PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Murky McTavern (ranked 1278 p4p, 175 weight class) and William Norman (ranked 1500 p4p, 208 weight class). Norman has chosen Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

McTavern
vs
Norman

186 cm
23
205 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
224 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Murky McTavern!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, William Norman!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from McTavern misses.
McTavern backing away here, and Norman unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
McTavern misses with a left hand
and Norman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Norman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Norman ducks under a wild hook from McTavern.
Norman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McTavern sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Norman thows a body kick. McTavern tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Norman blocks a jab.
Norman moves out of range of the strikes.
Norman misses with a jab to the body
enabling McTavern to counter with a crisp jab.
McTavern displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Norman throws out the jab.
Norman misses the body punch
and McTavern connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McTavern uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
McTavern throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Norman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice shot by Norman.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McTavern ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McTavern keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McTavern swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from McTavern misses the target.
Norman is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Norman with a jab.
Norman connects with a good right hand that stumbles McTavern. McTavern circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A swing and a miss from Norman.
McTavern misses the jab.
Norman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McTavern throwing a counter right hand but Norman manages to avoid it.
Norman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Norman throws a sloppy head kick and McTavern moves out of range easily.
Norman tried to score with a low kick but McTavern checks it.
McTavern misses with a hook.
McTavern walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McTavern is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
McTavern swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Norman.
Norman misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Norman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McTavern uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Norman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norman scores with a sloppy right hand. McTavern should have avoided that one.
Norman looks to land a left hand but McTavern moved out of range nicely.
Norman tries to move into range but McTavern moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
McTavern fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McTavern slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice takedown defense from McTavern. No joy for Norman on that attempt.
Norman defending well as McTavern loads up on a big left hand.
William Norman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McTavern throws the left hand but Norman avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Norman. McTavern does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by McTavern. Beautiful body shot.
McTavern throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Norman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Norman feints the counter takedown.
McTavern misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from McTavern misses the target.
McTavern fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Norman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McTavern connects with the punch.
Murky McTavern is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Norman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Norman missing with a left hand there. McTavern was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McTavern lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Norman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McTavern is looking to counter punch.
Norman misses with an uppercut
letting McTavern counter with a right hand.
McTavern connects with a body shot.
McTavern throws a shot from downtown. Norman moves away and avoids it.
A big right from McTavern misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Norman!
McTavern scores with a shot to the body.
McTavern is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Norman misses with a takedown attempt - McTavern sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from McTavern. Norman does a little dance to reset his feet.
McTavern just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McTavern misses with a hook. Norman ducked under it nicely.
McTavern throws a body punch but Norman moves out of range.
Norman misses with a looping left.
Norman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McTavern throws out the jab.
A swing and a miss from McTavern.
McTavern slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Norman moves out of range as McTavern strikes.
McTavern throws a jab but it's blocked by Norman.
McTavern throws a right hand that misses
enabling Norman to counter with a crisp jab.
Norman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McTavern.
Norman takes a swing at McTavern's ribcage but misses.
McTavern throwing a counter right hand but Norman manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McTavern is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Norman.
McTavern looks to score with a jab to the body but Norman is just out of range.
Norman throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murky McTavern dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Norman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McTavern is looking to counter punch.
McTavern connects with a nice looking jab.
Norman ducks under a wild hook from McTavern.
Norman walks into a stiff left hand from McTavern.
A telegraphed right hand from McTavern misses the target.
Norman misses with a lunging right hand
and McTavern connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Norman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Norman lands with a nice combination. McTavern backs away looking to recover.
McTavern throws a right and a left that Norman avoids nicely.
Norman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice uppercut there from McTavern.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Norman might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, McTavern has got the better of the exchanges.
McTavern misses with a looping left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Norman throws a leg kick but McTavern checks it.
Norman looks to throw the jab but McTavern is out of range.
McTavern tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murky McTavern is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McTavern takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Left hook, right uppercut from Norman.
Norman throws a body kick that misses
and McTavern counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Norman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McTavern.
Norman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McTavern.
McTavern throws a hook but Norman blocks it.
Norman misses with a hook
and McTavern counters with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from McTavern.
Norman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Norman misses with a wild body shot.
Norman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McTavern jabs at Norman's body.
Norman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Norman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTavern drops Norman with a straight right hand, right on the button! McTavern follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Murky McTavern!
Our winner, Murky McTavern, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.