PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Norman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Trancoso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trancoso has chosen SGX - Composer as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Norman
vs
Trancoso

175 cm
25
171 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

184 cm
23
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christopher Norman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cody Trancoso!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Columbo Gatti and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norman staying out of range there.
Trancoso throws a hook but Norman avoids it easily.
Norman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Trancoso misses with a hook.
Norman tries to clinch there but Trancoso circles away.
Norman looks to land a combination but Trancoso avoids it well.
Trancoso missing with a left hand there. Norman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Norman staying out of range there.
Trancoso clinches but Norman breaks the clinch

and Norman counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trancoso misses with a hook to the ribs.
Norman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Trancoso misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trancoso lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Trancoso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trancoso struggles to land a body shot inside as Norman controls his hands.
Norman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short body shot lands from Trancoso as the two fighters clinch.
Knees to the body from Norman.
Norman misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norman lands an elbow inside.
Norman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Cody Trancoso has been cut.
Norman looking to throw knees to the head but Trancoso is blocking nicely.
Trancoso misses with a hook to the ribs.
Norman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Trancoso looks gassed!
A short right from Norman.
Norman tries a knee to the head but Trancoso blocks it.
Norman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trancoso.
Norman lands a nice elbow.
Norman lands an elbow just above Trancoso 's eye.
Norman pushes Trancoso back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Trancoso digs a right hand underneath Norman's ribcage. Norman let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Norman gets control of Trancoso's arms and successfully pulls guard. Norman will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Trancoso prevents Norman from getting back to his feet.
Norman keeping moving, preventing Trancoso from controlling successfully.
Norman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norman keeping moving, preventing Trancoso from controlling successfully.
Norman wants to stand but Trancoso is controlling the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Trancoso swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Norman counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Trancoso misses with a body punch.
Norman prevents a body shot from Trancoso.
Trancoso takes an elbow to the forehead.
Trancoso throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Normans head.
Norman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Trancoso backwards.
Norman takes a shot to the head.
Norman lands a hook that snaps the head of Trancoso backwards.
Norman lands an elbow just above Trancoso 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Trancoso lands a shot to the body.
Norman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Trancoso digs a right hand into Norman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Norman's gas tank.
Trancoso lands with a light punch inside.
Trancoso works on Norman's body with a couple of short punches.
Trancoso is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Norman is defending well for now.
Trancoso stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Trancoso tries a body shot but Norman blocks it.
Trancoso stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Trancoso lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Norman.
Trancoso lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Norman.
Trancoso struggles to land a body shot inside as Norman controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the cage, Norman throws an elbow but misses.
Trancoso trying to stall but Norman improves his position.
Norman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trancoso misses with a punch to the body.
Norman tries to break the clinch but Trancoso is controlling the position.
A right hand to the body from Trancoso.
Trancoso lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Trancoso lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Trancoso.
Trancoso lands a body punch.
Trancoso throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Trancoso misses with a body punch.
Norman avoiding damage as Trancoso throws knees to the body.
Trancoso throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Trancoso is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Norman is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Trancoso misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trancoso blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Norman managing to block the knees to the body from Trancoso.
Trancoso scores with a shoulder strike.
Trancoso lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Norman.
Trancoso is working Norman over against the cage.
Trancoso lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trancoso tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Norman pushes off an throws an elbow but Trancoso leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Trancoso tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Trancoso - that landed with a thud.
Trancoso lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Norman.
Trancoso fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Norman.
Trancoso misses with a hook to the ribs.
Norman prevents a body shot from Trancoso.
Trancoso lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short body shot lands from Trancoso as the two fighters clinch.
Norman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A body shot lands from Trancoso.
Trancoso stalling.
Norman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Trancoso tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Trancoso works on Norman's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Trancoso dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cody Trancoso's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Trancoso lands the left hand.
Trancoso misses with a looping left.
Trancoso throws out a loose jab but Norman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trancoso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Norman connects with the punch.
Norman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trancoso circles away quickly and effectively.
Trancoso looks to throw the jab but Norman is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norman staying out of range there.
Trancoso looks to land a right hand but Norman moved out of range.
Trancoso throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Norman pushes Trancoso up against the cage in a clinch.
Trancoso tries to throw a body punch but Norman avoids it by throwing Trancoso back against the cage.
Norman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Trancoso blocks an elbow strike.
Trancoso swings wildly with an uppercut but Norman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trancoso misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Norman lands a knee to the head.
Cody Trancoso seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Norman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Trancoso lands a nice shot to the body.
Norman misses with a knee to the head.
Trancoso goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Norman.
Norman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Trancoso lands a right hand that snaps the head of Norman backwards.
Trancoso can't find room to land a body shot as Norman controls the action.
Trancoso avoids the elbow strike from Norman, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Trancoso.
Trancoso misses with a body punch.
Norman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Trancoso has a couple of punches blocked by Norman.
Good body shot from Trancoso.
Trancoso lands a shoulder strike.
Trancoso works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hand to the body from Trancoso.
Norman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hook to the body lands for Trancoso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trancoso struggles to land a body shot inside as Norman controls his hands.
Trancoso throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Trancoso scores with a shoulder strike.
Trancoso digs a right hand underneath Norman's ribcage. Norman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Trancoso is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Norman is defending well for now.
Norman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Trancoso.
Trancoso tries to throw a body punch but Norman avoids it by throwing Trancoso back against the cage.
Trancoso can't find room to land a body shot as Norman controls the action.
Trancoso misses with a knee strike.
Trancoso lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trancoso misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Norman.
Trancoso tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Norman's elbow.
Trancoso is leaning against Norman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Trancoso throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Normans head.
Trancoso goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Norman scores a nice knee to the body.
Trancoso works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A shot in the inside from Trancoso.
Trancoso is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Norman is defending well for now.
Trancoso swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Norman throws an elbow that misses.
Trancoso lands a body punch.
Trancoso works on Norman's body with a couple of short punches.
Trancoso misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trancoso.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trancoso lands a body punch in the clinch.
Norman lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Norman throws an elbow but misses.
Trancoso goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trancoso lands a nice shot to the body.
Norman tries a knee to the head but Trancoso blocks it.
Trancoso avoids a wild elbow strike from Norman.
Trancoso stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Norman throws an elbow but it misses.
Trancoso makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Norman throws an elbow but misses.
Norman misses with a knee strike.
Trancoso tries a body shot but Norman blocks it.
Trancoso lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Trancoso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Trancoso misses with the head strike.
Norman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trancoso avoids it.
Trancoso presses Norman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Trancoso tries to work over Norman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trancoso lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Trancoso tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trancoso tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Norman avoiding damage as Trancoso throws knees to the body.
Norman throws a head punch that misses.
Trancoso struggles to land a body shot inside as Norman controls his hands.
Norman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

