PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edd Norton (ranked 22526 p4p, 5474 weight class) and Ilya Muromets (ranked 581 p4p, 513 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Norton
vs
Muromets

190 cm
35
212
19 - 25 - 0

187 cm
35
199
18 - 19 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 19 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Edd Norton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ilya Muromets!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norton ducks under a wild hook from Muromets.
Muromets looks to land a right hand but Norton moved out of range.
Muromets throws a poor cross that misses
and Norton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Norton is looking to clinch but Muromets is avoiding it.
Ilya Muromets seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muromets misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Norton.
Norton seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Muromets uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Muromets misses with a hook.
Norton works Muromets's body with a nice hook.
Muromets looks to land a right hand but Norton moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muromets misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Norton looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Norton moves out of range of the strikes.
Norton went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton slows down the pace here.
Muromets lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Muromets.
Muromets throws an elbow that misses.
Muromets lands a nice shot to the body.
Muromets working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Muromets is leaning against Norton and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Norton is breathing heavily.
Muromets lands with a short shot to the head.
Muromets told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Muromets just misses with a elbow thrown towards Norton's brow.
Nice elbow from Muromets.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muromets lands a shoulder strike.
Muromets lands an elbow inside that Norton shrugs off.
Norton blocks the elbow strike.
Norton is trying to break free.
Muromets lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muromets lands a nice elbow.
Muromets creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Norton's defenses.

It looks like Edd Norton has been cut.
Muromets stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Muromets pushes off an throws an elbow but Norton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from Muromets.
A right hook to the body lands for Muromets.
Muromets's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Muromets prevents a body shot from Norton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Muromets.
Muromets misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Muromets will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Norton up against the cage.
Muromets tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Norton.
Norton letting Muromets take a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muromets content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Muromets struggles to land a body shot inside as Norton controls his hands.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Muromets stalling the fight.
The crowd are getting on Muromets's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ilya Muromets.
Muromets works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Norton doesn't manage to clinch there - Muromets circles away.
A little jabbing left from Muromets on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Norton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Norton ducks under a wild hook from Muromets.
Norton throwing a counter right hand but Muromets manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ilya Muromets dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Edd Norton's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Muromets uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Norton.
Muromets lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Norton wants to clinch.
Muromets misses the jab.
Norton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Muromets throws out the jab.
Norton appears to be looking for a big counter.
Muromets misses with a straight right.
Muromets digs a good body shot into Norton's ribs.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Muromets. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Muromets has Norton up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Muromets fails to land.
Muromets displaying some good clinch control by pressing Norton up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muromets is stalling here.
Norton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Muromets has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Muromets lands with a light punch inside.
Norton content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Muromets dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Muromets lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Muromets.
Muromets comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muromets is pushing Norton up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Norton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Muromets tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Muromets tries to throw a body punch but Norton avoids it by throwing Muromets back against the cage.
Muromets misses with an elbow over the top.
Norton leaning against his opponent.
Muromets content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Muromets lands with a right to the head.
Norton stalling in the clinch.
Muromets stalling the fight.
Norton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muromets pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Muromets lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Muromets pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The referee calls for Norton to work.
Norton just leaning against Muromets, taking a breather.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Muromets.
Muromets lands a damaging elbow.
Norton takes a shot to the head.
Muromets misses with a hook to the ribs.
Muromets pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Muromets scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norton swings wildly with an uppercut but Muromets uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Muromets.
Muromets gets through Norton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Norton is rocked!
Norton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Muromets's elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muromets lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Norton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Muromets has Norton pressed against the cage. He pushes Norton back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Muromets throws a beautiful elbow that sends Norton crashing to the floor! Muromets piles on the pressure with more strikes! Norton is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ilya Muromets!