PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Norton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Shields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norton's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Countdown to Extinction by Megadeth. Shields comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bad Boyz do Bad Thingz kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Norton
vs
Shields

183 cm
19
210 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

190 cm
23
212 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Norton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Peter Shields!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shields closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Norton wants to get back to his feet.
Norton wants to control but Shields is keeping busy.
Norton is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Shields scores with a couple of nice shots.
Shields working the head and body with strikes.
Shields seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Norton avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shields.
Shields tries to pass to full mount but Norton defends it.
Norton is trying to stand up here but Shields is controlling him well.
Norton is in trouble now - Shields has advanced to mount!
Shields looking to control but Norton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Norton squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Norton prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Norton keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Norton is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shields with good strikes from the mount here!
Shields looking to control but Norton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shields landing strikes from the mount.
Shields landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Norton wants to try and get back to his feet.
Shields scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shields looking to control and managing it successfully.
Shields putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shields punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shields is landing with some decent strikes but Norton is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Shields lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Norton hang on?
A nice elbow there by Shields.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shields lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Shields scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Shields looking to control but Norton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
A nice elbow there by Shields.
Shields is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Shields with shots to the head and body - Norton looks very uncomfortable down there.
Shields postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Norton looks a forlorn figure.
Shields scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Norton?
Shields scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Norton?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shields trying to control but Norton is having none of it.
Norton is in all sorts of trouble here.
Shields with the ground and pound from mount.
Shields lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Norton hang on?
Shields lands a big elbow.
Shields unloading with bombs!
Norton wants to hold on but Shields pushes him away.
Shields lands a big shot there that rocks Norton but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Shields with shots to the head and body - Norton looks very uncomfortable down there.
Shields controlling from the full mount.
Shields scoring with strikes but Norton is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shields lands a big shot there that rocks Norton but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Shields has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shields landing shots from mount.
Norton tries to hold on but Shields pushes him away.
Shields lands a nice shot to the head.
Shields with a couple of short strikes.
Shields unloading with bombs!
Norton is in a horrible position here. Shields smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Shields is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Norton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
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!
Shields landing strikes from the mount.
BOOM! Shields connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Norton is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Shields dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Shields looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Norton!
Norton can't escape the position.
Shields lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Norton is looking to get to half guard.
Shields unloading with bombs!
Shields landing strikes from the mount and Norton is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Shields.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Norton is wriggling around trying to escape.
Shields looking to control but Norton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shields postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Norton looks a forlorn figure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shields tries to control but Norton wriggling away.
You get the feeling that Norton really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Shields fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Norton trying desperately to get to his feet.
Shields punishing his opponent with strikes.
Shields unloading with bombs!
Shields working the ground and pound effectively.
Shields landing strikes from the mount.
Shields working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Norton is bucking up trying to escape but Shields cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Shields landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norton squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Shields landing strikes from the mount and Norton is in trouble!
Norton taking shots to the head.
Shields cracks Norton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Shields working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Shields working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Norton is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Norton wants to get back to his feet.
The referee warns Norton that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Norton is trying to escape the mount.
Shields working Norton over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norton is in all sorts of trouble here.
Shields lands a nice shot to the head.
Shields working the ground and pound effectively.
Norton wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Shields content just to control the position here.
Shields postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Norton looks a forlorn figure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Shields scoring with strikes but Norton is staying in there.
Shields wants to control the pace but Norton is squirming around nicely.
Shields with shots to the head and body - Norton looks very uncomfortable down there.
Peter Shields has got the better of the ground game so far.
Shields is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Norton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Norton is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Shields postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Norton looks a forlorn figure.
Norton is trying desperately to improve position.
Shields landing strikes from the mount and Norton is in trouble!
Shields lands a nice shot to the head.
Norton really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Shields showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Shields changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Norton looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Shields lands a nice forearm strike.
Norton is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Norton prevents Shields from improving position.
Shields lands a decent elbow from side control.
Norton is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Shields has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Shields staying calm.
Norton takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton can't do much from the bottom here.
Shields is working Norton over with some ground and pound from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shields trying to control the position but Norton is working away.
Norton takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Norton is trying to control Shields's posture but Shields avoids it.
Norton is trying to get back to his feet.
Shields working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Norton is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Shields has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Norton is letting Shields control him for a moment.
Shields connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Norton some visible discomfort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Norton tries to escape but Shields is in control.
Norton gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Norton is squirming around, avoiding Shields's attempts to control the action.
Norton is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Shields can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Norton is looking to escape.
Shields landing strikes from the mount and Norton is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Shields.
Shields tries to control but Norton wriggling away.
Norton working to try and regain half guard.
Peter Shields is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norton is working hard here to advance position.
Shields lands with some strikes.
Norton is working to get back to half guard.
Shields controlling his opponent.
Shields putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Shields takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A nice elbow there by Shields.
Norton is trying to escape the mount.
Shields takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Brian Norton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shields scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Norton is looking to improve his position but Shields isn't that keen on the idea.
Shields sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Shields comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Shields has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 26:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Shields!