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.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Trancoso.
Trancoso digs a right hand into Norman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Norman's gas tank.
Norman throws an elbow that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Trancoso.
A short body shot lands from Trancoso as the two fighters clinch.
Trancoso misses with a punch to the body.
Trancoso tries a body shot but Norman blocks it.
Trancoso working aggressively here.
Trancoso lands a body shot in the clinch.
Norman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Trancoso.
Trancoso goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trancoso can't find room to land a body shot as Norman controls the action.
Norman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trancoso presses Norman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Trancoso struggles to land a body shot inside as Norman controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Trancoso.
Trancoso lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Norman or not.
Trancoso struggles to land a body shot inside as Norman controls his hands.
Norman blocks a body shot from Trancoso.
Trancoso goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Norman lands an elbow that stopped Trancoso in his tracks for a moment.
Norman lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Norman.
Trancoso tries to land a knee to the head but Norman blocks with his arms.
Trancoso throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Trancoso showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cody Trancoso's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Norman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Trancoso misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Norman counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Norman.
Norman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Trancoso's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Trancoso dodges an elbow strike from Norman.
Norman blocks a body shot from Trancoso.
Trancoso managing to block the knees to the body from Norman.
Norman tries to land knees in the clinch but Trancoso avoids the damage to the body.
Trancoso tries a body shot but Norman blocks it.
Norman lands an elbow inside that Trancoso shrugs off.
Trancoso takes an elbow to the forehead.
Trancoso avoids a wild elbow strike from Norman.
Norman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trancoso blocks it with crossed arms.
Trancoso tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Norman's elbow.
Nice body punch from Trancoso.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Norman throws an elbow but misses.
Norman lands a nice elbow.
Trancoso is leaning against Norman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Trancoso tries to work over Norman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trancoso goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trancoso lands a shot to the body.
Norman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Trancoso misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Norman.
Trancoso trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trancoso struggles to land a body shot inside as Norman controls his hands.
Trancoso presses Norman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Norman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Trancoso struggles to land a body shot inside as Norman controls his hands.
Trancoso lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Norman.
Trancoso lands with a short shot to the head.
Trancoso lands a body punch in the clinch.
Trancoso lands an uppercut.
Trancoso misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Trancoso.
Norman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trancoso is working Norman over against the cage.
Trancoso can't find room to land a body shot as Norman controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Trancoso.
Trancoso can't find room to land a body shot as Norman controls the action.
Norman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trancoso lands a body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Norman.
Trancoso stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Trancoso lands a body punch in the clinch.
Trancoso scores with a hook to the body.
Norman has Trancoso pressed against the cage, preventing Trancoso from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Trancoso tries a body shot but Norman blocks it.
Norman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Trancoso tries to land a knee to the head but Norman blocks with his arms.
Norman tries a knee to the head but Trancoso blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norman tries to land knees in the clinch but Trancoso avoids the damage to the body.
Trancoso is leaning against Norman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Trancoso tries a body shot but Norman blocks it.
Trancoso can't find room to land a body shot as Norman controls the action.
Norman lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Norman.
Trancoso is working Norman over against the cage.
Trancoso scores with a shoulder strike.
Norman jumps guard but Trancoso stands there with Norman around his waist. Norman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Trancoso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trancoso misses with a body punch.
Trancoso misses with a body punch.
Norman lands a damaging elbow.
Trancoso tries to work over Norman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trancoso struggles to land a body shot inside as Norman controls his hands.
Norman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Trancoso in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Norman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Norman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Norman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Trancoso lands an uppercut.
Norman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Norman.
Trancoso lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Trancoso scores with a nice short uppercut.
Norman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Trancoso smiles and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trancoso misses the body punch
and Norman counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Norman.
Norman connects with a solid leg kick.
Norman tries to clinch
and Trancoso counters with a stiff right hand.

