PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Norton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Keynes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keynes has chosen Concerto for Four Violins in B minor as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Norton
vs
Keynes

186 cm
25
216 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

185 cm
27
209 lbs
22 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
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Hellbent - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taylor Norton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Keynes!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keynes swings for the body but Norton moves out of range.
Norton scores with the left hand. Keynes knows he should have avoided that one.
Norton lands a body shot.
Keynes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Keynes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Norton.
Keynes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Keynes is looking to slow Norton down with leg kicks.
Keynes throws a head kick that misses.
Nice straight punches there by Keynes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Keynes.
Norton throws a series of punches but Keynes avoids them all with ease.
Keynes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Norton connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Keynes scrambles back to his feet.
Norton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - Keynes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Norton misses with the combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch lands to the side of Norton 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Keynes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Norton was well out of range. Poor timing from Keynes.
Keynes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Norton was well out of range. Poor timing from Keynes.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Keynes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Norton has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Norton and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Keynes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Norton. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Norton.
A swing and a miss from Keynes.
Keynes takes a swing at Norton's ribcage but misses.
Norton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Norton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Keynes.
Keynes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Norton lands a glancing blow to the side of Keynes's head.
Keynes swings for the body but Norton moves out of range.
Keynes takes one on the button.
Keynes throws an off balance right hand
and Norton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Norton throws a lazy right hand but Keynes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Norton throws the left hand but Keynes avoids the punch easily.
Norton loads up on a big right hand but Keynes slips the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keynes slips under a jab from Norton.
Norton throws a head kick but Keynes moves out of range.
Keynes throws a leg kick but Norton sees it coming and moves out of range.
Norton misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norton avoids the body shot from Keynes.
Norton misses with a body punch
and Keynes counters with a nice leg kick.
Norton throws a hook but Keynes blocks it.
Norton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Norton checks a leg kick nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Norton.
Keynes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Taylor Norton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Norton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Norton blocks the body kick.
John Keynes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keynes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Norton's sensitive parts.
Keynes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Norton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Keynes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Norton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Keynes lands with a thumping leg kick.

Norton moves into the clinch.
Keynes lands a nice uppercut.
Norton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Keynes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keynes has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Norton after a bit of a struggle.
Keynes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Norton throws a punch but it's blocked by Keynes.
Norton misses with an elbow over the top.
Norton working aggressively here.
Norton missing with knees to the body.
Norton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Norton misses with some punches.
Norton struggles to land a body shot inside as Keynes controls his hands.

Keynes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crunch! Keynes slams his shin into Norton's torso.
Keynes lands a slapping body shot.
Norton throws a jab when Keynes was well out of range.
Keynes checks a leg kick.
Norton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keynes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keynes scores with a jab.
Norton throws a right and a left that Keynes avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keynes cracks the inside of Norton's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keynes lands with a slapping head kick.
Keynes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A jab from Keynes finds it's way through Norton's defenses.
Keynes scores with a shot to the body.
Keynes misses with a body shot.
Keynes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Norton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Norton misses with a straight right.
Keynes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Keynes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Keynes takes a swing at Norton's ribcage but misses.
Keynes cracks Norton with an open hand slap.
Norton is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Keynes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Norton stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Norton takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Keynes lands with an overhand left.
Keynes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Keynes dominated that 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.

Keynes misses with a series of wild punches.
Keynes ducks under a wild hook from Norton.
Norton swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Norton misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Norton.
Norton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keynes.
Keynes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nortons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A punch lands to the side of Keynes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Keynes misses with a body shot.
Norton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Norton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Keynes throws out the jab.
Keynes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Norton.
Norton swinging wildly here.
A leg kick checked by Norton.
Keynes digs a good body shot into Norton's ribs.
Keynes slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keynes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Norton has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Keynes.

Norton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Norton working aggressively here.
Keynes throws a punch but it's blocked by Norton.
Norton lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Norton.
Norton struggles to land a body shot inside as Keynes controls his hands.
Keynes tries a body shot but Norton blocks it.
Norton lands a body punch in the clinch.
Norton lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Norton.
Keynes lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Norton struggles to land a body shot inside as Keynes controls his hands.
Keynes blocking some punches.
Norton lands a right hand.
Norton trying to land knees to the body.
Norton throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norton struggles to land a body shot inside as Keynes controls his hands.
Keynes lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Keynes as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Norton blocks a body shot from Keynes.
Keynes cracks Norton with a nice body shot.
Keynes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Keynes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Keynes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Keynes lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Norton.
Keynes tries to throw a body punch but Norton avoids it by throwing Keynes back against the cage.
Keynes avoids a wild elbow strike from Norton.
Keynes misses with a punch to the body.
Norton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Keynes's elbow.
Keynes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Keynes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Norton backwards.

It looks like Taylor Norton has been cut.
Keynes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Norton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norton swings wildly with an uppercut but Keynes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keynes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Keynes avoids a wild elbow strike from Norton.
Keynes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Norton backwards.
Keynes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Keynes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Norton is trying to force a seperation but Keynes has the dominant position.
Keynes tries to throw a body punch but Norton avoids it by throwing Keynes back against the cage.
Keynes struggles to land a body shot inside as Norton controls his hands.

Norton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Keynes fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Keynes blocks the leg kick.
Keynes tries to land a leg kick but Norton saw it coming and moves away.
Norton lands with a good body shot.
Keynes dips to his left and cracks Norton with an uppercut!
Good work by Keynes as he checks the leg kick.
Norton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norton missing with a left hand there. Keynes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Keynes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Norton rather than just go for the knockout.
Keynes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Norton was well out of range. Poor timing from Keynes.
Keynes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Keynes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keynes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Keynes delivers a nice body kick.
Norton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Keynes.
Keynes connects with a looping right hand.
Keynes scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Keynes throws a leg kick which misses Norton's front leg but catches the back leg as Norton tries to avoid it.
Keynes misses with a wild combination.
Keynes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Norton. Norton obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Keynes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Norton takes one on the button.
Keynes takes a swing at Norton's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Keynes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Taylor Norton's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Norton takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Keynes is looking to slow Norton down with leg kicks.
Keynes thows a body shot but no joy.
Norton misses the jab.
A good leg kick by Keynes.
Norton avoids the body shot from Keynes.
Norton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keynes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Keynes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nice defenses there by Keynes.
Norton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keynes moves away.
Keynes lands with an overhand left.
Keynes throws a front kick that sends Norton stumbling back into the cage.
Keynes lands an overhand right.
The fighters circling - Norton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keynes thows a body shot but no joy.
Keynes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Norton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Norton will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Keynes lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keynes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keynes. Norton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Keynes looks to score with a jab to the body but Norton is just out of range.
Norton takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Keynes wants to slow Norton down by chopping away at his legs.
Keynes bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Keynes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Keynes is looking to slow Norton down with leg kicks.
Keynes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice body kick there by Keynes.
Norton takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Keynes feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Keynes scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Keynes drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Keynes as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Norton screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Keynes! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). John Keynes!
John Keynes is the new light heavyweight champion!
John Keynes was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.