PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Les Norton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norton comes into the arena with Land downunder - Men at work blaring out of the sound system. Barnes is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. Les Norton could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brock Barnes's chin.

Norton
vs
Barnes

192 cm
25
275 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
260 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Les Norton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brock Barnes!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Norton scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barnes doesn't seem bothered though.
Norton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barnes throws a body punch but Norton moves out of range.
Norton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Norton defending well as Barnes loads up on a big left hand.
Norton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barnes moves in looking to clinch but Norton pushes him off.
Norton slips under a jab from Barnes.
Norton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Barnes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Norton slips a straight right by Barnes.
Barnes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barnes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brock Barnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Norton ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Barnes misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Norton.
Barnes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Barnes on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Brock Barnes has been cut.
Norton swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Norton takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Norton needs to keep his hands up - Barnes had a free shot at his head there.
Norton throws a right hand that Barnes ducks under and follows up with a left that Barnes also avoids with ease.
Norton throws a right and a left that Barnes avoids nicely.
Barnes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Norton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barnes.
Norton cracks Barnes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Norton swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Norton throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Norton is looking to wear down Barnes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Norton misses with a body shot.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Norton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a sloppy body shot
and Norton counters with a series of strikes. Barnes will be more careful next time no doubt.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses.
Barnes tries to score with a low kick but Norton moves his leg out of the way.
Norton throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
Sloppy strikes from Norton. Those never looked like landing.
Barnes stuffs the takedown.
Norton connects with a body shot that sends Barnes's belly button to the back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Norton. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Norton swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Barnes counters with an outside leg kick.
A lazy left from Norton finds it's target.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Norton was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Barnes swings widly with a right hand
and Norton counters with a big right hand! Oh Barnes is in trouble here! Norton follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Les Norton!