Trancoso fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Norman, pushing him back against the cage.
Norman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Trancoso's defenses.
Norman misses with an elbow strike.
Norman blocks a body shot from Trancoso.
Norman lands a damaging elbow.
Trancoso missing with knees to the body.
Norman scores a nice knee to the body.
Norman blocks an uppercut.
Norman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Trancoso makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Norman pushes off an throws an elbow but Trancoso leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Norman tries to pull guard but Trancoso won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christopher Norman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trancoso lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trancoso tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trancoso lands a shot to the body.
Norman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trancoso.
A body shot lands from Trancoso.
Trancoso tries a body shot but Norman blocks it.
Norman pushes off an throws an elbow but Trancoso leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Trancoso softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trancoso tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trancoso tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Norman's elbow.
Trancoso avoids the elbow strike from Norman, against the cage.
Trancoso lands with a short shot to the head.
Trancoso blocks an elbow strike.
Christopher Norman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Norman misses with an elbow over the top.
Trancoso scores with a shoulder strike.
Norman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Trancoso's efforts to push away.
Trancoso lands a body punch.
Norman avoiding damage as Trancoso throws knees to the body.
Norman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Trancoso lands a nice shot to the body.
Trancoso misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Norman lands an elbow just above Trancoso 's eye.
Trancoso dodges an elbow strike from Norman.
Trancoso lands a right hand.

Norman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trancoso misses with the combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cody Trancoso comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Trancoso 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cody Trancoso!