PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kaytrom Bonhartin (ranked 4909 p4p, 6076 weight class) and Lester Norman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bonhartin
vs
Norman

170 cm
18
130
0 - 1 - 0

169 cm
18
140
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaytrom Bonhartin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Lester Norman!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bonhartin.

Norman closes the distance and clinches.
Norman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bonhartin with a knee to the head.
Bonhartin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Norman managing to block the knees to the body from Bonhartin.
Norman managing to block the knees to the body from Bonhartin.
Bonhartin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bonhartin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bonhartin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Norman avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonhartin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Norman.
Norman managing to block the knees to the body from Bonhartin.
Bonhartin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Norman avoids it.
Bonhartin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Norman is defending well for now.

Norman turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Norman has an Americana. Bonhartin didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Norman is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Norman hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Lester Norman!