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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edd Norton (ranked 213 p4p, 383 weight class) and Chad Bartz (ranked 39 p4p, 64 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edd Norton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Bartz!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bartz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A low kick from Bartz misses
letting Norton counter with a right hand.
Norton throws a poor cross that misses
and Bartz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Norton has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Heavy Metal in the buildup to the fight.
Bartz misses with a leg kick
enabling Norton to counter with a crisp jab.
Bartz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
An attempted straight right counter from Norton misses the target.
Bartz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bartz misses with a hook. Norton ducked under it nicely.
Norton misses with a double jab.
Bartz feints a counter leg kick.
Norton lands a body shot.
Chad Bartz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Bartz finds it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Norton lands a jab to Bartz's midsection.
Bartz throws a body shot but no joy.
Norton 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bartz was well out of range. Poor timing from Norton.
Norton walks into a jab.
Bartz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Norton tries to clinch but Bartz is having none of it.
Bartz lands an overhand right.
A bone on bone clash there as Norton blocks the leg kick.
Bartz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Norton on the side of the head.
Bartz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Norton.
Bartz scores with a nice right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Bartz there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
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!
Bartz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Norton was well out of range. Poor timing from Bartz.
A little feinted left hand from Norton on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Norton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bartz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bartz closes the distance and pushes Norton back into the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Bartz.
A left hand lands to the body for Bartz.
Bartz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bartz is working Norton over against the cage.
Norton manages to break the clinch.
Bartz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Norton's head.
Bartz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Norton's sensitive parts.
Bartz connects with a body shot.
Bartz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Norton counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norton has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bartz.
Bartz doesn't manage to clinch there - Norton circles away.
Norton moves away from the strike by Bartz.
Bartz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Norton misses with a hook
and Bartz counters with a nice leg kick.
Norton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bartz throws a hook but Norton blocks it.
Norton is looking to counter punch.
Bartz scores with a body shot.
Bartz throws a low kick but Norton avoids it.
Bartz scores with a decent looking hook.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bartz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartz connects with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bartz scores with a decent looking hook.
Bartz works the jab nicely.
A good leg kick by Bartz.
Bartz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Norton.
Bartz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bartz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Norton checks it well.
Norton was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bartz misses with a series of wild punches.
Norton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Bartz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bartz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Norton clinches up against the cage.
Bartz has a couple of punches blocked by Norton.
Norton misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bartz.
Norton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Norton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bartz working aggressively here.
Norton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Norton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Norton tries to break free but Bartz pushes him back against the cage.
Norton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Norton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bartz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Norton.
Bartz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bartz misses with an uppercut. Norton saw that one coming.
Bartz throws an off balance right hand
and Norton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Norton.
Bartz takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bartz jabs at Norton's body.
Norton ducks under a wild hook from Bartz.
Bartz lands with a shot to the body.
Bartz lands a leg kick that knocks Norton off balance momentarily.
Norton checks a low kick from Bartz.
Norton seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Bartz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bartz tries a quick counter leg kick but Norton is wise to it.
Bartz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bartz scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Norton throws a poor cross that misses
and Bartz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bartz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Norton scores with a jab. Bartz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Norton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Norton misses with a series of wild punches.
Bartz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bartz lands a nice hook to Norton's body. Norton takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Norton. Bartz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bartz defending well as Norton loads up on a big left hand.
Norton tries to keep at a distance but Bartz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bartz lands with a light punch inside.
Bartz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Norton backwards.
Bartz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bartz.
Norton breaks the clinch.
Bartz misses with a lunging right hand
and Norton counters with a nice uppercut.
Bartz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Norton misses with a hook to the body
and Bartz counters with a leg kick.
Bartz misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Norton.
An attempted straight right counter from Norton misses the target.
Norton moves away from the strike by Bartz.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bartz throws a leg kick that is checked
and Norton counters with a series of strikes. Bartz will be more careful next time no doubt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bartz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Norton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Norton.
Bartz tries to clinch but Norton moves out of range.
Bartz throws a leg kick but Norton checks it.
Norton swings for the body but Bartz moves out of range.
Norton lunges at Bartz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bartz's hand.
Bartz misses with a body shot
and Norton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Chad Bartz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
A big right from Bartz misses.
A little feinted left hand from Norton on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bartz throws a hook but Norton blocks it.
Norton is looking to counter punch.
Norton blocks a low kick nicely.
Norton went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A low kick lands for Bartz.
Norton clobbers Bartz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bartz throws a hook but Norton blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bartz. Norton does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bartz throws a leg kick that is checked
and Norton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Norton wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bartz is looking to chop away at Norton's legs.
Norton closes the distance and clinches.
Bartz blocks an uppercut.
Bartz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Norton backwards.
Bartz misses with a punch on the inside.
Norton misses with a punch to the body.
Bartz throws a punch but it's blocked by Norton.
Norton throws a head punch that misses.
Bartz lands a nice uppercut.
Bartz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norton throws a punch but it's blocked by Bartz.
Norton is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Norton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bartz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Norton checks the leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Norton on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Chad Bartz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bartz throws a low kick but Norton avoids it.
Norton has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Norton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bartz misses with some punches.
