.
Araujo throws a nice head kick!
Norris misses with a hook.
Norris misses with a straight left.
Araujo misses with a head kick.
Norris throws a sloppy head kick
and Araujo counters with a head kick.
Norris ducks right into an uppercut from Araujo.
Norris throws a lazy head kick
and Araujo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Norris avoids the head kick by Araujo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rickson Araujo dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Norris swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Araujo counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Norris throws a lazy head kick
and Araujo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Norris is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Norris throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Araujo counters with a head kick. That will keep Norris thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Norris throws a head kick that misses
and Araujo counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Norris throws a combination that misses
and Araujo counters with a big head kick but Norris shrugs it off.
Araujo stuffs the takedown attempt from Norris. Norris gets slowly back to his feet.
Horrible takedown by Norris or perhaps it was just good defense by Araujo which made him look bad.
Norris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Norris is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Araujo.
Araujo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Araujo throws a head kick that misses.
Araujo throws a head kick but Norris moves out of range.

Araujo closes the distance and pushes Norris back into the cage.
Araujo throws an elbow that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Norris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Norris tries to pull guard but Araujo holds him up against the cage and eventually Norris drops back down to his feet.
Rickson Araujo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuck Norris.
Araujo lands with a left to the head.
Araujo throws an elbow but it misses.
Norris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Araujo misses with a knee to the head.
Araujo prevents Norris from breaking the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Araujo.
Araujo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Araujo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Norris.
Araujo misses with a knee to the head.
Araujo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Norris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Norris avoids the elbow strike from Araujo, against the cage.
Norris takes a shot to the head.
Araujo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Araujo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Norris can't break the clinch.
Araujo has a couple of punches blocked by Norris.
Norris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Araujo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Norris working hard to break the clinch.
Araujo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Araujo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Norris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Araujo fails to land.
Araujo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Norris misses with an elbow strike.

Norris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Araujo tries a head kick but it misses.
Norris takes one to the side of the head.
Norris looks to throw the jab but Araujo is out of range.
Norris misses with a double jab
and Araujo counters with a head kick. That will keep Norris thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Araujo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Norris misses with a double jab
and Araujo counters with a thumping low kick.
Araujo scores with a leg kick.
Norris tries to clinch
and Araujo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Araujo throws a head kick that misses.
Norris misses with a combination
and Araujo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rickson Araujo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Araujo pushes Norris away with a front kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Araujo, right into the meat.
Norris takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Araujo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Norris can do to turn this around?
A thudding body kick lands there by Araujo!
A nice leg kick lands there from Araujo.
Araujo doesn't manage to clinch there - Norris circles away.
Araujo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Norris.
Rickson Araujo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Norris takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Norris wants to clinch
and Araujo counters with a one-two to the body.
Norris throws a combination that misses
and Araujo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Norris swats away the attempt to clinch by Araujo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rickson Araujo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Araujo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rickson Araujo!