PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between AJ Valendretti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher Norman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valendretti kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Numb - Linkin Park. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Valendretti
vs
Norman

190 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

175 cm
22
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Demonic Drugs
Lightning Fight Gear

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, AJ Valendretti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christopher Norman!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Valendretti.
A punch combination from Valendretti misses.
Valendretti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Norman.
Norman tries to clinch but Valendretti is having none of it.
Valendretti keeps the fight on the outside.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valendretti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Valendretti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Valendretti misses with the combination.
Valendretti looks to land a combination but Norman avoids it well.
Valendretti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Norman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Valendretti misses with a wild combination.
Valendretti keeps the fight on the outside.
Valendretti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Norman tries to clinch there but Valendretti circles away.
Norman moves in looking to clinch but Valendretti pushes him off.
Valendretti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Norman tries to clinch but Valendretti is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Valendretti throws a series of punches but Norman moves out of range.
Valendretti is breathing heavily.
Norman wants to clinch.
Norman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Norman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valendretti misses with the combination.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valendretti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Valendretti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Valendretti throws a right hand that Norman ducks under and follows up with a left that Norman also avoids with ease.
Norman tries to clinch up but Valendretti circles away and keeps his distance.
Norman tries to clinch up but Valendretti circles away and keeps his distance.
Norman tries to clinch up.
Norman tries to clinch there but Valendretti circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Norman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Valendretti swats away the attempt to clinch by Norman.
Norman tries to clinch but Valendretti moves out of range.
Valendretti swats away the attempt to clinch by Norman.
Valendretti misses with a double jab.

Norman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Valendretti, pushing him back against the cage.
Norman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like AJ Valendretti has been cut.
Norman throws an elbow but it misses.
Valendretti blocks the elbow strike.
Valendretti drops down looking for an ankle pick but Norman pulls his leg out and moves away.
Norman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Valendretti misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Norman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Norman wants to clinch up but Valendretti keeps it at a distance.
Valendretti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valendretti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Norman moves in looking to clinch but Valendretti pushes him off.
Valendretti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Norman tries to clinch but Valendretti moves out of range.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch but Valendretti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Norman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Norman tries to clinch there but Valendretti circles away.
Norman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Valendretti throws a nice looking combination but Norman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Norman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Norman is looking to clinch but Valendretti is avoiding it.
Valendretti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Valendretti looks to land a combination but Norman avoids it well.
Norman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Norman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Norman is looking to clinch but Valendretti is avoiding it.
Norman tries to clinch up.
Norman fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Norman wants to clinch.
Valendretti fails to land with a series of punches.
Valendretti swats away the attempt to clinch by Norman.
Valendretti swats away the attempt to clinch by Norman.
Valendretti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Norman tries to clinch up.
Norman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Valendretti swinging wilding here.
Valendretti swats away the attempt to clinch by Norman.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch but Valendretti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Norman tries to clinch up but Valendretti circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Valendretti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Norman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Norman tries to clinch but Valendretti is having none of it.
Norman fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Norman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Valendretti.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch but Valendretti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Valendretti tries to bum rush Norman with a series of wild strikes but Norman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Norman doesn't manage to clinch there - Valendretti circles away.
Valendretti looks to land a combination but Norman avoids it well.
Valendretti keeps the fight on the outside.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Norman is looking to clinch.
Norman tries to clinch up but Valendretti circles away and keeps his distance.
Norman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valendretti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Norman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Valendretti.
Valendretti keeps the fight on the outside.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch but Valendretti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Valendretti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Valendretti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Norman is looking to clinch but Valendretti is avoiding it.
Norman tries to clinch but Valendretti moves out of range.
Valendretti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Valendretti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christopher Norman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on AJ Valendretti's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Norman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Valendretti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Norman is looking to clinch but Valendretti is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Norman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Norman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Norman is looking to clinch but Valendretti is avoiding it.
Norman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Norman moves in looking to clinch but Valendretti pushes him off.
Norman is looking to clinch but Valendretti is avoiding it.
Valendretti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Norman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Norman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Norman is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norman slips a jab and a cross from Valendretti.
Norman tries to clinch up but Valendretti circles away and keeps his distance.
Norman tries to clinch up.
Valendretti really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Valendretti throws a right and a left that Norman avoids nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Norman wants to clinch.
Norman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valendretti tries to bum rush Norman with a series of wild strikes but Norman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Valendretti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Norman tries to clinch but Valendretti moves out of range.
AJ Valendretti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Norman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Valendretti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Norman moves in looking to clinch but Valendretti pushes him off.
Norman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Valendretti throws a right and a left that Norman avoids nicely.
Norman wants to clinch up but Valendretti keeps it at a distance.
Valendretti swats away the attempt to clinch by Norman.
Norman is looking to clinch but Valendretti is avoiding it.
Norman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Norman tries to clinch up.
Norman dodges the punch combination from Valendretti.
Norman moves in looking to clinch but Valendretti pushes him off.
Valendretti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch but Valendretti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Norman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Valendretti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Norman tries to clinch there but Valendretti circles away.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valendretti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Norman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Valendretti looks to land a combination but Norman avoids it well.
Norman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Valendretti swats away the attempt to clinch by Norman.
Valendretti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Norman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Valendretti is working for takedown but Norman is calmly controlling the position for now.
Norman lands a damaging elbow.
Norman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Valendretti can't get the takedown.
Norman lands an elbow inside that Valendretti shrugs off.
Norman lands an elbow inside that Valendretti shrugs off.
Valendretti wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for AJ Valendretti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Norman is pressed up against the cage. Valendretti has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Norman down to the mat. Norman avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Norman is looking to clinch.
Norman wants to clinch up but Valendretti keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valendretti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Norman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Valendretti.
Norman slips a jab and a cross from Valendretti.
Norman wants to clinch up but Valendretti keeps it at a distance.
Norman tries to clinch up.
Norman tries to clinch there but Valendretti circles away.
Norman tries to clinch up.
Norman wants to clinch up but Valendretti keeps it at a distance.
Valendretti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Norman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Norman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Norman tries to clinch up but Valendretti circles away and keeps his distance.
Norman slips a jab and a cross from Valendretti.
The fight stays on the outside here - Norman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Norman moves in looking to clinch but Valendretti pushes him off.
Valendretti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Norman tries to clinch there but Valendretti circles away.
Valendretti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valendretti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Valendretti misses with the combination.
Norman tries to clinch up.
Valendretti keeps the fight on the outside.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Norman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Norman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Valendretti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Norman.
Norman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Valendretti.
Norman fails with an attempt to clinch.

