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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Beast (ranked 778 p4p, 108 weight class) and Mason Norris (ranked 959 p4p, 131 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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17 - 11 - 0 |
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187 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Beast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mason Norris!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beast moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Beast seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Norris uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Norris misses with a series of wild punches.
Beast moves out of range as Norris strikes.
Norris throws a push kick but Beast slaps the foot to one side.
Norris scores with a nice head shot.
Norris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beast swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beast uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Norris.
Norris cracks the inside of Beast's front leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norris blocks a low kick nicely.
Norris tries a head kick but it misses.
Beast takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Dave Beast has been cut.
Beast dives in and grabs Norris's left leg, looking for a takedown. Norris pushes down on Beast's head and hops out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris misses with a straight left.
A jab lands there for Norris.
Norris scores with a shot to the body.
Norris looks for the body kick but Beast saw that one coming.
Beast avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beast half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Beast shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Beast not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Norris is looking to escape.
Norris blocking the ground and pound attempt from Beast.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Norris sees it coming and defends easily.
Beast seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Beast is trying to control. Norris wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Beast missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Norris avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Beast.
Beast is working for a submission of some sort.
Norris tries to kick Beast off but Beast keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beast sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Norris defending well though.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Norris is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Beast scores with a couple of nice shots.
Beast throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Beast thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Norris's head.
Beast trying to mount his opponent but Norris defends it.
Beast throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Beast prevents Norris from standing back up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Beast controlling the action here.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Norris connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norris lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Beast goes for a double leg but Norris avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Norris continues to drive forward.
Norris scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Beast takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Norris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beast.
Beast changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Beast swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Norris counters with a straight right hand.
Beast fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Beast. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beast throws an overhand right that lands on Norris's shoulder, as Norris tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beast ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Norris buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mason Norris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Beast's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Norris is looking to clinch.
Norris lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Norris throws a nice looking combination but Beast bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Beast swats away the attempt to clinch by Norris.
Beast feinted with a counter takedown.
Norris throws the left hand but Beast avoids the punch easily.
Mason Norris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Norris thumps Beast with a low kick.
Norris tries to land a leg kick but Beast saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norris uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Beast slips a straight right by Norris.
Beast tries to close the distance and clinch up but Norris swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Norris is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A jab from Beast misses.
A nice side step and Norris releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris scores with a jab. Beast acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Beast bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beast will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beast misses with a hook.
Mason Norris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Norris misses with a wild body shot.
Norris fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Beast looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Beast scores with a nice right hand.
Norris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beast gets tackled into the ropes by Norris. Norris maintains the clinch.
Norris pushes Beast back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris lands a right hand.
Norris swings wildly with an uppercut but Beast uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beast throws a punch but it's blocked by Norris.
Beast stalling.
Norris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beast throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Norris tries to counter with a clinch but Beast shakes him off and moves away.
Norris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mason Norris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Norris tries to clinch but Beast moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Norris, right into the meat.
Beast tries to clinch there but Norris circles away.
Norris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Norris connects with an inside leg kick.
Norris cracks the inside of Beast's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris moves out of range of the strikes.
Beast tries to clinch up.
Beast thows a left - swing and a miss!
Norris tries to counter by closing the distance.
Norris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beast shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Norris defends it nicely.
Beast throws a body punch but Norris moves out of range.
Norris misses with the combination.
Beast appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Beast takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norris misses with a head kick.
Beast throws a jab when Norris was well out of range.
Norris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beast.
Beast tries to clinch but Norris moves out of range.
Beast tries to clinch but Norris is having none of it.
A telegraphed right hand from Norris misses the target.
Beast throws an off balance right hand
and Norris counters with a nice uppercut.
Norris swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Norris throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Norris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mason Norris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dave Beast's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Norris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Norris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Norris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Beast paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beast takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Beast on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Norris. Norris obviously looking to wear him down.
Norris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Norris throws a jab but it's blocked by Beast.
Beast goes for a double leg but Norris avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Norris continues to drive forward.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beast stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Norris.
Norris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beast.
Beast misses with a left hand
and Norris counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beast.
Norris now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Norris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good exchange - Norris coming out on top.
Beast is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sloppy strikes from Beast. Those never looked like landing.
Beast takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Norris slips under a jab from Beast.
Norris feints a counter leg kick.
A solid body kick from Norris.
Beast misses with a straight right.
Beast checks the leg kick nicely there.
Beast drops down looking for a counter takedown but Norris sprawls and moves away.
Beast darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Beast looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Norris.
Norris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Beast chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Norris can pounce on him.
Norris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Beast doesn't seem bothered though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Norris fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Beast.
A slapping body kick lands there for Norris.
A nice inside leg kick there by Norris. That's going to slow Beast down.
Norris throws a body shot but no joy.
Norris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Norris misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Norris.
A telegraphed right hand from Norris misses the target.
Beast takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Norris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Norris throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Beast stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Norris misses with a kick to the body
and Beast counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Norris!
Norris throws Beast to one side and escapes!
Norris has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Norris.
Norris moves into the clinch.
Norris lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beast misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Norris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beast's elbow.
Norris works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Norris lands a body shot in the clinch.
Norris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Norris lands a left hand.
Norris is pressed up against the ropes. Beast has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Norris down to the mat. Norris avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Beast. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beast bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beast changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A good leg kick by Norris.
Beast swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Norris pivots, looking for a leg kick but Beast is out of range and Norris settles back down.
Norris thuds a left hand into Beast's body.
Dave Beast has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Norris misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mason Norris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Norris winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mason Norris!
A victorious Mason Norris thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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