PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Will Norris (ranked 991 p4p, 40 weight class) and Watch Out Ronaldo (ranked 927 p4p, 34 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Norris
vs
Out Ronaldo

165 cm
22
145 lbs
5 - 1 - 1

166 cm
22
145 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Will Norris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Watch Out Ronaldo!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronaldo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ronaldo throws a low kick, looking for Norris's leg but Norris calmly moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ronaldo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Norris.
Ronaldo thows a leg kick but Norris checks it
and Norris counters with a slapping leg kick.

Norris moves into the clinch.
Ronaldo tries a body shot but Norris blocks it.
Ronaldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Norris.
Norris throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Norris scores with a shoulder strike.
Ronaldo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Norris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ronaldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norris swings wildly with an uppercut but Ronaldo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Norris lands a body punch in the clinch.
Norris tries a body shot but Ronaldo blocks it.
Ronaldo has a couple of punches blocked by Norris.
Ronaldo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ronaldo has Norris pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Norris.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Norris.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Ronaldo.
Norris blocking some punches.
Norris struggles to land a body shot inside as Ronaldo controls his hands.
Ronaldo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ronaldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Norris.
Ronaldo tries to throw a body punch but Norris avoids it by throwing Ronaldo back against the cage.
Ronaldo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ronaldo throws a punch but it's blocked by Norris.
Ronaldo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ronaldo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Norris can't find room to land a body shot as Ronaldo controls the action.
Norris has a couple of punches blocked by Ronaldo.
A short body shot lands from Norris as the two fighters clinch.
Ronaldo misses with a punch to the body.
Norris lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ronaldo backwards.
Norris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Norris.
Norris lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Norris lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ronaldo backwards.
Ronaldo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ronaldo lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Norris.
Ronaldo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ronaldo throws a punch but it's blocked by Norris.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ronaldo.
Ronaldo lands an uppercut.
Ronaldo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ronaldo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Norris seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ronaldo can turn it around.
Norris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Norris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Norris as Ronaldo tries to tie him up.
Ronaldo blocks an uppercut.
Norris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ronaldo misses with a punch on the inside.
Ronaldo prevents a body shot from Norris.
Ronaldo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Norris misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ronaldo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ronaldo misses with some punches.
Norris throws a punch but it's blocked by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Norris's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Norriss head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Norris.
Ronaldo blocks a body shot from Norris.
Norris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Norris.
Ronaldo wants to stall.
Norris lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ronaldo or not.
Norris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ronaldo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ronaldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Norris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Norris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ronaldo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Norris lands a body punch.
Norris misses with some punches.
Norris can't find room to land a body shot as Ronaldo controls the action.
Norris misses with a punch on the inside.
Ronaldo swings wildly with an uppercut but Norris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Norris lands with a light punch inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ronaldo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Norris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ronaldo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Norris tries a body shot but Ronaldo blocks it.
Ronaldo lands a left hand.
A short left from Norris.
Ronaldo working aggressively here.
Norris lands a hook that snaps the head of Ronaldo backwards.
Ronaldo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ronaldo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Norris.
Norris struggles to land a body shot inside as Ronaldo controls his hands.
Norris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Norris tries to throw a body punch but Ronaldo avoids it by throwing Norris back against the cage.
Norris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good body shot from Norris.
Norris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ronaldo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ronaldo throws a punch but it's blocked by Norris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Norris dominated that round.
That's time! Norris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Norris lands a jab to Ronaldo's midsection.
Watch Out Ronaldo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ronaldo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Norris moves into the clinch.
Ronaldo tries to throw a body punch but Norris avoids it by throwing Ronaldo back against the cage.
Norris lands with a short shot to the head.
Norris struggles to land a body shot inside as Ronaldo controls his hands.
Norris lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Norris.
Ronaldo blocking some punches.
Norris lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Norris.
Norris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Norris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ronaldo can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Norris lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Norris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo lands a nice uppercut.
Ronaldo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Norris backwards.
Ronaldo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ronaldo wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ronaldo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ronaldo.
Norris swings wildly with an uppercut but Ronaldo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Norris lands a left hand.
Ronaldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Ronaldo.
Norris misses with a body punch.
A short right from Ronaldo.
A short uppercut from Ronaldo.
Norris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ronaldo prevents a body shot from Norris.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Norris misses with the head strike.
Ronaldo lands a shoulder strike.
Norris blocking some punches.
Ronaldo prevents a body shot from Norris.
Norris lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ronaldo backwards.
Ronaldo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ronaldo tries to stall but Norris uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ronaldo leaning against his opponent.
Will Norris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Norris struggles to land a body shot inside as Ronaldo controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Norris has a couple of punches blocked by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo throws a head punch that misses.
Norris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Norris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ronaldo pushes Norris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Norris tries a body shot but Ronaldo blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Norris.
Ronaldo struggles to land a body shot inside as Norris controls his hands.
Ronaldo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Norris lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Norris fails to land.
Norris scores with a shoulder strike.
Norris is working Ronaldo over against the cage.
Ronaldo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Ronaldo on the inside.
Ronaldo lands with a right to the head.
Norris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ronaldo trying to stall but Norris improves his position.
Ronaldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Norris is working Ronaldo over against the cage.
Ronaldo working aggressively here.
Ronaldo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo tries a body shot but Norris blocks it.
Norris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norris working aggressively here.
Norris throws a punch but it's blocked by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo blocks a body shot from Norris.
Norris tries to work over Ronaldo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ronaldo.
Ronaldo lands a left hand.
Ronaldo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Norris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norris tries to throw a body punch but Ronaldo avoids it by throwing Norris back against the cage.
Norris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ronaldo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Norris tries to work over Ronaldo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norris has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Norris working aggressively here.
Norris throws a head punch that misses.
Ronaldo blocks an uppercut.
Ronaldo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Norris's elbow.
Norris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ronaldos head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Norris on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Ronaldo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Norris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Norris throws a looping overhand right but Ronaldo ducks down to avoid it.
Norris throws a jab but it's blocked by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Norris cracks Ronaldo with a right hand to the side of the head.

