PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brian Dean (ranked 1411 p4p, 2137 weight class) and Nils Norling (ranked 192 p4p, 268 weight class). Norling has chosen Scarlet - Age of seduction as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dean
vs
Norling

183 cm
24
185
10 - 5 - 0

185 cm
26
175
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Dean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nils Norling!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dean missing with a left hand there. Norling was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Norling throws a series of punches but Dean avoids them all with ease.
Dean lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Nils Norling has been cut.
Dean swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Norling is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Dean misses with a hook
and Norling counters with a low kick, right behind Dean 's knee.
A swing and a miss from Dean.
Dean waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Norling.
Norling unleashes a big counter combination but Dean bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Dean throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dean tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Norling was well out of range. Poor timing from Dean.
Dean fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dean scores with a sloppy right hand. Norling should have avoided that one.
Dean connects with a jab.

Norling gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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!

Norling breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Norling gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dean.

Norling clinches.

Norling breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norling lands an overhand right.
Dean misses with an uppercut. Norling saw that one coming.
Dean is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Norling.
Norling has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Dean is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Dean throws the left hand but Norling avoids the punch easily.
Norling slips under a jab from Dean.
Dean throws a big shot that misses.
Norling uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dean.
Norling was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Dean misses with a shot to the body
and Norling counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Norling clinches.
Norling fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Norling wants a takedown.

Norling breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dean missing with a left hand there. Norling was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've been told by Dean's head coaches at New York Public Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Dean missing with a left hand there. Norling was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Norling doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

Norling closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norling jumps guard but Dean stands there with Norling around his waist. Norling gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Brian Dean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nils Norling.

Norling's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dean throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dean throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Norling follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.

Norling closes the distance and clinches.
Norling tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Norling pushes Dean back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Dean manages to break the clinch.
Dean tries to bum rush Norling with a series of wild strikes but Norling uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dean stalks Norling and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Norling's face. Norling staggers backwards, shaken.

Norling clinches with his opponent.
Dean wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean tries to break the clinch but Norling is controlling the position.

Norling breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Norling instigates a clinch.

Norling escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dean looks to throw the jab but Norling is out of range.
Dean takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Norling closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dean takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Dean is rocked!
Norling working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Norling misses with the ground and pound.
Dean managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Norling.
Norling misses with the ground and pound.
Norling wants to take a breather but Dean manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Norling.
Dean is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dean pushes Norling off and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Norling clobbers Dean with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Oh Dean is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Norling lands a huge takedown. Dean is out but the ref is slow to react and Norling lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Dean lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nils Norling!
A victorious Nils Norling thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.