PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Bojan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bojan has chosen Burn it Down as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Norris
vs
Bojan

170 cm
27
145 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

175 cm
26
145 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Sparta Fightware
CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chuck Norris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stan Bojan!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bojan shoots in looking for a takedown. Norris tries to sprawl out of it but Bojan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Norris manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Stan Bojan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown by Bojan or perhaps it was just good defense by Norris which made him look bad.
Norris displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bojan.
Chuck Norris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stan Bojan.
Norris tries to close the distance and clinch but Bojan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Bojan shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Norris napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Bojan in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Bojan is working Norris over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris can't do much from the bottom here.
Bojan is looking to take a break and control but Norris is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bojan passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Norris!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bojan tries to control but Norris wriggling away.
Bojan might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Norris haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Norris is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bojan trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bojan misses with a head shot.
Bojan content just to control the position here.

Norris defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Bojan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bojan punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bojan tries to control but Norris wriggling away.
Bojan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Norris displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Stan Bojan has been cut.

Bojan clinches up against the cage.

Bojan has picked Norris up - he's going for a ride! Bojan dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Bojan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bojan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Norris does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bojan throwing shots but Norris is blocking nicely.
Bojan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bojan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Bojan.
Bojan throws an elbow that misses. Norris uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bojan's guard. Nice move by Norris!
Bojan has a closed guard, preventing Norris from standing up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bojan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Norris manages to get himself to full guard.
Bojan wants to control from the top but Norris keeps moving.
Bojan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Norris is trying to keep Bojan in close.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Chuck Norris just wasn't active enough.

Norris gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bojan trying to control the position from guard on top but Norris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Bojan advances position into side control!
Bojan is putting a hurting on Norris here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bojan tries to move to mount but Norris blocks the move with his legs.
Norris is looking for a sweep.
Norris is not content to let Bojan control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bojan is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Bojan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stan Bojan's cut.
That's time! Norris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Norris tries to close the distance and clinch but Bojan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Norris scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Norris tries to clinch up but Bojan circles away and keeps his distance.
Norris shoots for a double leg takedown but Bojan sprawls well. He's pushed Norris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bojan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Norris sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bojan somewhat.
Bojan misses with a takedown attempt - Norris sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Bojan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Norris did well to prevent Bojan getting side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris is not content to let Bojan control the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Bojan thows a huge punch but Norris dodges it nicely.
Bojan uses his free foot to push down on Norris's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Norris.
Bojan is looking to work his way around to Norris's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bojan looking to control but Norris is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Bojan jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Norris is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Norris and Bojan has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bojan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Norris keeps working.
Bojan tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Bojan misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Bojan goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Norris has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Bojan but great work by Norris.

Norris stands up.

Bojan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bojan is just content to waste time from the top position. Norris takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stan Bojan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bojan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stan Bojan!
An out of breath and clearly excited Stan Bojan thanked Sparta Fightware for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).