PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Norman (ranked 2508 p4p, 339 weight class) and Thay Budo (ranked 2200 p4p, 308 weight class). Norman comes to the cage accompanied by Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline. Budo has chosen Knocked Da Fuck Out as his entrance music. Thay Budo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with William Norman's chin.

Norman
vs
Budo

190 cm
21
223 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

198 cm
28
215 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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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 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, William Norman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Thay Budo!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Norman.
Budo 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.
Jab, jab by Budo - just one landing.
Budo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Norman staying out of range there.
Budo lands with a right hand.

Norman shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Budo's guard.
Budo is looking to stand back up but Norman counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Budo.

Budo is trying to stand up here but Norman is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Budo is not content to let Norman control the position.
Budo tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Norman manages to move to mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee warns Budo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Budo is trying to stand up.
Norman with good strikes from the mount here!
Norman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Norman dominating with strikes here.
Norman landing shots from mount.
Norman breaks from Budo's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norman is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Budo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Norman looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Budo really wants to buck Norman off and get back to his feet.
Norman controlling from the full mount.
Budo is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Norman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Budo's face.
Budo is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Norman controlling the position easily from mount.
Norman lands a heavy elbow.
Norman controlling from the full mount.
You get the feeling that Budo really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norman controlling the pace for now.
Norman breaks from Budo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Norman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Budo is rocked!
You get the feeling that Budo really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Budo is still in real trouble! Can Norman finish him?
Norman breaks from Budo's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Norman is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Budo can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Norman lands with some strikes.
Budo trying desperately to get to his feet.
Norman postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Budo looks a forlorn figure.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Budo can do anything to dispel that myth.
You get the feeling that Budo really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Norman lands a big shot to the head and Budo winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). William Norman!
After winning the bout, William Norman thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.