Norman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Valendretti, pushing him back against the cage.
Norman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Valendretti can't get the takedown.
Norman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Norman gets underhooks to prevent Valendretti's takedown attempt.
Norman lands an elbow that stopped Valendretti in his tracks for a moment.
Norman lands a nice elbow.
Norman lands an elbow just above Valendretti 's eye.
Valendretti takes an elbow to the forehead.
Norman pushes off an throws an elbow but Valendretti leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Norman lands an elbow just above Valendretti 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christopher Norman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on AJ Valendretti's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

No joy there for Valendretti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Valendretti throws a right and a left that Norman avoids nicely.
Norman moves in looking to clinch but Valendretti pushes him off.
Norman wants to clinch up but Valendretti keeps it at a distance.
Valendretti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Valendretti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Norman tries to clinch there but Valendretti circles away.
Norman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Norman wants to clinch.
Valendretti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Valendretti swats away the attempt to clinch by Norman.
Valendretti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Norman.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valendretti swinging wilding here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Valendretti keeps the fight on the outside.
Norman wants to clinch.
Valendretti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norman wants to clinch up but Valendretti keeps it at a distance.
Valendretti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch but Valendretti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch but Valendretti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Valendretti keeps the fight on the outside.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valendretti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Norman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Norman wants to clinch up but Valendretti keeps it at a distance.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valendretti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Valendretti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Norman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Norman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Norman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Norman tries to clinch up.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valendretti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Valendretti misses with a wild combination.
Valendretti misses with the combination.
Norman tries to clinch up but Valendretti circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Norman doesn't manage to clinch there - Valendretti circles away.
Norman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Norman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Valendretti throws a series of punches but Norman avoids them all with ease.
Valendretti misses with a double jab.
Valendretti misses with a wild combination.
Valendretti cracks Norman with an open hand slap.
Valendretti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from Valendretti does no damage.
Norman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Valendretti swats away the attempt to clinch by Norman.
Norman is looking to clinch.
A punch combination from Valendretti misses.
Valendretti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Norman.
Valendretti throws a right hand that Norman ducks under and follows up with a left that Norman also avoids with ease.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Valendretti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Norman is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valendretti keeps the fight on the outside.
Valendretti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Norman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Norman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Norman doesn't manage to clinch there - Valendretti circles away.
Valendretti scores with a three punch combo!
Valendretti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Norman tries to close the distance and clinch but Valendretti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Valendretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Norman dodges the punch combination from Valendretti.
Norman tries to clinch but Valendretti is having none of it.
Norman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Valendretti.
Valendretti throws a right and a left that Norman avoids nicely.
Valendretti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Valendretti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Valendretti connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Norman tumbling to the canvas! Valendretti pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Norman was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). AJ Valendretti!