PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Ovronnaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ovronnaz comes to the cage accompanied by Kiss - Unholy. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ovronnaz
vs
Norris

190 cm
19
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
23
185 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuri Ovronnaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chuck Norris!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ovronnaz throws a right and a left that Norris avoids nicely.
Norris is looking to slow Ovronnaz down with leg kicks.
Ovronnaz is breathing heavily.
Norris fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Norris throws a head kick but Ovronnaz moves out of range.
Norris throws a sloppy head kick and Ovronnaz moves out of range easily.

Norris closes the distance and clinches.

Norris gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Norris seems to be looking for submissions.
Ovronnaz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ovronnaz tries to get out of the position.
Norris passes to full mount!
Norris controlling from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Norris.
Norris lands with some strikes.
Norris controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Norris working the ground and pound effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris content just to control the position here.
Ovronnaz is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Norris tries to control but Ovronnaz wriggling away.
Norris looking to control and managing it successfully.

Despite being in the dominant position, Chuck Norris just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ovronnaz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Norris lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Norris scores with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Norris darts in and clinches Ovronnaz up against the cage.

Norris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ovronnaz blocks a head kick by Norris.
Norris is looking to clinch but Ovronnaz is avoiding it.
Norris shoots in for a takedown but Ovronnaz shows good takedown defense.

Norris instigates a clinch.
Norris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Norris with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Norris pulls guard effortlessly.
Norris is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ovronnaz trying to control here.
Ovronnaz is looking for a sweep. Norris is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Norris takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ovronnaz looks like he's trying to stand up.
Norris throwing shots but Ovronnaz is blocking nicely.
Norris takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Ovronnaz trying to hold on to Norris's head to control him but Norris postures up.
Norris throwing shots but Ovronnaz is blocking nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ovronnaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Norris.
Norris is looking to clinch but Ovronnaz is avoiding it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Norris scores with a three punch combo!
Norris is looking to clinch but Ovronnaz is avoiding it.
Norris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Norris dominated that round.
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.

Norris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch combination from Norris misses.
Ovronnaz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Norris tries to clinch but Ovronnaz moves out of range.
A combination from Norris does no damage.
Norris throws a head kick but Ovronnaz moves out of range.
Ovronnaz blocks a head kick by Norris.
Ovronnaz wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norris misses with a combination
and Ovronnaz counters with a one-two to the body.
A head kick misses from Norris.

Norris moves into range and clinches up with Ovronnaz.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Norris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Norris.

Norris decides to stand back up.

Norris moves into the clinch successfully.

Norris manages to break the clinch.

Norris fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ovronnaz, pushing him back against the cage.
Norris connects with a knee to the head.
Ovronnaz is looking to control Norris's arms but Norris gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ovronnaz has his back to the cage.
Ovronnaz misses with a punch on the inside.

Norris breaks the clinch.
Norris scores with a head kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ovronnaz.
Ovronnaz avoids the head kick by Norris.
Ovronnaz swats away the attempt to clinch by Norris.
Ovronnaz looks to land a combination but Norris avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Norris rushes Ovronnaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ovronnaz is trying to break free.
Ovronnaz tries to stall but Norris uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ovronnaz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Norris gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Norris is pushing Ovronnaz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Norris manages to break the clinch.
Norris misses with a two punch combination.
Ovronnaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Ovronnaz fails with a takedown attempt.
Norris misses with a double jab
and Ovronnaz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Norris thinking.
Norris will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Norris.
Ovronnaz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Norris throws a sloppy head kick and Ovronnaz moves out of range easily.
Norris keeps the fight on the outside.
Norris displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ovronnaz misses with an uppercut.
Norris misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Norris lands with a nice combination. Ovronnaz backs away looking to recover.
Norris tries a head kick but it misses.
Ovronnaz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ovronnaz.

Ovronnaz shoots in and bounces Norris off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ovronnaz stops Norris from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ovronnaz trying to control but Norris is working from the bottom.
Norris is pulling down on Ovronnaz's head to control his posture.
Norris wants to stand but Ovronnaz is controlling the position.

Ovronnaz gets to his feet - Norris follows without any prompting.
Ovronnaz tries to clinch but Norris moves out of range.
Norris wants to clinch

and Ovronnaz counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Norris!
Norris is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Yuri Ovronnaz will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Norris tries to clinch but Ovronnaz moves away
and Ovronnaz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ovronnaz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Norris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Norris moves in looking to clinch but Ovronnaz pushes him off.
Ovronnaz misses with a low kick as Norris jumps back.
Norris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Norris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ovronnaz avoids the head kick by Norris.

Norris moves into range and clinches up with Ovronnaz.

Norris successfully pulls guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ovronnaz stays in close to Norris's body and controls the position.
Ovronnaz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ovronnaz is looking to stand up but Norris won't let him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Norris pushes Ovronnaz off and gets back to his feet.
Norris throws a head kick but Ovronnaz moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Norris.
Norris lands a high kick!
Ovronnaz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Norris takes the fight into the clinch.

Norris has picked Ovronnaz up - he's going for a ride! Norris dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Norris sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Norris trying to mount his opponent but Ovronnaz defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ovronnaz is trying to maintain the position but Norris is very close to passing his half guard.
Norris trying to control from half guard but Ovronnaz is working away.
Ovronnaz wants to stand back up but Norris manages to pass into side control.
Norris cracks Ovronnaz with a big elbow.
Ovronnaz wants to control but Norris postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Norris decides to stand back up.
A slow jab from Norris misses its intended target.
A low kick from Ovronnaz misses

and Norris counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ovronnaz can't break the clinch.

Norris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Norris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ovronnaz throws out the jab.
Norris throws a head kick that misses.
Ovronnaz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Norris paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ovronnaz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Norris tries to clinch but Ovronnaz moves out of range.
Ovronnaz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Norris closes the distance looking to clinch

and Ovronnaz counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ovronnaz is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ovronnaz is looking to stall here but Norris recovers full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ovronnaz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Norris looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ovronnaz is one step ahead there.
Norris working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ovronnaz.
Chuck Norris has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ovronnaz wants to stand but Norris has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Norris keeping moving, preventing Ovronnaz from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Norris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Norris 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Norris!