PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Doyle Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tehra Dactyl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Norris
vs
Dactyl

163 cm
24
194 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

187 cm
25
196 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Doyle Norris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tehra Dactyl!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Joseph Jones and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dactyl swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dactyl looks to land a left hand but Norris moved out of range nicely.

Norris changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dactyl looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Norris has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Tehra Dactyl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Norris shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Norris on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Doyle Norris has been cut.
Norris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dactyl.
A little jabbing left from Dactyl on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dactyl swings widly with a right hand

and Norris counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A right handed body shot lands from Norris.
Dactyl avoids the elbow strike from Norris, against the cage.
Norris could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Norris is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dactyl pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Norris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dactyl's elbow.
Norris misses with a body punch.
Norris slows down the pace here.

Norris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dactyl is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Norris.
The fight stays on the outside here - Norris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slow jab from Dactyl misses its intended target.
Norris is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Dactyl.
Dactyl scores with a nice right hand.
Dactyl slaps away a takedown attempt from Norris, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Doyle Norris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dactyl clobbers Norris with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dactyl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Norris moves away.
Norris has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Norris there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dactyl lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Norris at a distance.
Dactyl digs a good hook to Norris's body.
Dactyl misses with a hook. Norris ducked under it nicely.
Norris tries to clinch up
and Dactyl counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Norris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dactyl.
Dactyl avoids the body shot from Norris.
Norris avoids the body shot from Dactyl.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dactyl displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dactyl throws a poor cross that misses

and Norris counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Norris.
Dactyl prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Norris breaks the clinch.
Dactyl connects with a single shot there.
Dactyl lands a nice hook to Norris's body. Norris takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dactyl keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dactyl lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Norris is rocked!
Norris walks straight into a right hand from Dactyl - that's dropped him! Dactyl jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Norris from any more punishment! Norris complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tehra Dactyl!
After winning the bout, Tehra Dactyl thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.