Norris has Ronaldo up against the cage in a clinch.

Ronaldo breaks the clinch.
Norris lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ronaldo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Norris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Norris checks a leg kick.
Norris misses with a wild body shot.
Norris clobbers Ronaldo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A bone on bone clash there as Norris blocks the leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Norris throws a body punch but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Ronaldo swings for the body but Norris moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Norris misses its target.
Norris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ronaldo checks a leg kick nicely.
Norris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ronaldo.
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 Will Norris will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Norris pushes Ronaldo up against the cage in a clinch.
Ronaldo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ronaldo is looking to control Norris's arms but Norris gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ronaldo has his back to the cage.
Norris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ronaldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ronaldo throws a head punch that misses.
Ronaldo tries a body shot but Norris blocks it.

Ronaldo breaks the clinch.

Norris takes the fight into the clinch.
Ronaldo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Norris's elbow.
Ronaldo is trying to force a seperation but Norris has the dominant position.
Norris tries a body shot but Ronaldo blocks it.
A short right from Ronaldo on the inside.
A short right from Ronaldo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norris scores with a shot to the side of Ronaldo's head.
Norris misses with a body punch.
Ronaldo takes a shot to the head.
Norris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ronaldo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Norriss head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ronaldo blocking some punches.
Ronaldo stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ronaldo.
A short uppercut from Ronaldo.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ronaldo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ronaldo throws a punch but it's blocked by Norris.
Ronaldo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Norris.
A short uppercut from Ronaldo.
Norris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Norris blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Norris.
Ronaldo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Norris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo lands a left hand.

Norris is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ronaldo stalls.
Oh Norris is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ronaldo misses with a punch to the body.
Ronaldo misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ronaldo.
Norris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Norris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ronaldo is looking to control Norris's arms but Norris gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ronaldo has his back to the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ronaldo blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Ronaldo fails to land.
Ronaldo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ronaldo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Norris seems to have got his legs back now.
Good body shot from Ronaldo.
Norris lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Norris as Ronaldo tries to tie him up.
Ronaldo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ronaldo is leaning against Norris and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Norris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Norris misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Norris creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Ronaldo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Norris.
Ronaldo lands a body punch.
Ronaldo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Norris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Norris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Norris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris prevents a body shot from Ronaldo.
Norris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Norris misses with a punch to the body.
Ronaldo is looking to control Norris's arms but Norris gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ronaldo has his back to the cage.
Norris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ronaldo.
Norris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Ronaldo breaks from the clinch.
Ronaldo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Norris lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ronaldo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ronaldo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Norris cracks Ronaldo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Norris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Norris manages to avoid it.
Ronaldo wants to slow Norris down by chopping away at his legs.
Ronaldo looks to land a body kick but Norris moved away.
Norris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ronaldo takes one to the side of the head.
Ronaldo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Norris lunges at Ronaldo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ronaldo's hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norris misses with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Norris lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ronaldo at a distance.
Ronaldo throws a half hearted mid kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Norris misses the target.
Ronaldo misses with a leg kick.
Ronaldo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Norris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ronaldo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ronaldo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Norris.
Norris scores with a sloppy right hand. Ronaldo should have avoided that one.
Ronaldo connects with the punch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ronaldo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo lands with a good body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ronaldo misses with an uppercut. Norris saw that one coming.
Norris doesn't manage to clinch there - Ronaldo circles away.
Norris bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ronaldo's head backwards.
Norris closes the distance but Ronaldo moves to the side
and Ronaldo counters with a straight right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Watch Out Ronaldo.
Well Norris 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Will Norris!
Will Norris thanked the fans post fight for their support.