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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Les Norton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jolly Giant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norton comes to the cage accompanied by Land downunder - Men at work. Giant has chosen Final Hour as his entrance music. Les Norton has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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280 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Les Norton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jolly Giant!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Giant was well out of range. Poor timing from Norton.
Norton misses with a wild combination.
Norton walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Giant cracks the inside of Norton's front leg.
Norton walks into a stiff left hand from Giant.
Giant swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Norton counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giant fails to land with a series of punches.
Giant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Norton misses with a combination
and Giant counters with a low kick, right behind Norton 's knee.
Giant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Giant lunges at Norton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Norton's hand.
Giant closes the distance looking to clinch
and Norton counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Giant throws a right and a left that Norton avoids nicely.
Jolly Giant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Giant tries to close the distance and clinch but Norton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giant has managed to clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Norton.
Giant struggles to land a body shot inside as Norton controls his hands.
Norton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Giant throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Giant misses with an uppercut.
Norton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Giant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Giant pushes Norton up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Giant on the inside.
Giant has a couple of punches blocked by Norton.
Norton prevents a body shot from Giant.
Giant misses with a punch on the inside.
Giant misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giant misses with a punch on the inside.
Giant misses with a short punch on the inside.
Norton is trying to break the clinch but Giant has him pressed against the cage.
Giant working aggressively here.
Norton avoids a wild elbow strike from Giant.
Giant softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Giant misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Norton as Giant tries to tie him up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Giant.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Norton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Giant misses with a double jab
and Norton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giant misses with the combination.
Norton cracks Giant with a right hand to the side of the head.
Giant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Norton checks a leg kick.
Giant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giant scores with a hook to the body. Norton takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Giant scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Giant swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Norton counters with a straight right hand.
Giant slips a jab and a cross from Norton.
Giant closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Giant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Norton.
Norton blocks an uppercut.
Giant pushes Norton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giant misses with the head strike.
Giant doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Giant throws a punch but it's blocked by Norton.
Giant lands with a right to the head.
Giant manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are getting on Giant's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Giant tries to stall but Norton uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Norton is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jolly Giant 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.
Norton keeps the fight on the outside.
Norton stalks Giant and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Giant's face. Giant staggers backwards, shaken.
Giant connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Norton's hands.
Giant misses with the combination.
Giant misses with a right hand
and Norton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Giant is looking to clinch.
Giant throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Giant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Norton tries to move into range but Giant moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Some wild striking there from Giant.
Giant tries to clinch but Norton is having none of it.
Giant rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Norton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Giant closes the distance but Norton moves to the side
and Norton counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by Giant.
Norton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Giant tries to avoid it but Norton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Giant to the ground. Giant escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giant takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Norton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Giant.
Les Norton is winning the standup battle so far.
Norton throws a right and a left that Giant avoids nicely.
Norton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Les Norton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Giant fails to land with a series of punches.
Norton throws a series of punches but Giant avoids them all with ease.
Giant misses with a two punch combination.
Giant uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Norton.
Giant throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Norton.
Norton lands a jab.
Giant misses with a head kick.
Norton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A slapping leg kick lands for Giant.
Donk. Norton catches Giant right on the button with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Giant misses with a hook. Norton ducked under it nicely.
Giant lunges at Norton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Norton's hand.
Norton tries for a takedown but Giant sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Norton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Giant looks to throw the jab but Norton is out of range.
Giant fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Norton on the side of the head.
Norton moves out of range of the body kick from Giant.
Giant throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Norton.
Giant doesn't manage to clinch there - Norton circles away.
Giant bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Giant scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A big right from Giant misses.
Norton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice straight punches there by Norton. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Norton.
Jolly Giant is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giant tries to clinch up but Norton circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Giant, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Norton connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Norton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Giant gets a clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Giant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Giant tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Norton's elbow.
Norton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Norton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Giant has him pressed against the cage.
Giant gets through Norton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Norton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giant breaks from the clinch.
Giant misses with a wild combination.
Giant moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Norton.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Giant looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Giant misses with a combination
and Norton counters with a nice uppercut.
Norton fails to land with a series of punches.
Norton misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Giant throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Giant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Giant fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Norton is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Giant wants to clinch up but Norton keeps it at a distance.
Giant moves into the clinch successfully.
Norton tries to break free but Giant pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Les Norton will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Norton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Giant tries to clinch there but Norton circles away.
Giant loads up on a big right hand but Norton slips the punch.
Norton lunges at Giant with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Giant's hand.
Giant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A nice leg kick lands there from Giant.
Norton looks to score with a jab to the body but Giant is just out of range.
Giant swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Norton circles away from the clinch attempt
and Norton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Giant tries to clinch up.
Giant tries to close the distance and clinch but Norton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Norton misses.
Giant stuffs the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giant throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Norton counters with a right hand to the body.
Giant scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Giant moves in looking to clinch but Norton pushes him off.
Norton throws a looping overhand right but Giant ducks down to avoid it.
Norton throws a jab when Giant was well out of range.
Giant misses with a straight left.
Giant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Giant uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Norton has time to react.
Norton takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Norton jabs at Giant's body.
Giant takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Donk. Giant catches Norton right on the button with a cross.
Giant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Norton keeps the fight on the outside.
Giant fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giant misses with a combination
and Norton counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Norton just misses with a punch to the body.
Norton misses the shot to the body.
Giant swinging wildly here.
Norton on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Norton takes a swing at Giant's ribcage but misses.
Norton lands with a nice body punch.
Norton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Giant manages to avoid it.
Norton just misses with a punch to the body.
Norton scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Norton misses with an uppercut. Giant saw that one coming.
Norton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Norton drops Giant with a left and a right! Oh, Giant is hurt - Norton dives into side control looking to finish!
Giant is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Norton scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Giant is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Norton can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Les Norton!
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hype
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