PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Bezymyanny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norris Norton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bezymyanny's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Little Richard - Long Tall Sally. Dmitry Bezymyanny has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bezymyanny
vs
Norton

188 cm
25
245 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
294 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dmitry Bezymyanny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Norris Norton!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bezymyanny has managed to clinch.
Norton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bezymyanny has him pressed against the cage.
Bezymyanny throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nortons head.

Bezymyanny breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bezymyanny scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Norton doesn't seem bothered though.
A big right from Norton misses.
Norton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Bezymyanny clinches up with Norton and pushes him back against the cage.
Bezymyanny just leaning against Norton, taking a breather.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norton working aggressively here.
Bezymyanny blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Norton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Bezymyanny pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bezymyanny cracks Norton with an open hand slap.
Norris Norton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton misses with a series of wild punches.
Norton misses with the combination.
Bezymyanny is looking for a counter combo.
Norton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bezymyanny.
Nice shot lands for Norton.
Norton swings for the body but Bezymyanny moves out of range.
Bezymyanny appears to be looking for a big counter.
Bezymyanny scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Norton misses with an uppercut. Bezymyanny saw that one coming.

Bezymyanny shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Norton manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Norton is working an open guard so Bezymyanny takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Norton avoids the body shot from Bezymyanny.
Norton throws a series of punches but Bezymyanny moves out of range.

Bezymyanny moves into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Bezymyanny - that landed with a thud.
Norton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bezymyanny keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Norton's efforts to push away.

Bezymyanny breaks the clinch.
Norton lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Bezymyanny moves into range and clinches up with Norton.
Bezymyanny displaying some good clinch control by pressing Norton up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bezymyanny manages to break the clinch.
Norton avoids the body shot from Bezymyanny.
Norton thuds a left hand into Bezymyanny's body.
Norton misses with a double jab.
Norton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Bezymyanny gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Bezymyanny breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Norton misses.

Bezymyanny has Norton up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bezymyanny prevents Norton from breaking the clinch.
Bezymyanny scores with a shot to the side of Norton's head.
Bezymyanny could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Bezymyanny's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bezymyanny throws a hook but Norton avoids it easily.
Bezymyanny showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Norton.
Bezymyanny swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Norton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bezymyanny throws a one two combo.

Bezymyanny rushes Norton and presses him up against the cage.
Bezymyanny works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Bezymyanny's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bezymyanny takes the fight into the clinch.
Bezymyanny is trying to drag Norton to the mat but Norton just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Bezymyanny manages to break the clinch.
Bezymyanny throws out a loose jab but Norton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Norton throws out a counter right but Bezymyanny avoids it with no problem.
Norton has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Norton walks into a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bezymyanny drives through and clinches with Norton against the cage.

Bezymyanny breaks from the clinch.
Bezymyanny blocks a jab.
Bezymyanny is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Norton can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton lands a nice hook to Bezymyanny's body. Bezymyanny takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Norton 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bezymyanny on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bezymyanny lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Norton circles away quickly and effectively.
As Bezymyanny backs off Norton throws a huge counter combo but Bezymyanny manages to avoid it all.
Bezymyanny misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Norton.
Bezymyanny dodges the punch combination from Norton.
Bezymyanny tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Norton manages to circle out of the way.
Norton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bezymyanny swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bezymyanny walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bezymyanny misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bezymyanny throws a sloppy body shot
and Norton counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bezymyanny has Norton up against the cage in a clinch.
Norton is trying to break the clinch but Bezymyanny has him pressed against the cage.
Bezymyanny lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Norton backwards.
Norton has had enough of the clinch but Bezymyanny keeps him there for the moment.
Bezymyanny lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Bezymyanny's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Norton. Those never looked like landing.
A big left from Norton misses.
Bezymyanny takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norton changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Norris Norton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Norton works Bezymyanny's body with a nice hook.
Norton is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bezymyanny.

Bezymyanny closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Norton is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Norton can't break the clinch.

Bezymyanny breaks from the clinch.
Norton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bezymyanny circles away quickly and effectively.
Bezymyanny changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Norton.
The fighters circling - Norton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Bezymyanny clinches up against the cage.
Norton wants to stall.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bezymyanny cracks Norton with a nice body shot.

Bezymyanny's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bezymyanny misses the shot to the body.
A big left from Norton misses.
Bezymyanny changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitry Bezymyanny dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Bezymyanny shoots in looking for a takedown. Norton tries to sprawl out of it but Bezymyanny keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Norton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Norton throws a series of punches but Bezymyanny avoids them all with ease.
Bezymyanny is looking to wear down Norton with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sloppy strikes from Bezymyanny. Those never looked like landing.
Bezymyanny looks to land a combination but Norton avoids it well.
Bezymyanny throws a series of punches but Norton avoids them all with ease.
Bezymyanny avoids the body shot from Norton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bezymyanny gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Norton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bezymyanny throws a series of strikes that have Norton backpedaling.
The fighters circling - Norton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Norton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Norton avoids the body shot from Bezymyanny.
A countering left hand to the body from Norton misses.
Bezymyanny throws a series of punches but Norton avoids them all with ease.
Norton misses with a double jab

and Bezymyanny counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bezymyanny takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bezymyanny lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Norton.

Bezymyanny pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bezymyanny gets a clinch.
Bezymyanny cracks Norton with a nice body shot.
Norton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Norton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Come on Bezymyanny - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Norton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bezymyanny pressing his opponent against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Bezymyanny.

Bezymyanny manages to break the clinch.
Bezymyanny tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Norton was well out of range. Poor timing from Bezymyanny.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bezymyanny just misses with a punch to the body.

Bezymyanny has managed to clinch.
Bezymyanny lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Norton backwards.
Norton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A body shot lands from Bezymyanny.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bezymyanny.

Bezymyanny manages to break the clinch.
Norton misses with the combination.
Bezymyanny throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bezymyanny tries for a takedown but Norton sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norton falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bezymyanny counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A frustrated look appears on Norton's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Bezymyanny breaks from the clinch.
Bezymyanny will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dmitry Bezymyanny is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bezymyanny looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Norton! But no joy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice body punch from Norton.
Norris Norton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bezymyanny scores with a one two! Norton had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bezymyanny lands a two punch combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dmitry Bezymyanny showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bezymyanny has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight for Dmitry Bezymyanny!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Dmitry Bezymyanny!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Dmitry Bezymyanny!

Dmitry Bezymyanny wins by unanimous decision!
Dmitry Bezymyanny bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.