PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Greg Norman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stephen Thompson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Norman
vs
Thompson

183 cm
26
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Greg Norman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stephen Thompson!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norman slips a straight right by Thompson.
Norman tries to clinch up.
Norman tries to clinch but Thompson moves out of range.
Norman avoids a kick to the body.

Norman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Thompson is trying to break free.
Norman throws a head punch that misses.
Thompson blocking some punches.
Norman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Norman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thompson's efforts to push away.
Norman has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Norman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thompsons head.
Norman working aggressively here.
Norman lands with a right to the head.
Thompson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thompson is trying to break the clinch but Norman has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norman misses with some punches.
Norman scores with a shot to the side of Thompson's head.
Norman keeps control of Thompson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Norman throws a head punch that misses.
Norman misses with some punches.
Norman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
A right hand to the body from Norman.
Thompson working hard to break the clinch.
Thompson can't break the clinch.
A short left from Norman.
Norman digs a right hand underneath Thompson's ribcage. Thompson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thompson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Norman scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norman lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short left from Norman.
Norman scores with a hook to the body.
Norman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thompson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Norman lands with a short shot to the head.
Thompson takes a shot to the head.
Norman has a couple of punches blocked by Thompson.
Norman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Norman lands with a short shot to the head.
Norman keeps control of Thompson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thompson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from Norman.
Norman lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norman lands a nice uppercut.
Norman lands a body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Norman.

Thompson is rocked!
Norman misses with some punches.
Thompson is still on wobbly legs! Can Norman finish him?
A head punch on the inside from Norman fails to land.
Thompson blocks an uppercut.
Thompson seems to have recovered his senses.
Norman throws a head punch that misses.
Norman has a couple of punches blocked by Thompson.
Thompson blocks a body shot from Norman.
Norman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Norman on the inside.
Norman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Norman lands a nice uppercut.
Norman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thompson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Norman lands with a right to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Thompson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thompson blocking some punches.
Norman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Norman.
Norman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Norman pushes Thompson against the cage. Norman is working some dirty boxing. Norman pushes off with a quick right hook! Thompson goes down! Thompson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Norman moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Greg Norman!