PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antony Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fles Hou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Norris
vs
Hou

216 cm
24
194 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

198 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antony Norris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fles Hou!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hou lands a nice shot that snaps Norris's head back.

It looks like Antony Norris has been cut.
Hou tries to land a front kick but Norris steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hou lands with an uppercut that bounces Norris off the cage and back into range.

Hou fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Norris, pushing him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hou.

Norris has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Hou uses from the top position.
Hou wants to pass the guard but Norris is keeping the position.

Norris working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hou doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hou manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Norris wants to sweep here but Hou controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hou trying to control but Norris is working from the bottom.
Hou must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hou trying to stand up but can't free himself from Norris's guard.
Hou looking to sit in guard and control but Norris gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Hou working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Norris not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Norris has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hou looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Norris puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Norris wants to work for an arm triangle but Hou is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Norris is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hou is just riding it out for now. Norris eventually gives up the hold.
Hou is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norris not doing much here.
Norris prevents Hou from improving his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Norris is trying to work for a kimura but Hou is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antony Norris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antony Norris's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hou lands a right hook to the body.
Hou catches Norris with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Hou fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Norris, pushing him back against the cage.
Hou controlling the action here for a moment.
Norris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hou lands a nice uppercut.
Hou scores with a shoulder strike.

Norris is rocked!
Norris really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hou tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norris fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A knee to the head by Hou.
Oh Norris is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hou swings wildly with an uppercut but Norris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Norris blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hou misses with the head strike.
Hou throws a punch but it's blocked by Norris.
Hou swings wildly with an uppercut but Norris uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Hou fails to land.
Hou has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hou throws a punch but it's blocked by Norris.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Norris.
Hou misses with some punches.
Hou fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hou misses with a hook from the clinch.
Norris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hou.
Norris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hou.
Hou misses with a punch on the inside.
Hou swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Hou fails to land.
Hou has Norris pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Norris is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Hou - that's hurt Norris badly! Oh, another knee lands and Norris is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Norris doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Fles Hou!