PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iggy Guerrero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guerrero comes into the arena with La Bamba blaring out of the sound system. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Guerrero
vs
Norris

178 cm
25
218 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

189 cm
22
205 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iggy Guerrero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chuck Norris!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norris misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Norris staying out of range there.
Norris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guerrero takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Norris jabs Guerrero to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Norris connects with a nice looking jab.
Guerrero throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guerrero doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Guerrero throws an overhand right that lands on Norris's shoulder, as Norris tries to avoid the shot.
Norris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Guerrero misses with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Norris.
Norris throws a shot to the body.
Guerrero takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Iggy Guerrero has been cut.
Norris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Norris tries to clinch but Guerrero moves out of range.

Guerrero takes the fight into the clinch.
Norris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Guerrero.
Guerrero takes a shot to the head.
Norris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Guerrero misses with a body punch.
Norris is looking to control Guerrero's arms but Guerrero gets an underhook and turns him. Now Norris has his back to the ropes.
Norris can't break the clinch.
Guerrero struggles to land a body shot inside as Norris controls his hands.
Guerrero misses with a body punch.
Guerrero misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero trying to land knees to the body.
Norris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Norris blocks a body shot from Guerrero.
Guerrero stalling the fight.
Nice body punch from Guerrero - that landed with a thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guerrero.

Norris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Norris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guerrero.
Guerrero misses the shot to the body.
Guerrero takes one to the chin there.
Norris throws a big shot that misses.
Guerrero looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Norris defending well as Guerrero loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris motions for Guerrero to come forward. Norris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Guerrero is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Norris's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Norris walks into a stiff left hand from Guerrero.
Norris tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Guerrero manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guerrero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Norris throws a good cross that connects.
Norris lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Guerrero throws a body punch but Norris moves out of range.
Guerrero tries to close the distance and clinch up but Norris swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Norris throws a nice outside leg kick.
Guerrero tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Norris has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Norris throws a leg kick which misses Guerrero's front leg but catches the back leg as Guerrero tries to avoid it.
Norris is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Norris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Norris displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Norris fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Norris.
Norris catches Guerrero with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Norris misses with a series of wild punches.
Norris scores with a jab to the head.
Norris connects with a leg kick. Guerrero looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Norris is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Norris lands a two punch combo.
Norris misses with a head kick.
Norris throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Guerrero counters with a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Guerrero moves into the clinch.
Guerrero tries to land knees in the clinch but Norris avoids the damage to the body.
Guerrero unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Norris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iggy Guerrero's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Guerrero feints and then cracks Norris's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Norris down.
Norris swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Guerrero counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chuck Norris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guerrero throws a jab when Norris was well out of range.
Guerrero throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Norris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Norris avoids the body shot from Guerrero.
Guerrero throws a jab but it's blocked by Norris.
Norris swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A jab from Norris does it's job there.
Chuck Norris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Guerrero tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Norris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Norris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guerrero.
Jab by Norris.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Norris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guerrero.
Guerrero ducks right into an uppercut from Norris.
Norris tries to bum rush Guerrero with a series of wild strikes but Guerrero uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris looks for the body kick but Guerrero saw that one coming.
Guerrero throws a hook but Norris blocks it.
Norris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Guerrero does no damage.
Norris lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Norris throws a low kick but it's checked well by Guerrero.
Norris slips under a jab.
Norris slips a straight right by Guerrero.
Norris misses with a straight right.

Guerrero gets tackled into the ropes by Norris. Norris maintains the clinch.
Norris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Norris tries to stall but Guerrero uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Norris lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Norris breaks from the clinch.
Guerrero throws an off balance right hand
and Norris counters with a three punch combo that has Guerrero backing up. Guerrero nods at Norris to acknowledge the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Norris throws a push kick but Guerrero slaps the foot to one side.
Guerrero jabs at Norris's body.

Guerrero gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Guerrero is trying to maintain a safe position but Norris gets an underhook and turns Guerrero into the ropes.
Norris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Guerrero has him pressed against the ropes.
Guerrero has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Norris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Norris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Guerrero stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Guerrero can't find room to land a body shot as Norris controls the action.
Norris is trying to force a seperation but Guerrero has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Guerrero misses with a hook to the ribs.
Guerrero misses with a punch to the body.
Norris tries to stall but Guerrero uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Guerrero effectively controlling the action here.
Guerrero is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Norris is keeping busy.
A body shot lands from Guerrero.
Guerrero pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Guerrero lands a good knee to the midsection. Norris won't want to take too many of those.
Norris is trying to push Guerrero away but Guerrero has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Guerrero.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Norris.
Guerrero manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Norris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Guerrero misses with a hook to the ribs.
Norris has had enough of the clinch but Guerrero keeps him there for the moment.
Norris misses with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Guerrero.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Norris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Norris blocks an uppercut.
Guerrero displaying some good clinch control by pressing Norris up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Iggy Guerrero will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Iggy Guerrero's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Guerrero misses with an uppercut. Norris saw that one coming.
Norris takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Norris lands with a good body shot.
Norris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Guerrero on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Norris fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Guerrero has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Norris throws out a loose jab but Guerrero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Norris lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice straight punches there by Norris. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Norris.
Guerrero on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A telegraphed right hand from Guerrero misses the target.
Norris moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris cracks a nice hook into Guerrero's ribs.
Guerrero connects with a crisp jab.

Norris is rocked!
Norris throws a lazy head kick
and Guerrero makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Norris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guerrero walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Norris drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Guerrero swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Norris's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iggy Guerrero!