PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guillo Perez (ranked 2943 p4p, 350 weight class) and William Norman (ranked 1925 p4p, 242 weight class). Norman has chosen Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Perez
vs
Norman

190 cm
21
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

190 cm
22
223 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Guillo Perez !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, William Norman!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Perez moves into the clinch.
Norman misses with a knee to the head.
Perez swings wildly with an uppercut but Norman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Norman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Norman tries to work over Perez 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Perez presses Norman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Perez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Perez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Norman can't find room to land a body shot as Perez controls the action.

Norman gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Perez looking for a guillotine here but Norman defends easily.

Perez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Norman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Norman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norman trying to control the position from guard on top but Perez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Norman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Norman postures up and lands a big shot to Perez 's brow.
Norman postures up in Perez 's guard and throws a big left but Perez blocks it.
Norman trying to control the position from guard on top but Perez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Perez pulls Norman in to control the position.
Perez wants to sweep but no luck.
Norman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Perez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Perez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez throws an elbow that misses. Norman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Perez 's guard. Nice move by Norman!

Norman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Perez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Norman trying to control the position from guard on top but Perez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Perez controlling the position.
Norman is stalling in the full guard.
Norman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Norman trying to control but Perez is working from the bottom.
Perez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Perez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Norman manages to get himself to full guard.

Norman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Norman keeping full guard, as Perez tries to pass.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Perez 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Perez wants to control from the top but Norman keeps moving.
Perez wants to pass the guard but Norman is keeping the position.
Norman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Perez is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Perez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Norman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Perez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Norman is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Perez is aware though and is defending well.
Norman is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Perez is controlling him.
Perez connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Norman being controlled here, momentarily.
Perez trying to control but Norman is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but William Norman will probably get the nod.
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.

Perez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Norman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Norman misses with a wild body shot.
Perez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Norman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Norman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Perez feinted with a counter takedown.
Perez throws a body shot but no joy.
Perez shoots for a double leg takedown but Norman sprawls well. He's pushed Perez 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Norman moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Perez lands a body shot.
William Norman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Norman scores with a nice strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Norman scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Norman connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Norman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Perez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Norman scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norman on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A chopping leg kick lands by Norman.
Norman feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Perez 's calf.
Norman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Perez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Norman is fending him off so far but Perez persists. Nope, Norman circles away and we're back to standing.

Perez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Norman tries to improve position but can't.
Perez working the ground and pound.
Perez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perez working the head and body with strikes.
Perez is chipping away with strikes.
Norman has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Norman is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norman is trying to control Perez 's posture but Perez avoids it.
Perez advances to mount.
Perez looking to control but Norman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Norman is in all sorts of trouble here.
Perez avoids the attempt from Norman to control.
Norman sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Norman is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Perez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Norman keeping moving, preventing Perez from controlling successfully.
Perez connects with a couple of short punches.
Norman keeping moving, preventing Perez from controlling successfully.

Perez drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Norman manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Perez has Norman in his guard.

Norman chips away with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Norman controls the pace.
Perez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Norman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Perez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Perez is working hard here to advance position.
Perez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Norman controls from within his opponent's guard.

Perez is looking for a triangle but Norman pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but William Norman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Perez misses with a straight left.
Norman misses with an uppercut. Perez saw that one coming.
Perez shoots in but no luck this time.
Perez avoids the head kick by Norman.
Norman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Perez .
Norman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Perez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Perez blocks the body kick.

Perez clinches with his opponent.
Still in the clinch, Perez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Perez lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Perez tries to pull guard but Norman forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Norman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Perez struggles to land a body shot inside as Norman controls his hands.
Perez misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norman has Perez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Perez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Norman lands a shot to the body.
Norman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Norman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Perez tries to throw a body punch but Norman avoids it by throwing Perez back against the cage.
Perez gets underhooks to prevent Norman's takedown attempt.
Perez tries to throw a body punch but Norman avoids it by throwing Perez back against the cage.
Norman looking to throw knees to the head but Perez is blocking nicely.
Perez misses with the head strike.
Norman tries to land knees in the clinch but Perez avoids the damage to the body.
Norman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Guillo Perez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Norman.
Norman can't find room to land a body shot as Perez controls the action.
Perez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Norman blocks a body shot from Perez .
Norman is trying to push Perez away but Perez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Guillo Perez has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Norman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perez slips a straight right by Norman.
Norman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Perez on the side of the head.

Perez takes the fight into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Norman.
Perez misses with a punch to the body.
Norman blocking some punches.
Norman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Perez lands a takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Norman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Norman keeping moving, preventing Perez from controlling successfully.
Perez throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norman working a defensive guard here.
Norman is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Perez works a leg free and moves into half guard.
William Norman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Perez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Perez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Guillo Perez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Perez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Perez throwing shots but Norman is blocking nicely.
Norman is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norman is looking to control Perez 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Norman avoid being mounted?
Perez is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Norman reverses the position - he's now on top in Perez 's guard.
Perez is controlling Norman's posture.
Perez trying to keep a closed guard but Norman is proving a slippery customer.
Perez controlling Norman's posture.
Guillo Perez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Perez wants to control the position but Norman says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to William Norman.
I've got Norman winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Norman!
William Norman seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.