Norton lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bartz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bartz tries to throw a body punch but Norton avoids it by throwing Bartz back against the cage.
Bartz lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bartz fails to land.
Bartz throws an elbow that misses.
Norton lands with a left to the head.
Norton working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bartz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Bartz.
Bartz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bartz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bartz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Norton backwards.
Norton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bartz working aggressively here.
Bartz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bartz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chad Bartz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A hook to the body from Bartz.
Bartz working aggressively here.
Norton takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bartz swings wildly with an uppercut but Norton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Norton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Norton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bartz misses with a punch to the body.
Bartz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norton tries a body shot but Bartz blocks it.
Bartz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Norton blocking some punches.
Bartz misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Norton.
Bartz throws a punch but it's blocked by Norton.
Norton stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bartz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bartz scores with a hook to the body.
Norton tries to throw a body punch but Bartz avoids it by throwing Norton back against the cage.
Norton manages to break the clinch.
A combination from Bartz does no damage.
Bartz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Norton takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bartz throws a leg kick
and Norton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Norton with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bartz to score with a decent uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Bartz really 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.
Bartz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Norton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Norton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Norton is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bartz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Norton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Bartz misses the target.
It looked like Norton was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Norton digs a good hook to Bartz's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norton throws an off balance right hand
and Bartz counters with a thumping low kick.
Norton moves out of range of the leg kick from Bartz.
Bartz throws a hook but Norton blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton scores with a punch to the head.
Norton throws a jab but it's blocked by Bartz.
Bartz misses with a left hand
and Norton counters with a nice uppercut.
Norton is looking to clinch but Bartz is avoiding it.
Bartz lands a leg kick that knocks Norton off balance momentarily.
Bartz staying out of range there.
Bartz is looking to slow Norton down with leg kicks.
Bartz feints and then cracks Norton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Norton down.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Norton checks a leg kick.
Norton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bartz manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norton tries to clinch up.
A telegraphed right hand from Bartz misses the target.
Norton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bartz manages to avoid it.
Bartz misses with a straight right.
Bartz wants to land a leg kick but Norton is out of range.
Norton misses with a lunging right hand
and Bartz counters with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Norton darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bartz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A big left from Bartz misses.
A shot to the body from Bartz misses
and Norton counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Norton scores with a jab.
Bartz misses with a leg kick.
Bartz misses with a body punch
and Norton holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bartz.
Norton cracks Bartz with a nice body shot.
Bartz is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Norton breaks from the clinch.
Bartz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Norton.
Bartz is looking to chop away at Norton's legs.
Bartz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Norton throws out the jab.
Bartz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Norton keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norton misses with a wild combination.
Bartz slips a jab and a cross from Norton.
Bartz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Norton walks into a straight right hand from Bartz.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bartz.
Bartz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Norton.
An attempted straight right counter from Norton misses the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Norton on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bartz is looking to slow Norton down with leg kicks.
Bartz throws a lazy uppercut
and Norton counters with a stiff right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Edd Norton will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Bartz scores with a leg kick.
Norton ducks right into an uppercut from Bartz.
Norton throws a right and a left that Bartz avoids nicely.
Norton misses with a right hand
and Bartz counters by moving into the clinch.
A short right from Norton on the inside.
Norton lands a nice uppercut.
Norton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bartz backwards.
Norton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Norton manages to break the clinch.
Norton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Norton takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bartz slips a straight right by Norton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartz wants to slow Norton down by chopping away at his legs.
Bartz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Norton.
It seemed like Bartz was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Norton missing with a left hand there. Bartz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bartz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Norton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Norton misses with an uppercut
and Bartz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Norton walks into a jab.
Bartz pushes Norton up against the cage in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Norton.
Bartz misses with a punch to the body.
Bartz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Norton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Edd Norton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bartz throws a good cross that connects.
Bartz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice defenses there by Bartz.
Norton walks into a left hand.
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!
Nice shot lands for Bartz.
A punch lands to the side of Norton 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bartz is looking to score with low kicks.
Norton is looking to counter punch.
Norton digs a good body shot into Bartz's ribs.
Bartz with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartz scoring well with a low kick there.
A low kick from Bartz is predictable there
and Norton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Norton misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bartz counters with a nice low kick that buckles Norton's knee momentarily.
Norton misses with an uppercut
and Bartz counters with a left to the body.
Bartz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Norton's head.
A low kick from Bartz misses
and Norton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bartz looks to land a right hand but Norton moved out of range.
Norton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bartz misses with a straight right.
Bartz throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norton stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bartz.
Bartz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Norton seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Norton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bartz was well out of range. Poor timing from Norton.
Bartz let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nice uppercut lands for Bartz. That snapped Norton's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A low kick from Bartz misses
and Norton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bartz cracks Norton with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
An inside leg kick from Bartz misses.
Bartz swings for the body but Norton moves out of range.
Good shot there by Bartz.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chad Bartz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bartz 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight for Chad Bartz!
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Chad Bartz!
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight for Chad Bartz!
Chad Bartz wins by unanimous decision!
Chad Bartz is the new light heavyweight champion!
Chad Bartz spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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