PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamey Jasta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norris's entrance music is Harva meistä on rautaa. A fine choice. Jasta is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Smash Your Enemies. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Norris
vs
Jasta

180 cm
22
169 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

182 cm
21
178 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chuck Norris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamey Jasta!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Norris drives through with a takedown into guard.

Norris avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Norris tries to free his leg and advance position but Jasta is retaining full guard.

Norris drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Norris jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Jasta is trying to control the position but Norris postures up.
Norris trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jasta bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Norris's guard.
Jasta in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jasta won't allow Norris to sweep him here.

Jasta drops back looking for a leg! Norris is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Norris manages to kick Jasta off! Jasta jumps back into Norris's guard.
Jasta has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jasta missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jasta accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Norris is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jasta defends well.
Jasta wants to control from the top but Norris keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Norris working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Jasta has passed into half guard!
Norris is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jasta's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jasta's back!

Norris is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Norris is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Norris is trying to stick to Jasta's back but Jasta is turning into Norris. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Norris's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Jasta.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Norris is on top in guard.

Norris got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jasta has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Norris has managed to get both his arms back between Jasta's legs - danger averted.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Norris is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Jasta has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Norris is looking to defend but Jasta has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Norris! Jasta pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Norris taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jamey Jasta!
Jamey Jasta is the new welterweight champion!