PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sterling Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petter Norlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Black
vs
Norlin

188 cm
26
197 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

198 cm
20
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
KO power

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sterling Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Petter Norlin!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black misses with an uppercut.
Norlin scores with a three punch combo!

Black shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Black showed some decent athleticism there.

Norlin makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Black uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Norlin.

Norlin gets tackled into the cage by Black. Black maintains the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Norlin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Black blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Norlin is pushing Black up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Black avoiding damage as Norlin throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Black fails to land.
Black missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Black on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norlin missing with knees to the body.
Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black managing to block the knees to the body from Norlin.
Norlin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norlin misses with a knee to the head.
Norlin lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Sterling Black has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Norlin.
Norlin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Black is defending well for now.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norlin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Norlin blocking some punches.
Black misses with a punch on the inside.
Black struggles to land a body shot inside as Norlin controls his hands.
Black has a couple of punches blocked by Norlin.
Norlin blocking some punches.
Norlin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Black takes a knee right on the jaw!
Norlin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Norlin is pushing Black up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Norlin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Black lands a right hand that snaps the head of Norlin backwards.
Norlin tries a knee to the head but Black blocks it.
Norlin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Norlin blocks a body shot from Black.
Norlin connects with a knee to the head.
Black misses with some punches.
Black misses with the head strike.
Norlin looking to throw knees to the head but Black is blocking nicely.
A short uppercut from Black.
Norlin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Black is breathing heavily.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Norlin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Black managing to block the knees to the body from Norlin.
Black misses with the head strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Norlin obliges.
Black takes a knee to the side of the body.
Norlin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Black has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Black avoiding damage as Norlin throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Black avoiding damage as Norlin throws knees to the body.
Black struggles to land a body shot inside as Norlin controls his hands.
Norlin crunches a lovely knee into Black's ribcage.
Norlin crunches a lovely knee into Black's ribcage.
Norlin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Black.
Norlin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Black misses with the head strike.
Black blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Norlin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Norlin tries to land knees in the clinch but Black avoids the damage to the body.
Norlin blocks an uppercut.
Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Norlin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Black's face.
Black scores with a nice hook to the head.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Norlin gets through Black's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a body punch.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Norlin blocks with his arms.
Norlin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Norlin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Norlin obliges.
Norlin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Norlin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Black fails to land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Norlin obliges.
Norlin landing knees to the head.

Black is rocked!
Norlin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oh Black is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Norlin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Norlin scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Norlin pushes Black against the cage. Norlin is working some dirty boxing. Norlin pushes off with a quick right hook! Black goes down! Black tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Norlin moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Petter Norlin!